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Quote from: FacebookThroughout the week we'll be posting new profiles of some key characters in the Aliens: Colonial Marines campaign. In today's update, meet Lieutenant Cruz
i think i've seen this guy before...
Chris Redfield? Character models are looking nice.
This guy in the campaign or is Gearbox handing out descriptions of multi-player characters?
Quote from: ShadowPred on Dec 04, 2012, 08:50:40 PM
This guy in the campaign or is Gearbox handing out descriptions of multi-player characters?
He's in the campaign, he's on the box art
Quote from: PVTDukeMorrison on Dec 04, 2012, 08:58:36 PM
Quote from: ShadowPred on Dec 04, 2012, 08:50:40 PM
This guy in the campaign or is Gearbox handing out descriptions of multi-player characters?
He's in the campaign, he's on the box art
Thanks for clearing that up. Didn't notice the robo-leg, freaking Gearbox is preparing us for Round House-kicking Alien action.
I only live about 45 minutes away from Broken Arrow. Nice to see Oklahoma gettin some love.
Quote from: chupacabras acheronsis on Dec 04, 2012, 08:40:04 PM
i think i've seen this guy before...
He appears in this gameplay:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZHA58-_2Eg#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZHA58-_2Eg#ws)
Quote from: aliens13 on Dec 04, 2012, 11:33:34 PM
Quote from: chupacabras acheronsis on Dec 04, 2012, 08:40:04 PM
i think i've seen this guy before...
He appears in this gameplay:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZHA58-_2Eg#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZHA58-_2Eg#ws)
i meant that he resembles a real life actor.
Kinda looks like Nathan Drake.
Quote from: Prime113 on Dec 04, 2012, 11:09:22 PM
I only live about 45 minutes away from Broken Arrow. Nice to see Oklahoma gettin some love.
Wait... you have a city named Broken Arrow in the US? :o Thats sooooo awesome!
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Quote from: chupacabras acheronsis on Dec 04, 2012, 11:38:05 PM
Quote from: aliens13 on Dec 04, 2012, 11:33:34 PM
Quote from: chupacabras acheronsis on Dec 04, 2012, 08:40:04 PM
i think i've seen this guy before...
He appears in this gameplay:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZHA58-_2Eg#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZHA58-_2Eg#ws)
i meant that he resembles a real life actor.
First thought was:
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im hoping for seriously lovable characters like the oldschool survivor horrors had not like now days "oh that was the robo guy in the first mission who died but never mind we got another just like him later, and so on..." characters, dont want to see tons of noname marines just because show us multiple cool ways to kill them off
Pretty cool seeing a handicapped marine. Fighting on without an appendage, just like some real life guys in the service do.
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Quote from: Prime113 on Dec 04, 2012, 11:09:22 PM
I only live about 45 minutes away from Broken Arrow. Nice to see Oklahoma gettin some love.
Wait... you have a city named Broken Arrow in the US? :o Thats sooooo awesome!
Damn right, buddy! 8)
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That's mah man! 8)
I thought he would be older than 29.
I'm hoping we''ll be seeing some marines born off-world too.
I wonder how close this is to the actual graphics? The arms have hair in the profile pics.
Quote from: Predaker on Dec 05, 2012, 10:03:14 PM
I wonder how close this is to the actual graphics? The arms have hair in the profile pics.
Maybe they heard my complaints on the gearbox forums about barbie arms :D
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Dec 05, 2012, 08:43:41 PM
I'm hoping we''ll be seeing some marines born off-world too.
Arcturians?
Quote from: PsyKore on Dec 04, 2012, 11:55:30 PM
Kinda looks like Nathan Drake.
Thats what I thought too! haha, but a little skinnier than Nate
I <3 ND...
*fangirl* :laugh:
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Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Dec 05, 2012, 08:43:41 PM
I'm hoping we''ll be seeing some marines born off-world too.
Arcturians?
Only in the tutorial mission...c'mon Gearbox! Do this!
Quote from: Predaker on Dec 05, 2012, 10:03:14 PM
I wonder how close this is to the actual graphics?
None, those are just renders with tons of enhancements on them. Its not pure in engine screen cap.
I wonder if they'll have profiles for the co-op characters too.
I wanna see the Hudson/Hicks profiles :P
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I wanna see a marine out of Ohio or Texas. :p
I'm guessing the lack of armor is so that she can carry the Smartgun?
