StingingVelvet wrote on May 22, 2012, 10:36:

Jerykk wrote on May 21, 2012, 18:21:
I kinda wish this was canceled instead of the Alien RPG by Obsidian. At least that had the potential to be interesting. Colonial Marines looks like CoD with Xenomorphs. Really slow Xenomorphs that apparently don't bleed acid. Also, they act like the concept of marines vs aliens has never been done before, except it was done in AvP on the Jaguar, AvP on the PC, AvP 2 on the PC and the latest multiplatform AvP. It's not a novel concept anymore.

They could have done something interesting with this game, like turning it into an X-COM-ish experience where you send marines to investigate various colonies, space stations, spaceships, etc, in an effort to wipe out the xenomorphs and track down the queen. Events could happen in real-time too, so if you decided to check out a space station before a colony, everyone on the colony could already be dead/impregnated by the time you get there, resulting in less intel and more aliens.

You act like the market doesn't want simple shooters. They do.