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Review: Aliens Colonial Marines + All DLC's and TemplarGFX overhaul mod
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- Опубліковано 15 сер 2024
- In this video I am reviewing Aliens colonial marines game from 2013 and all the DLC's + TemplarGFX overhaul mod.
Clips that I used in the video from other youtubers:
GamingShogun TV: • Aliens: Colonial Marin...
Kona X: • NYCC 2012 Alien Coloni...
Nerdy Show: • Aliens: Colonial Marin...
DSPGaming: • E3 Tuesday: Aliens Col...
GameFront: • E3 2012 - Wil Wheaton ...
Yogscast: • Yogscast - E3 2012 - A...
Gamespot: / @gamespot
2old2play: • Randy Pitchford - Alie...
AngryJoeShow: • Aliens: Colonial Marin...
Lone Rook: • REVIEW #1. Aliens: Col...
TheWaste0Time: • Games That Suck - Alie...
spartanbpun: • Aliens: Colonial Marin...
ikar0p: • AvPGalaxy.net - Gearbo...
Entertainment Buddha: • BotWig Special: Aliens...
JMan182Inc: • FAILS -Aliens Colonial...
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00:00 Intro
06:40 Unboxing collector's edition
10:54 Main game
32:29 Multiplayer
39:23 Stasis interrupted
44:50 Bug hunt
46:42 TemplarGFX overhaul mod
You are welcome!
That was a fantastic review
Can I pay you to mod out the cash register sfx that plays exclusively in Bug Hunt mode?
mom, Hex Dk just uploaded
dear god
I’ve gotta be honest I have no idea why Colonial Marines lasting impact was tons of people saying “clearly Aliens games don’t work” and not, why doesn’t someone just make the fucking game in the first demo trailer that everyone loved
"Isolation" proved those naysayers wrong, but yeah; "Colon Marines" made a big poo on the fans.
@@zimriel I mean as in Alien’S’ games specifically, but yeah Isolation is fucking fantastic
@@marklaidler2783 oof you're right. i need more coffee
@@zimriel you’re good dude easy miss!
@@zimriel AvP had already proven them wrong 24 years ago.
As a long time fan of the ALIEN series and ACM i applud you on a fair review on a great fun game that Randy Pitchford mis- managed, aka ballsed up!
To this day it is still my favorite ALIENS game of all time.
Infact in got me back into the ALIEN franchise again, even joining the NZCM, New Zealand Colonial Marines costuming group.
Thank you again
Oohraa marine 👍
Happy for you bro, this game could have been much better but with a few tweaks it aint bad and people gave it a much harder time because of what the devs have done and not necessarily just because the game was poor, i still like to replay it & the stasis interrupted dlc. My all time favorite is the 2010 AVP, it really holds up, AvP 1& 2 are awesome of course and probably the best in the franchise but they need a remake for sure. My current new favorites are Fireteam Elite & Dark Descent, both solid games in different genres, but the "best" entry in the Aliens franchise has to be Alien isolation, wich is crazy since it came out not long after Colonial Marines.
I was there, 10 years ago.... I remember....
15:55 I always preferred the gritty, retrofuturistic ACM weapon artstyle over the tech-heavy sci-fi style of Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Agree.
Fireteam elite does several different aesthetics
Such a great vid! Putting Templar on the certificate at the end was such a nice touch! 👌🏻
I wish devs would allow online matches to be created without human players if none are found, optionally fill open slots with AI, but in the server browser show the human player only (1) in the match, then replace the AI with a human players when slots are filled. This will let people searching for a game see that there are matches available, instead of thinking no one is playing, which kills the online longevity.
As someone who has almost 200 hours in A:CM (yes, I'm that insane), I really gotta say this an extremely well-made video!
I'm one of the few people who can say I didn't mind the game's problems when it came out, and the mod truly does give fans what we should've expected from day 1.
I'm glad to see someone still having fun with it! ^^
Super review Hex. This is the benchmark for reviews and this is how reviews should be made in future. I tip my hat Sir.
omfg....i can relate! I waited 12 freaking years for this and i went all out preordered the collectors edition. On the day of release, my cousin called me at 6am and told me 'I'm sorry man. I'm sorry.' I'm like, oh hell naw! Checked gamespot review and telling myself 'Its ok! its probably from a non Aliens fan.' lol I played it, and i have never been so disappointed in my entire life. We dont get alot of Aliens games while Halo fans can get a crappy game but still get more Halo games. This hits hard.
great video man, found you through your rising storm videos. glad you're still putting videos out man, keep it up!