The only one wearing more armor than Bella is Winter. Cruz and O'Neal aren't wearing shin guards.
I think its to give them more individuality. These are main characters on the cover of the game.
I still do not like Bella's design... its not true to the films, but neither are the other two, (Winter is as close as they have gotten) Also her name should be Pvt. Clarison
I don't like that her build is so curvy and lean, her armour isn't screen accurate, her hairstyle and jewellery. The scowl on her face and for gods sake!, WHY IS HER BELLY SHOWING???
I don't get it, I guess they are trying to go for some kind of sex appeal? I am a girl so I don't really get it, but I did find even Vasquez more appealing than Bella. Dietrich and Ferro were excellent examples of even modern military women.
Its just one more stray away from the film that I do not like at all. Especially when they continually mark the game as the most true Aliens game ever. Don't get me wrong, I am still eager to play the damn thing, but every week I get more disappointed, my expectations are diving drastically.
I only hope her personality is true to the film
Quote from: Moosh89 on Dec 06, 2012, 10:19:06 PM
I still do not like Bella's design... its not true to the films, but neither are the other two, (Winter is as close as they have gotten) Also her name should be Pvt. Clarison
I don't like that her build is so curvy and lean, her armour isn't screen accurate, her hairstyle and jewellery. The scowl on her face and for gods sake!, WHY IS HER BELLY SHOWING???
I don't get it, I guess they are trying to go for some kind of sex appeal? I am a girl so I don't really get it, but I did find even Vasquez more appealing than Bella. Dietrich and Ferro were excellent examples of even modern military women.
Its just one more stray away from the film that I do not like at all. Especially when they continually mark the game as the most true Aliens game ever. Don't get me wrong, I am still eager to play the damn thing, but every week I get more disappointed, my expectations are diving drastically.
I only hope her personality is true to the film
I understand completely where you're coming from, what I don't get is why her armor is like this, while Redding (Co-op character) is wearing the full shoulder pads and everything. The armor has to have a purpose, hopefully Gearbox will give one.
Redding honestly looks BAD ASS, kinda like the films, I hope she didn't go under any heavy changes since the last time we saw her
I like her name too, its got a nice, normal ring to it... Jennifer Redding... Like the others from the film, Cynthia Dietrich, Jenette Vasquez, Colette Ferro...
I did like Bella's design with the smart gun armour, that looked decent
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Quote from: Moosh89 on Dec 06, 2012, 10:19:06 PM
I still do not like Bella's design... its not true to the films, but neither are the other two, (Winter is as close as they have gotten) Also her name should be Pvt. Clarison
I don't like that her build is so curvy and lean, her armour isn't screen accurate, her hairstyle and jewellery. The scowl on her face and for gods sake!, WHY IS HER BELLY SHOWING???
I don't get it, I guess they are trying to go for some kind of sex appeal? I am a girl so I don't really get it, but I did find even Vasquez more appealing than Bella. Dietrich and Ferro were excellent examples of even modern military women.
Its just one more stray away from the film that I do not like at all. Especially when they continually mark the game as the most true Aliens game ever. Don't get me wrong, I am still eager to play the damn thing, but every week I get more disappointed, my expectations are diving drastically.
I only hope her personality is true to the film
I've thought the same thing for months. Aren't ALL the marines meant to get their hair cropped?
Female military women, no, but the hair must be pulled back into a "reserved" style such as a pony tail, a braid or a bun...
But 2 buns??? reminds me of Star Wars...
And jewellery in combat is a no no.
Quote from: Moosh89 on Dec 06, 2012, 11:10:55 PM
Female military women, no, but the hair must be pulled back into a "reserved" style such as a pony tail, a braid or a bun...
In Aliens at least, every female marine had the close shave.
Not Ferro, her hair was a bit longer but pulled back with some kind of styling product (mousse or hair gel). You can see it in the locker room scene :)
Ferro was an aviator though. Different rules.
Even so, look at todays military women, many are not shaved and have longer hair.
I ain't a military woman, (I find it very interesting though!) but currently I am sporting the shaved look haha, usually I have quite long hair, like about 3 feet long but I shaved my head for charity back in October haha.
