Randy Pitchford, a poor man's Denis Dyack

[benjipwns]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=512813

From that thread:

lol, this game just keeps on giving. It was released in Australia without executable.

 They forgot which studio should be responsible for this.

[Great Rumbler]

[Joe Molotov]

Aliens: Colonial Marines hitting will all the pomp and grandeur of Ron Paul presidential run.

[chronovore]

Breaking my own rule by quoting this, but:

its like a little baby alien tip toeing into the ktichen to steal a cookie and trying not to wake up momma alien

This is the funniest thing you've ever written.

Edit:

alien drank way too much and stayed at the bar way too late without calling, is stumbling through the darkened house hoping she doesn't wake up and start a whole big thing about it

This is better, though.

[Momo]

[Sho Nuff]

Fifty minutes until they nuke it from orbit

[rodi]

aw shit

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

man, Sega really can't catch a break, can they.

10 to 1 somebody has the fear shits over killing the Obsidian game and keeping this

edit: um, what he said.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

remember, the nearly complete Obsidian Aliens RPG was killed off 4 YEARS AGO so that SEGA could funnel all resources to the sure-thing Gearbox FPS!

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[Sho Nuff]

[pilonv1]

How did this get 90 from EGM?

Robert Florence ‏@robertflorence

Brandon Justice at EGM says this - "excellent level design and solid alien AI." And that is a lie. An outright lie.

[rodi]

Marines are super OP. Alien's don't do shit to them. 

edit: It's still somehow fun even if the atmosphere is ruined by weak aliens.

[Don Flamenco]

Is it just me or does Randy Pritchford come off as a bit of a raging Libertarian?  I don't think he has said anything to make me think that that I've heard, but just something about the way he looks and talks.

[Momo]

[Momo]

GOTY

[Don Flamenco]

How did this get 90 from EGM?

Robert Florence ‏@robertflorence

Brandon Justice at EGM says this - "excellent level design and solid alien AI." And that is a lie. An outright lie.

payola doesn't seem likely.  Why would they pay 1 sole mag to rate it high?  Games like Ass Creed always smell of pay-offs because everyone cums about em. 

Could be a lazy reviewer or a reviewer who wanted an attention grab.

[ManaByte]

Brandon's reviewing games again?  Eww, career backslide.

Anyway, there's no way he's taking payola.  But he has always been very, very, very fond of SEGA.  I remember him hyping Floigan Brothers on the Dreamcast as a viable answer to Mario or something.

He's still on crack.

[Great Rumbler]

Aliens: Colonial Marines is much more than a loving homage; it serves as one of the most robust story-driven co-op experiences to date. The concept definitely has room to grow, but as maiden voyages go, Colonial Marines is a clear winner.

Suck it, haters.

[Great Rumbler]

Apparently even Gearbox realized how bad this was, so to keep gamers from being inflicted with the horror of Aliens: Colonial Marines they included a feature that stops the game from even booting up.

[ManaByte]

http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/aliens-colonial-marines-is-an-unfinished-ugly-mess

[Joe Molotov]

Seems the game goes for the avant-garde experience- giving the player a more metaphorical feeling of what it's like to be a marine in Aliens. Going in, they're full of confidence and high expectations of some fun alien hunting, only to be shocked by the jarring reality of the situation and wishing they'd known what they were signing up for. As it is the consensus seems to be that it's one of those times when you shoulda just nuked it from orbit.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

this is on high settings

[ManaByte]

http://www.egmnow.com/articles/reviews/egm-review-aliens-colonial-marines/

at the comments

[drew]

installing

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rented

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[ManaByte]

Better than Colonial Marines!

