CVG 'big up' Aliens: Colonial Marines

Is this the biggest shooter licence ever?

 

CVG have published an impressive preview of our soon-to-be-released most-anticipated shooter, and dropped some bombshells over details we'll see in game.

"Pitchford prefers to muse out loud about how cool things would be than confirm actual details, but his nodding and winking makes clear that, if you can remember something from the film, it'll be here.

You'll see everything from that scorpion-esque dropship to Bishop's blood in the cargo bay to the vent where Gorman and Vasquez explode (Gorman always was an asshole). However, you aren't playing as Hicks, Hudson and squad."

There is elation over the inclusion of four-player drop-in campaign co-op, but some miserable news regarding crushing xeno skulls in the iconic powerloader.

"The horde-style last stand firefights will be all the better for having friends on your team, although only non-player characters (controlled by AI) get to use the power loader. Boo. On the other hand, they get eaten when the big Alien smashes the hangar door open. Serves them right."

It's not all great though, with CVG saying that "the biggest problem" is that:

"We've already had 25 years of games ripping it off, plus 25 years of watching the VHS/DVD/Blu-ray. That might be why all this action looks strangely unexciting."

Perhaps they're right. We all certainly know that Aliens has been at the core of at least one *Halo* major *Halo* FPS *Halo* series, and we've all lived and breathed Aliens for a quarter of a century. But will this familiarity put us off?

Source: Preview: Aliens: Colonial Marines - The biggest shooter license ever? Gameplay Preview - ComputerAndVideoGames.com

[Mustafuck]

"We've already had 25 years of games ripping it off, plus 25 years of watching the VHS/DVD/Blu-ray. That might be why all this action looks strangely unexciting."

That's not going to put me off by any means as long as the game is good. I've never been a gears of war player, never liked Halo or any other game inspired on aliens. The only think that very well could put me off are those alien warriors, (in fact they put me off quite a bit already), not the game itself which is in fact promising a lot for any aliens fan, like me.

[Bigapps17]

I'm happy we will be able to go visit the exact spots where the marines died and made their stands in Aliens! I can't wait to visit those places!

[Pvt. Jim Barber]

Halo? How? I am not disagreeing, just wondering

[Guirec]

Originally Posted by Bigapps17

I'm happy we will be able to go visit the exact spots where the marines died and made their stands in Aliens! I can't wait to visit those places!

Those places were destroyed. The repeated insunuations that GB is making that Hadley's Hope survived the blast are really bothering me.

[kalor]

Doesn't bother me at all. I can stretch credibility if it will get me into Hadley's Hope.
And the only reason I liked all those other games was that they WERE a little like Aliens.

Looking forward to the quotability.

[Bigapps17]

You'll see everything from that scorpion-esque dropship to Bishop's blood in the cargo bay to the vent where Gorman and Vasquez explode (Gorman always was an asshole).

Well according to this article you will be seeing some of that stuff and if I am not mistaken, you are able to see half an android in one of the screen shots, which could be bishop. who knows! I still think it would be pretty cool to visit those places!

[kalor]

Originally Posted by Bigapps17

Well according to this article you will be seeing some of that stuff and if I am not mistaken, you are able to see half an android in one of the screen shots, which could be bishop. who knows!

Don't forget the teaser. We find his legs!

[Bigapps17]

Don't forget the teaser. We find his legs!

Forgot about that! Thanks for the save!

[Ripley]

It's inconceivable that GBX will let me down. I think that if this game turns out to be shit, I will cry ALOT.