I do hope A:CM lets us build Marines to play as, and I hope the women have options like short hair, shaved, bald, pony tail, braid, and ONE bun :)
Quote from: Moosh89 on Dec 06, 2012, 10:19:06 PM
I still do not like Bella's design... its not true to the films, but neither are the other two, (Winter is as close as they have gotten) Also her name should be Pvt. Clarison
I don't like that her build is so curvy and lean, her armour isn't screen accurate, her hairstyle and jewellery. The scowl on her face and for gods sake!, WHY IS HER BELLY SHOWING???
I don't get it, I guess they are trying to go for some kind of sex appeal? I am a girl so I don't really get it, but I did find even Vasquez more appealing than Bella. Dietrich and Ferro were excellent examples of even modern military women.
Its just one more stray away from the film that I do not like at all. Especially when they continually mark the game as the most true Aliens game ever. Don't get me wrong, I am still eager to play the damn thing, but every week I get more disappointed, my expectations are diving drastically.
I only hope her personality is true to the film
I agree 100% Moosh. Devs try to squeeze every drop of sexuality out of female characters they can. its pathetic. Cant really think of any game characters besides my Samus that aren't over done. Even in recent years, they've given her that awful "zero suit". Maybe one day things will be different...
Bella doesn't look militarized. I've spotted this a while ago. She should lose the jewelry as Moosh89 mentioned. And to really ground her as a real physically trained person she should have some muscle definition in her deltoids and biceps considering her build, she would be body building material. However in the photo she just looks like a run of the mill nanny placed in a truly awkward situation.
The cuteness has to go. Too much Beyond Good and Evil 's Jade look happening.
Too much belly down there too. Where do you get belly pants like that in the military? How is that even a possibility?
my problem is that she looks like a teenager.
Quote from: chupacabras acheronsis on Dec 07, 2012, 12:07:22 AM
my problem is that she looks like a teenager.
Yeah, too loose with the hootch.
Bella looks a little more feminine and less butch but she still looks badass. (IMO) I love the armor.
Jennifer Redding doesn't have a short haircut either. I like it.
One of the marines in the survivor trailer has regular male armor and a shaved head. Looks possibly female to me but hard to tell. (Right side of the screen @1:18/1:19) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0qvWwTQotU#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0qvWwTQotU#ws)
In the escape trailer you see a female marine that looks like bella wearing a more traditional set of armor.
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Her right arm looks like a bent drinking straw. :laugh:
Quote from: Predaker on Dec 07, 2012, 12:13:09 AM
Bella looks a little more feminine and less butch but she still looks badass. (IMO) I love the armor.
Jennifer Redding doesn't have a short haircut either. I like it.
One of the marines in the survivor trailer has regular male armor and a shaved head. Looks possibly female to me but hard to tell. (Right side of the screen @1:18/1:19) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0qvWwTQotU#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0qvWwTQotU#ws)
Its a dude :)
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Quote from: Moosh89 on Dec 07, 2012, 01:16:45 AM
Quote from: Predaker on Dec 07, 2012, 12:13:09 AM
Bella looks a little more feminine and less butch but she still looks badass. (IMO) I love the armor.
Jennifer Redding doesn't have a short haircut either. I like it.
One of the marines in the survivor trailer has regular male armor and a shaved head. Looks possibly female to me but hard to tell. (Right side of the screen @1:18/1:19) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0qvWwTQotU#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0qvWwTQotU#ws)
Its a dude :)
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It's the circle......the circle of life......
Is the marine lifted in the air being shot in his foot? :laugh:
I think its a bullet ricocheting on the back wall behind the Marine and Alien
Thanks I just noticed that. :laugh:
Nice screenshot.
Chick looks a bit too glam compared to the movie marines.
Holy shit Bella is so damn ugly. GBX should play some recent games like Mass Effect 3 or Far Cry 3 to see what a good fem char looks like. Just compare Citra (damn this bitch is hot) for instance with Bella...
Also I think you guys are over thinking her clothes. The thing is that no one give a damn how the vets/more experienced soldiers choose their outfit. In the war in Iraq or Vietnam or whatever, you can see thousands of photos of soldiers wearing long beards, masks, some sort of custom made jewelry, custom armor plates etc. If you were out in the field for 1 or 2 or 3 years in the middle of enemy gun fire, no one gives a damn how you set up your outfit. Those strict regulations that you are talking about are mostly for the rookies who just came from the boot camp. If those things are helping the soldier out to go through everything, no body can really judge him. If Cruz wants not to wear any armor thats fine. What will you tell him? "Hey Lt Dan do you want some ice cream? Oh and wear some armor you will get killed out there!" Rofl no.. he is a Lt, he's been through a lot so its up to him to decide how he wants HIS armor ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jYcmJNYIMw#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jYcmJNYIMw#ws)
Haha, that ^ actually made me laugh out loud
As far as Bella being ugly, I wouldn't really say that. And we don't need "hot" females running around, or "hot" guys for that matter, Just give us real every day people, like the movie and real life.