Great video the beginning had me laughing and almost crying because I was hyped hard af too.😂😂😂😂😂
The end about the Templar mod was spot on. I got major replay value because of it.
Especially bug hunt where you can make it so unlimited corpses stay on the ground. 🤤 🤤🤤
In fact I am going to replay it all again soon with the mod.
6/10 with the mods feels a bit low...But still; because of the mods and being an *ALIEN FANBOY,* I'm buying the game with DLCs today!! 😃
Actual movie, Full Lore and Top notch Editing! NIce Job !
Glad there where some mods out there giving this game the love it deserves for everyone who hated this game on release its getting to a stage where alit of the original alien and aliens cast are getting elderly or have punched out already Hudson ash Kane will never reprise their roles again unless by ai I think there is parts of alien colonial marines that are worth saving stasis interrupted dlc should have been free it was such a core part of all the story
AWESOME video! Thoroughly enjoyed it, thanks
really enjoyed the video hex, bug hunt was very fun, I completely forgot we played through the campaign that time must've been over a year ago at least XD
You are getting old Sam :D
@@Hexdk well about time lol
I know generally speaking this game was widely panned and despised by the fan base but I personally enjoyed playing this game with my wife on Co-op for many times running through the entire game we had the time of our life so I've got nothing bad to say about this game.
About the "crusher" / rhino alien, it was probably some form of cattle. Bulls are known to be big and charge. However, the game should have had some cattle remains in the game as evidence of such a thing.
Another one bites the dust! Awesome video 😁
I tried to enjoy the game, but it deserved so much better. I'll have to give the mod a shot. Also throw Randy into a hive.
The sheer proportion of greedy execs in the game industry would make Big Oil jealous XD
The tether AI typo fix only tethers the enemy to the player so they don't laughably wander around. It makes the game both difficult and easier. Difficult because enemies now rush at you more, easier because they're closer to shoot if you see them.
I've never been an alien fan, but you make me want to watch some movies.
HeHe the alien franchise is waiting for you.
One detail almost everyone misses, is that the Queen can grab you if you run under her, regardless of your health/shield. The killing animation is pretty nice.. until you fall, lmao
Also you forgot one thing, in the Overhaul mod, you can change the Smartgun's HUD, and it disables auto-aim, just like AvP3!
I remember seeing ACMs budget in Borderlands 2.
I still loved the game regardless.
Smells like an executive decision to me. See, investors usually inject a huge payload of money into a project and expect a quick return from it, with pompous interests of course, and that's where all the problems begin. To appease those investors, rushing executives tend to go over their dev's team advice about the right schedules and resources, usually by shrinking both to milk even more money. They can even affect game classification during its mid-development, altering the gore and detail levels to appeal to a broader age range of players - a task that will lead to a lot of rework, worse, without any clear salary adjustment for the workers. So, the closer the deadline, the more feature droppings will happen bc wrong decisions have been made at the wrong timeframe, all for the sake of keeping a smile on the investors' faces. Then the game is released. It bombs. Investors are not pleased. Executives blame/badmouth devs and punish them, even firing them to diminish losses. Let's face it, NO DEV wants to deliver a bomb to the public, they want to be recognized for their work. All of this happened before and is happening again.
Finally was able to get a pc so i could play Rising Storm
Well at least hicks survived which makes me a bit happier but its still fun to crush an alien with the power loader
Hey hex, don’t know if you remember, but I do. I remember the day I was playing Cu Chi or Hue City. Playing with you and how I told you in chat that you were the one that got me to play RS2V. Gotta say without you, I would’ve missed out a lot of fun, especially with the friends I made in that game. Hope you have a good one - Mexican Immigrant
Hey Mexican Immigrant, thank you for that kind comment, I'm glad to hear you enjoy the game, and that you have gained more friends.
Still playing RS2V brilliant game and still has around 800-1000 player base.
The biggest problem with this game is that gear box bought it off of another company that bought it off of another company that bought it off of another company that went out of business. It mostly completed at that time, and was about ten years old at that point. Gear Box did very little work on the game play and graphics of the game and spent most of budget they had for it on borderlands 2
Nice review I can see your engagement In making videos
Brilliant script in this game. Love it.
I remember being so damn hype for this game. 10mins in…. hype died real quick
I feel so sorry for console players. They never got TemplarGFX 6.2 version of A:CM. It's day and night difference to stock. It is such a beautiful game and story. It's the Aliens sequel I always wanted. Esp. SI. Also acmv140+6tr
I never understanded the hate on this game, to me this is easily one of the best Alien games ever made. I would love to see a remake for it, or at least a simple release on modern consoles. The multiplayer feature would be really interesting to see on modern consoles too.
