The King Of Swing Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Alien: Colonial Marines has got to be one of the biggest missed opportunities ever. While I don't think it's as bad as people are making out, it is at best an average to decent PS2 game. Such a shame. Â Wasn't it delayed a load of time? that's a bad sign right from the get go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricTheRed Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Alien: Colonial Marines has got to be one of the biggest missed opportunities ever. While I don't think it's as bad as people are making out, it is at best an average to decent PS2 game. Such a shame. Â Wasn't it delayed a load of time? that's a bad sign right from the get go. Â Yeah it was delayed for years on end. Tbh it would of been better of cancelled than released in its current form. And for anyone to consider it cannon is insulting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Even if it was released in 2006 it wouldn't have been rated that highly, it's just so generic and the AI is laughably bad. Me and a friend decided to see if we can finish a few levels just by running past all the enemies... yep, it was too easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricTheRed Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Yeah the first alien I encountered got stuck on some of the environment so I just shot it dead! Not sure if you can run past enemies the later you get into the game, but to me it seems that a lot of times you can't progress until all the aliens in an area are killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Deaq Posted February 14, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted February 14, 2013 I thought Split Second played better than Ridge Racer Unbounded. I'd get that instead. Â I loved Split Second, played like the game version of Death Race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members CleetusVanDamme Posted February 15, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted February 15, 2013 I've caved in and got Fifa 13, it'a ace, but I'm having a bit of trouble. I've moved Sneijder and Drogba to Galatasaray, yet when I go to play as them- Drogba's not in the squad, but Sneijder still is, oddly. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Â Those skill games are addictive as fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Curious Orange Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I think you'll need to have the EA Match Day feature turned off. Otherwise it'll just automatically download the latest line-ups and Drogba won't be in as he's only just got permission to make his debut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members CleetusVanDamme Posted February 15, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted February 15, 2013 That's done the job, cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Will Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Fallout: New Vegas had sucked me in, I played out before but never finished the game so I'm giving it another go still not as good as Fallout 3 for me but still a fun game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Maverick Posted February 16, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted February 16, 2013 I'm not much of a gamer and only recently got a 360 my first console since a PS2 but iv'e been playing TES:Oblivion and am finding it really fun, seems to be an absolute heap of stuff to do and explore around the place, might shell out for Skyrim if I ever get it finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Alien: Colonial Marines has got to be one of the biggest missed opportunities ever. While I don't think it's as bad as people are making out, it is at best an average to decent PS2 game. Such a shame. Â Wasn't it delayed a load of time? that's a bad sign right from the get go. Â The main accusation is that Gearbox took all the money they were getting from Sega for this project and used it to ship Borderlands 2 and 3, and then just threw whatever they had done for this game through certification and into the box. Â These guys have done a comparison between a "gameplay demo" and the final game. Â Â The developers have clearly had to pull significant systems from the game right near the end of the dev cycle, like dynamic lighting, some custom animation systems, vfx... Â Even with all those things, it still wouldn't have been great, but at least it would have looked nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Red Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 It almost looks like they had to remove a lot to achieve closer parity between PC and console versions. Maybe they were holding out for a next-gen release, but when that wasn't going to happen had to scale back. Shame, but as you say it wasn't going to affect the gameplay and terrible AI so maybe it's for the best. Â Anyone playing the new Devil May Cry game at all? I've been plugging through it this past week or so, just loving the new look and tone of it. The music is great, the voice acting is decent and it's got a really interesting and fluid combo fight mechanic which might actually be better than the original series. Â I'm so glad that Ninja Theory have really delivered a quality title, Enslaved is one of my favourites of the last few years and it's nice to see what they can do with a good budget behind them. Â Now all I need is the new Tomb Raider to be equally good for all my nostalgia vibes to be complete. Well, at least complete enough to make up for the lack of a decent Final Fantasy title since X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAREBEAR LUVVA Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I noticed this morning that Aliens is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 It almost looks like they had to remove a lot to achieve closer parity between PC and console versions. Maybe they were holding out for a next-gen release, but when that wasn't going to happen had to scale back. Shame, but as you say it wasn't going to affect the gameplay and terrible AI so maybe it's for the best. Anyone playing the new Devil May Cry game at all? I've been plugging through it this past week or so, just loving the new look and tone of it. The music is great, the voice acting is decent and it's got a really interesting and fluid combo fight mechanic which might actually be better than the original series.  I'm so glad that Ninja Theory have really delivered a quality title, Enslaved is one of my favourites of the last few years and it's nice to see what they can do with a good budget behind them.  Now all I need is the new Tomb Raider to be equally good for all my nostalgia vibes to be complete. Well, at least complete enough to make up for the lack of a decent Final Fantasy title since X.  I haven't got around to buying it yet but i have to say that it looks a million times better than the cliche Japanese style of the older games, i think i'll be getting through Metal Gear Rising beforehand, though.  Also, good news for old System Shock 2 fans, GoG have managed to get the rights to rerelease it and it's been modded to work on modern PC's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Red Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 It almost looks like they had to remove a lot to achieve closer parity between PC and console versions. Maybe they were holding out for a next-gen release, but when that wasn't going to happen had to scale back. Shame, but as you say it wasn't going to affect the gameplay and terrible AI so maybe it's for the best. Anyone playing the new Devil May Cry game at all? I've been plugging through it this past week or so, just loving the new look and tone of it. The music is great, the voice acting is decent and it's got a really interesting and fluid combo fight mechanic which might actually be better than the original series.  I'm so glad that Ninja Theory have really delivered a quality title, Enslaved is one of my favourites of the last few years and it's nice to see what they can do with a good budget behind them.  Now all I need is the new Tomb Raider to be equally good for all my nostalgia vibes to be complete. Well, at least complete enough to make up for the lack of a decent Final Fantasy title since X.  I haven't got around to buying it yet but i have to say that it looks a million times better than the cliche Japanese style of the older games, i think i'll be getting through Metal Gear Rising beforehand, though.  Also, good news for old System Shock 2 fans, GoG have managed to get the rights to rerelease it and it's been modded to work on modern PC's.  Who'd have thought that a Japanese action game, remade by a British studio, for an American audience would turn out so good?  Metal Gear is an odd one, I like the developer, like the series, but I'm worried that the 2 don't mesh and we get a bad spin-off game. The previews I've seen seem similar of the ones that were out for Aliens. They're mostly positive but there just seems to be something that they aren't willing to tell us. Time will tell on that one I guess.  System Shock has aged badly, I had a try last night and it's going to be a slog to get through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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