Aliens: Colonial Marines

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Aliens: Colonial Marines
Tweet Topic Started: Feb 13 2013, 04:11 PM (545 Views)
+ Pelador	Feb 13 2013, 04:11 PM Post #1
Crazy Awesome Legend Posts: 25,663 Group: Legend Member #4,634 Joined: December 12, 2009 Gender Not Specified Country None Favourite Anime HunterxHunter What Browser do you use? Firefox Favourite Manga Dragonball	I got this game today. It's really good. They have Lance Henrikson and Micheal Biehn doing some of the voices which is cool. One criticism I have is that the A.i is really unhelpful and sometimes a hindrance. For instance they are lousy shots and run around like headless chickens instead of holding their ground. Which leads to aliens attacking them suddenly turning on me when they should be taking care of them themselves. As an example of how useless the a.i is, I got 68 kills on the first level and 11 assists. The computer character barely got 11 kills. Another issue is that the button on the keyboard to smack aliens back is V, alt fire is F and aim down sight is right click. So it's kind of tricky to play on the hardest setting. But I'm getting used to it and learning to time melee attack correctly now. Graphically it's average even on PC. But they use lighting very well. Plus I don't feel sick when I play this even though it's an FPS. Perhaps that's because hardest doesn't have a HUD and a crosshair affecting my field of view. Which can be adjusted in the settings by the way, which is a nice feature. I like that you can upgrade your weapons through gaining experience and I like that there are hidden weapons used in the films throughout the game. I picked up Hick's shotgun on the first level and it's pretty sweet. I don't really do multiplayer unless it's with people I know so I haven't tested that yet. I really don't like how many times it asks you to hold them off whilst some lousy a.i has to unlock a door or hack a computer. I find myself running to a corner with boxes either side of me and just bottle necking the aliens as best I can. They could be a bit more imaginative in this regard. I've only finished the first level so far since my frame rates dropped to the point where it was literally unplayable. My PC does that on fps games if I play them for too long. No idea why since I have 6gb of RAM and a 1gb graphics card. Perhaps my CPU is *****ty? Hard to say. So anyway, it's definately worth buying. It's really good fun and has a good challenge rating on the harder settings. Mostly due to incompetent and unhelpful A.I. So I give it 7/10. It has it's problems mostly with poor a.i, the graphics aren't amazing but it's damn good fun to play and I like the upgrade system.
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+ KingOfAllSaiyans	Feb 13 2013, 05:08 PM Post #2
Posts: 2,925 Group: Elite Member Member #6,376 Joined: June 19, 2011 Gender Male Country United States Favourite Anime Neon Genesis Evangelion What Browser do you use? Google Chrome Favourite Manga Berserk	Yeah I was so excited for this game because I really like the Aliens universe but apparently it's getting torn to shreds in reviews. Your review gives me a little hope, but I'm still not sure if I should pick it up. Maybe once it lowers in price a little.



+ Pelador	Feb 13 2013, 05:43 PM Post #3
Crazy Awesome Legend Posts: 25,663 Group: Legend Member #4,634 Joined: December 12, 2009 Gender Not Specified Country None Favourite Anime HunterxHunter What Browser do you use? Firefox Favourite Manga Dragonball	I got the limited edition version for £20. Next day it had gone up to £30 so I'm guessing it was a pricing mistake. This looks like one that will be in the bargain bin quite quickly.
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+ KingOfAllSaiyans	Feb 13 2013, 05:51 PM Post #4
Posts: 2,925 Group: Elite Member Member #6,376 Joined: June 19, 2011 Gender Male Country United States Favourite Anime Neon Genesis Evangelion What Browser do you use? Google Chrome Favourite Manga Berserk	Yeah that's what I figured. So I'll probably just wait a couple weeks.