Although I must say, Michael Biehn and Bill Paxton in the 80's... :o :P :-* :laugh:
There are grammatical / syntactical errors in those descriptions. Come to think of it, it's really embarassing...
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There are grammatical / syntactical errors in those descriptions. Come to think of it, it's really embarassing...
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They were probably written on an iPad with an autocorrect function.
Hardly surprising considering the rest of a *cough* writing on this thing. :laugh:
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Surprised that New Jersey is even habitable by the 2100's. Poor O'Neal, growing up in a dump. :(
Quote from: The Runner on Dec 07, 2012, 10:28:57 PM
Surprised that New Jersey is even habitable by the 2100's. Poor O'Neal, growing up in a dump. :(
Well
you're not getting any Christmas presents this year.
reminds me of Oscar Moralis
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not an original character for me really...
The profiles suck. >:( They're all the best of the best of the best sir... with honors. I guess all the other redshirts will be just that... redshirts.
The characters in Aliens were portrayed as if they were a regular platoon. Everyone of these characters is like one of pitchfords favorites and isnt subject to being anything less than a super hero.
Seeing these marines really makes me wish Hicks was still alive. I can never forgive 20th Century Fox for killing him off. >:(
All right NJ support! Was hoping there would be one from here!
Quote from: Njm1983 on Dec 07, 2012, 11:32:25 PM
The profiles suck. >:( They're all the best of the best of the best sir... with honors. I guess all the other redshirts will be just that... redshirts.
The characters in Aliens were portrayed as if they were a regular platoon. Everyone of these characters is like one of pitchfords favorites and isnt subject to being anything less than a super hero.
I kinda have to agree with this, A little odd, but then I guess it wouldn't sell as well if you were nobodies.
It's the oposite for me. Nobodies are relatable. Nobodies are not perfect. Nobodies can die at any moment.
Frankly the more badass they push into a character the less i care for them. I doubt i will be giving any shits about these.
Agreed again, I find that nobodies are more interesting, I want to know more about them.
But I do enjoy a good well developed character, but not the ones that are some developers version of the Ultimate Bad Ass (and I don't mean for that to be an Aliens reference, theres "Ultimate Bad Ass" Aliens version, which is cocky but normal every day people, then theres "Ultimate Bad Ass" that never does anything wrong, never misses, always saves the day and has the dumbest dialogue)
But I still want to play this damn game!
With character design being increasingly more realistic, do we need an actual casting director like with film? Art director is probably the one they go to. I just wonder which "faces" they compiled to get them and what were their motives in choosing.
Like in Uncharted, the CEO Naughty Dog was partly to blame not for his decisions but for whatshisname's looks.
Hate to dwell on this but its all good. They might not all play amazing roles in this game as we may think.
The more I see, the more I enjoy how Gearbox is taking this game. The fact that we have a nice assortment of characters is just proof that games are becoming more realistic. The handicapped marine (Cruz) reminds me of Kat from Halo Reach. These characters aren't handicapped, they're handicapable! :) I like a story with likeable characters. They don't have to be indestructible, but they all don't have to die either. Looking forward to how the story will play out.
February can't come fast enough.
The thing is the dev team is treating this marine team like the expendables. Problem is you can't exactly give these characters that level of badassery out the gate. Now if they had all been kicking ass for 20 years I'd buy it then.
Flawed and average individuals excelling in extraordinary circumstances is far more relatable than a group of perfectl soldiers whom are top of their class. Just look at the recent halo forward unto dawn film. Each cadet had something that you could relate to. The main character laskyis so screwed up he can't get right. In the end its the extreme circumstance that makes him find himself. Not the other way around. Which is what I get from these bios.
Are they spoiling us the story? What the hell? First combat mission on Sulaco - Sulaco is still somewhere in the open space. So we board Sulaco in the game, something happens and ONeil gets out as sole survivor... Thanks for the spoil GBX.
Quote from: szkoki on Dec 07, 2012, 11:10:32 PM
reminds me of Oscar Moralis
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sIUbr-jiv0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sIUbr-jiv0)
not an original character for me really...
