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Quote from: PVTDukeMorrison on Jul 23, 2013, 06:04:08 PM
Bit of a spoiler here

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I love the way they explain what happened to the person who is in Hick's cryotube, the way the merc just kind of tossed the guy in the tube and then punched the controls shut made me laugh

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Quote from: Valaquen on Jul 23, 2013, 06:06:01 PM

Quote from: PVTDukeMorrison on Jul 23, 2013, 06:04:08 PM
Bit of a spoiler here

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I love the way they explain what happened to the person who is in Hick's cryotube, the way the merc just kind of tossed the guy in the tube and then punched the controls shut made me laugh

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Any effort to disguise the guy as Hicks?

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Quote from: Ash 937 on Jul 23, 2013, 09:07:09 PM
It only took a handful of updates and four issues of DLC...but now A:CM is finally the AAA title we were waiting for.  Thank you, Gearbox!

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Quote from: Stringer2355 on Jul 23, 2013, 08:57:44 PM
The North American Playstation Store has updated, "Stasis Interrupted" is available for download now

https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-us/games/addons/aliens-colonial-marines-stasis-interrupted/cid=UP0177-BLUS30862_00-ALIENSCMPOPPY001

(https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/store/api/chihiro/00_09_000/container/US/en/19/UP0177-BLUS30862_00-ALIENSCMPOPPY001/nsx/8193/1080607984)

(https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/store/api/chihiro/00_09_000/container/US/en/19/UP0177-BLUS30862_00-ALIENSCMPOPPY001/nsx/8193/1080607983)

(https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/store/api/chihiro/00_09_000/container/US/en/19/UP0177-BLUS30862_00-ALIENSCMPOPPY001/nsx/8193/1080607982)

Quote from: Ash 937 on Jul 23, 2013, 10:58:11 PM
Nice cinematic but something is still unclear to me...

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Does any portion of the playable campaign take place on Fury 161 or is just the above cinematic set on that planet?

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Quote from: PRI. HUDSON on Jul 23, 2013, 10:47:31 PM
Well, gotta hand it to Gearbox A LITTLE BIT, but I will forever hate them for ruining what could have been a game for the ages.

Hopefully someone can bring us a game with aliens, marines, and whatever elements and put them together into an epic like game.

Quote from: PRI. HUDSON on Jul 23, 2013, 10:47:31 PM
Well, gotta hand it to Gearbox A LITTLE BIT,

Quote from: Local Trouble on Jul 23, 2013, 09:15:02 PM

Quote from: Stringer2355 on Jul 23, 2013, 08:57:44 PM(https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/store/api/chihiro/00_09_000/container/US/en/19/UP0177-BLUS30862_00-ALIENSCMPOPPY001/nsx/8193/1080607982)

Canon!

Quote from: ikarop on Jul 23, 2013, 11:48:36 PM
This thread is labelled as spoilery BTW. No need to use spoiler tags unless you want to.

Quote from: Ash 937 on Jul 23, 2013, 11:25:24 PMI disagree.  Stasis Interrupted is almost a total redemption in my opinion.

Quote from: ikarop on Jul 23, 2013, 11:48:36 PM
This thread is labelled as spoilery BTW. No need to use spoiler tags unless you want to.

Quote from: Xenomorphine on Jul 24, 2013, 12:24:33 AM
Ripley's skull and facehuggers are now immune to pulse rifle fire.

CANON.

I like how Hicks is relatively untroubled by seeing Ripley all facehugged. He's all kind of... "No. :|"

Quote from: Local Trouble on Jul 24, 2013, 12:54:04 AM
Does not-Hicks have a name now?

Quote from: SM on Jul 24, 2013, 12:56:27 AM
According to the vid Stunt Hicks is in fact known as W-Y Grunt.

Quote from: Xenomorphine on Jul 24, 2013, 01:01:19 AM
According to the subtitles, it's 'Turk'. He's the one who was helping to revive Hicks.

Other survivor is 'Stone'.

Quote from: Killa-Hawke on Jul 24, 2013, 01:03:21 AM
Ummmm....random guy in his underwear......didn't see that coming

QuoteThis was what Pitchford, Neumann and the rest were promising you would make 'Alien 3' a better movie. Don't you go disrespecting their genius writing skills.

QuoteDidn't you say the facehugger could only be on Hicks (or, I guess, Turk)?

Quote from: stemot on Jul 24, 2013, 12:10:19 AM
How Hicks Survived:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mquByeLRYNM# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mquByeLRYNM#)

Quote from: SM on Jul 24, 2013, 02:09:40 AM
The WY guy should've done an Arnie when he put Turk on the tube.

"Sleep id ahf"

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Canon!

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*sniff* She's standing in the wrong place compared to the film.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mquByeLRYNM
This can only really qualify as an interesting 'what if' because it in no way resembles the film.  Couldn't they even get the woman to attempt a Pommy accent for the computer.

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Quote from: Xenomorphine on Jul 24, 2013, 02:28:29 AM
Well, yeah, but the voice seems more obvious and the Fury stuff hasn't featured in a video for yet. :)

Quote from: Local Trouble on Jul 24, 2013, 02:27:54 AM
New canon takes precedence over old canon.

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Quote from: Local Trouble on Jul 24, 2013, 02:27:54 AM
New canon takes precedence over old canon.

Except when the old canon is clearly written by adults for adults, and the new canon is written by brodudes for teenagers.

Quote from: OpenMaw on Jul 24, 2013, 02:45:37 AM

Quote from: Local Trouble on Jul 24, 2013, 02:27:54 AM
New canon takes precedence over old canon.

Except when the old canon is clearly written by adults for adults, and the new canon is written by brodudes for teenagers.

Quote from: Local Trouble on Jul 24, 2013, 03:29:25 AM
If you want a picture of the franchise's future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face...forever.

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That's loads better than those laughable W-Y baseball caps. I still want to know who honestly thought that was a good idea.

Quote from: Kimarhi on Jul 24, 2013, 05:29:25 AM
Most PMCs don't wear full battle rattle.  Because that shit is uncomfortable and they are mostly for security not infantry tactics and maneuvers. 

Some special ops guys don't wear them.  We'd see the SEALs rolling out all the time without their fancy bicycle helmets.  We weren't in the most dangerous of places but since those guys (and other special ops) were the only ones doing anything anyways....

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Quote from: Kimarhi on Jul 24, 2013, 05:29:25 AM
Most PMCs don't wear full battle rattle.  Because that shit is uncomfortable and they are mostly for security not infantry tactics and maneuvers. 

Some special ops guys don't wear them.  We'd see the SEALs rolling out all the time without their fancy bicycle helmets.  We weren't in the most dangerous of places but since those guys (and other special ops) were the only ones doing anything anyways....

None of them are wearing that gear, though. In the film, they all did. Here, in a recreation of that very scene, every single one of them has a completely different costume on.

Quote from: Xenoscream on Jul 24, 2013, 09:28:57 AM
Can someone give a brief summary of what happens in each chapter? There is little to no chance of me picking this up (no time, other games and not much incentive) but I'm curious about the story, from what I can see it starts before the pain plot and picks up after it finishes, or do the A3 events occur before the main campaign?

Quote from: Promethean Fire on Jul 24, 2013, 12:55:18 PM
Its not brief, but here is a rundown of the story...

Quote from: Xenomorphine on Jul 24, 2013, 12:24:33 AM
I like how Hicks is relatively untroubled by seeing Ripley all facehugged. He's all kind of... "No. :|"

Quote from: Jarac on Jul 24, 2013, 01:52:11 AM
Really? f**king really? Ripley somehow Ripley manages to survive acid damage from the Facehugger's acid splash (not to mention having a bullet put into her brain)?

Quote from: Xenomorphine on Jul 24, 2013, 12:24:33 AM
Ripley's skull and facehuggers are now immune to pulse rifle fire.

Quote from: DemonicD13 on Jul 24, 2013, 12:46:57 AM
Why do they (the inhabitants of Fury) think the crushed body is Hicks's, I thought the warden read his dog tag (or his underwear). It's not like Fury could access the ships logs. If they were just guessing who the crushed body in the tube was in the movie, how did they ever figure it belonged to Hicks in the first place?

Quote from: Engineer on Jul 24, 2013, 01:43:07 PM
What happened to Boris? The only prisoner who survived in alien 3?

Quote from: Engineer on Jul 24, 2013, 01:43:07 PM
What happened to Boris? The only prisoner who survived in alien 3?

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We flashback to the Legato research ship, dispatched after Burke confirmed XT presence on LV-426.  The Legato has obtained specimens from the derelict alien vessel, codenamed "Origin" and is experimenting on a cargo of hijacked cryosleepers (ala Alien Resurrection).  The outbound ship receives orders to return to LV-426 in order to intercept the USS Sulaco which is leaving orbit.

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Quote from: Valaquen on Jul 24, 2013, 09:19:29 AM
Am I seeing correctly or has Bishop II's clothing changed (beige coat to dark coat, crimson scarf) and his head wound isn't visible?

Quote from: ST on Jul 24, 2013, 03:22:50 PM

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We flashback to the Legato research ship, dispatched after Burke confirmed XT presence on LV-426.  The Legato has obtained specimens from the derelict alien vessel, codenamed "Origin" and is experimenting on a cargo of hijacked cryosleepers (ala Alien Resurrection).  The outbound ship receives orders to return to LV-426 in order to intercept the USS Sulaco which is leaving orbit.

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So the Legato was sent to LV-426 before the Sulaco? Why wasn't Burke on that ship then? Besides, Burke was only able to confirm the XT presence after they landed on LV-426 (There was a good chance that the communication loss with the colony could just have been a damaged transmitter).

