I watched a gameplay video of this for the first time a few weeks ago and it didn't look promising. This review and others like it have comfirmed my fears. I was so looking forward to it before then.
Such a shame. Like so many of my generation the movie Aliens holds a special place in my heart and I could prattle on for hours about the movie and the merchandise I've gathered over the years. If this is genuinely a poor game (And every review says it is) then it's unforgivable.
I'll still pick it up on a steam sale though. If I was prepared to pay £90 for a US import of the special edition on laser disc and £500 on the player to go with it then I think I'm prepared to cough up when it's half price.
It won't be the first terrible movie tie in I've played.
Aw crap. I was hoping this game would get me back into FPSs again. Oh well at least I have "Hawken" for now. Even though it's still in beta, I'm enjoying the heck out of it.
For those who bought it, since BTs review was done on the PS3, this is from IGN
"Lastly, the PC version doesnt suffer from the same shoddy texture work and screen tearing as its console counterparts. However, this isnt exactly cutting edge either in terms of being a 2013 release. Its a game designed for DirectX 9 and doesnt really feature any cutting edge visual flourishes - in fact the video settings menu is effectively limited to a few detail sliders and an FXAA toggle. This is certainly not a game for graphics setting tweakers."
Originally Posted by loftie For those who bought it, since BTs review was done on the PS3, this is from IGN
"Lastly, the PC version doesnt suffer from the same shoddy texture work and screen tearing as its console counterparts. However, this isnt exactly cutting edge either in terms of being a 2013 release. Its a game designed for DirectX 9 and doesnt really feature any cutting edge visual flourishes - in fact the video settings menu is effectively limited to a few detail sliders and an FXAA toggle. This is certainly not a game for graphics setting tweakers."
There are areas on the PC version where the designers haven't been bothered to texture anything.. Hadley's Hope for example. It's like 3dfx all over again.
I gotta say, I see nothing wrong with this game, it is atmospheric, the graphics are absolutely fine on the pc , the music is intense, playing on ultimate badass without a HUD makes it even more challenging and you constantly feel like there is something breathing down your neck.
I am not really sure what else was to be expected, it feels and looks like aliens to me
I think review sites have been incredibly unfair on this game, it seems like you've all just spam copy and pasted each others review and no one has actually really played it.
Why are we getting PS3 reviews anyways, surely a PC review would be more apt for this site.
I'm playing through the single player campaign at the moment and I'll be giving the co-op campaign mode a go on Sunday. It's no AvP/2 and the graphics are more than a little dated by current standards. I haven't noticed the poor animation on the aliens yet as I've been too busy shooting them as fast as I see them and watching the gibbage. They do a wierd freeze once they've clobbered you up close though -one hit out of nowhere then they stand and look at you. It's almost as if they want to be walloped with the gun and then take a shotgun blast to the face, go figure!
It's worth about £10, £15 at most (certainly not £40) but it's not as dire as I expected from the review. I'm probably a touch biased as I'm a die hard fan of the films (except this mythical beast known as "Alien 3" - no such creature, it simply doesn't exist) but I've played a lot worse and paid more for them (a pre order dating back to 2008 has some benefits).
One thing I do agree 100% with the review - get rid of the [insert preferred expletive here] motion tracker icon and audible warning >:( It completely ruins any suspense there might have otherwise been. The marine campaign on AvP (1999) was brown trousers time, this is more like "Oh look, something's going to attack soon. I suppose I ought to check where it is".
Some of the challenges are a bit odd too - melee kill 5 aliens in a mission? Really? Have you even seen the films Mr Game Designer? I guess that'll be a "No" then - fleshy meatbag with gun vs perfect close combat killing machine in hand to hand = "You've got red on you" - and it's your own. Not "Go me! I just killed an alien by prodding it with the shooty bit of my gun!"
TL, DR: It's almost like a game version of a B movie Aliens only it isn't quite crap enough. "meh" is about the nicest comment I can make. I'll probably give the multiplayer a go for the hell of it.
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ReplyThanks for wasting a great gaming concept with poor implementation.
Guess i'll be sticking to Natural selection 2, for my humans VS aliens gaming fix.
They already tried that, it was pretty bad.
I preordered it and bought the season pass too.
Here's hoping that this is one of those games that rates badly but I actually enjoy.
Still, Dead Space 3 is currently making me very, very happy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliens_versus_Predator_2
was an awesome multiplayer game :D
IIRC it didn't fare well in reviews, but I thought it was enjoyable if not earth shattering.
I'll still pick it up on a steam sale though. If I was prepared to pay £90 for a US import of the special edition on laser disc and £500 on the player to go with it then I think I'm prepared to cough up when it's half price.
It won't be the first terrible movie tie in I've played.
"Lastly, the PC version doesnt suffer from the same shoddy texture work and screen tearing as its console counterparts. However, this isnt exactly cutting edge either in terms of being a 2013 release. Its a game designed for DirectX 9 and doesnt really feature any cutting edge visual flourishes - in fact the video settings menu is effectively limited to a few detail sliders and an FXAA toggle. This is certainly not a game for graphics setting tweakers."
There are areas on the PC version where the designers haven't been bothered to texture anything.. Hadley's Hope for example. It's like 3dfx all over again.
I am not really sure what else was to be expected, it feels and looks like aliens to me
I think review sites have been incredibly unfair on this game, it seems like you've all just spam copy and pasted each others review and no one has actually really played it.
Why are we getting PS3 reviews anyways, surely a PC review would be more apt for this site.
It's worth about £10, £15 at most (certainly not £40) but it's not as dire as I expected from the review. I'm probably a touch biased as I'm a die hard fan of the films (except this mythical beast known as "Alien 3" - no such creature, it simply doesn't exist) but I've played a lot worse and paid more for them (a pre order dating back to 2008 has some benefits).
One thing I do agree 100% with the review - get rid of the [insert preferred expletive here] motion tracker icon and audible warning >:( It completely ruins any suspense there might have otherwise been. The marine campaign on AvP (1999) was brown trousers time, this is more like "Oh look, something's going to attack soon. I suppose I ought to check where it is".
Some of the challenges are a bit odd too - melee kill 5 aliens in a mission? Really? Have you even seen the films Mr Game Designer? I guess that'll be a "No" then - fleshy meatbag with gun vs perfect close combat killing machine in hand to hand = "You've got red on you" - and it's your own. Not "Go me! I just killed an alien by prodding it with the shooty bit of my gun!"
TL, DR: It's almost like a game version of a B movie Aliens only it isn't quite crap enough. "meh" is about the nicest comment I can make. I'll probably give the multiplayer a go for the hell of it.
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