If you can’t understand the hate, I’m not sure what you are able to understand about anything. There are objective issues with the game whether you like it or not.
@@ExpertContrarian Don't insult the man, just because he likes the game.
@@Hexdkit’s not that he likes the game. It’s that he seems to think that there’s near nothing wrong with it. It’s not like the criticisms of the game are vague
@@ExpertContrarian The "expert" got triggered 😂😂😂
@@hgsupertrampSays the dude triggered that people don’t like a video game 😂
Gearbox needs to get off their lazy butts thank this man and properly get his finished version of c.m out as remastered version on current gen consoles anyone agree yes or no ?
nice video Hex, you did a good job again
I feel like the survivors from the second film should have been Hudson or SGT.Apone.
I missed all this only found out about this game years later when I got it on sale for 12$, I liked it a lot never understood all the hate it got
Your friend saying "it wont make any difference" felt like it had infinitely more soul and taste than any reference in the game propper
just started playing this tonight and took a break and found your video. I agree 100 percent with everything you've felt/said/opined on. My god this mod is hard though lol. Only problem I'm having is weird gray gray graphics at a distance. Otherwise I'm having a great time with this, using a controller no less!
Can you please tell me how you're getting it to work on pc with a controller? My son wants to play this game soooo bad but I can't get a controller to work :/ :(
@@Rysdad1 I just plug my Xbox 1 controller in and it works
There was a Colonial Marines collectors edition in my local store for years. Cost 20 bucks and i never bothered. Now i kinda regret it. Not because of the game, but that powerloader statue for 20 bucks would have been a nice purchase.
Maybe you can get lucky on Ebay.
Since 1986 I've always thought that Ripleys taped up Flamethrower/Pulse Rifle had to have been a heavy weapon on top of also carrying a pre-teen child around while fighting, running, and killing multiple aliens without even tripping herself up not even one single time....JS
They actually had to give her a doll that resembled Newt while shooting the movie.
So Ripley did mission impossible xD..
But its why i love her character.
And women nowadays say there are no great female action heroes.
Ugh..
I remember the fact that Sega came in and deleted EVERYTHING, the backups the main code, which was almost completed....
the "lies" were SEGA claiming that they wanted to have GBG make a game the fans wanted, the lies were SEGA wanted Call of Duty but with Xenomorphs...
they used a team of developers to delete the original code and replace it with what SEGA wanted... CoD, but due to Gearbox's code being the way it is... delete 1 piece and the whole thing breaks.... but SEGA already had the team delete the back up's
all because they had had inside info that while ACM was in the final polish phase, GBG needed to shuffle some resources around cos of Borderlands 2 was slipping behind the development time... work didn't stop on ACM until SEGA came in and demanded all work on ACM to be handed over, claiming that GBG had breached the contract....
after deleting the backup's and buggering the code, and their up and coming dev team who wanted to impress their new bosses couldn't figure out how to fix what they had broken at the order of SEGA... SEGA ran back to GBG and demanded that they fix the game... which would wouldn't have needed fixing if SEGA hadn't have stormed in and deleted everything....
GBG was set up to fail, due to the deletion and destruction of the backups, rebuilding the game would be nothing close to what was originally created.... and as such... would most likely take many more years... SEGA gave them mere weeks...
what we got was a damned miracle they even managed that....
GBG even offered to fix and work on updates and code which would have to be released after SEGA's decision to release anyway....
when the Modding Community suggested that they could possibly fix it or do what they could to at least try.... GBG was supportive of this suggestion, and was prepared to release the SDK for ACM, however ultimately SEGA chose to cut losses and refuse the SDK to the community, in their minds SEGA wanted GBG to take the fall and they wanted to bury the game.... and focus on Alien Isolation instead...
the ironic thing is, SEGA did a similar thing to Rebellion with Aliens vs Predator 2010.... and the developers of Shogun Total War.... it seems that everyone who is contracted by them to make a game or project.... the door only swings one way in SEGA's eyes....
yet despite the lack of an SDK the modding community, like TemplarGFX and the mod which was called Just Another Bug Hunt... which the latter I helped test for a while.... did remarkable jobs in bringing back the feel of a game that was snuffed out too soon.... due greed or ignorance or impatience or even just a personal issue against what the fans actually wanted....
we never wanted a CoD Aliens game, but SEGA seem to be no different to most AAA developer these days who assume they know better and know what the fans want more than the fans...
It sound like you had some real inside
knowledge.
There are things I've never heard of before.
