Sega & Gearbox Software have recently taken the latest multiplayer and single player builds of the upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines videogame to PAX East 2012 in Boston. Amongst all those gamers was AvPGalaxy forum member Tonks (Scott). Tonks was kind enough to write up an article regarding his day one impressions on the event for us. You can find it here.
“The demo was a good showcase and really looked the part. Details were clear and the sound was great. The experience was a mix of action and storytelling with good pacing and it impressed me. The assets looked great in the game and it all felt like it belonged in the universe – because, as Chris pointed out with Fox treating it as canon – it has to.”
You can find a whole lot of pictures from the first day of PAX east here at our forums. Once again, thanks to Tonks for taking the time to go represent AvPGalaxy at the expo and writing up his impressions as well as Sega and Gearbox for their amazing support.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cMDzGXvnVs#ws
f**k yea. Though, I don't have many friends around that like Aliens, it's still good to hear that more and more games are having split-screen.
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That was the demo. And 'twas good times.
Awwwwwwwwwwww Yeeeeeeeeeeeeah.
Split screen aliens online! woot
I'm sure we've played together?
Could have been - I just wanted to be thorough with the info that i was able to write down!
Great. That was one of the reasons I never picked up AvP. Nothing beats playing some splitscreen with friends.
Wasn't that confirmed sometime last year?
Yeah, when they opened up the cabinet, I could clearly see that the devs (playing as xenos in MP) were definitely on PCs. I even asked about it and the dev confirmed that they were running them on PCs. I'd assume that the marine side were also running on PCs because of the limited set up... but I didn't see the machine with my own eyes. 99% sure everything was PC based at PAX.
Sorry for skipping your question in the write up Newbs. I didn't want to steal your thunder... plus I couldn't remember them giving us any sort of answer other than "we have some stuff in there that should make you guys really happy"
Great question with regards to life cycle. I would love to see that in the game, but from their answer it sounds like they're going to be doing some unique things with the multiplayer regardless. This makes me so excite.
If anything, I hope Gearbox notices the huge potential for variety and awesome that still rests within the Alien universe (gameplay speaking)... Exploit this, and the praises of a million formerly scorned fans will fall upon you like a furious rain!
I think for multiplayer it was PCs with X360 controllers.
I also forgot one interesting thing that was said about Lance Henrickson's performance was that we would see video of it. Not sure if they thought they brought video (we only heard audio from it) but my impression was we would be getting behind the scenes material with the game. Which would be nice.
Was it PS3, XBox etc?
Thanks.
I imagine a game mode for the alien lifecycle would be fun. Hopefully additional game modes will not delay the game past fall 2012!
The clock is ticking
https://twitter.com/#!/CaseyDeFreitas/status/189120527540027393
This makes me very happy!
In terms of friendly fire - It didn't look like my bullets did any damage to fellow marines. I don't know about grenades, though. That being said, a detail like that could change between now and the final product.
Thanks again for the wealth of info!
https://twitter.com/#!/CaseyDeFreitas/status/189098673597186048
That a lots of free pizza!
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"Free stuff from GBX"
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Thanks for the video link ikarop.
I second this. Great work, both of you
The MP map that was available was a HH-inspired map. It wasn't an exact replica/layout of any one part of HH, but it looked like it had been ripped directly from the movie. I caught myself checking out the details in the middle of the match and being impressed.
the hoodies and tee shirts were being worn by GBX and Sega employees and weren't being given out to the public. They were handing out the bandannas to people as they left right after they played the multiplayer portion of the booth.
ps - I noticed the "dodge" move too. I saw a side-step/side-hop type move. It surprised me at first, because the xeno was there in my sights and then a second later had dodged my shots and was ripping me to shreds!
Prior to picking up the controller, GBX was quick to point out that just because the dots on the motion tracker disappeared, it didn't necessarily mean that the xenos were gone or had died... but rather that they could just be standing still and hiding
Just gonna make sure these are added to the article section of the website too.
Husky = Tonks as pointed out on the OP
http://www.avpgalaxy.net/games/aliens-colonial-marines-sega/pax-east-report-day-2-impressions/
Make sure to read it. He did an amazing job as usual.
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These reports continue to rock. The bit about the dodge ability was socool.
Is this the same person as Tonks? I couldn't find anyone by the name of Tonks on the member list.
Hope you guys like it - I'll have another report for you after Sunday's Gearbox Panel!