Quote from: Esoteric_Voyage on Dec 17, 2012, 08:09:28 PM
im hoping the single player will be better than the impression im getting on here.
i think gearbox will make an average game in terms of multiplayer:
what ruins it for me?
the additional 'aliens' they made up, but specifically the 'spitter'.
the map designs. sure they look great for playing left for dead 2. and thats clearly an inspiration.
but left for dead is nothing like aliens.
they got the game play right for the marines, but completely wrong for the aliens.
theres nothing terrifying about brainless black beasts running around. in a large open area map.
the aliens were intelligent. and consistently through out the series, approached prey covertly, to sneak and get as close to the prey as possible before laying out the ambush and hording.
here aliens are running around like a pack of wild dogs that you can see from long distance.
i think gearbox tried very hard to make replicate things but forgot what makes aliens creepy:
their ability and nature to use many alternate ways to get close to you. they designed the maps well for marines to run around and move in, but gave the aliens no unpredictable ways to sneak and ambush. unless of course you count the aliens that sit and hide in corners.
The problem I see is MP. It doesn't provide the variety of Alien combat that SP provides. So long as it looks the way it does in these exclusive trailers, we are going to be sorely disappointed.
1. Aliens deaths are generic and boring in Multiplayer, i don't know why, but the SP campaign shows many clear and present deaths.
2. No hit areas that stand out as being cool. (head damage, unique formations are few if any, limbs being blown off is ....good but we've seen it, and it feels old and uninspiring.
3. These new Aliens don't look quite that inspiring to look at while playing but appear decent and passable when you're against them.
4. Animations in multiplayer are good but too few and not too unique. We get a sense that marines are just running around. No one is taking cover, no one is climbing ladders, no one is doing anything in particularly interesting. It really looks like bots are playing and are restricted to running and shooting and dying.
This mainly is MP at fault. I dont see this happening with SP.
Quote from: Predaker on Dec 18, 2012, 02:27:43 PM
Quote from: szkoki on Dec 18, 2012, 09:43:19 AM
So its not scary...EPIC FAIL GBX.
You're reading it wrong. The article said DS3 is not scary (Dead Space 3) and that Aliens Colonial Marines does have fear/tension.
They should trust a credible source.