OPM: This is a labour of love.” Those were the words Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford used to reassure Xenomorph obsessives last April, when he leapt in front of dozens of journalists at a major press event and admitted he’d spent most of his career nicking ideas from the Alien films. It was a statement meant to convince those in attendance that the studio was up to making a game worthy of the movie’s most famous monster.
Too many games aren't given a second shot. We at VGU choose which games we would love to see receive a sequel.
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.
Player 2 takes some quiet time to look back at some of the most hyped failures of the past 10 years.
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.
Bulletstorm, I actually liked the gameplay but the atrocious writing and characters made me despise the game by the end of it.
Thanks to a bustling mod community on Steam, Gearbox's Aliens: Colonial Marines actually has a stellar multiplayer experience to offer these days.
