Overon wrote on Feb 25, 2013, 17:36:
Lesson here is beware of tech demos.

dumpy wrote on Feb 25, 2013, 16:19:
I'm glad I didn't buy it, but I am curious how many people here commenting have actually played it?

I've only been duped a couple of times from production companies because I got caught up in the hype. It's a good lesson I suppose.

Regarding outsourcing - I remember Deus Ex: HR outsourced the boss fights (correct me if I'm wrong), which were very out of place in the game. I assume it was due to bad communication.

Endo wrote on Feb 22, 2013, 23:14:
Too late Ubisoft, everyone hates you now.

Know the appropriate adage?

You made your bed, now lie in it.

theyarecomingforyou wrote on Feb 14, 2013, 10:17:
If anyone hasn't seen this comparison video then you really need to. The original preview footage is why I was initially looking forward to the game; the actual gameplay footage is a disgrace. Bait and switch.

Dev wrote on Feb 10, 2013, 17:24:

xXBatmanXx wrote on Feb 10, 2013, 17:09:
Played Skyrim last night for about 5 hours - only level 26 and it says I have only done 8 core missions in 60 hours. haahahahah I have a lot of fun clearing out stuff, selling, crafting, talking with peeps, exploring....hell, I dont' even need a main storyline! hahahah

Generally thats the way I play games like that too. Thats how ppl like us get hundreds of hours in those kinda games

Darks wrote on Feb 8, 2013, 11:28:

Redmask wrote on Feb 8, 2013, 11:22:
The reason why this game doesn't work is the developers want to make a FPS when that is anathema to what worked in the films. The Aliens were deadly because the humans were at a disadvantage and victim of their own hubris and of greed in general. To make a good Alien game you have to be at a real disadvantage.

In Alien they were trapped on a spaceship where even wounding the alien could literally kill everyone onboard, with no weapons but makeshift flamethrowers and prods, and with the smartest person onboard dedicated to killing them. In Aliens they were crippled (they had to use shotguns and flamethrowers), then they lost all their equipment and had to hole up in enemy territory. In Alien 3 they were on a prison planet with no weapons.

Aliens games want to go "Yo, dude, check it out, you've got a smart gun you can fire with impunity" while ignoring that the marine's firepower being castrated was essential to the atmosphere.

And I said textures, not character models. The texture work is very spotty and this isn't a surprise considering they reused assets from a game initially cancelled in 2001. It might improve as the game goes on and more of Gearbox's work shows.

Ill tell you want Redmask, go find the funding to make your own game, then build it and present it. lets see if you can do a better job since you seem to be an expert.