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Quote from: Jarac on Jul 24, 2013, 01:52:11 AM
Really? f**king really? Ripley somehow Ripley manages to survive acid damage from the Facehugger's acid splash (not to mention having a bullet put into her brain)?

Quote from: Xenomorphine on Jul 24, 2013, 12:24:33 AM
Ripley's skull and facehuggers are now immune to pulse rifle fire.

Remember Alien...? Remember how Ash wounded Kane's hugger...? Same thing. The bullets obviously did not hit Ripley. Just grazed the hugger and the acid bursted out into the cryotube (there is an acid burn mark that Clements finds in Alien 3) and the floor , which the ship's computer thought that was an electrical fire (causing the cryotubes ejection into the EEV and its launch).

Quote from: Jarac on Jul 24, 2013, 03:40:17 PM
I'm pretty sure that there is a major difference between a small scalpel wound a BULLET TO THE FACE! That was not a graze wound; that shot literally went into the 'Hugger and Ripley's face area! That would have killed Ripley if this game was being serious!

Quote from: Kronnang_Dunn on Jul 24, 2013, 03:35:46 PM

Quote from: ST on Jul 24, 2013, 03:22:50 PM

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We flashback to the Legato research ship, dispatched after Burke confirmed XT presence on LV-426.  The Legato has obtained specimens from the derelict alien vessel, codenamed "Origin" and is experimenting on a cargo of hijacked cryosleepers (ala Alien Resurrection).  The outbound ship receives orders to return to LV-426 in order to intercept the USS Sulaco which is leaving orbit.

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So the Legato was sent to LV-426 before the Sulaco? Why wasn't Burke on that ship then? Besides, Burke was only able to confirm the XT presence after they landed on LV-426 (There was a good chance that the communication loss with the colony could just have been a damaged transmitter).

Wrong. The Legato is a W-Y ship that was sent to LV-426 after Burke confirms the presence of the xenos and that he is trying to get specimens. There is even an audio recording found in the first chapter from a W-Y technician who got Burke's message and read it in the recording. The Legato found the Derelict and started the construction of the Origin research facilities in it. Then left LV-426 with egg samples and reached the Sulaco near FURY 161. While intercepting the Sulaco the W-Y scientists started experimenting with colonist civilians in hypersleep but an outbreak took place and the Legato got infested while linking with the Sulaco.

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Quote from: Jarac on Jul 24, 2013, 03:40:17 PM
I'm pretty sure that there is a major difference between a small scalpel wound a BULLET TO THE FACE! That was not a graze wound; that shot literally went into the 'Hugger and Ripley's face area! That would have killed Ripley if this game was being serious!

And I'm pretty sure the makers of the expansion did not have that in mind when making the cinematic sequence. They just used what they had at their disposal, buggy engine and all. I understood this the first time I saw it and actually found it logical and clearly did not see any skull damage when I watched the movie while playing the actual game. The youtube video also has very poor resolution. Everything else is just nitpicking.

Quote from: ST on Jul 24, 2013, 03:46:32 PM
Ok, so let me get this straight. Burke sees the facehugger in the lab which confirms that Ripley was telling the truth. He goes off to transmit a message to W-Y (never mind the fact that the uplink to the comm tower was damaged). In less than four hours the Legato arrives, finds the derelict, starts the construction of the origin facillity, collects the eggs and then goes chasing after the Sulaco?  ???

Quote from: Jarac on Jul 24, 2013, 03:52:21 PM
No, that's just justify lazy logic. In all canon, a bullet to the face would have killed the 'hugger and the host! You're basically telling us to "shut up, because Gearbox/FOX says so!" I'm pretty sure FOX doesn't give a damn what's "Canon" or not and hasn't for a LONG time. You're basically telling us to accept shotty writing and contrivances from a company who didn't give a damn in the first place?Yeah, no, sory. I'm gonna be a sheep on this issue. This is one more stupid thing Gearbox pulled out of its ass that makes o sense (and I love how they never talked about/explained the Alien egg on the Sulaco and how it got there).

Quote from: Kronnang_Dunn on Jul 24, 2013, 03:52:48 PM

Quote from: ST on Jul 24, 2013, 03:46:32 PM
Ok, so let me get this straight. Burke sees the facehugger in the lab which confirms that Ripley was telling the truth. He goes off to transmit a message to W-Y (never mind the fact that the uplink to the comm tower was damaged). In less than four hours the Legato arrives, finds the derelict, starts the construction of the origin facillity, collects the eggs and then goes chasing after the Sulaco?  ???

And why it has to be in less than four hours? The Legato looked like a very advanced ship when it exploded and it was probably faster than the Sulaco, so maybe that's why it catches up with it despite spending some time in LV-426 collecting samples. But all this is speculation. I am actually not bored at these little nitpickering details at all. Is Sci-Fi after all, you know? ;D

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Quote from: Jarac on Jul 24, 2013, 03:52:21 PM
No, that's just justify lazy logic. In all canon, a bullet to the face would have killed the 'hugger and the host! You're basically telling us to "shut up, because Gearbox/FOX says so!" I'm pretty sure FOX doesn't give a damn what's "Canon" or not and hasn't for a LONG time. You're basically telling us to accept shotty writing and contrivances from a company who didn't give a damn in the first place?Yeah, no, sory. I'm gonna be a sheep on this issue. This is one more stupid thing Gearbox pulled out of its ass that makes o sense (and I love how they never talked about/explained the Alien egg on the Sulaco and how it got there).

LOL And I am telling you, I did not see any bullet to the head. If that's what you saw, then I am sorry for you. You probably hated the expansion. I did not. So be it... ::)

Quote from: Kronnang_Dunn on Jul 24, 2013, 03:19:54 PM
Just played the DLC up to the third chapter. My God.... the story did fit perfectly with both the ACM game and the movies. Some little costume and voice errors here and there but nothing that hurts the continuity. They pulled a decent expansion for a very hated game. I am glad they finished what they started despite all the negative feedback they received. Thank you Gearbox.

Btw... I think the reason Hicks has the acid burned shirt and then changes to a dark outfit and then back again to the damaged shirt is because the burned shirt is part of his BDU (Battle Dress Uniform) and did not have a spare.

Quote from: Promethean Fire on Jul 24, 2013, 12:55:18 PM
Its not brief, but here is a rundown of the story...

Good summary. The only thing wrong is that it took 2 days for Hicks and Stone to arrive at Fury 161 in their spaceship... they did not travel for 2 days in the planet's surface like you posted. Stone even tells Hicks that he got a deck of cards for the 2 days long space trip (obvious Aliens reference).

Quote from: Xenomorphine on Jul 24, 2013, 12:24:33 AM
I like how Hicks is relatively untroubled by seeing Ripley all facehugged. He's all kind of... "No. :|"

He was all drowsy and awakening from hypersleep.

Quote from: Jarac on Jul 24, 2013, 01:52:11 AM
Really? f**king really? Ripley somehow Ripley manages to survive acid damage from the Facehugger's acid splash (not to mention having a bullet put into her brain)?

Quote from: Xenomorphine on Jul 24, 2013, 12:24:33 AM
Ripley's skull and facehuggers are now immune to pulse rifle fire.

Remember Alien...? Remember how Ash wounded Kane's hugger...? Same thing. The bullets obviously did not hit Ripley. Just grazed the hugger and the acid bursted out into the cryotube (there is an acid burn mark that Clements finds in Alien 3) and the floor , which the ship's computer thought that was an electrical fire (causing the cryotubes ejection into the EEV and its launch).

Quote from: DemonicD13 on Jul 24, 2013, 12:46:57 AM
Why do they (the inhabitants of Fury) think the crushed body is Hicks's, I thought the warden read his dog tag (or his underwear). It's not like Fury could access the ships logs. If they were just guessing who the crushed body in the tube was in the movie, how did they ever figure it belonged to Hicks in the first place?

As far as I remember there were not dog tags nor underwear at the Alien 3 film. But at the begining there were digital images and information with computerized data of Hicks, Ripley and company. That could mean that the data was obtained from the cryotubes by the FURY immates somehow or that the Sulaco broadcasted the data as the EEV was ejected and landed on the planet. That's the beauty of Sci-Fi... is science, but above all, fiction... so anything is possible.

Quote from: Engineer on Jul 24, 2013, 01:43:07 PM
What happened to Boris? The only prisoner who survived in alien 3?

Who the hell is Boris? If you are talking about ROBERT MORSE you just #ucked up... big time.

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Quote from: ST on Jul 24, 2013, 03:46:32 PM
Ok, so let me get this straight. Burke sees the facehugger in the lab which confirms that Ripley was telling the truth. He goes off to transmit a message to W-Y (never mind the fact that the uplink to the comm tower was damaged). In less than four hours the Legato arrives, finds the derelict, starts the construction of the origin facillity, collects the eggs and then goes chasing after the Sulaco?  ???

And why it has to be in less than four hours? The Legato looked like a very advanced ship when it exploded and it was probably faster than the Sulaco, so maybe that's why it catches up with it despite spending some time in LV-426 collecting samples. But all this is speculation. I am actually not bored at these little nitpickering details at all. Is Sci-Fi after all, you know? ;D

QuoteWe flashback to the Legato research ship, dispatched after Burke confirmed XT presence on LV-426.  The Legato has obtained specimens from the derelict alien vessel, codenamed "Origin" and is experimenting on a cargo of hijacked cryosleepers (ala Alien Resurrection).  The outbound ship receives orders to return to LV-426 in order to intercept the USS Sulaco which is leaving orbit.

