What is It Worth to Sega to Settle Aliens: Colonial Marines Suit?

[Dirty Hipsters]

according to the filing, may leave the claiming class members better off than they were before. They'd get a full refund, and also get to keep the game.

Yes, getting to keep a game that is awful and which you don't want is clearly a benefit. I love it.

 

[Roxas1359]

I didn't played the game myself, but I think this is the best part of the game. I know this look silly, but they act like that cause they are blind of something.
Of course maybe I am wrong, but even Angry Joe said it was the most enjoyable part of the game.

As someone who LPed the game, I will say that mission's first half is definitely the best thing in the entire game. You have no weapons, those Xenomorphs explode if alerted to sound and when standing still they look like dead corpses, so you have to be extremely careful not to startle them because 2 of them can kill you. You've also got a giant, unknown Xenomorph named Raven tailing you as well, and he can take you down in 1 hit, even with shields up. It actually felt like Aliens. Sadly, you get your guns back and it turns back into Xenomorphs lining up in almost single file to be killed... >.>

 

[PunkRex]

Why the fack is Locke getting all that moola, people are entitled to refunds and SEGA/Gearbox should pick up the court fees but the extra money seems greedy.

 

[Reaper195]

You know, this feels like SEGA is taking more of the hit for this game than they should be. Yeah, SEGA published it, but they originally were having Gearbox "develop" it. What SEGA got in the end was a terrible mess of a game, and it seems like Gearbox is getting off scott-free for this which is a shame.

Not to mention that they were the ones that apparently funds and development from both Aliens and Duke Nukem and put that into Borderlands 2. And I thought Borderlands 2 was disgustingly average and boring. This is the perfect example of what happens when companies like EA and Activision rape developers. Everyone blames the publisher and no one even looks at the developer.

On a slightly related topic, if Alien Isolation doesn't end up being disgustingly great, or curing cancer, I think SEGA might want to stop commissioning Alien games. In fact, as far as I can tell, if Isolation ends up being bad, Alien in general as a video game will be done when you consider just how many shit ones have come out in the last ten years.

 

[BeerTent]

[Ha-Dhurrrrr~] Where the hell do you see anyone getting refunded 40 times the value of the product? Bro, you read? [...] Well, you can't. Because it's in the EULA for that product. Litigation is your only option.

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They don't just do this in game either. I have a friend in the business of professionally photographing food, and when you see an advertisement for food, be it in a magazine or on TV the meal is in reality stone cold and painted with actual varnish. They use steam generators, water spritzers as well as colour grading and photoshop to make it look delicious, but what you're seeing is inedible. When you buy food the picture on the front shows it under professional lighting and garnished with various ingredient that don't actually come with it. It always looks worse once you've got it home, but we're used to being lied to.

Yes, what they did with Colonial Marines was inexcusable, but I honestly think the hate has got out of hand. It's one of many examples of how internet communities can blow things completely out of proportion. I agree that people deserve compensation, but didn't Steam already offer full refunds? And I imagine a few of the small retail stores may well have too. Someone just made $2500 out of this, not to mention all of the lawyers making a quick buck despite never being a victim of this. I call this too far personally.

Aack! You are right. I do not read myself, mang! Apologies. As for the internet, It was invented by cats so that we can share pictures of them, and fuel our darkside with pure hatred and flinging abuse. I don't like the Internet hate machine either, but that's become the norm.

Although, your fast food analogy doesn't hold up. Yes, we're promised dish-washed turkeys and colored food, but when you go to a fast food joint, you'll still get the idea that you're getting a hunk of breaded chicken between two slices of bread along with mayo, tomato, and lettuce. All along with a moderate portion of fries and a sippy-cup for sub-par pop.

Not only were people lied to in this case, but they were provided an incomplete product. Perhaps you and a friend went to your fast food joint for two such burgers? Wouldn't you be angry if there was no pop? No offer to refund for no drink? what if your colleague's fries were frozen, while yours was okay? No lettuce or breading, yet extra glu- err... Mayo, because it's gross? What if this meal was so bad that it caused you to get ill, and the little alien figurine that was promised on your coupon was not delivered?

We've had reports that while Stream offered refunds, it did so very reluctantly, as part of the EULA for the program states you're not entitled to it. We've had people who have had to run their operating system through the automated repair service because A:CM damaged part of the OS as it had failed. This is not something that any non-malicious piece of software should even be able to do.

While the cost of this is insane, we also need to consider this as well. Sega and gearbox are multi-million dollar corporations. Asking for a few grand won't cut it, and will deal absolutely no damage to the company. The more damage we can do, and the better chance we have of setting an example, (Sorry Sega!) the higher chance that other companies will take heed, and get their act together. We need to show courts and the world that it's not right to ship an unfinished product under false pretenses as a complete, $60 unit. We also need to show the courts that we need the power to do this, as some states and provinces will turn around and say "No, you can't sue for this." But that's a topic for another day.

Edit: Shortened quotes.

 

[chiefohara]

Anyone else think the lawyers here at just vultures? Yes, Aliens CM was bad. Yes, Gearbox funneled its funding into Borderlands 2. Yes, the demos and trailers were not representational of the final product. Yes, there may be a case to be made in a court.
But what I see is the gamer getting $2,500 out of the deal. And the lawyer getting $300,000! Somehow that doesn't sit well with me. I know lawyers get paid too much, but seriously! He's getting 100 times what his client is getting.
Everyone involved in this case must feel like an absolute moron.

Lawyers are goddamn parasites.

Always were and always will be.

 

[K12]

I can't imagine that they'll accept this. A refund offer is far too late now and the feeling of winning the lawsuit is far more valuable than the price of the game.