I was thinking the same thing when I saw him. I even jokingly said "Where is his Velociraptor skull tattoo he got after Isla Nublar" :P
Quote from: WinterActual on Dec 08, 2012, 06:38:19 AM
Are they spoiling us the story? What the hell? First combat mission on Sulaco - Sulaco is still somewhere in the open space. So we board Sulaco in the game, something happens and ONeil gets out as sole survivor... Thanks for the spoil GBX.
srsly?
You think they're talking about the game??
Quote from: Sinncrow on Dec 08, 2012, 07:20:21 AM
Quote from: szkoki on Dec 07, 2012, 11:10:32 PM
reminds me of Oscar Moralis
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sIUbr-jiv0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sIUbr-jiv0)
not an original character for me really...
I was thinking the same thing when I saw him. I even jokingly said "Where is his Velociraptor skull tattoo he got after Isla Nublar" :P
Duh....it's obvious that Oscar is O'Neal's great grandfather. Wait, that means that Jurassic Park is in the Alien universe!!!!! And that means that there will be an obvious connection between Ingen and Weyland Yutani!!!!!!! Dun dun duhhhhhhhh
Quote from: SM on Dec 08, 2012, 09:38:16 AM
You think they're talking about the game??
There's only 1 ship named Sulaco. If O'Neil was on mission on some ship named Sulaco then its 100% sure that this is
our Sulaco.
Quote from: WinterActual on Dec 08, 2012, 06:38:19 AM
Are they spoiling us the story? What the hell? First combat mission on Sulaco - Sulaco is still somewhere in the open space. So we board Sulaco in the game, something happens and ONeil gets out as sole survivor... Thanks for the spoil GBX.
maybe its a earlier previous mission
All that talk about Bella and no one mentioned how different her profile pose is from the others? Y'know, almost like it's poised to show off some assets.
Cruz trained on Mars. That's some consistency with Prometheus right there.
Quote from: Hybrid King on Dec 08, 2012, 04:35:37 PM
Cruz trained on Mars. That's some consistency with Prometheus right there.
How so?
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the technical manual mentions the Sulaco having a reputation as the most unlucky Conestoga ship in the fleet, being involved in docking accidents, fires, attacks and a record number of friendly fire incidents.
In O'Neal's profile its says that the Sulaco took heavy fire and he was the sole survivor... Unless the Xenomorphs have learned how to man guns, I don't think they mean events after Aliens/3. They obviously mean prior to Aliens.
Jesus, all these late 20's early 30's Privates. They must not be that good if they aren't even Corporals yet. :laugh:
Can't have a female in a video game without showing a little skin. No surprises here.
Old ass Privates. In the Army unless you f**kup your automatically promoted up to E-4 after a couple of years. Times could change in the future I guess. They could go to that old SP1-SP4 bullshit they used to have in the day, or something like it. Of course I've known many people to drop rank for shit too.
considering the setting they could still be privates if they were serving to avoid jailtime, but these descriptions...
Quote from: Moosh89 on Dec 08, 2012, 07:52:14 PM
In O'Neal's profile its says that the Sulaco took heavy fire and he was the sole survivor... Unless the Xenomorphs have learned how to man guns, I don't think they mean events after Aliens/3. They obviously mean prior to Aliens.
Why not after Aliens 3? O'Neil's squad board on Sulaco, then the WY mercs shows up - open fire.
Because it's quite obviously not.
Like Moosh said, O'Neal's experience on the Sulaco was before the events in Aliens.
How about simple but cool characters like in this game?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET0lub5ojDM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET0lub5ojDM)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lktftH0f8oc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lktftH0f8oc)
Dennis, Roger, the Major, Ferril, Gery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOzXEvGKZjA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOzXEvGKZjA)
and these werent even blockbuster games...should i post earlier resident evil games?
Quote from: SM on Dec 09, 2012, 09:54:54 AM
Because it's quite obviously not.
Like Moosh said, O'Neal's experience on the Sulaco was before the events in Aliens.
Before Aliens the Sulaco was occupied by Apone's platoon.
On that particular mission. See back to the mentions of CMTM.
Such lame super hero characters... Gearbox are drifting further and further away from the Alien universe for every new release and trailer floating by. I think we're going to end up with another generic sci-fi FPS. I have completely lost my appetite for this game.
