Aliens Colonial Marines Pre-Order

The amazon preorder also comes with the SHARP rifle. That's the preorder bonus I'm getting since I preordered through steam.

Quote from DaddioDan : The amazon preorder also comes with the SHARP rifle. That's the preorder bonus I'm getting since I preordered through steam.

Oh nice, the $5 off AND $5 game credit is already a lot better. I would just LOVE to play as hudson or hicks or the BA chick online. So I'm trying to determine if they are unlockable anyway through online play, or only with the Gamestop code?

Quote from jbonez21 : Oh nice, the $5 off AND $5 game credit is already a lot better. I would just LOVE to play as hudson or hicks or the BA chick online. So I'm trying to determine if they are unlockable anyway through online play, or only with the Gamestop code?

Yeah I'm not sure about the characters. Steam also has the Season Pass already up for order with "new character customisation" so maybe they'll be available or maybe not. I don't care though, I'm excited for a new Aliens game and it drops on my birthday woot woot. If you wanna play add me on Steam because I'll definitely be on day 1.


Edit: Also, here's some more DLC. Albeit pointless. (you need a UPC from a Monster 10 pack)

http://www.facebook.com/MonsterEn...4389859321

Quote from DaddioDan : Yeah I'm not sure about the characters. Steam also has the Season Pass already up for order with "new character customisation" so maybe they'll be available or maybe not. I don't care though, I'm excited for a new Aliens game and it drops on my birthday woot woot. If you wanna play add me on Steam because I'll definitely be on day 1. Edit: Also, here's some more DLC. Albeit pointless. (you need a UPC from a Monster 10 pack) http://www.facebook.com/MonsterEn...4389859321

Sounds good I'll add you on Steam, is your username the same as here?

We just missed playing together on War-Z, I was playing with Jabbit and his friends but ultimately gave up on the game. I was playing since October and finally saw the scam surface.

I'm still keeping an eye on it to see if it gets better but not much seems to be happening

I found out on the Gearbox forums that the preorders are exclusive, and the items will not be unlockable. They will become purchasable later most likely.

Now to decide if I want to pay an extra $10 at Gamestop to get to play as Hudson, Hicks, Drake, and Apone on multiplayer.....

GreenManGaming has it for $37.49 right now and it comes with the Sharp rifle pre-order bonus. I know some people have payment issues with the website, so it might not be good choice for you.

http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/u...l-marines/

Quote from jbonez21 : Sounds good I'll add you on Steam, is your username the same as here? We just missed playing together on War-Z, I was playing with Jabbit and his friends but ultimately gave up on the game. I was playing since October and finally saw the scam surface. I'm still keeping an eye on it to see if it gets better but not much seems to be happening

Yup same as here. I still enjoy the War Z, although I get a little help spotting items and players if you know what I mean.

So i'm looking at this game. Whats the big appeal? The aliens vs marines MP? Somebody sell this to me!

Quote from Bareborn : So i'm looking at this game. Whats the big appeal? The aliens vs marines MP? Somebody sell this to me!

The big appeal is that this is a true sequel to the movie Aliens in terms of setting and story. It's been developed since 2008 by Gearbox (Borderlands, Borderlands 2, etc). Has a co-op campaign, online multiplayer marines vs aliens, and also online objective coop marines vs aliens.

Preview build reviews of the game have been mixed. Some people say they love it, some say it's going to be a big flop. We'll see!

Quote from Bareborn : So i'm looking at this game. Whats the big appeal? The aliens vs marines MP? Somebody sell this to me!

I see this as a serious/horror version of Borderlands 4 player co-op. The game's plot is designed to play out as the sequel to the Aliens(Alien 2) movie. It includes a full co-op campaign and MP deathmatch/other vs modes. It also looks like they are planning to add additional content with a season pass that runs from March to Summer this year.

Quote from Bareborn : So i'm looking at this game. Whats the big appeal? The aliens vs marines MP? Somebody sell this to me!

The game is supposed to have a long drawn out Aliens-movie-sequel type campaign.

IGN has a pretty good 2 hour video on the first few missions. You can tell from the interview that the staff really enjoys the universe and put a lot of details into the game. The first mission you land on the Sulaco and see where the Queen was chasing the kid and killed Bishop. Little details like that makes me hopeful its a story good game, rather then just another generic AVP.

Gearbox also made Brothers in Arms, which was a pretty good shooter for story and gameplay, which also leaves me hopeful this will be better then AVP.

Quote from AntiCommie : The game is supposed to have a long drawn out Aliens-movie-sequel type campaign. IGN has a pretty good 2 hour video on the first few missions. You can tell from the interview that the staff really enjoys the universe and put a lot of details into the game. The first mission you land on the Sulaco and see where the Queen was chasing the kid and killed Bishop. Little details like that makes me hopeful its a story good game, rather then just another generic AVP. Gearbox also made Brothers in Arms, which was a pretty good shooter for story and gameplay, which also leaves me hopeful this will be better then AVP.

To be fair, the first two AVP games were great (PC ones, not GB, SNES, Atari versions), both campaign and mp wise. The newer one, not so much. If only Fox Interactive were still around...

I loved the original AvP's on PC. Some great online gaming there. I have just about every AvP release (even Extinction for original Xbox). I enjoyed the last AvP on 360 but not many of my friends had it.

I will be getting this for 360. Had it preordered for $47.99 on newegg but thinking of canceling and getting the CE on Amazon after getting some giftcards there. The CE has the Multiplayer pack (characters/customization), some weapons and the resin figure among other things (see below).

From what I read, the Multiplayer characters will become available later but I have not heard that the exclusive weapons will? Anyone know?

360/PS3 CE items:
- Resin Powerloader statue.
- Four multiplayer characters based on the movies -- Hicks, Drake, Apone and Hudson.
- Ripley's Flamethrower.
- Extra character customization options.
- Exclusive weapons -- Phase Plasma Rifle and Sonic Electronic Ball Breakers.
- Exclusive level -- USMC Firing Range.
- USCM Dossier -- includes mission brief, USS Sephora schematic, Recruitment card, LV-426 recon photo, USCM iron-on badges, USCM graduation certificate.
- Xenomorph "Hive" packaging.