[Great Rumbler]

Steam version still won't boot at all. Keeps crashing immediately on startup. Thank a lot, Randy Pitchford.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

haha. I wondered why it popped up that you were playing Colonial Marines, like, four times in a row right now.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

From the Destructoid review:

Perhaps the most disgraceful element of Colonial Marines' story is a plot twist ham-fistedly forced into a late chapter that, for fear of upsetting readers with spoilers, I cannot adequately detail. Suffice it to say, the story undoes canon established in the movies, and does so with such casual disregard, it comes off as an insult to the audience's intelligence. When one character points out a fatal plot hole in this awkward twist, the revealing party actually says, "That's another story," and it's never addressed again.

Since I am obviously never going to play this game, I don't mind being spoiled - please do so when you play the game.

From the Joystiq review, I gather it's related to (spoiler):

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Bringing back the dead? But it doesn't mention what character comes back. Is it Ripley?

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$10 in Borean Gold to the first to spoil!

[ManaByte]

From the Destructoid review:

Perhaps the most disgraceful element of Colonial Marines' story is a plot twist ham-fistedly forced into a late chapter that, for fear of upsetting readers with spoilers, I cannot adequately detail. Suffice it to say, the story undoes canon established in the movies, and does so with such casual disregard, it comes off as an insult to the audience's intelligence. When one character points out a fatal plot hole in this awkward twist, the revealing party actually says, "That's another story," and it's never addressed again.

Since I am obviously never going to play this game, I don't mind being spoiled - please do so when you play the game.

From the Joystiq review, I gather it's related to (spoiler):

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Bringing back the dead? But it doesn't mention what character comes back. Is it Ripley?

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$10 in Borean Gold to the first to spoil!

The $100 CE came with multiplayer models for Hicks, Hudson, Drake, and Apone...so maybe one of them.

[hampster]

Spoilers from GAF:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Ok, I just watched some walkthrough vids of this game.

The graphics, glitches, tearing, distinguished mentally-challenged AI, horrible animation and pacing are really only just minor issues compared to the sexist POS story.

Warning massive spoiler ahead, so don't highlight unless you're sure you want to:

Hicks coming back, with some rage inducingly boring ass explanation is probably the worst retcon I've ever seen. Honestly, this is grade A level fanfiction bullshit. This is insulting and reeks of stupid fans getting their way with a story. Horrible.

Yeah right, Weyland troops were in Orbit over Fury 161 but didn't bother to check the surface...
Hicks planting another body in the cryo tube for whatever bullshit reason...
Ripley and Newt being turned into Women in a fridge tropes just so that Gearbox can spin their macho sexist Marine bullshit story avenging the death of those poor helpless women as uber masculine males with massive guns and badass one liners.

This is downright insulting in it's infantile, sexist and condescending writing.

This is a new level of bad and embarassing. If you thought Other M was bad in it's depiction of women and character retcon, this basically takes Ripley, puts a princess gown on her and skullfucks her character and achievements in one foul coma inducing pile of vomit.

AGAIN!!!! Don't look this up if you want to experience the worst fanfiction ever produced in playable form yourself.

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[rodi]

Spoilers from GAF:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Ok, I just watched some walkthrough vids of this game.

The graphics, glitches, tearing, distinguished mentally-challenged AI, horrible animation and pacing are really only just minor issues compared to the sexist POS story.

Warning massive spoiler ahead, so don't highlight unless you're sure you want to:

Hicks coming back, with some rage inducingly boring ass explanation is probably the worst retcon I've ever seen. Honestly, this is grade A level fanfiction bullshit. This is insulting and reeks of stupid fans getting their way with a story. Horrible.

Yeah right, Weyland troops were in Orbit over Fury 161 but didn't bother to check the surface...
Hicks planting another body in the cryo tube for whatever bullshit reason...
Ripley and Newt being turned into Women in a fridge tropes just so that Gearbox can spin their macho sexist Marine bullshit story avenging the death of those poor helpless women as uber masculine males with massive guns and badass one liners.

This is downright insulting in it's infantile, sexist and condescending writing.

This is a new level of bad and embarassing. If you thought Other M was bad in it's depiction of women and character retcon, this basically takes Ripley, puts a princess gown on her and skullfucks her character and achievements in one foul coma inducing pile of vomit.