Quote from: Al - Supervisor, Hadley's HopeIt takes two weeks to get an answer out here and the answer is always don't ask.

Quote from: RagingDragon on Jul 24, 2013, 04:20:18 PM
That was a bold statement there! :laugh:

So.. um, the Legato, um. So, it landed, picked up eggs during the events of Aliens, left, then came back?

Errkay.

All this just to say 'Hicks is alive!'

This entire game is the ultimate butthurt Aliens fanboy revenge on Alien3. It's quite impressive that it took, what, $60 million to bring the butthurt level to absolute, unbelievable maximum expression? (I don't remember the budget figure.)

It's been boiling since Pitchford walked out of his first A3 showing in 92.

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Quote from: Kronnang_Dunn on Jul 24, 2013, 03:19:54 PM
He was all drowsy and awakening from hypersleep.

QuoteRemember Alien...? Remember how Ash wounded Kane's hugger...? Same thing. The bullets obviously did not hit Ripley. Just grazed the hugger and the acid bursted out into the cryotube (there is an acid burn mark that Clements finds in Alien 3) and the floor , which the ship's computer thought that was an electrical fire (causing the cryotubes ejection into the EEV and its launch).

Quote from: scifiman26 on Jul 24, 2013, 04:01:49 PM
On that note I just wish kickstarter could raise money for a Proper Aliens game and give to a worthy developer who would be as true to is as all the fans would be if we were to all come together for our support.

Quote from: RagingDragon on Jul 24, 2013, 04:20:18 PM
This entire game is the ultimate butthurt Aliens fanboy revenge on Alien3.

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Quote from: RagingDragon on Jul 24, 2013, 04:20:18 PM
This entire game is the ultimate butthurt Aliens fanboy revenge on Alien3.

Without being sarcastic, I think the problems in this game's story and presentation have more to do with over-eager fan-boyism, in general, than those who had (justifiable) reasons for disliking how Hicks' death was handled in 'Alien 3'.

Quote from: RagingDragon on Jul 24, 2013, 05:01:20 PM
Well yeah, agreed. The entire premise of going back to 426 screamed fan wank from the beginning, I just thought that would be the extent of it, and they might come up with a decent story on the back of the liberties they took with Hadley's.

The bullet thing, gah. It's a stretch, but shit happens. Would've had to be an extremely glancing shot, for sure. Same with Turk in Hicks' tube.. borderline unblievable but whatev. They didn't answer many plot holes, really, just shifted them to the Fury crew instead. You kind of make them incompetent, which they really didn't seem in the film, by making them miss the bullet hole and totally f**king up Hicks' identification.

Though I guess the computer would've recorded Hicks as the last occupant of the cryotube, but Bishop would've known and told Ripley everything. Something along the lines of 'the ship was boarded, Corporal Hicks' cryotube was opened' maybe?

But I forget, Bishops in on that shit! Bad writing for sure. :laugh: After A:CM came out, I sat down and pieced together everything possible that could make this story work, and it ended up nothing like this impossible shit in any way.

And good post, Jarac, agreed 100%.

Quote from: Jarac on Jul 24, 2013, 05:26:32 PM
You are right, RagingDragon. A:CM is just one big fan-wank that tries to "correct the mistake" of Alien 3.

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Quote from: Jarac on Jul 24, 2013, 05:26:32 PM
You are right, RagingDragon. A:CM is just one big fan-wank that tries to "correct the mistake" of Alien 3.

what mistake

Quote from: Xenomorphine on Jul 24, 2013, 06:39:28 PM

* Burke sending the transmission... Wow. Biggest plot-hole of all. I'm seriously surprised that nobody on the writing team noticed this. A good portion of the very movie this is meant to be sticking so closely to, revolves around how impossible it was for the characters to have sent any signal out. What was the point of Bishop's trip to the tower if Burke was able to send this from the fortified comfort of Operations? And why hadn't he reassured the Marines that assistance was on its way, to get into their good books?

QuoteBurke sending the transmission... Wow. Biggest plot-hole of all. I'm seriously surprised that nobody on the writing team noticed this. A good portion of the very movie this is meant to be sticking so closely to, revolves around how impossible it was for the characters to have sent any signal out. What was the point of Bishop's trip to the tower if Burke was able to send this from the fortified comfort of Operations? And why hadn't he reassured the Marines that assistance was on its way, to get into their good books?

Quote from: RagingDragon on Jul 24, 2013, 07:13:30 PM
And something that niggles me worse than the bullet to Ripleys head might be that:

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Hicks and dude supposedly walk across the surface of Fiorina for 2 f**king days? Come on. I know it shows the prisoners outside a bit during the film, and even more in the Director's Cut, but - from the Xenopedia -

QuoteFiorina 161 experiences extreme temperatures which range between +100°C in daylight to –40°C at night

Hurrrrrr! What? I mean it's obvious they were just trying to get the timelines to match up, which is one of the hardest parts of continuing a story like this, but that's a pretty fool ass way to go about it.

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QuoteI can't see the others allowing him to sit around in the APC on his own and send out secret messages, whereas the dropship had to fly out to them.

Quote from: Nazrel on Jul 24, 2013, 07:35:38 PM
We already know the company knows about the aliens since the original movie. Ripley confirms they are there.  It  was what a few months since the first contact with the aliens to when the marines arrive? The company could have easily gotten a science crew ready, highjacked some hypersleep chambers. All in preparation, and had it waiting nearby.

Marines arrive burke sends a second transmission confirming the aliens (hes a company man im sure he was prepared with his own devices). Thats all i got that would make any possible sense.

Quote from: Jarac on Jul 24, 2013, 05:50:04 PMThe only mistake is that it doesn't explain the Alien egg.

Quote from: Xenomorphine on Jul 24, 2013, 06:39:28 PM
Watching through the videos... Some observations, so far:

* There's a facehugger which scuttles right past Lisbeth and doesn't seem to give a damn.

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Shes already infected.......

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Quote from: acheronbeing on Jul 24, 2013, 08:06:35 PM

Quote from: Jarac on Jul 24, 2013, 05:50:04 PMThe only mistake is that it doesn't explain the Alien egg.

There was a queen aboard

Quote from: Jarac on Jul 24, 2013, 08:40:35 PM
The egg was placed upside down near/in the cry room. How did it get there? How did it have the time to put it there?

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Quote from: Jarac on Jul 24, 2013, 08:40:35 PM
The egg was placed upside down near/in the cry room. How did it get there? How did it have the time to put it there?

How do you know where it was?

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Quote from: Jarac on Jul 24, 2013, 08:40:35 PM
The egg was placed upside down near/in the cry room. How did it get there? How did it have the time to put it there?

How do you know where it was?

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Quote from: Local Trouble on Jul 24, 2013, 08:42:39 PM

Quote from: Jarac on Jul 24, 2013, 08:40:35 PM
The egg was placed upside down near/in the cry room. How did it get there? How did it have the time to put it there?

How do you know where it was?

It was placed there in the game.

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Quote from: WarriorRidged on Jul 24, 2013, 08:51:24 PM
I played through the DLC today, I enjoyed it - but I didn't get all the narrative first time over.

Where the did the Aliens in this cave system come from? Was this explained? Where were the hosts found to create so many?

Quote from: WarriorRidged on Jul 24, 2013, 08:51:24 PM
I played through the DLC today, I enjoyed it - but I didn't get all the narrative first time over.

Where the did the Aliens in this cave system come from? Was this explained? Where were the hosts found to create so many?

Quote from: Xenomorphine on Jul 24, 2013, 11:21:15 PM
No. The audio log makes it clear that the cave system was sealed. Then Weyland-Yutani drills into it (for reasons not properly clarified) and they find a ton of them waiting in there.

Remember that video where Pitchford nodded and winked to the camera, speaking of how the colony's nest might not be the only one? This was what he was thinking of when he said that.

In other words, it's there because Gearbox wanted it to be.

Quote from: Xenomorphine on Jul 24, 2013, 11:21:15 PM
No. The audio log makes it clear that the cave system was sealed. Then Weyland-Yutani drills into it (for reasons not properly clarified) and they find a ton of them waiting in there.

Remember that video where Pitchford nodded and winked to the camera, speaking of how the colony's nest might not be the only one? This was what he was thinking of when he said that.

In other words, it's there because Gearbox wanted it to be.

Quote from: demonbane on Jul 24, 2013, 08:45:05 PM

Quote from: Local Trouble on Jul 24, 2013, 08:42:39 PM

Quote from: Jarac on Jul 24, 2013, 08:40:35 PM
The egg was placed upside down near/in the cry room. How did it get there? How did it have the time to put it there?

How do you know where it was?

Watch Alien 3 expanded.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y69pW8DNRC4#noexternalembed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y69pW8DNRC4#noexternalembed)

Quote from: Xenomorphine on Jul 24, 2013, 11:21:15 PM
No. The audio log makes it clear that the cave system was sealed. Then Weyland-Yutani drills into it (for reasons not properly clarified) and they find a ton of them waiting in there.

Remember that video where Pitchford nodded and winked to the camera, speaking of how the colony's nest might not be the only one? This was what he was thinking of when he said that.

In other words, it's there because Gearbox wanted it to be.

Quote from: Jango1201 on Jul 25, 2013, 12:02:21 AM
If I may... Perhaps their there from the derelict? Non of us actually know if there were fully grown aliens on the ship when It crashed/ landed. We didn't see enough of the ship to figure out the ships purpose or if there was another section of the ship that could of housed hosts. Just a theory but who knows.