+ Steve	Feb 13 2013, 06:50 PM Post #5
Greetings. I will be your waifu this season. Posts: 19,471 Group: Legend Member #5,710 Joined: February 7, 2011 Gender Male Country United Kingdom Favourite Anime Hunter x Hunter(2011) What Browser do you use? Mozilla Firefox Favourite Manga Berserk all day erry day	Renting it for the PS3 I quite like it, the design of the ship and everything is done really well the graphics aren't to bad either. Its pretty much like being in one of the films, definitely quite scary. My only real problem with it is health and well getting hit really. Only on Soldier/normal mode and I get like two hits before my armour is gone, few seconds of holding a facehugger. And a few hits without armour and I'm dead which is unreasonable because xenomorphs just standing near you seems to hurt you... Says something about acid...but they barely hit me my health just drops lol. Getting hit is pretty crap nothing really happens, should get knocked over or something at least. Facehuggers are a pain awkward to shoot and inpossible to dodge. For me they're actually harder to kill than a horde of xenomorphs...without wasting a load of ammo anyway. Not tried online yet, being a xeno should be interesting. Its not a bad game, but I think you have to like the Alien series to understand it really thats probably where bad reviews and hate are coming from its not CoD, people won't get that.
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+ Pelador	Feb 13 2013, 06:55 PM Post #6
Crazy Awesome Legend Posts: 25,663 Group: Legend Member #4,634 Joined: December 12, 2009 Gender Not Specified Country None Favourite Anime HunterxHunter What Browser do you use? Firefox Favourite Manga Dragonball	I think this game needs a bit more polish. A couple of updates might help it somewhat. I was on the second level where the Wayland Yutani attack you and I looked up to see a great big hole in the ceiling. Not a deliberate hole mind you, a gap in the level. I could literally see space and another part of the level. Then further on there were was a wall with three little holes in it. What kind of lousy developer can't make sure all the gaps are joined properly? It's so shoddy.
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+ Steve	Feb 13 2013, 08:15 PM Post #7
Greetings. I will be your waifu this season. Posts: 19,471 Group: Legend Member #5,710 Joined: February 7, 2011 Gender Male Country United Kingdom Favourite Anime Hunter x Hunter(2011) What Browser do you use? Mozilla Firefox Favourite Manga Berserk all day erry day	I've not had anything like that, yet anyway. I think thats partly why its so dark to cover up a lot of areas that are...less than spectacularly designed. Could do with a dodge function playing on Ultimate Badass must just be stupidly difficult. Lot of little thigs that aren't great but overall its not something I'd throw in the bin its worth a decent play Leveling up in game is cool however irs a bit odd that you can carry every gun with you lol. Don't get me wrong, thats awesome ***** having just 3 guns but still who could carry all that...
	Definitely not a succubus, fear not


+ Pelador	Feb 13 2013, 08:36 PM Post #8
Crazy Awesome Legend Posts: 25,663 Group: Legend Member #4,634 Joined: December 12, 2009 Gender Not Specified Country None Favourite Anime HunterxHunter What Browser do you use? Firefox Favourite Manga Dragonball	I'm playing on Ultimate bad *****. It's pretty tough and I've only just got to the planet. That part where you have to activate the crane on the previous level was hard. Plus there's no HUD or cross hair so aiming the grenade launcher if a challenge to say the least. The keyboard layout meant that I kept pressing alt fire instead of crouch or reload. So I blew my self up more than a few times. I can see this game getting a lot more fun now I've actually go to the planet though. Hope I don't run into any more of those Weyland Yutani androids. They suck.
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* Lord Cooler	Feb 19 2013, 08:57 AM Post #9
Lord of the Ice-Jins Posts: 3,212 Group: Retired Staff Member #4,582 Joined: November 17, 2009 Favourite Anime Dragon Ball Z, Bleach and Guyver What Browser do you use? Google chrome Favourite Manga Dragon Ball Z	I think it's terrible. Terrible A.I. Terrible graphics. Terrible glitches. Hate how the Xeno's just run at you like cannon fodder instead of hunting or ambushing you. Fighting the humans is annoying and repetitive. (Spoiler) Bringing back Hicks with no explanation how. Hicks using it's a long story as an excuse is just annoying. Was fighting the Queen for the first time. She killed me. I respawned after the fight :/ Only redeeming features for me are - the amazing fan service, weapon upgrades and the statue I got with the limited edition. Edited by Lord Cooler, Feb 19 2013, 09:00 AM.
	Thanks to + Rebel X for the awesome sig above. Thanks to Anonymous23 (Ana) for the awesome sig above. Don't forget to participate in the Dragon Ball Rewatch! Lord Cooler - I am the supreme master of this universe. I am the great destroyer, the taker of life. I kill when I want, the weak die and the strong survive. Saiyan insect, prepare to be squashed.


+ Pelador	Feb 21 2013, 03:36 AM Post #10
Crazy Awesome Legend Posts: 25,663 Group: Legend Member #4,634 Joined: December 12, 2009 Gender Not Specified Country None Favourite Anime HunterxHunter What Browser do you use? Firefox Favourite Manga Dragonball	This review says everything that needs to be said about the game.
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+ Pyrus	Feb 21 2013, 05:23 PM Post #11
Posts: 39,342 Group: Legend Member #5,088 Joined: August 1, 2010 Gender Not Specified Country Chile	As much as I like playing online with people, I'm probably going to sell this. The AI is just dumb, the aliens are fodder, and the graphics are really underwhelming for this day and age. It's unfortunate.
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+ KingOfAllSaiyans	Feb 21 2013, 05:41 PM Post #12
Posts: 2,925 Group: Elite Member Member #6,376 Joined: June 19, 2011 Gender Male Country United States Favourite Anime Neon Genesis Evangelion What Browser do you use? Google Chrome Favourite Manga Berserk	Lol i've been trying to pick it up on ebay the last couple of days.



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