Aliens: Colonial Marines - The Best game from Gearbox since DNF

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Majuju: Dec 30, 2006; I had a beer with Stephen Miller once and now I like him.

Spalec posted:

The underwater kitchen scene was pretty cool too, especially when you watch the making of and see what a bitch that scene was for the actors (not to mention the poor bastard in the alien costume)

Have you been playing it online? I did a couple of levels of online campaign last night and it was a mess - weird animations, weird animation syncs, characters blocking one another in confusing ways, and more - which not only ruined the immersion (key for an Aliens game) but actually made it really frustrating to play.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2013 17:32

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 21:22

Majuju: Dec 30, 2006; I had a beer with Stephen Miller once and now I like him.

If we're doing screenshots, here's around 90 minutes of co-op campaign poo poo that I grabbed last night in between fits of astonished laughter. Maxed graphics, maxed FOV.

Highlights:

Also, the Forbes review is positively glowing, and gives the game an 8/10 (would've been a 7/10 but there's online co-op!)

# ¿ Feb 13, 2013 23:20

Majuju: Dec 30, 2006; I had a beer with Stephen Miller once and now I like him.

I tried petitioning Steam for a refund but they just sent me a form letter back saying 'sorry, no refunds'

# ¿ Feb 13, 2013 23:26

Majuju: Dec 30, 2006; I had a beer with Stephen Miller once and now I like him.

pixelbaron posted:

I hear they are pretty understanding with refunds if it's your first time asking for one, but if you've gotten a refund in the past it's pretty much impossible. Can anyone confirm or deny that?

This is the first time I've ever asked for a refund on Steam. I've got a shitload of terrible games on my account including Stormrise, Space Siege, Dino D-Day AND ORION: Dino Beatdown. I basically put all of this into the ticket, and received only this as a reply:

quote:

Hello,

A staff member has replied to your question:

Hello Majuju,

Thank you for contacting Steam Support.

As with most software products, we do not offer refunds or exchanges on games, DLC or in-game items purchased on our website or through the Steam Client.

Please review Section 3 of the Steam Subscriber Agreement for more information.
http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=subscriber_agreement

We will make an exception and refund preorders as long as the request is received prior to the release of the game. This only applies to preorders purchased from your account, preordered titles received or sent through the Steam Trading system cannot be refunded.

Which basically indicates that nobody actually read the appeal I made, just looked at the word 'refund' and sent me this

# ¿ Feb 13, 2013 23:39

Majuju: Dec 30, 2006; I had a beer with Stephen Miller once and now I like him.

BrandonGK posted:

This is probably the first time I ever wanted to ironically play a video game.

Going to FRAPS a bunch of the game, without commentary, for people to enjoy, I think.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2013 23:41

Majuju: Dec 30, 2006; I had a beer with Stephen Miller once and now I like him.

Saints Crow posted:

If you want to watch the first impressions of a huge Alien fan who hadn't heard much beyond that the game was reviewed badly, this video is pretty great:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWLyrJ79CYQ

It's from Guude, one of the youtube LP guys who works for IGN. His disappointment picks up really fast and it's pretty funny how quickly he goes from excited to ashamed.

Oh nice, this saves me the effort of FRAPSing tonight. I guess I could do some co-op footage but it's pretty much all the same, from what I can see.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2013 01:22

Majuju: Dec 30, 2006; I had a beer with Stephen Miller once and now I like him.

Sharkopath posted:

I can confirm it is tense as hell, I was just playing through it for the first time yesterday.

For a moment here, I thought you were talking about A:CM, and was really confused.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2013 17:20

Majuju: Dec 30, 2006; I had a beer with Stephen Miller once and now I like him.

Yodzilla posted:

I will argue this. Forget that it's Aliens, even if it were an unlicensed first person shooter it would be middling to aggressively mediocre.

Yeah, the gunplay's bad, the level design is hit-and-miss, and the enemies go from boring (humans) to terrible (aliens) in terms of challenge, AI, and design. That said, I've had a couple brief shining moments where I go "well, maybe it's not that bad" but they're few and far between.

# ¿ Feb 15, 2013 21:47

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 21:22

Majuju: Dec 30, 2006; I had a beer with Stephen Miller once and now I like him.

Blacktoll posted:

Hey, so, Admiral Bosch and I have a game going in AvP2010. Steam ID is Blacktoll.

Fun fact: Admiral Bosch is a plasmacasting turdmaster and should be tail-skewered with EXTREME PREJUDICE.

# ¿ Feb 16, 2013 04:09

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