Originally Posted by tcrash247 It is very surprising Gearbox hasn't directly commented on this whole shitstorm yet.

What are they going to say? This is not like Duke Nukem, where they could semi-legitimately claim that the game was of historical interest, it was supposed to be old-fashioned, it was more of an artifact of its time than a fun game in and of itself, etc. etc.

They can't exactly just come out and say, "Yeah, Aliens is just a bad game and you shouldn't buy it."

I got the game from RedBox on a whim and while it's certainly not great, it's not terrible. The explosions are graphically the same as PS1 games however.

Just finished the 1K on this turd last night. Unfortunately since there is a season pass (and thus probably some DLC with achievements), I will have to hold onto it

It wasn't totally awful but I just felt bad wasting my GC from my birthday on this. So glad I passed on the CE though.

I mean who makes a ing game where you have to do misc kill challenges in a set order? Why not have it like Borderlands where you can do them at any time. That is just ing stupid! The campaign was just meh, very easy to complete, I honestly didn't give a shit about the story after a certain point. Thankfully I have this done. Now back to playing some adequate FPSes.

EDIT: I forgot to mention if you are an Aliens fan this game takes a gigantic shit on the Aliens lore. A few things make no sense since this is supposed to tie in with the movies.

Originally Posted by ZxT Vendetta Just finished the 1K on this turd last night. EDIT: I forgot to mention if you are an Aliens fan this game takes a gigantic shit on the Aliens lore. A few things make no sense since this is supposed to tie in with the movies.

Actually, even the stuff in the AvP crossovers, I do not consider Aliens canon cause it hurts to accept them.

If you view them as 'off-shoots,' then maybe they're easier to digest.

Originally Posted by RedvsBlue Good god, that looks atrocious. Are those Xenomorph zombies?

looks to be xenomorph skin and textures on a zombie mo-cap.

epic failures.

Originally Posted by YBX87 the only reason any1 would be buy this game at day one for the retail price is, because they are fans of the alien franchise, LOL

correction: [only] because they are [complete morons]

because even fans aren't that stupid.

I'd like to try this at $10-$15, sounds ok for that kind of money.

I'm totally there once it hits $10. I want to witness the train wreck.

Originally Posted by Mospeada_21 correction: [only] because they are [complete morons] because even fans aren't that stupid.

Taking things seriously for a moment, it's pretty sad that this happened. Guess there's no such thing as an impartial preview anymore. Or an honest developer.

Originally Posted by Mospeada_21 Actually, even the stuff in the AvP crossovers, I do not consider Aliens canon cause it hurts to accept them. If you view them as 'off-shoots,' then maybe they're easier to digest.

When you look at it, this series was strung out for so many years and worked over by so many different writers and filmmakers that it's hard to really accept there being a 'canon' between them all, and especially between Aliens and everything that came after. I think most fans -- at least Aliens fans -- would be thrilled if they made an actual sequel to Aliens and just pretended Alien 3 and 4 were Ripley's fever dreams and never happened. They certainly play more like silly nightmares (killing off the whole cast of Aliens in 3, which pissed everyone off, then bringing Ripley back from the dead in the ridiculous Alien Resurrection) than logical story continuations of the first two films. This game tried to do something like that -- but it just didn't work out.

I guess in my little universe every one of the films is its own entity. The series doesn't really hang together as a whole 'franchise' except for the connection between 1 and 2, and even then the two films are, intentionally, quite different -- which is also the good thing about them. Aliens isn't just a rehash of Alien.

Not often I will not finish a campaign on a game I purchased but I have thrown in the towel on this one. Seriously, what a shame this game is. The level designs are mostly so uninspired that the game comes off like a project people were working on in their downtime or something. Literally. You can see the few times someone seemed to care, like a few corridors from Alien that looked familiar or some of the music in the background -- but that's about it.

The only level that generated some terror, ironically, is the one someone linked to above with the Youtube video. In that level you're trying to sneak past some blind aliens who can only detect you with sound -- so they shuffle around and "shut down" and then you go past them. Very claustrophobic and kinda effective, and really the only time in the game when I felt some genuine suspense. (That's not a glitch; those aliens are supposed to behave that way)

Everything else -- outside of the novelty of hearing the Aliens music and the sound effects -- is just SO lame, especially all the outdoor enviroments and such. No detail, nothing to hook you in, even the aliens jumping around get old -- fast. Then because there's obviously not enough there to sustain your interest, they throw in all kinds of human enemies who aren't any more entertaining. Very sad. The multiplayer is a total bust, I tried playing several rounds as the aliens in TDM and our team got shredded every time.

At this point I don't even think this is worth a $20 purchase. Maybe $10 if they come out with some DLC that's fun -- but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Wow you were able to finish the game?

Originally Posted by GUNNM Wow you were able to finish the game?

i finished it on hardened lol just avoid this game everyone, it all lies!!! not even a finished game -_-

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Everyone saying they want to buy at $10 should just Redbox it. Spend the $2 and feel the pain for a day and be done. Buying the game actually gives someone some money somewhere and they do not deserve it.