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VGI: Review: Aliens: Colonial Marines

VGI writes... "When discussing the Alien franchise, the film’s tagline often comes up: “In space, no one can hear you scream.” While die-hard fans say this encapsulates the movies to a tee, I disagree. For me, the fearful-beauty of the Alien films is best conveyed by a conversation between the series protagonist Ripley and Newt.

“These people are here to protect you. They're soldiers,” says Ripley.

“It won't make any difference,” replies Newt."

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sithsylar4090d ago

Looks like they got the paycheck from gearflop.

maximus19854090d ago

weird i never got my check and i have the game and find the online to be fun.

bwazy4090d ago

Yeah, tell me how those two maps are?

MizTv4090d ago

I for one like it
It's far from perfect but I think it's fun

MysticStrummer4090d ago

Yeah I'm enjoying it so far. As you said, certainly not perfect but I'm not seeing anything to justify the really low scores. I don't know what the hell people expect, but if it's constant perfection, they're gonna have really unhappy lives. A game that doesn't do exactly what they want becomes trash and less than stellar graphics make their eyeballs bleed. Sadly it seems that type of gamer is becoming more common.

MizTv4088d ago

i give the game a 6.75-10
the way people talk about it you would think is unplayable

MysticStrummer4088d ago

Yeah my score is a 7 at this point, but a patch or two might bump it up as high as 8. Blacklight: Area 51 is a game that deserves the type of scores A:CM is getting.

dubt724090d ago

Wow. Everyone should read this faux-review. Pretty funny actually.

jlm94090d ago (Edited 4090d ago )

Umm did you actually read the review sith? - the author even says he didn't even play the game he just borrowed all the good bits from all of the negative reviews for the game to show how easy it is to make a legitimate sounding review for a game before pointing out that it is possible just possible that there may have been some other bad or good reviews out there that did the same thing but claimed to play the game.

Basically he is saying that everyone saw the IGN / Gameinformer/ gamespot scores and brought their reviews somewhat in line with them regardless of what they actually thought about the game

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Roundtable: Games That Should Have Received a Sequel

Too many games aren't given a second shot. We at VGU choose which games we would love to see receive a sequel.

JonTheGod963d ago (Edited 963d ago )

The Saboteur - criminally underrated and a fantastic mechanic of bringing colour back to Nazi-occupied Paris.

The article lists Bulletstorm, Sleeping Dogs, and Aliens: Colonial Marines.

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Lazy Writing – Five Diabolical Duds from the Last Decade

Player 2 takes some quiet time to look back at some of the most hyped failures of the past 10 years.

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SpamnJam1542d ago

Can't argue with any of those really, but I would add Resident Evil Operation Racoon City and Metal Gear Survive to that list. Both terrible games from good franchises.

AK911542d ago

Bulletstorm, I actually liked the gameplay but the atrocious writing and characters made me despise the game by the end of it.

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Aliens: Colonial Marines Offers Stellar Multiplayer (If You Use Mods)

Thanks to a bustling mod community on Steam, Gearbox's Aliens: Colonial Marines actually has a stellar multiplayer experience to offer these days.

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FTLmaster1610d ago

I still play AvP on PS3 to this day. That game had fun multiplayer too.