@@Hexdk not so much direct inside knowledge, I just mod tested with people who did... and SEGA did the same thing to Rebellion too which seems like the way they avoid keeping to the contracts they make
@@Hexdk some of the things I do believe they could have improved for the game to at least soften the blow of shame....
Bug Hunt should have been objective based... similar to the 4v4 escape mode.... but kept the hoard stand your ground style at least until an APC came to rescue
Escape should have had Xenomorph AI in overwhelming numbers with the objective to reach the extraction...
Extermination should have been PVE too and each batch of eggs you destroy should have upped the level of Xenomorph threat, so start with drones, then Lurkers, then Preatorians, and so on...
Custom map support so we could have made our own maps or the map making community could for it... and a custom game settings would have been a huge benefit for the multiplayer aspect too
these would have resulted in a game that would have not been viewed as a complete fail....
also removal of that tethering system to allow for players to explore, to find the hidden items etc... and that ridiculous every time you get to a certain point your character is locked with their gun next to their head and their other hand on their comms device.... there's been a few times where a xeno has slipped past certain points and I've been killed by them cos my character chose to have a length discussion on comms...
the mod I really wish had continued was from a guy called Preatorian if i remember correctly, and added objectives to the Bug Hunt mode, along with welding/cutting and a more logical spawn of Xenos who also went after the few Mercs who spawned in at certain points...
along with some levels between every 5th level which added the blind exploding kamakazi Xenos into the mix... but you had to be very quiet or risk them finding you... then on every 5th wave you'd have Xeno's and a boss Xeno... I really wish I'd still got the backup for it cos that was seriously fun....
also weapons were closer to their movie versions too
awesome man 👍🏼
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Great review! Well done
yeah with the mod on, it keeps crashing after i save the first marine
Im in the minority that loved this game. I spent so many hours with the multiplayer on ps3. I wish there was a way to get matches on ps3.
Great video 👍, I have a question is there a way to add in Bots in Multiplayer modes like Escape.
No, not that I know of.
I honestly think another company should have a go at redoin the game with a better storyline
We remember.
After this game I'd never buy any gear box games.
Missed your vids man!
is it better now than when it came out and is the dlc worth it ?
i just found always that the content is so ... lean
It’s really too bad this game turned out the way it did. We could’ve gotten something truly amazing. Hopefully that guy’s mod will continue to improve upon the game. It would be awesome if he figured out how to edit the levels/make new ones.
Something that’s really interesting is before this game came out Microsoft was planning on having Gearbox make Halo because they had done the Halo CE pc port, and made a bunch of great games/expansions. Then being a dumpster fire was still a ways off. Part of me thinks that they would’ve been the better option because Boarderlands was good, 343 is a complete dumpster fire, and Bungie completely lost their way after Reach and gave us Destiny (the first game broke it’s unfinished campaign into 3 dlcs because they were greedy and it wasn’t done. Also, the second game didn’t even get good until late into development when they had to completely rework the game so they wouldn’t go under. Even then it still has numerous issues). Also, stuff like Duke Nukem Forever can’t really be pinned on them because George Broussard is the one who kept delaying the game by adding every new mechanic/feature and switching engines because he was an egotistical manchild (the 2001 build is awesome. Too bad we didn’t get that version of the game. Thankfully there’s a restoration team). Although, we can’t really say what Halo under Gearbox would’ve been like. It’s probably a situation where better the devil you know than the one you don’t, or something like that. Also, the thought of us having Aliens Colonial Marines but with Halo marines would be the funniest thing in the world.
Great video. I love how you sent over the game modded and I modded to compare and contrast how things are different.
I wish I could get the DLC but I already own the game (pre-ordered it), and you can't buy the DLC seperately.
It was a huge disappointment. Alien isolation made me feel better... but i was looking forward to see with my own eyes LV 426 and go on a bug hunt...but it was caca...😢
Does anyone know how to get a ps4 controller on PC to work with this game other than ds4? Ds4 doesn't seem to work for it. Or does anyone know how to play it on ps4?
I got the collector edition too....
Love your vids hex
I did like the multiplayer a lot even though it was unbalanced at times.
thoughts on Aliens Fire team?
Not yet, but eventually I will cover it.
I got the ACM on xbox 360 when the game came out..
I was hyped as hell. I remember going trough first few lvls thinking wtf is going on, where are all the aliens?? Why do i keep fighting PMCs??
Campagn was so boring.. i hated it
Then i jumped into MP and that was only saving grace for this game
Idk how the devs could fk this up so much....
