Many reviews for Aliens: Colonial have been published today, and the response hasn’t been very good among critics. The current Metacritic score sits at 49 (X360), 47 (PS3) and 45 (PC). Below you can find a selection of some of these reviews:
- IGN (4.5/10)
- Gamespot (4.5/10)
- Forbes 8/10
- The Guardian 4/5
- Bloody Disgusting 3.5/5
- Escapistmagazine 3/5
- Gametrailers 5.9/10
- Thesixthaxis 5/10
- Edge 5/10
- OXM 6/10
- Gamesradar 2.5/5
- Eurogamer 3/10
- Gamespy 2/5
- Destructoid 2.5/10
- PC Gamer 4.8/10
- Gameinformer 4/10
Make sure to check this thread on the forums for an full and updated list of reviews.
The editor tried to defend him as much as possible, but there is not excuse.
There is so much you can defend one's opinion with "everyone has different opinion" argument.
When the reviewer outright lie about the game's technical flaw, he deserves every backlash.
His Halo 4 review was downright awful. It's like me complaining about COD for not diverse enemies.
Even though I don't like COD series, I wouldn't write such garbage review with too much of bias.
BTW, A:CM metacritic score went down with new low score from other foreign country.
One minor note about the dog tags, you can go to your service record and read little snippets of story for each dog tag after you find them. There are some interesting things to read. Some of it is corny.
Though I do have to question one remark in the review. Wouldn't the last time we were in the derelict by from AvP 1999? The first marine level takes you through the original Jockey Ship.
Here you go.
To be honest I really didn't want to put "pen-to-paper" with it. I've written it, it's up and just needs me to pretty it up with some screengrabs and then it'll be up. Probably tonight or tomorrow.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/6912-Aliens-Colonial-Marines
The comparison with a hypothetical 'Blues Brothers' game is amusingly thought-provoking.
I actually predicted this a few days ago.
I'm dreading it, but think it's inevitable.
Don't hold your breath.
Spoiler
So so true.
Because Borderlands is their own IP and they'll get a higher percentage of the profit margin than they'll get for A:CM.
Very interesting, here's the article: http://games.on.net/2013/02/aliens-colonial-marines-reviewed-an-embarrassment-that-should-never-have-been-released/
Black Ops 2 is MILES better than ACM. Not even in the same league. (Sadly).
This is an Aliens/Predators fansite, most of us don't care about Duke Nukem at all. They're getting so much grief because their game was a f**king shitfest.
Welcome to the site.
The backlash comes purely from the fact that the game is not the game that Gearbox were promoting and not the game that all of the the positive previews and sneak-peeks in the media were based upon. Everyone got conned, and regardless of whether you like it or not or whether or not it had glitches on your rig or whether it was the developer's or the publisher's fault for letting it out into the world, it is the talking heads at Gearbox that will - and absolutely should - cop the flack for it (until they crawl out from under their rock and make us think otherwise).
And to all those people saying we should be happy we even got a game,i am not are not some hobo on the street asking for change who should be happy how little is give to them cause its better than nothing. The Xbox has been out for nearly seven years they should be able to deliver a game that dosen't look like something on the N64! They mad money from AVP 2010 imagine how much they could make from making a good quality Aliens game!
And all this talk about DLC making it better or fixing it is insulting. What you bring out a crappy, glitchy game that is not what was promised and charge people 70-80 dollars for it. Then they expect people to pay more for DLC's? Come on that's getting done up the a#@!
Additionally the much touted 'attention to detail' mentioned in the review doesn't stand up to a great deal of scrutiny against film locations.
Nobody gives a hoot about Gearbox's other games.
Yup already posted. Think the general world wide consensus was he was either paid off or never actually played the game
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/reviews/egm-review-aliens-colonial-marines/
Black Ops 2 is miles better than Colonial Marines. Even the cheesy lines they couldn't get right 'We're not in Kansas anymore' wrong James Cameron film guys. Great work Gearbox or is it Timegate or some random guys in Shanghai they outsourced the game to?
"You make one f**king sound..."
(the doctor's eyes bulge in fear; wide and fixed on his attacker as sweat begins to bead across his forehead)
"...and it's your brains they'll find in the garbage tomorrow morning."
There's a muffled snort. Winter lowers his pulse rifle; scratches his head. An alien is born as O'Neill stares blankly into the middle distance, no discernible emotion on his face. He suddenly screams...
"Rooms clear!"
... then shoots a wall and disappears through the floor.
I wished A:CM focused on the horror and suvival aspect more. You can still be a bad ass marine with a pulse rifle without having to shoot waves of enemies, if you manage to take down a Xeno, numbers are trival.
Good point about the parents/grandparents thing. More middle aged people read the Daily Mail though far as I know, so maybe This Review is more pertinent to that discussion. Mixed 3/5 generally poor and not worth getting.
Wouldn't surprise me if a lot of parents/grandparents might peruse the reviews to decide what to get the youngest in the family as a gift. A review like that, which specifies the 'fun part' is a let-down, will probably cause numerous credit cards to be retained in wallets.
That... Is impressive.
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If the mp truly takes a nosedive like the much less fun AvP 2010, I'm going to join the f**king dark side and start subjugating planets.
So a fan should be happy because they got a turd wrapped in tinfoil? Because afterall, least we have a game!
I think that anything coming (DLC, patches) will simply be thrown out, without anything extensive done to fix the game.
Let me say that, as a builder, nearly every trained tradesman and general site operative (labourer) up and down the country that I've ever met has the Sun as his bible of news, mostly for the sport, but everyone sits down for a read and a smoke at half twelve, and pretty much everyone reads the Sun/Star.
It might be a rag, but it sells to us working class lads.
People were slamming this game last night in the pub. It's got a hell of a reputation.