AGAIN!!!! Don't look this up if you want to experience the worst fanfiction ever produced in playable form yourself.

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I haven't played much of the singe player campaign but this sounds about right. A female character can't be introduced without a main character having fucked her first.

[DCharlieJP]

I saw a few places mentioning this was 24.99 on PC - turns out it's 37.99

WALK ON BY

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I saw a few places mentioning this was 24.99 on PC - turns out it's 37.99

WALK ON BY

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[Howard Alan Treesong]

I, for one, am shocked that the developer behind Duke Nukem Forever could release such a terribly misogynist game 

[Brehvolution]

Steam version still won't boot at all. Keeps crashing immediately on startup. Thank a lot, Randy Pitchford.

He posts here as Rusty Shakelford.

[Great Rumbler]

This is Aliens: Colonial Marines:

-Run through a hallway
-Shoot dozens of aliens
-Listen to generic military chatter

There's no tension here. There's nothing unique about this game. There's nothing interesting about this game. It's a generic shooter with the Alien license attached to it. I hate myself for wasting money on this.

[Purple Filth]

This is Aliens: Colonial Marines:

-Run through a hallway
-Shoot dozens of aliens
-Listen to generic military chatter

There's no tension here. There's nothing unique about this game. There's nothing interesting about this game. It's a generic shooter with the Alien license attached to it. I hate myself for wasting money on this.

 you payed 50 bucks for this?

[Great Rumbler]

It was 25% off at GMG, so I paid $37.50. Which is still way, WAY too much, just so we're clear.

$1 is too much, just so we're clear.

[Purple Filth]

It was 25% off at GMG, so I paid $37.50. Which is still way, WAY too much, just so we're clear.

$1 is too much, just so we're clear.

still 

[Great Rumbler]

Oh God, I just realized that I willing spent more money on this than I spent to back Project: Eternity and Wasteland 2 combined.

KILL ME PLEASE

[Great Rumbler]

This is me after playing Aliens: Colonial Marines:

[MyNameIsMethodis]

its the year 2013 why aren t you pirating pc games 

[Joe Molotov]

its the year 2013 why aren t you pirating pc games 

Pirated games don't activate on Steam.

[Momo]

it is no longer the year 2004 and you are still pirating pc games 

[MyNameIsMethodis]

yes especially bade pc games.

[Great Rumbler]

Don't buy this game, guys. Don't make the mistakes I've made. It's too late for me, but for you there's still time. There's still time...

[Joe Molotov]

Will buy during a Steam sale.

[Eel O'Brian]

I'll just get the Amazon Alienz Attack Pack with this and AvP for $5-10 later this year, and give someone the AvP code.

[Purple Filth]

Don't buy this game, guys. Don't make the mistakes I've made. It's too late for me, but for you there's still time. There's still time...

Details plz.

[Brehvolution]

Isn't this the game that was going to look the best on Wii U? 

[Joe Molotov]

Isn't this the game that was going to look the best on Wii U? 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=38005580

[ManaByte]

The Wii U version will be the finished version like Ninja Gaiden 3 and then they'll backport it to the PS3/360 as a ULTIMATE BUG HUNT EDITION

[Purple Filth]

 

[Great Rumbler]

Where's Infected Gib? He needs to come in here and share my shame.

[cool breeze]

 

maybe this game isn't so bad

[Purple Filth]

So the game basically brings up a plot hole that a character in the fucking game calls out only to be smacked down by another character saying that shit dont matter.

 



Also according to SEGA Gearbox was reponsible for everything and a "insider" gives the dirt on what supposedly really happened

http://www.reddit.com/r/LV426/comments/18ewf4/a_lot_of_you_are_rightfully_upset_at_the_final/

Pecan (the internal codename for ACM) has a pretty long history. SEGA, GBX and 20th Century FOX came to an agreement to produce an Aliens game around 6 years ago, after which SEGA almost immediately announced it, long before Pecan had even started production. The game has been in active development in the past, only to be shelved in favor of another project (Borderlands, Duke, etc), and each time it was resumed it would undergo a major content overhaul.