Now i have it on steam, sad its nearly impossible to play MP
Note: i loved the small retcon of alien 3 with Hicks being alive. Loved it ( i hate alien 3)
I was expecting more of a AVP 2 Evolution of Fear Marine gameplay
No longer considered canon, if you want something canon go play either Isolation or Dark Descent. (Or even Fireteam Elite for a decent shooter.)
Thanks for thé vidéo.😉
I pre-ordered this turd and also convinced my brother to pre-ordered this and to this day he brings it up In 2024.
HeHe, And he will for the rest of your life.
Thank god for Templar gfx …
are there still servers or is there a way we can play with friends coop privately?
No servers, but you can still play with friends.
Nice, a new hex video ❤
This may not be a good game, but is far from being the worst of all time, as a lot of people try to affirm.
I think the reaction is tied to the level of expectation vs. what people actually got.
Sure there are worse games. But this is the worst Aliens themed game. People really wanted it to be good.
The beginning of this video literally describes me. Man I’m so sorry my friend fuck gear box reason why I didn’t buy borderlands 3
can you pair this mod with the UE3.5 HD Engine Mod mod? its 8k!
I don't know, sorry.
I'm so sad that 83 died :(
Yeah it's a shame.
@@Hexdk Will you move to hell let loose as it's pretty much the only fast paced semi realistic shooter left?
@@titusc.4482 Maybe I can't really decide.
This game was so fun and great addition to the aliens franchise. If you disagree well you have every right to be wrong.
Moronic opinion.
@@BlueMarsalis moronic opinion
10:30 Viva Italia? Why the heck is there an Italian logo within this game? XD
The fans deserve a good modern aliens game made by a better studio. Oh and Randy is still a pos.
Which alien movie is your favorite?
The first Alien movie from 1979.
39:59 Samuel Stone has been introduced previously in what? Sorry
In the Lisbeth Hutchin´s storie.
@@Hexdk is that the one from the book? I think I read it a few years ago
@@potatokilr7789 no she is the first character you get to play as in Stasis interrupted DLC.
There's an Alien video game that has weapons on the Powerloader. Well, it's technically not a powerloader but a combat mech of some kind. Do you know which Alien game it is? 😋😎🤓
Aliens vs Predator 2 has one, you can see it, in my review of that game 😊
@@Hexdk Wow! Nice, man! That's the game I'm talking about! 😃😎
Gearbox didn't even make the game, Timegate did.
Comment for the algorithm :')
HeHe Thanks.
What do you think of aliens fte?
I will cover it, eventually.
I can only imagine if the folks that did Isolation would've picked this up in retrospect.. what a disaster this was. This game was my cut off from doing pre-orders.. the biggest let down in gaming history perhaps.
Honestly, dude, the pulse rifle from colonial Marines was way better than the one from rebellion.
The pulse rifle was iconic because it had different pitch tones and the weird reverb sound effect.
But in the alien versus predator that came out when I was in high school recycled The same Pull rifle burst fire again and again and again.
At least with Colonial Prometheus aliens, marines covenant part 3 The rifle had different pitch tones different cycle sounds,
I remember thinking that when I fired the Paul rifle even on the Xbox version I said that's it, right there, baby that's my fucking pulse rifle!!!
Unfortunately, In real life my center arms Thompson modified to look like a pulse rifle doesn't make that same sound. Lol
This game for all it did wrong. It had the sound effects down cold.
It really immersed you into James Cameron's universe
And alien isolation can suck a fat one
Alien hide and seek lmao. If only the love and devotion that went into that game went into Charles S Dutton Marines it would've been awesome,
So I say fuck this thing let's fight it!
Too little too late.
While the mod makes it look and behave how it should have at release, everyone has moved on to newer games that do the 4 person co-op action shooter better.
At best you'll find an obscure discord for a few dozen people who still play it.
Please i beg you, review Alien Isolation ans specially Aliens Dark Descent
Well, I am an Alien fan, so eventually I will.
Where do I get this mod lol, I need it 😅
Look in the description down below.
@@Hexdk Ty man,
This is gonna make the game so much better
Can you make a vidéo on alien fireteam pleas😊😊
Eventually I will cover it.
cool !!
When i sée you'r colonial Marines review i remember how thé game was Bad on m'y 360^^ to day y play with mod on m'y pc😊.
Sorry for mistake i'm frensh 🙏
I installed this mod and tried the game again.... and aside from some lighting changes using ENBs (everything is just darker), it's the same crap as always. Terrible enemy AI, ugly graphics all around. This game needs a complete remake/overhaul, not just a little 70mb script mod.
2010s, back when video game "reviews" were a platform for terrible comedians who thought telling jokes while yelling made them funny.