Quote from: Xenomorphine on Jul 25, 2013, 02:26:05 AM

Quote from: Jango1201 on Jul 25, 2013, 12:02:21 AM
If I may... Perhaps their there from the derelict? Non of us actually know if there were fully grown aliens on the ship when It crashed/ landed. We didn't see enough of the ship to figure out the ships purpose or if there was another section of the ship that could of housed hosts. Just a theory but who knows.

According to the Gearbox vision, these Aliens were very active. If there were that many down in the chamber where the eggs feature, then the Nostromo crew would have been in a lot of trouble! And there's also the mention of it being somewhere Weyland-Yutani had to drill into, by accident, after they already had access to the ship.

It's quite the mess to try and make sense of. I'm not even sure we got a straight answer on why the Sulaco was flown back to the LV-426 yet.

Quote from: ST on Jul 24, 2013, 08:56:48 PM

Quote from: Local Trouble on Jul 24, 2013, 08:42:39 PM

Quote from: Jarac on Jul 24, 2013, 08:40:35 PM
The egg was placed upside down near/in the cry room. How did it get there? How did it have the time to put it there?

How do you know where it was?

It was placed there in the game.

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Quote from: Jarac on Jul 25, 2013, 02:36:52 AM

Quote from: Xenomorphine on Jul 25, 2013, 02:26:05 AM

Quote from: Jango1201 on Jul 25, 2013, 12:02:21 AM
If I may... Perhaps their there from the derelict? Non of us actually know if there were fully grown aliens on the ship when It crashed/ landed. We didn't see enough of the ship to figure out the ships purpose or if there was another section of the ship that could of housed hosts. Just a theory but who knows.

According to the Gearbox vision, these Aliens were very active. If there were that many down in the chamber where the eggs feature, then the Nostromo crew would have been in a lot of trouble! And there's also the mention of it being somewhere Weyland-Yutani had to drill into, by accident, after they already had access to the ship.

It's quite the mess to try and make sense of. I'm not even sure we got a straight answer on why the Sulaco was flown back to the LV-426 yet.

Do not question Gearbox! For Pitchford knows all!

Quote from: Jango1201 on Jul 25, 2013, 02:48:13 AM

Quote from: Jarac on Jul 25, 2013, 02:36:52 AM

Quote from: Xenomorphine on Jul 25, 2013, 02:26:05 AM

Quote from: Jango1201 on Jul 25, 2013, 12:02:21 AM
If I may... Perhaps their there from the derelict? Non of us actually know if there were fully grown aliens on the ship when It crashed/ landed. We didn't see enough of the ship to figure out the ships purpose or if there was another section of the ship that could of housed hosts. Just a theory but who knows.

According to the Gearbox vision, these Aliens were very active. If there were that many down in the chamber where the eggs feature, then the Nostromo crew would have been in a lot of trouble! And there's also the mention of it being somewhere Weyland-Yutani had to drill into, by accident, after they already had access to the ship.

It's quite the mess to try and make sense of. I'm not even sure we got a straight answer on why the Sulaco was flown back to the LV-426 yet.

Do not question Gearbox! For Pitchford knows all!

Pitchford wouldn't know an alien even if one ran off with his head ::)

Quote from: Jarac on Jul 25, 2013, 03:14:23 AM

Quote from: Jango1201 on Jul 25, 2013, 02:48:13 AM

Quote from: Jarac on Jul 25, 2013, 02:36:52 AM

Quote from: Xenomorphine on Jul 25, 2013, 02:26:05 AM

Quote from: Jango1201 on Jul 25, 2013, 12:02:21 AM
If I may... Perhaps their there from the derelict? Non of us actually know if there were fully grown aliens on the ship when It crashed/ landed. We didn't see enough of the ship to figure out the ships purpose or if there was another section of the ship that could of housed hosts. Just a theory but who knows.

According to the Gearbox vision, these Aliens were very active. If there were that many down in the chamber where the eggs feature, then the Nostromo crew would have been in a lot of trouble! And there's also the mention of it being somewhere Weyland-Yutani had to drill into, by accident, after they already had access to the ship.

It's quite the mess to try and make sense of. I'm not even sure we got a straight answer on why the Sulaco was flown back to the LV-426 yet.

Do not question Gearbox! For Pitchford knows all!

Pitchford wouldn't know an alien even if one ran off with his head ::)

The Alien would have a hard time trying to carry a head that large.  ;)

Quote from: SM on Jul 25, 2013, 03:48:16 AM
Watched a walkthrough...

- Legato outbound from LV-426??
- Facehuggers run away from unarmed hosts?
- Hicks is wearing armour destroyed by acid in the film.
- Thing about Burkes message is technically possible, but unbelievably unlikely.
- Lisbeth's running commentary is laughable.
- Aliens constantly sceaming giving away their position.
- Autodestruct was cool if somewhat anachronistic.  And how does she know how to work it?
- Chestburst cut scene was nifty.
- Hicks went to bed in boxers and bandages - and woke up in completely different clothes.
- Why didn't Hicks and Stone go straight to the armory?
- Newt's voice - dafuq?
- Stone doesn't want to be associated with the USCM, then yells 'That's how marines do it!'
- Music is still the highlight.
- Forgot how awful those sentry guns sound.

Quote from: Jarac on Jul 24, 2013, 08:40:35 PMHow did the egg get into that position, though? It was onboard for a few minutes and it never left the docking bay. The egg was placed upside down near/in the cry room. How did it get there? How did it have the time to put it there? Where was the egg the queen brought with it and how did it manage to not get it destroyed when it got beat up by Ripley in the Power Loader?

Quote from: Xenomorphine on Jul 25, 2013, 02:26:05 AMAccording to the Gearbox vision, these Aliens were very active. If there were that many down in the chamber where the eggs feature, then the Nostromo crew would have been in a lot of trouble! And there's also the mention of it being somewhere Weyland-Yutani had to drill into, by accident, after they already had access to the ship.

It's quite the mess to try and make sense of. I'm not even sure we got a straight answer on why the Sulaco was flown back to the LV-426 yet.

QuoteAll the eggs inside the Derelict were laid down and already opened

Quoteand didn't actually crash

Quote from: SM on Jul 25, 2013, 07:01:23 AM

QuoteAll the eggs inside the Derelict were laid down and already opened

They were?

Quoteand didn't actually crash

Dunno why anyone would assume it crashed.

Quote from: SM on Jul 25, 2013, 07:16:49 AM
You mean pretty much the same position as the Juggernaut on it's launch pad...

Quote from: Promethean Fire on Jul 24, 2013, 12:55:18 PM

Quote from: Xenoscream on Jul 24, 2013, 09:28:57 AM
Can someone give a brief summary of what happens in each chapter? There is little to no chance of me picking this up (no time, other games and not much incentive) but I'm curious about the story, from what I can see it starts before the pain plot and picks up after it finishes, or do the A3 events occur before the main campaign?

Its not brief, but here is a rundown of the story.

Spoiler

Chapter 1 - Asylum.  Hicks and a man called Stone are being interrogated by Weyland aboard the FTL ship.  Weyland demands the "message" from Stone.  Stone refuses and is executed.  Hicks is injected by a scientist named Levy with a truth serum to try and make him talk.  It doesn't.  Weyland grills Hicks, highlighting events that have led to this point.  We flashback to the Legato research ship, dispatched after Burke confirmed XT presence on LV-426.  The Legato has obtained specimens from the derelict alien vessel, codenamed "Origin" and is experimenting on a cargo of hijacked cryosleepers (ala Alien Resurrection).  The outbound ship receives orders to return to LV-426 in order to intercept the USS Sulaco which is leaving orbit.  Xeno specimens escape and begin wreaking havoc aboard the Legato.  We join Lisbeth, a female colonist, part of the hijacked cargo, who awakens to the madness around her.  Lisbeth must stealthily search the ship as she looks desperately for her mother and father.  En route she bumps into two fellow colonists, Stone and Turk.  Stone informs Lisbeth that the Legato has docked via umbilical to another ship (Sulaco) and that he plans to cross the umbilical and send out a request for help.  He asks Lisbeth to join him.  Lisbeth insists on finding her family.  Stone and Turk leave Lisbeth as they head for the Sulaco.  After several dangerous encounters, Lisbeth eventually finds her mother who has been facehugged and her father who has been pumped full of bullet holes.  Lisbeth now seeks revenge againt the Alien and W-Y.  Stone pleads for Lisbeth to join him onboard the Sulaco.  Instead, Lisbeth heads to the engineering deck of the Legato, battling PMC's and Aliens on the way.  Lisbeth feels pain in her chest.  She realises she is host to the monsters.  She turns off the ships's cooling unit and sets the ship to self destruct taking the PMC's and the Aliens with her.

Chapter 2 - Awakening.  Stone and Turk have arrived in the Hypersleep chamber of the Sulaco.  They are pursued by W-Y PMC's and Aliens from the Legato and therefore quickly revive the only military officer they find, Corporal Hicks. Hicks is stunned to see Ripley with a facehugger wrapped to her head but before he can realise what is happening, the PMC's burst into the vault.  There is a brief exchange of gunfire which results in acid blood being spilt from the Facehugger triggering the Sulaco emergency systems.  Stone and Hicks take cover from the mercs.  Turk is grabbed and tossed aside into Hicks empty cryo chamber just as the EEV release system is activated.  Newt, Ripley, the remains of Bishop and Turk are launched into space.  Hicks and Stone escape the mercs to the security checkpoint above them and gear up for battle.  We learn that Stone is ex-military hence his handiness with a weapon.  Their plan is to send a distress signal but the Sulaco only possesses a short range transmitter.  However, the Sulaco is on course with Fury 161 which has a long range communications array.  They head for a service skiff which they will be able to escape the ship in.  En route, Stone is contacted by Lisbeth (at this point in the story she has just discovered her dead parents) She tells Stone that she plans to detonate the Legato.  Hicks and Stone must make a mad dash to the weapons deck of the Sulaco, once there Stone uses one of the Sulaco's orbital cannons to destroy the umbilical, seperating the two ships.  Hicks and Stone watch as the Legato is destroyed.  Hicks and Stone finally escape in the service skiff, they land on the surface of Fury 161, where Hicks tells them it will be a two day hike to the nearest facility.  As Hicks and Stone finally reach the penal colony they witness the ending of Alien 3 as Ripley sacrifices herself.  Hicks and Stone are then captured and taken to the W-Y FTL ship for interrogation.  The ship and the Sulaco are returned to LV-426.