Quote from: SpreadEagleBeagle on Dec 09, 2012, 09:48:21 PM
Such lame super hero characters... Gearbox are drifting further and further away from the Alien universe for every new release and trailer floating by. I think we're going to end up with another generic sci-fi FPS. I have completely lost my appetite for this game.
Yeah, but the game looks freakin awesome and it will play awesome. Why so down chum. Downess has a tendency to become viral.
I have to agree that the characters are very cardboardy. If Randy would really want to impress Cameron with his 'canon' then he'd add a properly strong female character, not just a pair of tits and ass. Linda Hamilton, Sigourney, Mary.. they're not the most beautiful, they're rough survivors. This princess Leia is targeted for young male players and the whole calculativeness in that aspect of entertainment industry ruins many good sci-fi movies and especially games. Check out the new Total Recall to see my point. Guns, cars, tech, babes. Plastic, soulless, calculated, targeted .. Where are the ugly people? Women with scars!!
Im sorry, but these characters seem so uninspired and conflict with alien universe. Bella looks really similar to Tequila, who looks a lot like Michelle Rodriguez. To they really have to steal from everywhere, nothing about this game hints originality.
Probably will still buy it though, even if the experience will be masohistic.
Quote from: Capsule on Dec 10, 2012, 11:59:21 AM
Where are the ugly people? Women with scars!!
In Dredd ;D
Quote from: reecebomb on Dec 10, 2012, 12:02:33 PM
Im sorry, but these characters seem so uninspired and conflict with alien universe. Bella looks really similar to Tequila, who looks a lot like Michelle Rodriguez.
I
hated Tequila.
Looks like this game will come down to this...it will be like AVP but with realistic resemblences to the movie Aliens and with a decent multiplayer mode but the characters, the story all will be cheesy and lame again i fear....thats it no hope for good clever ideas in videogaming nowdays, just about graphic and about making the game possible to sell it to the widest range of costumers.
I actually thought that was what one of the things AvP2010 did right. Its depiction of the Marines was pretty close to accurate. Marines are confident. Infantry Marines confidence borders on arrogance.
Had a redbadge female Marine offer to hold my watch when we played her platoon in football today.
"Hey dickface, come here and I'll hold your watch. f**ktard."
That was them being nice.
The Marines as characters don't disappoint me, it is the fact that the Marines are in so many Aliens games. Thats just one group of all different orders of society in the human race. Use some different characters from somewhere creators.
Quote from: acrediblesource on Dec 10, 2012, 03:56:49 AM
Quote from: SpreadEagleBeagle on Dec 09, 2012, 09:48:21 PM
Such lame super hero characters... Gearbox are drifting further and further away from the Alien universe for every new release and trailer floating by. I think we're going to end up with another generic sci-fi FPS. I have completely lost my appetite for this game.
Yeah, but the game looks freakin awesome and it will play awesome. Why so down chum. Downess has a tendency to become viral.
Because I don't like the direction this game is heading.
It was supposed to be a squad based game staying true to the lore, delivering us the ultimate
Aliens experience. But when taking a peek at the game as it looks right now it looks less
Aliens than
AVP2010.
I'm glad they ditched the squad based gameplay.
Quote from: Predaker on Dec 10, 2012, 06:21:00 PM
I'm glad they ditched the squad based gameplay.
Really? Hmm. Well, the squad based gameplay take was what made me really interested in the game in the first place.
I was pretty much picturing
ALIENS - The Board Game (flash version), but as a FPS.
I pictured Brothers In Arms in space.
Quote from: chupacabras acheronsis on Dec 10, 2012, 06:40:34 PM
I pictured Brothers In Arms in space.
That too.
In other words I wish they delivered us a bunch of helmet wearing grunts.
And btw., as much as Bella feels like another sexualized cute face eye-candy for male gamers, O'neil annoys me even more... He looks like a total cartoon character. Like some
Gears of War jarhead. Beefed up steroid toddler biker wannabe moron. He looks ridiculous and completely out of place, whereas his buddy Cruz looks like he belongs to
Deus Ex or something.
Squad based games are fun in their own way but personally I always wanted a traditional FPS co-op for an Aliens game. My younger brother would probably be more interested in this game if it had squad based gameplay, though. (We are close in age but have different tastes.)
Back on topic: Winter excels in firepower... does that mean he has big guns? Lol
Everything that SpreadEagleBeagle said.
