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This is really sad, because gearbox proper is full of a lot of talented and cool dudes. I also hadn't got the impression that Randy Pitchford was a scumbag. Sad times.
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Apaprently the game has a Field of View slider but it doesn't have any numbers on it, does anyone know what the default is what the various increments represent? I've read that you can edit the game's config files to set a particular FOV (or mess with various other things) but instead is how offset it is from whatever the default is. So you can set FOVOffset=30 (which is apparently the maximum on the slider in the menu) and that means it is 30 more than whatever the default is. Why loving hide the number? From trial and error in various games I've found that I tend to like a FOV of 85 and like to actually choose that FOV rather than vaguely approximate it based on repeatedly going between the menu and the game and tweaking the slider.
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Feb 12, 2013 15:27
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So will this be worth picking up for the multiplayer once it goes for 10-20$ in the next steam sale like most games that receive a critical thrashing?
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Feb 12, 2013 15:34
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Bloodmobile posted:So will this be worth picking up for the multiplayer once it goes for 10-20$ in the next steam sale like most games that receive a critical thrashing? Multiplayer will probably be dead by the time it goes on a Steam sale
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Feb 12, 2013 15:36
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Any of you fellas get it for PC; what're the option menus like? Is it as bare bones like a console port or did they make some effort?
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Feb 12, 2013 15:38
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pixelbaron posted:Multiplayer will probably be dead by the time it goes on a Steam sale But the people who pick it up in the sale usually populate it for at least a few weeks.
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Feb 12, 2013 15:39
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http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/12/how-much-of-aliens-colonial-marines-did-gearbox-actually-make Holy poo poo. Can you be more of a shameless rear end in a top hat? The aliens in Aliens aren't as slimy as Gearbox and IGN.
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your evil twin posted:Were you playing on PC or console? And did you have retail version or Steam version? PS3 version. At that point I had yet to re-find the glorious motherland of gaming that is the PC. Monster w21 Faces posted:So it appears Gearbox didn't even make the single player portion of this game! Ugh goddamn TimeGate. I'll never forgive them for loving up the FEAR storyline and making all that lovely DLC. gently caress. e: at least one of those links lead me to this  heh
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Yodzilla posted:Ugh goddamn TimeGate. I'll never forgive them for loving up the FEAR storyline and making all that lovely DLC. gently caress. drat. Was I the only one who thought the ending of Extraction Point was pretty cool? Here comes the helicopter to take you to safety just kidding it's the apocalypse.
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Feb 12, 2013 15:42
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rizuhbull posted:http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/12/how-much-of-aliens-colonial-marines-did-gearbox-actually-make "You know, Burke, I don't know which species is worse. You don't see them loving each other over for a goddamn percentage." This is a real disappointment. I was excited for a game that really seemed like it had a shot at being one of the better Aliens games to come out in a while. Should have known something was up when the multiplayer videos started showing up... Ah well. Still have my fifty dollars.
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Feb 12, 2013 15:44
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What's so bad about the ending? I've seen it mentioned a couple times without any details. I mean other than the myriad problems that plague this terrible game.
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Feb 12, 2013 15:46
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Wild T posted:drat. Was I the only one who thought the ending of Extraction Point was pretty cool? Here comes the helicopter to take you to safety just kidding it's the apocalypse. Except that's exactly how the original game ended and did it better. Extraction Point then for some reason retconned FEAR's ending and made it so that your teammates were dead and Fettel was still alive. e: well, the reason this happened is that Monolith had a big falling out with Vivendi. Monolith apparently wanted the series to go elsewhere but Vivendi wanted to keep on with the Alma/Fettel poo poo so that's what TimeGate rolled out. at one point there were two FEAR 2's in development, Vivendi's and Monolith's called Project Origin but at some point I guess they kissed and made up. ugh
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Circutron posted:"You know, Burke, I don't know which species is worse. You don't see them loving each other over for a goddamn percentage." I like how I broke my "never pre-order" rule for that dirt cheap Green Man Gaming deal....but yeah, never again. Never pre-order again. Hell I'm even going to give Bioshock Infinite a pass now and just wait a bit.
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Gaylord Plower posted:What's so bad about the ending? I've seen it mentioned a couple times without any details. Here's the ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMLJ-JJBvn4 Basically, it's just a poo poo ending to a poo poo game.
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Feb 12, 2013 15:57
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Reminder to everyone that this game is part of SEGA's four core franchises now.
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I quit about 5 minutes into the first mission then went to play MP. I've only played Escape so far, but it was pretty fun. It's basically L4D VS in the Aliens universe. I wish there were more maps for it. Wall walking is horrible and I don't know why there is a sprint button for the aliens. They should just be going at that speed by default all of the time with walk requiring a button. The spitting alien was decent, but lots of times the spit never even showed up or it'd hit something right in front of me even though the aiming mechanism was showing it not being stopped. I like the Lurker a lot, but the damage sucks. Also, having to unlock stuff for MP blows. You're basically stuck playing as the shittiest alien possible for hours until you can actually play the class the way it's designed. If this game was actually going to have a long life then it would suck for new players because you'd be stuck fighting decked out marines with acid-resistant armor, a trait that lets them run faster, and weapons that put you down in 1-2 shots. I really don't even know why they offered a season pass for the game. Gearbox now has to make multiple DLC for a game that no one is buying post-launch until it hits $10. Shyfted One fucked around with this message at 16:01 on Feb 12, 2013 |
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Ulvirich posted:Any of you fellas get it for PC; what're the option menus like? Is it as bare bones like a console port or did they make some effort?