Chapter 3 - Deliverance.  We are back where we started.  Stone has just been executed as Weyland grills Hicks.  The scientist, Levy listens with concern as Weyland constantly seems unconcerned with the human cost as opposed to the importance of the Alien.  Levy reaches for a pulse rifle and draws on Weyland.  Levy tells Weyland that he can no longer be a part of this madness.  He takes Hicks and they fight their way out of the FTL ship which we realise is dry docked on LV-426 next to the "Origin" site.  They need to send the message which will expose W-Y's involvement in the murder of the colonists.  They touch down on the surface and fight their way through several lab modules which are being established around the "Origin" site perimeter.  Levy and Hicks briefly seperate as Levy attempts to purge posion gas from the modules so that they can safely pass.  Coming under heavy fire from APC's, Hicks and Levy realise that the only way they can reach the communications array is to travel through the treacherous underground cave system of LV-426. 

Chapter 4 - Redemption.  Hicks and Levy make their way through the dark network of caves.  They eventually realise that they are in a hive.  The Aliens who survived the blast of the Atmosphere Processor, have nested within these tunnels, and a new Queen awaits.  Hicks and Levy disturb the Queen, who gives chase through the claustrophobic interiors of the caverns.  They lose the Queen in smaller spaces but are soon pursued by a Crusher Alien, after an intense battle, the Crusher is felled and Hicks and Levy escape the caves.  They fight their way through the main compound as chaos erupts around them, the underground Aliens are attacking the W-Y mercs.  Through the carnage, Hicks and Levy eventually make it to the communications array.  Hicks must activate the dish, whilst Levy, using sentry guns must hold off the pressing xeno attack to buy Hicks time.  They succeed.  They must then ascend to the top of the facility to send the message.  They are under constant onslaught as they try to align the dish.  They soon begin to transmit the message.  Weyland comes over the PA system and attempts to appeal to Levy.  Levy is not interested.  As the signal is 90% complete, a barrage of rockets are fired by W-Y, taking out the dish.  A squad of APC's roll up to the facility, destroying the last of the xenos.  Hicks and Levy are defeated.  They have no choice but to surrender.  Hicks asks Levy if any of the message got out.  Some of it, he replies.

We cut to Hicks's After Action report.  Or what part of it was transmitted at least.  Cut to black and a barracks door is flung open as a Marine officer shouts at the grunts that a distress signal has just been received, sent out from LV-426.  A groggy soldier awakens from his bunk and we see that it is Corporal Winter.

The End.       

[close]

Quote from: demonbane on Jul 25, 2013, 02:47:18 AM

Quote from: ST on Jul 24, 2013, 08:56:48 PM

Quote from: Local Trouble on Jul 24, 2013, 08:42:39 PM

Quote from: Jarac on Jul 24, 2013, 08:40:35 PM
The egg was placed upside down near/in the cry room. How did it get there? How did it have the time to put it there?

How do you know where it was?

It was placed there in the game.

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lol what a joke. Egg was placed completely different location in the movie. And how would no one notice the egg in open space?

QuoteI don't remember the juggernaut resting at an angle, I've only watched Prometheus twice but from what I remember the juggernaut(s) where all sitting flat. The Derelict is at angle that makes it look like it crashed

Quote from: Vakarian on Jul 25, 2013, 03:06:12 PM
Was a little surprised we never got to play as Hicks at any point and instead were stuck looking at his derp face in elevators, which was probably the scariest thing in the game.

Quote from: Xenomorphine on Jul 25, 2013, 07:37:03 PM

Quote from: Vakarian on Jul 25, 2013, 03:06:12 PM
Was a little surprised we never got to play as Hicks at any point and instead were stuck looking at his derp face in elevators, which was probably the scariest thing in the game.

I noticed this, too... The corpse-like absence of any emotion and accidental way of how light flickers intermittently over his face during elevator rides was a bit unsettling.

Someone needs to dub this footage over with his lines from 'Blood Dragon' to make the best parody game advert, ever.

Quote from: Promethean Fire on Jul 24, 2013, 12:55:18 PM

Quote from: Xenoscream on Jul 24, 2013, 09:28:57 AM
Can someone give a brief summary of what happens in each chapter? There is little to no chance of me picking this up (no time, other games and not much incentive) but I'm curious about the story, from what I can see it starts before the pain plot and picks up after it finishes, or do the A3 events occur before the main campaign?

Its not brief, but here is a rundown of the story.

Spoiler

Chapter 1 - Asylum.  Hicks and a man called Stone are being interrogated by Weyland aboard the FTL ship.  Weyland demands the "message" from Stone.  Stone refuses and is executed.  Hicks is injected by a scientist named Levy with a truth serum to try and make him talk.  It doesn't.  Weyland grills Hicks, highlighting events that have led to this point.  We flashback to the Legato research ship, dispatched after Burke confirmed XT presence on LV-426.  The Legato has obtained specimens from the derelict alien vessel, codenamed "Origin" and is experimenting on a cargo of hijacked cryosleepers (ala Alien Resurrection).  The outbound ship receives orders to return to LV-426 in order to intercept the USS Sulaco which is leaving orbit.  Xeno specimens escape and begin wreaking havoc aboard the Legato.  We join Lisbeth, a female colonist, part of the hijacked cargo, who awakens to the madness around her.  Lisbeth must stealthily search the ship as she looks desperately for her mother and father.  En route she bumps into two fellow colonists, Stone and Turk.  Stone informs Lisbeth that the Legato has docked via umbilical to another ship (Sulaco) and that he plans to cross the umbilical and send out a request for help.  He asks Lisbeth to join him.  Lisbeth insists on finding her family.  Stone and Turk leave Lisbeth as they head for the Sulaco.  After several dangerous encounters, Lisbeth eventually finds her mother who has been facehugged and her father who has been pumped full of bullet holes.  Lisbeth now seeks revenge againt the Alien and W-Y.  Stone pleads for Lisbeth to join him onboard the Sulaco.  Instead, Lisbeth heads to the engineering deck of the Legato, battling PMC's and Aliens on the way.  Lisbeth feels pain in her chest.  She realises she is host to the monsters.  She turns off the ships's cooling unit and sets the ship to self destruct taking the PMC's and the Aliens with her.

Chapter 2 - Awakening.  Stone and Turk have arrived in the Hypersleep chamber of the Sulaco.  They are pursued by W-Y PMC's and Aliens from the Legato and therefore quickly revive the only military officer they find, Corporal Hicks. Hicks is stunned to see Ripley with a facehugger wrapped to her head but before he can realise what is happening, the PMC's burst into the vault.  There is a brief exchange of gunfire which results in acid blood being spilt from the Facehugger triggering the Sulaco emergency systems.  Stone and Hicks take cover from the mercs.  Turk is grabbed and tossed aside into Hicks empty cryo chamber just as the EEV release system is activated.  Newt, Ripley, the remains of Bishop and Turk are launched into space.  Hicks and Stone escape the mercs to the security checkpoint above them and gear up for battle.  We learn that Stone is ex-military hence his handiness with a weapon.  Their plan is to send a distress signal but the Sulaco only possesses a short range transmitter.  However, the Sulaco is on course with Fury 161 which has a long range communications array.  They head for a service skiff which they will be able to escape the ship in.  En route, Stone is contacted by Lisbeth (at this point in the story she has just discovered her dead parents) She tells Stone that she plans to detonate the Legato.  Hicks and Stone must make a mad dash to the weapons deck of the Sulaco, once there Stone uses one of the Sulaco's orbital cannons to destroy the umbilical, seperating the two ships.  Hicks and Stone watch as the Legato is destroyed.  Hicks and Stone finally escape in the service skiff, they land on the surface of Fury 161, where Hicks tells them it will be a two day hike to the nearest facility.  As Hicks and Stone finally reach the penal colony they witness the ending of Alien 3 as Ripley sacrifices herself.  Hicks and Stone are then captured and taken to the W-Y FTL ship for interrogation.  The ship and the Sulaco are returned to LV-426.

Chapter 3 - Deliverance.  We are back where we started.  Stone has just been executed as Weyland grills Hicks.  The scientist, Levy listens with concern as Weyland constantly seems unconcerned with the human cost as opposed to the importance of the Alien.  Levy reaches for a pulse rifle and draws on Weyland.  Levy tells Weyland that he can no longer be a part of this madness.  He takes Hicks and they fight their way out of the FTL ship which we realise is dry docked on LV-426 next to the "Origin" site.  They need to send the message which will expose W-Y's involvement in the murder of the colonists.  They touch down on the surface and fight their way through several lab modules which are being established around the "Origin" site perimeter.  Levy and Hicks briefly seperate as Levy attempts to purge posion gas from the modules so that they can safely pass.  Coming under heavy fire from APC's, Hicks and Levy realise that the only way they can reach the communications array is to travel through the treacherous underground cave system of LV-426. 

