Why is colonial marines so bad

Gearbox has not updated the game's PC version since July , and the typo is still there. On Friday, Ars re-downloaded and tested the game, exactly as served by Steam, through the opening beats of two missions.

Then, we replayed those missions after editing the "teather" typo in the aforementioned INI file. In both missions, xenomorph AI improved dramatically once the typo was corrected, with monsters immediately taking advantage of elevated attack positions, hiding points, and multi-monster flanks.

The difference is night and day. Not necessarily. But the full patch does remedy enough of the game's biggest issues for anyone who might happen to own the game. When Colonial Marines appeared in , the game quickly became infamous. Worse still, the fractious relationship between Sega and Gearbox burst out into public view.

For all the anger and recrimination buzzing around Aliens: Colonial Marines , there remains the underlying sense of a missed opportunity. The game may have been bug-ridden and messy, but there were slivers of something better struggling to emerge; the background designs, music and sound effects all looked and sounded the part.

Skip to main content area. Pitchford certainly seemed to think he was on to something special. Join our mailing list Get the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox! Share: Share on Facebook opens in a new tab Share on Twitter opens in a new tab Share on Linkedin opens in a new tab Share on email opens in a new tab Comment: Comments count: 0.

Tags: Alien. Written by Ryan Lambie. Here is a gif of the edited. You can see some immediate differences. The aliens do a little side-to-side shuffle to dodge bullets, they get behind objects, and they even do that leap at the end.

This combat encounter looks a lot more dynamic and interesting, even if the creature does sort of lock up and just crouch there at the end before it dies. However, I ran this mission several times in a row, completely exiting the game and altering the.

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