Hi guys...
I don't know if I have said this before, but what we saw in the 2011 Gameplay Demo is actually something we have seen in many games before (dynamic lighting, fog, lighting FX, etc...) This work-in-progress demo had Xbox icons already, for cripes sake!... So, changes could be made, as they often are, tweaks and such, but I think that whenever a gameplay demo is made availabe, it is to get feedback about the direction they are taking, the sample of atmosphere and dialogue and if the fans are okay with it, and the feedback was good, so why downgrade it so much?! That is why I am almost positive that this game seems to be TG's baby and not Gearbox, with all the bugs, bad lip sync, bad AI, bad facial expressions, etc... It looks, as I said before, like the STARSHIP TROOPERS game (yep, I was dumb enough to play that game LOL)...
So, long story short, I think the demo as a marketing ploy was unethical as hell, but I think many of us believed it could actually be in the game, because there was no technical prowess in there we hadn't seen before...
And my earlier remarks that they could have downgraded it for PC, I correct it now, because games are done nowadays to be adaptable to PC specs, both in terms of graphics and in terms of horsepower of the rigs...
So, I can't find any excuse for Gearbox really... I mean, the mere idea that they used Sega's money to finance their own games, instead of what was contracted, it disgusts me immensely, Alien fan or not! Just for that, SEGA ought to sue their arses until they call for their mommies! Gearbox should not survive this!