Chapter 4 - Redemption.  Hicks and Levy make their way through the dark network of caves.  They eventually realise that they are in a hive.  The Aliens who survived the blast of the Atmosphere Processor, have nested within these tunnels, and a new Queen awaits.  Hicks and Levy disturb the Queen, who gives chase through the claustrophobic interiors of the caverns.  They lose the Queen in smaller spaces but are soon pursued by a Crusher Alien, after an intense battle, the Crusher is felled and Hicks and Levy escape the caves.  They fight their way through the main compound as chaos erupts around them, the underground Aliens are attacking the W-Y mercs.  Through the carnage, Hicks and Levy eventually make it to the communications array.  Hicks must activate the dish, whilst Levy, using sentry guns must hold off the pressing xeno attack to buy Hicks time.  They succeed.  They must then ascend to the top of the facility to send the message.  They are under constant onslaught as they try to align the dish.  They soon begin to transmit the message.  Weyland comes over the PA system and attempts to appeal to Levy.  Levy is not interested.  As the signal is 90% complete, a barrage of rockets are fired by W-Y, taking out the dish.  A squad of APC's roll up to the facility, destroying the last of the xenos.  Hicks and Levy are defeated.  They have no choice but to surrender.  Hicks asks Levy if any of the message got out.  Some of it, he replies.

We cut to Hicks's After Action report.  Or what part of it was transmitted at least.  Cut to black and a barracks door is flung open as a Marine officer shouts at the grunts that a distress signal has just been received, sent out from LV-426.  A groggy soldier awakens from his bunk and we see that it is Corporal Winter.

The End.       

[close]

QuoteI don't remember the juggernaut resting at an angle, I've only watched Prometheus twice but from what I remember the juggernaut(s) where all sitting flat. The Derelict is at angle that makes it look like it crashed

QuoteCameron's DC version may have further fueled the idea that it crashed - the lava flow damage wasn't explained in the film itself.

Quote from: SM on Jul 25, 2013, 11:10:44 PM

QuoteI don't remember the juggernaut resting at an angle, I've only watched Prometheus twice but from what I remember the juggernaut(s) where all sitting flat. The Derelict is at angle that makes it look like it crashed

Neither the Derelict nor the Juggernaut are resting at angles.  The Derelict's prong are bent in odd directions, but based on the damage suffered between Alien and Aliens, there's nothing to indicate it crashed.  It might have been built with bent prongs though.

QuoteCameron's DC version may have further fueled the idea that it crashed - the lava flow damage wasn't explained in the film itself.

So it took off sometime after Alien, then crashed in the exact same spot?

Quote from: Vakarian on Jul 26, 2013, 12:16:24 AM
Yeah I had always assumed the ship had crash landed, and the Jockey sent out the distress signal (warning)to keep people away because of the cargo it was carrying.

QuoteIf you take Prometheus as canon, why would it ward off people ( or any being ) from the death the cargo was made for?

QuoteI don't get why people should so easily accept that the Aliens lived in a friggin' cave as it's clear, that like the Engineers, they're not indigenous to LV-426 - they were brought there for a purpose, unknown; and can only be speculated on.    ...but a cave?  lololololoooollll!!!!

QuoteIf Lisbeth destroys the Legato, and ti all happens in very much the same way that the Nostromo was detonated with the self destruct sequence mimicked almost perfectly, shouldn't we EXPECT the result to be the same?  A widescreen kaleidoscope of nuclear destruction that sweeps into space and obliterates everything in it's immediate vicinity; shouldn't the Sulacco be destroyed, too?  ...or at the very least sent careening into an uncontrolled spin in a random, unpredictable direction?  Is this one big WTF moment; or... what??? lol.

Is that ever explained in the DLC..?  or did I just miss something..? 

Quote from: swarm87 on Jul 25, 2013, 09:40:40 PM

Quote from: Promethean Fire on Jul 24, 2013, 12:55:18 PM

Quote from: Xenoscream on Jul 24, 2013, 09:28:57 AM
Can someone give a brief summary of what happens in each chapter? There is little to no chance of me picking this up (no time, other games and not much incentive) but I'm curious about the story, from what I can see it starts before the pain plot and picks up after it finishes, or do the A3 events occur before the main campaign?

Its not brief, but here is a rundown of the story.

Spoiler

Chapter 1 - Asylum.  Hicks and a man called Stone are being interrogated by Weyland aboard the FTL ship.  Weyland demands the "message" from Stone.  Stone refuses and is executed.  Hicks is injected by a scientist named Levy with a truth serum to try and make him talk.  It doesn't.  Weyland grills Hicks, highlighting events that have led to this point.  We flashback to the Legato research ship, dispatched after Burke confirmed XT presence on LV-426.  The Legato has obtained specimens from the derelict alien vessel, codenamed "Origin" and is experimenting on a cargo of hijacked cryosleepers (ala Alien Resurrection).  The outbound ship receives orders to return to LV-426 in order to intercept the USS Sulaco which is leaving orbit.  Xeno specimens escape and begin wreaking havoc aboard the Legato.  We join Lisbeth, a female colonist, part of the hijacked cargo, who awakens to the madness around her.  Lisbeth must stealthily search the ship as she looks desperately for her mother and father.  En route she bumps into two fellow colonists, Stone and Turk.  Stone informs Lisbeth that the Legato has docked via umbilical to another ship (Sulaco) and that he plans to cross the umbilical and send out a request for help.  He asks Lisbeth to join him.  Lisbeth insists on finding her family.  Stone and Turk leave Lisbeth as they head for the Sulaco.  After several dangerous encounters, Lisbeth eventually finds her mother who has been facehugged and her father who has been pumped full of bullet holes.  Lisbeth now seeks revenge againt the Alien and W-Y.  Stone pleads for Lisbeth to join him onboard the Sulaco.  Instead, Lisbeth heads to the engineering deck of the Legato, battling PMC's and Aliens on the way.  Lisbeth feels pain in her chest.  She realises she is host to the monsters.  She turns off the ships's cooling unit and sets the ship to self destruct taking the PMC's and the Aliens with her.

Chapter 2 - Awakening.  Stone and Turk have arrived in the Hypersleep chamber of the Sulaco.  They are pursued by W-Y PMC's and Aliens from the Legato and therefore quickly revive the only military officer they find, Corporal Hicks. Hicks is stunned to see Ripley with a facehugger wrapped to her head but before he can realise what is happening, the PMC's burst into the vault.  There is a brief exchange of gunfire which results in acid blood being spilt from the Facehugger triggering the Sulaco emergency systems.  Stone and Hicks take cover from the mercs.  Turk is grabbed and tossed aside into Hicks empty cryo chamber just as the EEV release system is activated.  Newt, Ripley, the remains of Bishop and Turk are launched into space.  Hicks and Stone escape the mercs to the security checkpoint above them and gear up for battle.  We learn that Stone is ex-military hence his handiness with a weapon.  Their plan is to send a distress signal but the Sulaco only possesses a short range transmitter.  However, the Sulaco is on course with Fury 161 which has a long range communications array.  They head for a service skiff which they will be able to escape the ship in.  En route, Stone is contacted by Lisbeth (at this point in the story she has just discovered her dead parents) She tells Stone that she plans to detonate the Legato.  Hicks and Stone must make a mad dash to the weapons deck of the Sulaco, once there Stone uses one of the Sulaco's orbital cannons to destroy the umbilical, seperating the two ships.  Hicks and Stone watch as the Legato is destroyed.  Hicks and Stone finally escape in the service skiff, they land on the surface of Fury 161, where Hicks tells them it will be a two day hike to the nearest facility.  As Hicks and Stone finally reach the penal colony they witness the ending of Alien 3 as Ripley sacrifices herself.  Hicks and Stone are then captured and taken to the W-Y FTL ship for interrogation.  The ship and the Sulaco are returned to LV-426.

Chapter 3 - Deliverance.  We are back where we started.  Stone has just been executed as Weyland grills Hicks.  The scientist, Levy listens with concern as Weyland constantly seems unconcerned with the human cost as opposed to the importance of the Alien.  Levy reaches for a pulse rifle and draws on Weyland.  Levy tells Weyland that he can no longer be a part of this madness.  He takes Hicks and they fight their way out of the FTL ship which we realise is dry docked on LV-426 next to the "Origin" site.  They need to send the message which will expose W-Y's involvement in the murder of the colonists.  They touch down on the surface and fight their way through several lab modules which are being established around the "Origin" site perimeter.  Levy and Hicks briefly seperate as Levy attempts to purge posion gas from the modules so that they can safely pass.  Coming under heavy fire from APC's, Hicks and Levy realise that the only way they can reach the communications array is to travel through the treacherous underground cave system of LV-426. 

Chapter 4 - Redemption.  Hicks and Levy make their way through the dark network of caves.  They eventually realise that they are in a hive.  The Aliens who survived the blast of the Atmosphere Processor, have nested within these tunnels, and a new Queen awaits.  Hicks and Levy disturb the Queen, who gives chase through the claustrophobic interiors of the caverns.  They lose the Queen in smaller spaces but are soon pursued by a Crusher Alien, after an intense battle, the Crusher is felled and Hicks and Levy escape the caves.  They fight their way through the main compound as chaos erupts around them, the underground Aliens are attacking the W-Y mercs.  Through the carnage, Hicks and Levy eventually make it to the communications array.  Hicks must activate the dish, whilst Levy, using sentry guns must hold off the pressing xeno attack to buy Hicks time.  They succeed.  They must then ascend to the top of the facility to send the message.  They are under constant onslaught as they try to align the dish.  They soon begin to transmit the message.  Weyland comes over the PA system and attempts to appeal to Levy.  Levy is not interested.  As the signal is 90% complete, a barrage of rockets are fired by W-Y, taking out the dish.  A squad of APC's roll up to the facility, destroying the last of the xenos.  Hicks and Levy are defeated.  They have no choice but to surrender.  Hicks asks Levy if any of the message got out.  Some of it, he replies.