O'Neil remind me of Francis from L4D lol
Quote from: WinterActual on Dec 10, 2012, 07:14:48 PM
Everything that SpreadEagleBeagle said.
O'Neil remind me of Francis from L4D lol
Oh man, yeah you're right. They look related to say the least.
so still the 4th
Spoiler
and the worst
movie owns the best videogame adaptation title?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ucl5Q3KXUY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ucl5Q3KXUY)
:P
sry last off :)
A:R the game was, and is, amazing. Nerve-wrecking, sweaty and scary, always keeping you on your toes.
It was underrated. Last scary Alien related game, and one where the Aliens were absolutely lethal.
Quote from: Predaker on Dec 10, 2012, 06:21:00 PM
I'm glad they ditched the squad based gameplay.
Wait, what?! They removed this from the campaign?!
Quote from: ShadowPred on Dec 10, 2012, 08:53:24 PM
Quote from: Predaker on Dec 10, 2012, 06:21:00 PM
I'm glad they ditched the squad based gameplay.
Wait, what?! They removed this from the campaign?!
Originally it was going to be squad command gameplay where you control 4 different characters at once, giving them orders and switching between them as needed.
Now it has the story with the host playing Winter and up to 3 others can join in for co-op and play the campaign together as a team.
I was of the understanding that the game was simply going to be you controlling one guy, while the AI was controlling other members of the group you are in? So am I wrong to think that this means I'm not going to be seeing any of this?
nope.
Winters-do-everything time.
Quote from: chupacabras acheronsis on Dec 10, 2012, 09:03:13 PM
nope.
Winters-do-everything time.
Wow, well this really f**king sucks, the only reason I even cared about this game was because I thought it would be Winters plus a few marines in missions together with the occasional "Winters do this!" mission. Damn, I'm really upset about this...well, not sure if it's even worth getting just to play with other people.
Not sure what the confusion is about exactly, but various parts of the campaign will have AI marines with you. You don't control what they do, but there will be other marines around. The Sephora has a full batallion of 400 marines and there will also be the main characters Bella, Cruz, and ONeal.
they're set pieces. animatronics at a theme park.
they won't interact or do anything but what the script says. they'll be there for the scene being and most likely f**k off until the next segment while you wade through alone, that's how games do it now. at most they will be AI roaming some area until they're killed or you finish. you probably will have to take care of them if that's the case, which i would be okay with if i had the smallest amount of control over them.
If, if, if, if...
Yee-haw!! Let's shoot some Gearbox aliens, y'all!
Scripted AI don't really bother me so much as long it's isolated to when certain places in the game takes control in order for a scripted event to happen. If the AI does things differently in between these parts I'm fine.
There are no AI marines with you. GBX made separate co-op chars because you don't play as Cruz, O'Neil and Bella in co-op - they just appear from time to time and you are not all together all the time.
Quote from: Predaker on Dec 10, 2012, 08:56:17 PM
Quote from: ShadowPred on Dec 10, 2012, 08:53:24 PM
Quote from: Predaker on Dec 10, 2012, 06:21:00 PM
I'm glad they ditched the squad based gameplay.
Wait, what?! They removed this from the campaign?!
Originally it was going to be squad command gameplay where you control 4 different characters at once, giving them orders and switching between them as needed.
Now it has the story with the host playing Winter and up to 3 others can join in for co-op and play the campaign together as a team.
so no secret that Bella, the robo man and morales brother will survive the story -.-'
In some article was mentioned that everybody dies in the end of ACM. There's no way to know for sure though.
Quote from: WinterActual on Dec 11, 2012, 06:07:12 AM
There are no AI marines with you. GBX made separate co-op chars because you don't play as Cruz, O'Neil and Bella in co-op - they just appear from time to time and you are not all together all the time.
That's funny because the campaign demos show plenty of AI marines around with you throughout various parts of the story, with dialogue and everything. There will be moments when you are alone though. Which is a good thing. :P
The marines besides O'Neil, Bella and Cruz are redshirts - they are placed there to die. The 3 main chars are not with you all the time (as I already said).
around you is not the same as 'with' you.
Yeah, actually :laugh:
QuoteI started in a mission about ΒΌ through the game that takes place after the Sulaco crash-lands. My character was part of a squad of marines ordered to investigate.
http://m.kotaku.com/5967473/aliens-colonial-marines-will-make-you-jump-at-every-freakin-shadow-you-see (http://m.kotaku.com/5967473/aliens-colonial-marines-will-make-you-jump-at-every-freakin-shadow-you-see)
New campaign video today. You are not just running around by yourself as Winter in A:CM. There are squad elements that include AI marines "with" you.
