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never been a big fan of the alien movies but that didnt look to bad. made me think of battlefield kinda.

I cant get a hang of the aliens and running around at all angles. But I like these games so will probably pick this up.

I hope they didn't put too much effort into multiplayer. Not at all what I wanted out of this.

I agree with you Dat that I want a STELLAR single-player experience.  However I would really enjoy a good multiplayer experience.  I have Aliens VS. Predator and it was always fun (even though it could be laggy, not to mention the servers weren't super populated). 

 

I'm excited either way, but I will be sad if the MP experience is just thrown together for the hell of it.

I guess you can never go wrong with a decent multiplayer. I'm excited regardless.  Been waiting on this one for a long time.

With it coming out over a year late, it better be polished... And not a polished turd.

From people that got it early, it doesn't sound good, though I guess for a game that was started back in 2001 and cancelled multiple times it shouldn't come as that much of a surprise. Though if it really is as bad as it sounds, between this duke nukem forever, and borderlands 2(mainly speaking of post release stuff here), Gearbox has kinda tarnished there reputation.

From people that got it early, it doesn't sound good, though I guess for a game that was started back in 2001 and cancelled multiple times it shouldn't come as that much of a surprise. Though if it really is as bad as it sounds, between this duke nukem forever, and borderlands 2(mainly speaking of post release stuff here), Gearbox has kinda tarnished there reputation.

 

 

Ugggggghhhhhh.... I was goiong to buy it and stream it too. 

Bury it next to ET

You can never fully trust what others say of something, even critics.  There are plenty of games that people and critics hate that I still enjoy.  In fact, it's probably better that a game doesn't get the high 9/10 or so scores across the board.  Might mean that it tries to appeal to everyone and show off fancy graphics rather than try something truly unique.  I prefer how we do (or have done) reviews here, no score, just talk about the good and bad points.

 

It's still too early to just say "I heard it sucks" and ignore it, I'm picking mine up either on the 12th or 13th for PC and will stream it, so we'll see.

It just really sounds like it's just not there technically(bad AI, which there are a fair bit of videos out with it in) and even conceptually In that....


SPOILERS - You spend roughly 50% of the game fighting enemy soldiers - SPOILERS


I'll wait and see, I'm not one to look at reviews much and I've enjoyed games that have some bad issues before (the STALKER games immediately come to mind) but...this doesn't seem to be shaping up well.

I has a sad.  I really want to play this game but it looks like I'll wait till it's $10 or less.  Apparently the AI is absolutely atrocious.  Observe.

 

Just forgetting the AI there....who decided that animation was totally okay. It looks more like a guy in a rubber alien costume trying to walk around. Weird.

I've heard the real draw is mp, walmart has an extra game mode called bug hunt that sounds like a horde mode

I feel really bad for Mikey Neumann, the writer. He also wrote the first Borderlands game. His story will get lost in all this. No one will pipe up and say amidst all the terrible things, the storytelling is wonderful.

 

Here's a question I want to ask: Would any of these people speaking negatively against the game had spoken up if not for Duke Nukem Forever? The DLC being pumped out for Gearbox for Borderlands 2 is pretty crappy. They even finally balanced the Assassin character, long after release date. No one says anything. If it truly is bad like some are saying, that's fine. A bad game needs to be avoided. Can it be fixed and is there some jealously for one of (if not the last) the last big indies? I think those questions should be asked as well. I still don't understand all the hate for Duke Nukem Forever.

 

I expect the enemy AI can be patched and made better.

CD Projekt RED (developers of The Witcher series) would be one of the other last really big independent developers.  I don't like the sound of what Dat said he saw when he booted the game, that it has SHiFT codes and a season pass (though it's most likely just multiplayer content), but I still say it's too early to judge the game before I've actually tried it.

They use SHiFT for metrics. It's how they know only 16% of Borderlands 2 players have level 50 characters. Besides, it's optional.

Just like Duke Nukem and Borderlands 2 (DLC and all), I'll buy this and love every minute of it I'm sure. Reviewers suck at their jobs nowadays, plain and simple. So, 'eff them.

I haven't played, I'll probably still get it in a steam sale eventually, but, there is definitely one big plot point that people are talking about that I have to agree just sounds...bad.


SPOILERS Corporal Hicks is alive, instead of dying at the beginning of Alien 3,he woke up and but someone else body in the cryopod before the escape pod is fired from the ship, and I guess is now back on LV-426 SPOILERS


That just...sounds like bad fan fiction to me really.

One more little observation though, it seems people are starting to warm up to the 2010 AvP now by comparison, which wasn't really panned as much but wasn't that well liked.

I really liked the last Alien vs. Predator game.  And as far as I'm concerned, only the first two Alien movies matter, so changing any plot details introduced in the third or fourth don't bother me.  I'd rather them just not exist lol.

 

 

I really liked the last AvP game too Kev.  Was actually not bad (the Marine campaign was pretty tense). 

 

I still want to play this new one at some point however despite all the weird stuff and hate it's getting.

Now that's interesting, how does a game end up looking worse than work in progress demos?

[insert best video here]

That just made my evening, thanks. I'd shell out money if I could see that in the game all the time.

I was kinda looking forward to this.....

 

I agreek with Kevnvek. There are plenty of games that people and critics hate that I still enjoy. Just like there are tons of movies I love that critics hate. 

 

I don't have my PC built yet and I am still stuck on Xbox for now. My Live just expired so there goes the multiplayer. I would prefer this on PC anyways.

 

My problem is when I look at $60 for a new xbox game I am starting to get really really picky. The new game price, online passes, cost of Live, blah blah blah...