SEGA, naturally, wasn't super pleased about the delays, but GBX got away with it for a long time and the contract between SEGA and GBX kept getting augmented to push the projected release further and further back. The last time it was resumed, GBX outsourced a good portion of the game to outside companies. Initially, the plan was for TimeGate to take the majority of campaign, GBX would take MP, Demiurge and Nerve would handle DLC and various other focused tasks. This decision was made mostly so that most of the developers at GBX could continue working on Borderlands 2, while a small group of LDs, coders and designers dealt with Pecan.

So Gearbox apparently did the same bullshit Silicon Knights was doing with Xmen destiny

[Stoney Mason]

http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/quick-look-aliens-colonial-marines/2300-7033/

[Joe Molotov]

 

GOTY 

[Purple Filth]

stolen from gaf

Colonial Marines E3 Demo vs Retail  *be sure to have the annotation stuff on since they fucked up the representation for a while*



basically Atmosphere = gone

[Don Flamenco]

So the game basically brings up a plot hole that a character in the fucking game calls out only to be smacked down by another character saying that shit dont matter.

 



Also according to SEGA Gearbox was reponsible for everything and a "insider" gives the dirt on what supposedly really happened

http://www.reddit.com/r/LV426/comments/18ewf4/a_lot_of_you_are_rightfully_upset_at_the_final/

Pecan (the internal codename for ACM) has a pretty long history. SEGA, GBX and 20th Century FOX came to an agreement to produce an Aliens game around 6 years ago, after which SEGA almost immediately announced it, long before Pecan had even started production. The game has been in active development in the past, only to be shelved in favor of another project (Borderlands, Duke, etc), and each time it was resumed it would undergo a major content overhaul.

SEGA, naturally, wasn't super pleased about the delays, but GBX got away with it for a long time and the contract between SEGA and GBX kept getting augmented to push the projected release further and further back. The last time it was resumed, GBX outsourced a good portion of the game to outside companies. Initially, the plan was for TimeGate to take the majority of campaign, GBX would take MP, Demiurge and Nerve would handle DLC and various other focused tasks. This decision was made mostly so that most of the developers at GBX could continue working on Borderlands 2, while a small group of LDs, coders and designers dealt with Pecan.

So Gearbox apparently did the same bullshit Silicon Knights was doing with Xmen destiny

you can almost smell the desperate rush to make Borderlands 2 as soon as the first one saw success. 

It's amazing how people get away with this shit in the real world.  I guess the point where the lawsuit becomes more worth it than the project is even further away than 6 years.  gg legal system

[Joe Molotov]

Pecan (the internal codename for ACM) has a pretty long history. SEGA, GBX and 20th Century FOX came to an agreement to produce an Aliens game around 6 years ago, after which SEGA almost immediately announced it, long before Pecan had even started production. The game has been in active development in the past, only to be shelved in favor of another project (Borderlands, Duke, etc), and each time it was resumed it would undergo a major content overhaul.

SEGA, naturally, wasn't super pleased about the delays, but GBX got away with it for a long time and the contract between SEGA and GBX kept getting augmented to push the projected release further and further back. The last time it was resumed, GBX outsourced a good portion of the game to outside companies. Initially, the plan was for TimeGate to take the majority of campaign, GBX would take MP, Demiurge and Nerve would handle DLC and various other focused tasks. This decision was made mostly so that most of the developers at GBX could continue working on Borderlands 2, while a small group of LDs, coders and designers dealt with Pecan.

So Gearbox apparently did the same bullshit Silicon Knights was doing with Xmen destiny

If they did it the Silicon Knights way, they'd have to half-ass the licensed game while pouring all their resources into Borderlands 2, then run out of money and forget to release Borderlands 2.