Aliens: Colonial Marines [Download]

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Platform:PC Download  |  Edition:Standard
ASIN B009K6YJTS
Release date February 7, 2013
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3.0 out of 5 starsOnly for the Biggest of Fans...UPDATED
By LSMNC on February 13, 2013
Platform for Display: PC DownloadEdition: Standard
Man it hurts to write this review. For over 6 years I have been waiting for this game and I had high hopes.
Even with my high hopes I was concerned. This is one of the strongest franchises today but as we have seen with the latest of Alien movies (Resurrection, Alien3, AVP) and games, it's one of the easiest to mess up.

Sadly folks this has happened again.

When I heard that Gearbox was making this game, my hopes rose a bit. Their Boarderlands games were pretty good all in all so how could they screw this up? Right?

As soon as you start playing Aliens: Colonial Marines you realize that every inch of the game screams how much Gearbox tried to make it everything it should be. They cared about the franchise and they wanted us to feel the same emotions that we felt from the Aliens movie. It has a million different pieces from the movies but fails to connect them properly.

Unfortunately they failed and they failed badly!

All that you cared about from the Aliens movie is hard to find in this game.
The emotion is gone.
The tension is gone.
The atmosphere is gone.

What a shame!

The game does have potential and that is seen in the game as quick glimpses but it never mounts to much. Sadly these rare moments are just that; RARE!

The Graphics are extremely dated and this brings this title down another notch. As one reviewer said already, it's like playing the first FEAR game which is insane really. While better than the consoles, the PC version still has low res. textures. Suffers from odd glitches and has some TERRIBLE A.I.

Speaking of the A.I. ...... What on earth? Why is it so bad? Your fellow marines in the game will behave in the most idiotic of ways.Read more ›
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1.0 out of 5 starsFelonious Marines!
By Amazon Customer on February 13, 2013
Platform for Display: PCEdition: Standard Verified Purchase
Releasing this game at $59 / $49 price point should be a crime because:

1) Great graphics.... if it was 2003! I have games that are almost 10 years old that have better graphics

2) AI's are AWESOME ... sorry, i mean AWFUL! They seem stoned/confused half of the time, spinning in place or getting stuck.

3) Gameplay extremely linear... you get to play on the Sulaco and LV-426, but are confined to predetermined paths... should have been an open environment.

4) Most of the time, the Aliens don't sneak up on you.... they appear in front of you and rush at you open-armed.

5) LAME scripting.... conversations seemed forced as they try to simulate (and fail) ALIENS.

6) Inclusion of a usable powerloader should have been awesome, but the controls are horrible and you get ejected as soon as the intended fight finishes

7)NONE of the creepy ambience that made the Aliens movie so awesome is present.

8) I ordered this game 2 years ago, and THIS is what Gearbox delivers? This piece of garbage is on par with Duke Nukem: Forever (Duke actually had much superior graphics)

9) Just listing the previous 8 fails has depressed me.... i could go on and on, but my will to type (and live) have been drained by this piece of gos se!

The ONLY thing good about this game was that Lance Henriksen does a few lines for Bishop....

Do yourself a favor: pick this game up if you find it on the side of the road (It is probably my copy i threw out of a window in my rage). Do NOT pay for this horrible game (get Dead Space 3 instead... you can thank me later).

Thanks for making me feel violated, Randy Pitchford.
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1.0 out of 5 starsWARNING - ACM is an unfinished, buggy, unpolished, confusing, and boring generic run and gun shooter.
By Samuel Mitchell on February 13, 2013
Platform for Display: PC DownloadEdition: Standard
I was really excited for this game, especially after watching a few of the videos that I will post in the comment section (Amazon doesn't allow linking to other sites in their reviews). I went so far as to pre-order the game on Steam and now wish I could get a refund.

The ONLY good thing about this game is that the whole thing can be beaten in under 5 hours (less if not for the bugs). According to Steam, I played this game for 7 hours so far and have had 4 crashes, as well as encountering literally countless bugs, the best of which was doors NOT OPENING, or getting STUCK in the environment - forcing me to reload multiple times... Yeah. No idea how this made it past quality assurance... Way to go Gearbox, way to go.

But honestly, the bugs aren't even the worst part. What makes this game so terribly boring is that it feels like an on rails light gun game, with terrible and uninteresting level design (there are some exceptions to this). Why an Aliens game has such limiting environments is beyond my understanding. Invisible walls and missing textures also serve to bring down the little immersion that some of the better designed areas bring to the table.

The enemy AI is absolute garbage and allows you to easily blast one Xeno after another as they calmly walk in front of your shotgun (or get glitched in the environment and just stand there). Getting hit in ACM by an alien is virtually impossible.
Eventually you also get to fight some humans, but nothing changes. You can still Rambo your way through everything using your trusty shotgun with what feels like unlimited ammunition and pinpoint precision.
Next up is the AI of your squad mates, and wow... It is not uncommon to see someone glitched in the environment or running around in circles during a firefight.Read more ›
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Published 6 months ago by Amazon Customer
2.0 out of 5 stars+pros Graphics are good atmosphere is good -cons Aliens are not aliens

+pros
Graphics are good
atmosphere is good

-cons

Aliens are not aliens , they are something else.

Definetly don't play it or buy it.

Published 8 months ago by Kherzah
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