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Chris, you're famous!

Originally Posted by Chris!(($$))!

Lorin, while making content for A:CM are you thinking of these forums? :lol:

Originally Posted by grbxdesign

The forums are in the back of my mind when designing, yes, but they are obviously not the sole source of direction. First and foremost we're trying to stick with the films (Alien, Aliens and Alien 3 are the only true Alien films and that is where we're drawing from). I'm pretty sure you all will get a kick out to the game and feel it was worth the wait.

This was posted on the GBX forums and has been the source for a news item that has hit a number of websites across the internet.

Essentially, this is Gearbox telling us that only Alien, Aliens and Alien 3 are considered true Aliens movies and the rest are just a bit pants. Alien Resurrection, Alien vs. Predator and Alien vs. Predator: Requiem ate rpo be ignored, which is pretty much what every one else in the Alien community thinks anyway.

So thanks, Chris and thanks Lorin. Here are your links:

Aliens: Colonial Marines Inspired By True Aliens Films
PS3 News Blog Archive Aliens: Colonial Marines Inspired By True Aliens Films (Aliens: Colonial Marines)
Aliens: Colonial Marines Inspired By True Aliens Films (Aliens: Colonial Marines) - Tactical Gamer
Aliens: Colonial Marines Inspired By True Aliens Films (Aliens: Colonial Marines) | XBOX 360 Console
N4G.com : Aliens: Colonial Marines Inspired By True Aliens Films

[Mustafuck]

Originally Posted by Pred Killer

AvP (the first) was actually a good damn movie. I'm sorry but that movie was badass. I have to say AvPR was pitiful though, a waste of time and money. If they make a third AvP movie it should begin where AvP left off and completely ignore AvPR.

In other news it's good to hear they're going back to the series' routes, I would like to see the mythos of the Acheron (Kane's Son) creature explored further, as in what the Xenomorph was originally intended to be. Like an unstoppable killing machine, that could not be killed. Maybe they'll explain why Kane was so much more powerful than his brethren in A:CM, maybe male aliens being in "heat" in all of the follow ups has something to do with it? Maybe Aliens are better alone perhaps? (Thoughts abuzz)

It,s very probable that the lack of a queen and the subsequent lack of hive mind control over the gigerbug made It the intelligent and strong creature It actually was. Same goes to Its appearance and size. Grim, fearsome and human like, Its malevolence becomes clear in "Lambert,s Torment" and the "Narcissus" scenes, scenes that, if deeply analized, make us all seeing that the alien is something darker and grim than anything we can think of, and goes far beyond the poor and pathetic concept of the alien being a mere space bug (thanks Cameron for your contribution), attitude of malevolence that only a human is capable of. The pressence of a queen in A L I E N S made the aliens a bunch of stunted weaklings (plus the fact they now could die as opposed to the first, so thanks again Cameron), but Its absence in A L I E N made of the gigerbug the creature of nightmare that a lot of us claim for a glorious return some day to the big screen..., maybe in the alien prequel, but I very much doubt that, although this time we have Scott over there, not Cameron, so there could be a chance for us to see an A L I E N 30 years after, not another bug more.

[Mother]

As much as this is all very interesting, this game will be made based upon Aliens, not Alien. In Alien there was no mention of the Colonial Marines. There was probably no intention to make a sequel.

I think a lot of the methods used to present the creature in the first movie were designed to propagate the implacable foe idea and make the horror more horrific. Making the Alien this " " " " " unkillable " " " " " monster worked well within the horror genre; it didn't work within the Action/Sci-fi drama. "Another bug hunt" vs just one unkillable monster would have made for a very dull (second) movie.

Alien was a very psychological movie with more effect being gained from what you didn’t see than what you did. This is very much like any other horror movie which features a villain of assumingly unassailable skill/strength/other.

Alien was a horror movie, and one that I very much enjoyed. Aliens was a sci-fi movie, and one I enjoyed more. I'm pleased this game will be based on the Aliens canon. That means the bugs can be blasted to bits.

[Chris!(($$))!]

I hope there are parts that are deeply inspired by ALIEN though. Solo segments, areas where you may encounter Xenos that are using different methods to fight you/scare the shit out of you.

[Mustafuck]

I,d like the gigerbug to be an alien that appears from time to time only, tries to capture/kill you, and if you are succeded then he dissapears, and will try again later in the game.

I,d like to be constantly facing warriors and runners, but for the gigerbug I,d like It to be the unkill-able monstrosity that is stalking you during the whole game. Just one giger alien in the game..., he is that special alien.

Of course It would have a crucial role at the end of the game, just when you are trying to scape from the planet after defeating the queen or something like that, then you would have your "last" encounter with the creature..., that would be gloriously cool imo

While this game is based on A L I E N S, meaning this that the warrior is the main enemy, the giger alien could perfectly being "that" other alien as well, and that would not fuck the game by any means, just the opposite, and we would finally mix two different canonical concepts of the alien (Scott-Cameron)..., why can we kill those blue monstrosities, but we can,t kill the other one?. It would be very cool from a storyline point of view, you know, when we find those records on the floor (ala doom3) and we hear the scientifics who were working there before "the incident" talking about the experiments on the gigerbug and trying to explain why It,s so different to the others..., of course, the giger alien scaped, and is now awaiting you and your squad, and this is not good news.

[Mother]

I can smell a mod in that.

[Mustafuck]

Impossible, you should have to make It from scratch. You have to take into account that while the warrior is the main enemy in the whole game, and then the queen as the boss, and well all that stuff, there,s something more out there stalking you, and It,s just one alien only but you can,t kill It, you just can scape him. This would requiere some "special" moments during the game where this unknown human alien type makes his appearance (trying to get you), and this is never something moddable. It has to be made from scratch.

I think that something like this would make this game to shine till unexpected limits since we are finally mixing together both human aliens. All we need would be a good story about why this alien is so different (mixed with the storyline, just that, not the main focus being on the gigerbug only) from the others. (something like a experiment with an isolated human born alien = far from the hive =far from the queen = they subsequently get a giger alien in their laboratory).

About how we could make the gigerbug in the game..., I don,t know, could be based on animations+ quick time events, until you are succeded and then It dissapears to appear again in another place.

Man that would be lovely, and we wouldn,t hurt the warriors nor the queen.., just the opposite, we would enhance the experience and the storyline a lot.