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Ulvirich posted:Any of you fellas get it for PC; what're the option menus like? Is it as bare bones like a console port or did they make some effort? Actually it has a decent level of options and settings. I think the biggest annoyance for me as a PC gamer is how hit and miss the graphics are. The humans and firearms look decent enough but the xenos and the terrain textures look quite dated even for console standards. In general though, I didn't find the game all that bad. Not nearly as terrible as some in this thread seem to find it. It's hardly breaking any new ground but I'm finding it a decent co-op experience. I was, admittedly, expecting quite a bit more though sadly but I guess that is Gearbox for you.
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Yodzilla posted:Reminder to everyone that this game is part of SEGA's four core franchises now. Me, right now.
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rizuhbull posted:http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/12/how-much-of-aliens-colonial-marines-did-gearbox-actually-make Did IGN have this article just queued up and ready to go on launch day? Impressive, Pitchford. At least everyone with an IQ above 35 knows this guy is the used car salesman of video games and to never believe a word he says again.
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Un-l337-Pork posted:Here's the ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMLJ-JJBvn4 I like that you don't even get to finish the job. An NPC does.
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www.egmnow.com/articles/reviews/egm-review-aliens-colonial-marines/ EGM gave the game an pretty positive review, rating it higher than Halo 4. This could mean two things I think. Either they were payed off, which seems much more likely, or the reviewer did a terrible job actually playing through the game, and didn't spend enough time focusing in the game to seek out the problems that other reviewers point out. Edit: Left out a line.
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Feb 12, 2013 16:13
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Working at Gamestop for 17 years is not 17 years in the gaming industry.
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This was foretold in 1987 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J8SzBhjqaQ
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Haha holy poo poo that's perfect.
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Mego posted:www.egmnow.com/articles/reviews/egm-review-aliens-colonial-marines/ I didn't even know still EGM existed. They were a joke back in my PS1 days in the mid-90s and it seems little has changed. I mean I don't loath the game like many do here but it's clear the "reviewer" didn't even boot the game up and just spat out some very vague, pre-prepared garbage. The better question is if you are going to bribe someone to give you good reviews, why the hell would you choose EGM...?
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I cannot believe I bought this game. I hope I wake up to find out that it was all a dream.
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Calihan posted:I didn't even know still EGM existed. They were a joke back in my PS1 days in the mid-90s and it seems little has changed. I mean I don't loath the game like many do here but it's clear the "reviewer" didn't even boot the game up and just spat out some very vague, pre-prepared garbage. Because everyone else got too burned from Sega the last go around with reviews of Empire Total War. It is probably all they could find.
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ClownSyndrome posted:This was foretold in 1987 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J8SzBhjqaQ Xenomrph, is this canon?
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Calihan posted:I didn't even know still EGM existed. They were a joke back in my PS1 days in the mid-90s and it seems little has changed. I mean I don't loath the game like many do here but it's clear the "reviewer" didn't even boot the game up and just spat out some very vague, pre-prepared garbage. Maybe he put off writing and playing the game because he was too busy playing an actually good game and poo poo one out as fast as possible. Like a term paper. I do like the MASSIVE wallpaper ads for the game though. Nothing fishy at all about that. No sir.
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ClownSyndrome posted:This was foretold in 1987 Jesus H. Christ. Bravo. 
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I've played through the first 3 missions in co-op and I have to say, while the game isn't fantastic horror action game, it is a decent shooter set in the Alien universe. It's got it's flaws, but it's moderately challenging on hard mode and it's not a complete piece of poo poo. I am in fact enjoying this shameless hack of a game, but only because it has co-op campaign mode.
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ClownSyndrome posted:This was foretold in 1987 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J8SzBhjqaQ You just convinced me to get the game
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keyframe posted:So I just read that Hicks is loving alive in this game, how the gently caress is that canon? The person who was in his cryo pod is actually someone else entirely, also it's a long story. Official explanation.
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keyframe posted:So I just read that Hicks is loving alive in this game, how the gently caress is that canon?  When your looking for a writer the first questions isn't "How much do you know about the Aliens franchise" it's "Hey are you a good writer?"
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ModeSix posted:I've played through the first 3 missions in co-op and I have to say, while the game isn't fantastic horror action game, it is a decent shooter set in the Alien universe. Sums up my feelings nearly exactly. My friend and myself are actually having a pretty fun time of it doing the co-op. It does disappoint me how much more it could have been though.
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Giggily posted:The person who was in his cryo pod is actually someone else entirely, also it's a long story. Official explanation. And that is literally the explanation the game gives and moves on like that's acceptable.
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keyframe posted:So I just read that Hicks is loving alive in this game, how the gently caress is that canon? The company apparently grabbed Hicks off the Sulaco and replaced his body with a double. No really. Maybe in Colonial Marines 2 we'll learn that the molten lead at Fury 161 has healing properties that bring Ripley and Newt back to life.
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