Hello there, guys... I just wanted to tell that this trend of outsourcing games to invest on cell shaded Borderlands 2 is a slap on the face of Aliens fans, especially when they profess to be fans of the franchise... Also, it becomes quite clear from comparing the gameplay demos from 2011 that this game was redone... The fights, the dialogue, the awesome graphics were gone, never to be seen again... NO atmospheric darkness, which was actually required since Hadley's Hope was supposedly without any power after being nuked, although the damage to the infrastructure was pretty minimised in the game...
I have seen the comparison between the demo and the final thing and it pissed me off... I was going to let it slide, as I did in my review, but having been reminded of HOW GREAT the visuals were on the demo, I am disgusted to see Gearbox smearing their record like this... That is what happens when you outsource what coudl have been a huge and great game...
I think they can minimise the graphics bit with an HD patch, but the dialogue, the firefights, the rest, is irretrievable... The demo looked amazing and it was just two years ago... How in the hell did it devolve into this?! I mean, the graphics are somewhat ok, but not at all when you compare them with the gameplay demo... What the hell happened, Gearbox?!
By the way, even a moron can cook up some maps and make it fun... The campaign is where the difficulty lies... I am tired of people saying that COD games, Medal of HOnor, and this one is to be played online... WHat the crap?! Are you really willing to spend what you spend on a console game just to play online?! I sure as hell don't, especially an Aliens one... The demo was going te right way... Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it for the nods and outdoors, but with the sample from the demo, it would have been dynamite with those graphics, that level of darkness and effects...
So, I am not rethinking my review of the game, since it was my first reaction to the game itself and the enjoyment of it, WITHOUT remembering the gameplay demo that was what made me think this game would be awesome!
BUt like I said, always be afraid of a game that takes 3 years to do and with other games being done by the developer... Hell, it could even be FOX meddling in it, as they are so well-known of doing... I think that Gearbox is the sole to blame, because it was their job to do the game... The outsourced company was given a poisoned apple to chew on! AND Gearbox was the one marketing the game as well, so sorry, Gearbox, when most fans of Aliens disliked it, you know you fouled it up!
Cheers!