4gb Patch For Aliens: Colonial Marines Improves AI, Graphics

[Smooth Operator]

Oh Gearbox, normally you do the homework before you hand it in... but hey it's better late then never.
And if this was EA or Acti they would just sell it as a sequel, so thank god for small mercies.

 

[Strelok]

They're trying, at least.
Though the mark was already been made at it's launch, and it's a nasty one.

Now if only someone who'd played the game before-hand could do so again, so he/she could say whether this patch made a huge difference.

I finished it, but have no intention of volunteering to jump on this grenade. Unless the patch removed the ridiculous story there is no point in ever touching this stinker again.

 

[DTWolfwood]

Wonder if anyone will do a re-review with this new patch to let us know if its worth getting when the game hits the bargain bin.

 

[-Dragmire-]

Well, I hope this makes the people still interested in the game happier. I wonder if Jim will try it.

 

[mattaui]

Well, if they keep working on it, I might still pick it up when it's down around $5. Maybe.

Such a shame, since I'm sure most of the folks who worked on it didn't want to ship such a shoddy game.

 

[DTWolfwood]

Wonder if anyone will do a re-review with this new patch to let us know if its worth getting when the game hits the bargain bin.

I reinstalled it last night. Still a shit game that looks slightly less like shit.

still kinda want to play it lol i guess i could wait till it gets to the $5 mark on steam lol

 

[Gitty101]

That train has already left the station. I can guarantee that almost nobody will buy the game anymore, even with significant patches. The image has been tainted.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

The contents of this mammoth patch couldn't have been included some time during the lengthy development of this game why?

I'm sympathetic...I mean, those guys obviously had a lot of drinks to drink.

---

I wonder if this patch is being sent out to the other versions of the game and also can't help but wonder if the implementation of this patch is why the Wii U version still doesn't have a definitive release date and yet is not cancelled.

 

[darthzew]

I hope to God that Jim Sterling (thank God for him) comments about this. Hearing him rant on about Aliens has made the internet so much more entertaining for me.

And maybe the improved graphics can help Aliens have more emotions.

 

[Weaver]

If the game is actually fun now I might pick it up in like a $5 sale sometime.

 

[Callate]

It's probably too little, too late, and of course this will only have an impact for people playing the PC version.

Still, especially in light of the fact that most people have already either bought the game or heard the anger surrounding its release and made the decision not to, I've got to give them some credit for trying to make good.

 

[Johkmil]

They should get some credits for attempting to clean up their mess, but it will not even out the fact that they released said mess in the first place. Abandoning the game would be even worse for the poor consumers that bought the game at launch, believing it was something worth paying for.

 

[Char-Nobyl]

They should get some credits for attempting to clean up their mess, but it will not even out the fact that they released said mess in the first place. Abandoning the game would be even worse for the poor consumers that bought the game at launch, believing it was something worth paying for.

Or you could have made the mistake of buying it on a system that wasn't a PC. Then it's not just a case of a game looking slightly better on a powerful PC: it's the game simply being vastly better on the PC.

 

[Quellist]

Its a good thing they are doing this, but after the disasterous release and the blatant lies of the Demo i think its a case of too little too late...

 

[Yellowbeard]

Every Aliens Vs. Predator game has been a turd, at best only partially fun in spite of themselves. Why was anyone even excited for this, let alone expecting anything good?

 

[Something Amyss]

The contents of this mammoth patch couldn't have been included some time during the lengthy development of this game why?

They were too busy diverting funds and effort to Borderlands.

 

[Vivi22]

Because Gearbox had Aliens CM, Borderlands 2, and Duke Nukem on their lap and then got hit with layoffs shortly after they picked up the rights to Duke Nukem but were still held accountable by the contracts to produce a game within a certain timeframe that sold a certain number of units.

This is a bullshit excuse and I'll tell you why: Gearbox is a private company. No one forced layoffs on them. If people were laid off at the same time they were trying to land a few large projects, that's their fault and they are the ones who decided that was a good idea.

Moreover, lack of manpower isn't much of an excuse when they shoved Aliens CM off onto another developer, and basically kicked Duke Nukem out the door as quickly as possible. But even if we accepted a lack of manpower as an acceptable reason for Aliens CM being a steaming pile of shit, it doesn't excuse their blatant attempt to misinform and mislead consumers prior to release. That is absolutely unacceptable under any circumstances.

It wasn't even a case of making a trailer showing off the best portions of the game. They outright made a trailer that showed portions of the game done better than they were in the actual final product. So much better that I consider that trailer tantamount to fraud.