We cut to Hicks's After Action report.  Or what part of it was transmitted at least.  Cut to black and a barracks door is flung open as a Marine officer shouts at the grunts that a distress signal has just been received, sent out from LV-426.  A groggy soldier awakens from his bunk and we see that it is Corporal Winter.

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nice write up but the part about hicks and stone having to walk for two days is wrong(a lot of people seem to be hearing it that way for some reason), hicks says it will take the skiff 2 days to get to fury 161, as the cut scene shows the skiff landing just outside the prison. how the 2 days it took to get there coincides with the week it took weyland to get there makes no g*damn scene unless they spend days running around the ship trying to get to the skiff.

Quote from: Jarac on Jul 25, 2013, 07:48:44 PM

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Quote from: Vakarian on Jul 25, 2013, 03:06:12 PM
Was a little surprised we never got to play as Hicks at any point and instead were stuck looking at his derp face in elevators, which was probably the scariest thing in the game.

I noticed this, too... The corpse-like absence of any emotion and accidental way of how light flickers intermittently over his face during elevator rides was a bit unsettling.

Someone needs to dub this footage over with his lines from 'Blood Dragon' to make the best parody game advert, ever.

His voice acting was more passionate in Blood Dragon than anything in Colonial Marines! But with a script like that, I can't blame him.

Quote from: Vakarian on Jul 26, 2013, 03:05:53 AM
I dont think a hugger can change its host once its dumped its load down their necks, they usually die shortly after. And the huggers had been on the ship for a while presumably, seeing as the first guy you meet bursts right in front of you

Quote from: SM on Jul 26, 2013, 11:18:21 PM
But ultimately par for the course in this forgery of a game.

Quote from: Nazrel on Jul 27, 2013, 05:24:15 AM
Aliens CM made Alien 3 better because of how terrible it was  :o

QuoteI strongly recommend you go watch Alien 3 again please.

Quote from: SM on Jul 27, 2013, 06:26:51 AM
In the same way Resurrection made people go 'You know, Alien3 wasn't so bad', then AvP made people go 'You know Resurrection wasn't so bad', then AvP:Poo made people go 'You know, AvP wasn't so bad'...

Quote from: Jarac on Jul 27, 2013, 07:02:30 AM

Quote from: SM on Jul 27, 2013, 06:26:51 AM
In the same way Resurrection made people go 'You know, Alien3 wasn't so bad', then AvP made people go 'You know Resurrection wasn't so bad', then AvP:Poo made people go 'You know, AvP wasn't so bad'...

It's a cycle of crap and it's like it'll never end. A:CM did make A3 a better movie... by making us realize how good we had it. Even Michael Biehn hates this fan-wank. And no-one should be thanking Gearbox for "finishing what they started" (lol Wii-U version). They HAD to because they were under contract and because they sold people a season pass.

Now that Stasis Interrupted is done, you'll see FraudBox abandon this game like they always wanted to.

Quote from: ikarop on Jul 23, 2013, 05:26:20 PM
Video Walkthrough:

Hick's Spoilers (Thanks to SM for the link):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mquByeLRYNM# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mquByeLRYNM#)

Quote from: AcrossExistence on Jul 27, 2013, 07:23:28 AM
It just makes me rage that they NEVER say anything about it. Gearbox didn't even say one word about Stasis Interrupted on Facebook. All they ever talk about is Borderlands, blah, blah, blah...

Is no one ever going to make them own up for what they did?

Quote from: PanCoreUnit on Jul 27, 2013, 03:29:12 PM

Quote from: AcrossExistence on Jul 27, 2013, 07:23:28 AM
It just makes me rage that they NEVER say anything about it. Gearbox didn't even say one word about Stasis Interrupted on Facebook. All they ever talk about is Borderlands, blah, blah, blah...

Is no one ever going to make them own up for what they did?

Thats because ACM funded borderlands 2 silly. :laugh:

Also SM is right its a neverending cycle of shit, and so far the cycule has never been broken.

IIRC Sulaco computer was voiced by Claudia Black in A3.

Quote from: SM on Jul 27, 2013, 10:26:44 PM

Quote from: PanCoreUnit on Jul 27, 2013, 03:29:12 PM

Quote from: AcrossExistence on Jul 27, 2013, 07:23:28 AM
It just makes me rage that they NEVER say anything about it. Gearbox didn't even say one word about Stasis Interrupted on Facebook. All they ever talk about is Borderlands, blah, blah, blah...

Is no one ever going to make them own up for what they did?

Thats because ACM funded borderlands 2 silly. :laugh:

Also SM is right its a neverending cycle of shit, and so far the cycule has never been broken.

IIRC Sulaco computer was voiced by Claudia Black in A3.

Claudia Black from Farscape?  I don't even think she was acting yet in 1992.

Quote from: Xenomorphine on Jul 29, 2013, 01:21:20 AM
You know, I just sped through the credits to check and, while there isn't any name for the actress, I decided to watch the sequence all over and again and... Damn.

If it isn't Claudia Black at an early point in her career, it sounds a hell of a lot like her. :o

Quote from: Cpl Nish on Jul 29, 2013, 10:51:45 AM
I didn't mind the campaign nor the dlc aimed at filling in campaign/aliens/alien3 blanks however i do agree the writing should of been tighter and certain scenes/dialogue expanded on.

With any luck we will get an entirely new story going another direction within the aliens universe on the next gen consoles.

Hopefully a better publisher and better developer, i would say EA and Dice.  what would you guys say?

Quote from: Vakarian on Jul 29, 2013, 05:54:31 PM
I don't think we will be seeing another aliens title for a long while, if not at all.

Quote from: RagingDragon on Jul 29, 2013, 05:28:47 PM
Despite the generic non-story and the Predator feeling like the focus of the game, the aliens in AvP 2010 were waaaay better.

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Canon!

Quote from: Jarac on Jul 29, 2013, 02:54:42 PM

Quote from: Cpl Nish on Jul 29, 2013, 10:51:45 AM
I didn't mind the campaign nor the dlc aimed at filling in campaign/aliens/alien3 blanks however i do agree the writing should of been tighter and certain scenes/dialogue expanded on.

With any luck we will get an entirely new story going another direction within the aliens universe on the next gen consoles.

Hopefully a better publisher and better developer, i would say EA and Dice.  what would you guys say?

I despise EA with a passion of a thousand suns and would be loathe to buy an Aliens game with their name on it. Now, I like DICE and Visceral, but I don't like Daddy EA and the thought about how they would handle it. Remember, DS3 didn't exactly keep with the scary elements and went more action-focused (like what SEGA wanted by making the game more like CoD).

So... no to EA because I know how their track record is with games like this. But Visceral would be the best one to do it if EA was ever to get their hands on the franchise (please, no).

Quote from: JokersWarPig on Jul 29, 2013, 04:43:25 PM
Let Rebellion work on the next title involving Aliens. Even though AVP10 has it's faults you can still tell Rebellion cared.

Quote from: PsyKore on Jul 30, 2013, 12:23:11 PM
I thought the first two levels especially - gameplay-wise - were pretty good. They felt like they had more life to them and they were well paced. There was also a lot more attention put into the visual design and layout of the levels which made it fun. The characters also felt more like real people - well, close to it at least - as opposed to the silly hero types in the main game. Hell, even the characters that died in a short time felt better compared to those in the main game.

Unfortunately, the story concerning Hick's is laughable. But that's to be expected, I guess.

Just a shame it wasn't longer. The story sucks but those first levels were still really fun. I'd love a full 8-12 hour long game with the style of those first levels.

Quote from: WarriorRidged on Jul 30, 2013, 03:09:21 PM
People often talk about Rebellion making another Aliens game, why not about Monolith?

Quote from: Local Trouble on Jul 30, 2013, 07:56:38 PM
I'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers.

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Quote from: Jarac on Jul 29, 2013, 02:54:42 PM

Quote from: Cpl Nish on Jul 29, 2013, 10:51:45 AM
I didn't mind the campaign nor the dlc aimed at filling in campaign/aliens/alien3 blanks however i do agree the writing should of been tighter and certain scenes/dialogue expanded on.

With any luck we will get an entirely new story going another direction within the aliens universe on the next gen consoles.

Hopefully a better publisher and better developer, i would say EA and Dice.  what would you guys say?

What needs to happen is FOX needs to rip the franchises from SEGA's hands and give them over to a company that won't jostle us with promises stoking our fan-boy/girl expectations with flashy demos and pre-release vidocs/cinematic trailers. Rebellion tried with AvP2010 and now GBX tried with A:CM. Both failed to do much more than amuse some folks, anger the majority of fans, and not reach out to those who haven't ever delved into either movie franchise.

Personally, I like both games. They, like the movies, have their flaws but without being too critical and just playing the game for what it is and not what it isn't, both can be enjoyed. Fact is, I don't get upset about canon-issues or continuity between A:CM and the movies because ultimately the movies are TRUE CANON, and everything else is PERSONAL CANON, or what ever one wants to be canon is in their own mind.

