#Aliens colonial marines bug hunt movie#

Again, co-op feels rushed and unpolished despite all the years they had to perfect it. Even co-op, which Gearbox showed a mastery of in Borderlands doesnвЂ™t have all the conveniences, bells and whistles of GearboxвЂ™s big success, like simply being able to orient a local split-screen to a vertical split. ItвЂ™s not a bad shooter, itвЂ™s not broken, but itвЂ™s not exciting and occasionally feels dull. This runs completely counter to the tone of the Alien franchise, but someone, either Sega or Gearbox, mustвЂ™ve felt CODвЂ™s power fantasy success was more important than staying true to the source materialвЂ™s intention. The aliens arenвЂ™t a threat, theyвЂ™re target practice, and players donвЂ™t feel vulnerable, they feel almost invincible.

Trying to kill you, Gearbox defaulted to Call of Duty. Rather than emulate Dead Space which perfected the paranoia of being in a derelict craft with things The chief disappointment in the campaign is the lack of fear. Some fights can actually be completed by simply hiding in a corner and letting the NPCs do all the work. NPCs are a constant, but they are useless AND indestructible, meaning they barrel into a fight and inadvertently act as meat shields. Dodgy AI makes for aliens that simply charge at you, while uninspired level design creates run of the mill gun battles that only draw appreciation for their visual fidelity to the source material. The same canвЂ™t be said of the design team. If nothing else, the sound team has nothing to be ashamed of. The sound track invokes both Jerry GoldsmithвЂ™s Alien score and James HornerвЂ™s more militaristic score for Aliens. The same holds true with the audio where the sound of the M-41A pulse rifle going off, or the foreboding вЂњpingвЂќ of the motion tracker sound phenomenal. The art team clearly loved Aliens and it shows in the detail and authenticity.

#Aliens colonial marines bug hunt movie#

Blurry textures aside, wandering around the Sulaco hanger reveals all the details a fan pausing the movie would expect to see, and HadleyвЂ™s Hope is chock full of little touches like nearly empty sentry turrets and specimen canisters bathed in eerie light. On the other hand, the art team absolutely nailed the look of Aliens. Normally this would be the time to say the game lacks polish and needed another year, but it already had over six, so thatвЂ™s no excuse. Animation is also occasionally weak, particularly with the movements of the aliens themselves, and there are collision glitches with guns sticking out through doors and other technical gaffes youвЂ™d expect from a B-List developer. Unreal Engine 3 shows all its usual flaws blurry textures, levels of detail taking too long to load, some screen tearing and the occasional drop in frame rate. It looks like a mid-generation game, rather than the hyper-optimized graphical spectacles weвЂ™re used to seeing this late in the generation. On the technical side, this game has been in development since 2006 and it shows. The presentation however, is where some people are going to start feeling very sad.