Sometimes ::)
I guess that's better than nothing.
Still wished the game was more of a squad-based game with somewhat distinct classes...
Rifleman, Smartgunner, Comm-Tech and Medic. The Rifleman being able to carry a second firearm aside from the pulse rifle and the pistol. The Smartgunner is "stuck" with the Smartgun and all that it has to offer (also carries a pistol), whereas the Comm-Tech and the Medic pack pulse rifles and pistols, and instead of a second firearm they carry one Motion Detector each. The Comm-Tech is also equipped with a hacking device and assembles and primes Sentry Guns faster than other classes. The Medic's special equipment is a medikit and a fire extinguisher (which can be used both to extinguish fires a well as somewhat neutralizing acid on the ground/floor). Medics and Comm-Techs may exchange their pulse rifle for a shotgun, flame unit etc. (but no heavy weapons), but they may not carry both. All marines are equipped with flares, flashlights, IR vision, blowtorches and hand grenades. Then you have ranking... privates and corporals etc.
Aw well, it's never gonna happen.
Quote from: SpreadEagleBeagle on Dec 11, 2012, 08:17:10 PM
I guess that's better than nothing.
Still wished the game was more of a squad-based game with somewhat distinct classes...
Rifleman, Smartgunner, Comm-Tech and Medic. The Rifleman being able to carry a second firearm aside from the pulse rifle and the pistol. The Smartgunner is "stuck" with the Smartgun and all that it has to offer (also carries a pistol), whereas the Comm-Tech and the Medic pack pulse rifles and pistols, and instead of a second firearm they carry one Motion Detector each. The Comm-Tech is also equipped with a hacking device and assembles and primes Sentry Guns faster than other classes. The Medic's special equipment is a medikit and a fire extinguisher (which can be used both to extinguish fires a well as somewhat neutralizing acid on the ground/floor). Medics and Comm-Techs may exchange their pulse rifle for a shotgun, flame unit etc. (but no heavy weapons), but they may not carry both. All marines are equipped with flares, flashlights, IR vision, blowtorches and hand grenades. Then you have ranking... privates and corporals etc.
Aw well, it's never gonna happen.
*WANTED*
SDK
REWARD: LOYAL FANBASE
Quote from: SpreadEagleBeagle on Dec 11, 2012, 08:17:10 PM
Aw well, it's never gonna happen.
It will if GBX decide to release the SDK as Predaker said. But yeah prolly its never going to happen :/
at least they could make an MP mode based on those team mechanics, escape mode + specialists in which every player has to play a part to go to the next section and the marines would fail if the tech guy, smartgunner or medic died when they need him the most.
Quote from: WinterActual on Dec 11, 2012, 01:59:10 PM
The marines besides O'Neil, Bella and Cruz are redshirts - they are placed there to die. The 3 main chars are not with you all the time (as I already said).
if that so...than its avp yet again...lamelamelamelame with 0 story, with 0 character development, i wanna get to know the others, i want to feel sorry for the rest of the battallion, so lame, all about graphic and massacre...
Then prepare to meet with Marine_Bot1, Marine_Bot2, Marine_Bot3 and Marine_Bot4, those are really cool guys... sadly they are all going to die. They are created to die ;D
the true heroes of A:CM.
Quote from: szkoki on Dec 11, 2012, 09:17:50 PM
Quote from: WinterActual on Dec 11, 2012, 01:59:10 PM
The marines besides O'Neil, Bella and Cruz are redshirts - they are placed there to die. The 3 main chars are not with you all the time (as I already said).
if that so...than its avp yet again...lamelamelamelame with 0 story, with 0 character development, i wanna get to know the others, i want to feel sorry for the rest of the battallion, so lame, all about graphic and massacre...
They can't reasonably develop an entire battalion of characters. Smaller number of main characters keep it focused. And the level I played I always had a squadmate with me and the developer led demo also always had another character there.
Does anyone know for sure if Paxton, Biehn, Rolston and Matthews are contributing their voices to this game?
Quote from: EEV2650 on Dec 31, 2012, 05:10:17 PMDoes anyone know for sure if Paxton, Biehn, Rolston and Matthews are contributing their voices to this game?
All of them except Paxton.
I can't believe they got Matthews out of retirement.