Its out Tuesday and not one single review which you kind of know means this game is going to drop like a bag of spuds .

So watching THIS VIDEO I'm still not blown away,obviously the guy that is playing it pleases easily because he thinks it looks pretty amazing.

Personally i think it looks no better than the Atari Jaguar version from about 15 years ago.

But the reviews will tell the story in the next few days,and if for some reason the reviews are favourable [doubt it] then i may invest.............But thats a very BIG may.

Sorry mate, I'm still not with you on this one. It's Aliens!!

The graphics don't look too bad, in fact at times they look really nice. This clip is a little better without the slow coach narrator. They may not be cutting edge visuals, but the lighting and sound create the perfect atmosphere for this type of game. I like the look of the environment. I would normally complain about sc-fi type gun sounds not floating my boat, but the standard assault rifle sounds just like the one in the films as I remember it. Some of the voice acting comes across a little wooden, but I can already imagine with the volume turned up how the ambience (sound and lighting) could get the old adrenaline pumping!

Failing dreadful mechanical reviews, this could see me through to May and the Last of Us.

Well for the past hour I have been trawling the Internet trying to read and see as much as possible about this game,I have seen a few clips now that impress me a little more and I do get the urge to check the game out,but I feel that within 30 minutes I would be putting it to one side and discarding it to the trade in section.

I just watched another video and it was a lot better than the one I posted earlier,I will wait for the reviews to surface and its going to have to have solid 8s and above to get me to purchase,I put my neck on the line and say the likes of game trailers and ign are going to be giving this around a 6 .

Like you I want this to be a a fantastic game from a fantastic film franchise ,but I am just not seeing what you see mate,I do admit that my views change depending on what video and preview I read,but overall it don't have me very excited which is a shame given the name that this game trades on.

Wish you would actually notice the flashing red letterbox which means you have a pm when you come on the forums mr magoo

Clip looks nice mate I give you that,that's my point really,when I watch some clips they don't look very good but based on this clip the game appeals to me......confused.com

In reply to a post by time2die:

Clip looks nice mate I give you that,that's my point really,when I watch some clips they don't look very good but based on this clip the game appeals to me......confused.com

It looks nice. Not great, but nice. If the reviews don't slate it mechanically or point out frame rate issues and pop ups, then I'm in.

If it does get multiple sixes in the early reviews I might hold off for a while. I don't usually plump for anything less than a 7.5 unless it gets highly recommended by friends, but if the atmosphere is pulled off correctly this is one of those games that doesn't need exceptional visuals.

Even with a 10 out of 10 for visuals, if the gameplay sucked I'd still give it a miss. Aliens is about atmosphere, if they get that right I think we'd all be happy?

Anyway check out this Ign Play through which is 2 hours of video of the game and tell me it dont look like a game from a decade ago Graphics wise.

When i see stuff like THIS
then i know its a Pass the duchy

Funny a sentence from the Aliens film springs to mind when i watch these clips........Game over Man Game over

Another Gearbox disaster that should have been put into the hands of the developers that made Metroid Prime........Retro Studios.

Seriously how could they release a game in this state after so many release date delays,certainly not been delayed for polish based on this video from Ign

So disappointed that they think that by using the Alien name they can release a game that looks like a playstation 1 game at best,yeah yeah Graphics are not everything,but when you see games that look as good as Uncharted,Bioshock,Dead Space,Far Cry to name just a few then there are no excuses.......Some developers have it and some don't and Gearbox based on this evidence its .......Guilty as charged and your developers license has been revoked ..........I wish.......

Edited by time2die (Mon 11-Feb-13 00:32:16)

Quick look at that last video and there are aspects I like (visuals, setting and gun sound effects) but if this game is gonna be about the multiplayer aspect then I think it's gonna bomb badly, just because it looks ultra [censored] being a xenomorph, dying all the time as you seem pretty underpowered, then there being a long wait to spawn and do it all again. Just looks like desperation trying to inflict as much damage as possible before you're toast.

Might be some redeeming features to the game when people have time to play it properly. But what I saw (skipping through to bits and pieces), it doesn't look good.

When you watch mrnelster video the game don't look to bad,when you skip through the ign.com video the game looks god dam awful .

Now check how bad the Multiplayer Looks

Oh My God

Edited by time2die (Mon 11-Feb-13 11:07:00)

Yeah, I just don't it. It does look pretty bad. Why are the aliens so, um, short?