Stasis Interrupted is a great DLC IMO, because it pays more homage to the films while also trying to fill in some plot holes. I must of been the only one who didn't laugh at Turk getting trapped in the cryo tube. I watched it happen and went "ohhh... so that's how they explain that." Works for me. If I start getting too nit-picky, I won't enjoy it. And since I spent money on it, I'd like to enjoy as much of it as possible. My only real complaint was the voice acting. It's clear that the people working on this didn't try very hard to sound convincing. Including Biehn, but we all knew that from the start. Overall, I'd say it's as good, if not a bit better than the main game. Def worth $10

With the next gen-consoles coming out this year, with technology getting better and faster and what game developers are capable of now and in the near-future, I do not doubt that this will be the last Aliens game. I've read about the Alien title in development now, but details are sparse. We'll have to see what that turns out to be like. Slenderman + Alien = Potential?

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Quote from: PsyKore on Jul 30, 2013, 12:23:11 PM
I thought the first two levels especially - gameplay-wise - were pretty good. They felt like they had more life to them and they were well paced. There was also a lot more attention put into the visual design and layout of the levels which made it fun. The characters also felt more like real people - well, close to it at least - as opposed to the silly hero types in the main game. Hell, even the characters that died in a short time felt better compared to those in the main game.

Unfortunately, the story concerning Hick's is laughable. But that's to be expected, I guess.

Just a shame it wasn't longer. The story sucks but those first levels were still really fun. I'd love a full 8-12 hour long game with the style of those first levels.

The game would be in the crtical need of making those "aliens" from the scratch as well. Those levels can be as scary or jumpy as you want them to be, but all that tension that indeed is intended to achieve gets shredded to pieces by the moment one of those tiny attempts of the alien pops up on screen; a moment that is intended to scare you suddenly turns into a moment of inevitable laugh

If game developers keep making the aliens as small and pathetically weak as we are used to then the aliens will never be feared again. Bring back their original stunning size plus that human-like behaviour, or they aliens will keep sucking over and over again, attempt after attempt.

You can't just make an aliens game scary relying only on non-armed moments, scary places, etc. You need the aliens, at least the original Giger's alien (in a game) to rise to the occasion. Otherwise everything fails

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Quote from: acheronbeing on Jul 30, 2013, 12:58:35 PM

Quote from: PsyKore on Jul 30, 2013, 12:23:11 PM
I thought the first two levels especially - gameplay-wise - were pretty good. They felt like they had more life to them and they were well paced. There was also a lot more attention put into the visual design and layout of the levels which made it fun. The characters also felt more like real people - well, close to it at least - as opposed to the silly hero types in the main game. Hell, even the characters that died in a short time felt better compared to those in the main game.

Unfortunately, the story concerning Hick's is laughable. But that's to be expected, I guess.

Just a shame it wasn't longer. The story sucks but those first levels were still really fun. I'd love a full 8-12 hour long game with the style of those first levels.

The game would be in the crtical need of making those "aliens" from the scratch as well. Those levels can be as scary or jumpy as you want them to be, but all that tension that indeed is intended to achieve gets shredded to pieces by the moment one of those tiny attempts of the alien pops up on screen; a moment that is intended to scare you suddenly turns into a moment of inevitable laugh

If game developers keep making the aliens as small and pathetically weak as we are used to then the aliens will never be feared again. Bring back their original stunning size plus that human-like behaviour, or they aliens will keep sucking over and over again, attempt after attempt.

You can't just make an aliens game scary relying only on non-armed moments, scary places, etc. You need the aliens, at least the original Giger's alien (in a game) to rise to the occasion. Otherwise everything fails

I agree on the principal here, but there needs to be a balance for the sake of gameplay. If the aliens acted like they did in the films, then it would be an extremely frustrating game. But the Aliens definitely do need to intimidate the player so every encounter is tense.

Also, in all fairness, every game made with Aliens in it hasn't really been any different from A:CM - you can mow them down rather easily in every game.

However, as far as depicting them goes, I think Alien Resurrection on Playstation 1 actually did it the best. That game actually was frightening and made you peek around corners. Developers really need to look at how that was done and expand on it.

Quote from: acheronbeing on Jul 31, 2013, 06:04:23 PM
AR was perhaps best aliens game we've ever been given to date

Quote from: acheronbeing on Jul 31, 2013, 06:04:23 PM
AR was perhaps best aliens game we've ever been given to date, although the aliens were still very tiny in that game too.

Believe It or not the size of the aliens in all videogames is, If not the greatest, maybe one of the biggest problems. Do you really believe all that bullshit that has been thrown over and over again for many years by many people that insist they need to be small for gameplay purposes, or classic hitboxes lolexcuses?, making them based on their stunning size is a must too. Until then, you can make them as intelligent, or fast, or whatever you want..., you will still laugh at them as you meet them head on and realize your even taller than them.

Quote from: Jango1201 on Jul 31, 2013, 10:57:48 PMI agree with this. Doom 3 had no problems with their gigantic Hell Knights. Even the smaller enemies like the imps and Revenents towered over the player.

Quote from: Kimarhi on Aug 01, 2013, 06:42:37 AM
The flashlight thing in Doom 3 was just a cheap way to add tension.  It is silly.  If we can mount lights to our helmets, weapons, and have NVGs in the modern age, all that shit should be pretty standard stuff in the future. 

Quote from: acheronbeing on Jul 31, 2013, 06:04:23 PM
AR was perhaps best aliens game we've ever been given to date, although the aliens were still very tiny in that game too.

Believe It or not the size of the aliens in all videogames is, If not the greatest, maybe one of the biggest problems. Do you really believe all that bullshit that has been thrown over and over again for many years by many people that insist they need to be small for gameplay purposes, or classic hitboxes lolexcuses?, making them based on their stunning size is a must too. Until then, you can make them as intelligent, or fast, or whatever you want..., you will still laugh at them as you meet them head on and realize your even taller than them.

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Quote from: Kimarhi on Aug 01, 2013, 06:42:37 AM
The flashlight thing in Doom 3 was just a cheap way to add tension.  It is silly.  If we can mount lights to our helmets, weapons, and have NVGs in the modern age, all that shit should be pretty standard stuff in the future. 

For what it's worth, the fairly recent Doom3 BFG Edition outright fixes this (by now having your flashlight "mounted to your armor", 'Aliens'-style), and the game still manages to be pretty damn scary.

Quote from: Kimarhi on Aug 01, 2013, 06:42:37 AM
The flashlight thing in Doom 3 was just a cheap way to add tension.  It is silly.  If we can mount lights to our helmets, weapons, and have NVGs in the modern age, all that shit should be pretty standard stuff in the future. 

Its something that pissed me off about AvP2 as well.  Its 200 years in the future and we don't have a battery that last more than five seconds for our shoulder lamps......

Blatant way to try and induce tension when your moping around in dark tunnels and your light cuts out.

Quote from: Terx2 on Aug 01, 2013, 10:06:28 AM

Quote from: Xenomrph on Aug 01, 2013, 09:02:05 AM

Quote from: Kimarhi on Aug 01, 2013, 06:42:37 AM
The flashlight thing in Doom 3 was just a cheap way to add tension.  It is silly.  If we can mount lights to our helmets, weapons, and have NVGs in the modern age, all that shit should be pretty standard stuff in the future. 

For what it's worth, the fairly recent Doom3 BFG Edition outright fixes this (by now having your flashlight "mounted to your armor", 'Aliens'-style), and the game still manages to be pretty damn scary.

Still drains the battery quicky making it just a tad more tense.

Quote from: Terx2 on Aug 01, 2013, 10:06:28 AM

Quote from: Xenomrph on Aug 01, 2013, 09:02:05 AM

Quote from: Kimarhi on Aug 01, 2013, 06:42:37 AM
The flashlight thing in Doom 3 was just a cheap way to add tension.  It is silly.  If we can mount lights to our helmets, weapons, and have NVGs in the modern age, all that shit should be pretty standard stuff in the future. 

For what it's worth, the fairly recent Doom3 BFG Edition outright fixes this (by now having your flashlight "mounted to your armor", 'Aliens'-style), and the game still manages to be pretty damn scary.

Still drains the battery quicky making it just a tad more tense.

Quote from: Kimarhi on Aug 01, 2013, 06:42:37 AM
The flashlight thing in Doom 3 was just a cheap way to add tension.  It is silly.  If we can mount lights to our helmets, weapons, and have NVGs in the modern age, all that shit should be pretty standard stuff in the future. 

Its something that pissed me off about AvP2 as well.  Its 200 years in the future and we don't have a battery that last more than five seconds for our shoulder lamps......

Blatant way to try and induce tension when your moping around in dark tunnels and your light cuts out.

It was equipment problems in AVP2 that they explain in dialogue during the second mission.

Quote from: SuperM on Aug 02, 2013, 05:34:46 PM

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Deleted scene shows Morse becoming a priest after God allowed him to 'live forever'.

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However, I am lying.

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But this does happen in the DLC.

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Quote from: Xenomrph on Aug 02, 2013, 11:27:14 PM
People have been answering that question for the last 18 pages.

Quote from: ShadowPred on Aug 06, 2013, 10:45:07 PM
It's shit.

Quote from: ShadowPred on Aug 06, 2013, 10:45:07 PM
It's shit.

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Quote from: Xenomrph on Aug 02, 2013, 11:27:14 PM
People have been answering that question for the last 18 pages.

Yeah, but I don't wanna take the time to go back and try to find reviews.

Quote from: DC Ambrose on Aug 13, 2013, 06:40:29 AM
Will this still be available for download by the time prices drop significantly?

Quote from: worriors on Aug 04, 2013, 05:02:20 PM
finished Stasis DLC on ultimate badass finaly, ( the game kept putting me in recruit lobby). All i can say is that those 4 levels are better than the normal campaigne and there is a slit improvment in the graphics and lighting, with fog wind effects this time.