catbarf on 20/2/2008 at 22:58
A friend let me borrow his copy of Game Informer, and the cover article was about Aliens: Colonial Marines, which is being developed by Gearbox. It's set on the Sulaco, where a team of Marines have boarded to investigate after Ripley, Newt, Hicks and Bishop got ejected. While staying close to the original movies, they do seem to be adding new things- for example, the Alien from the first film returns as a scout and overall sneaky bastard, while the xenomorph from Aliens is the ubiquitous warrior type. They're also considering adding more, such as a drone that can carry eggs. Overall, it has much potential- you know, like the Hindenburg. The last Aliens game was AvP2 back in 2001, and it's good to see fresh blood, but I'm afraid that too many concessions and changes may be made for the gaming community, and we'll thus end up with something close-but-not-quite Aliens that will have changed too much to recapture the original feeling. I'm not really aware of Gearbox's track record for developing games, so I don't know how that will factor into it.
What are your thoughts?
june gloom on 20/2/2008 at 23:03
I thought that got cancelled.
As for Gearbox, you needn't worry. As I've said in another thread, their development resume is top-notch.
I always figured a drone that carried eggs was common sense; after all, they have been compared to ants...
Muzman on 20/2/2008 at 23:23
Damn you James Cameron for turning potentially interesting and actually alien aliens into giant space termites.
Interesting plot tangent anyway; taking a leaf out of The Thing game's book by the sounds (it wasn't the same mob was it?)
catbarf on 20/2/2008 at 23:26
Quote Posted by dethtoll
I thought that got cancelled.
It was. Aliens: Colonial Marines was originally a PS2 game that was cancelled very early. This is only related by name- apparently someone felt it was better to just re-use the name than to go and trademark something else.
Quote Posted by Muzman
Damn you James Cameron for turning potentially interesting and actually alien aliens into giant space termites.
Yeah, that's one of the things I'm afraid of. Aliens are interesting, generic sci-fi bugs are not.
The_Raven on 21/2/2008 at 00:29
I'm actually more interested in the Alien(s) RPG that Obsidian is working on. At the very least, I think it will be interesting to see how they design an RPG around the property. The only other thing that I would hope for in these games is that they go more of the Lovecraftian route of the original, and not the "hurrr space marines fighting bugs" of the sequel. Too bad that seems to be the route Gearbox is taking, not surprising actually.
june gloom on 21/2/2008 at 00:37
Jesus, have you all forgotten that xenomorphs were the original generic sci-fi bugs?
june gloom on 21/2/2008 at 01:08
That's a completely different thing. Fighting giant bugs in the open is one thing. But Aliens started a whole trend of "creepy sci-fi bases loaded with monsters running around in the dark."
heretic on 21/2/2008 at 01:42
Quote Posted by dethtoll
That's a completely different thing. Fighting giant bugs in the open is one thing. But Aliens started a whole trend of "creepy sci-fi bases loaded with monsters running around in the dark."
Not to mention fighting said monsters wearing only underwear.
icemann on 21/2/2008 at 03:42
Aliens kicked ass. Yes its not as horror based as Alien. But it introduced a hell of alot of great things into the mix. If you want to talk about terrible Aliens movies you have only to look at Resurrection.