Yesterday a huge 4GB patch was released. The patch addresses a lot of problems from the initial release version.

Here's a list of the updates. I've yet to try out the new version, but based on the community feedback, I actually think the game has been vastly improved :)

Here are some screenshots.

Gameplay video: Here (Thanks to Bobo)

11 years ago*

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Yea I was wondering if I should just remove the game and save some space. Now let's see what this update does.

11 years ago
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Oh yeah, was reading about this.

11 years ago
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Here's some footage

It's not a comparison vid, but from what I can remember, it does look better.

11 years ago
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It does look better, but I believe you could improve the visuals by tweaking the .ini files.

11 years ago
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Imagine if the initial game was 4GB total.

11 years ago
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I think it's a bit late to rescue the game >_>

11 years ago
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But at least they are trying. Gearbox could have just cut their losses and bailed.

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+1

11 years ago
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Or they can try to improve sales and lessen the negative financial impact by issuing a patch at limited additional cost. I mean, they pay the team's salaries anyway. To me it's a no-brainer.

11 years ago
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more visual pizazz, doesnt change the fact that it is a waste of time and nails more fucking coffins into this floundering franchise.

Call me when you dont spend half the game shooting awful wey-u mercs and the aliens and environments actually focus on tension and suspense.

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Some serious changes to AI have been made as well. But you would know that if you read the update notes :S

11 years ago
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The game design itself is shit. It's a 5 hour corridor shooter with aliens slapped on it.

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Wow, didn't take me 5 hours to beat it on the hardest difficulty. Some people like corridor shooters and some people like Aliens. Therefore I don't see a flaw in the game design. Animations, AI, particle effects, I did have problems with. Graphics were amazing in some places and absolutely PS2-like in others.

11 years ago
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The movie is essentially a 2 hour corridor shooter, I see no problem with making the game the same.

11 years ago
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but can you really ever patch a lieing deceptive CEO?

11 years ago
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They can never patch my heart.

11 years ago
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so all's good now ?

i mean after this update is the game still crap or good ?

11 years ago
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well the game itself will always be crap, especially after all the lies... it probably looks better but, i doubt gameplay was changed much

11 years ago
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Actually it clearly says that there are tweaks to the AI.

11 years ago
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Still not worth $50.

11 years ago
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You can buy it for $25.

11 years ago
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still not worth it, how about 10?

11 years ago
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$10 ? This is the price of a bullshit indie game.

11 years ago
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So....$5 then?

11 years ago
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Yeah, give me those 5 dollars, and i, maybe, will take also the game... U.U

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+1

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:D

11 years ago
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With a 2 before.

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10$ >bullshit indie game >GTA III > GTA Vice City >Fallout 3 >Fallout New Vegas >Half Life 2 >Half Life 1 >portal >doom 3 >far cry 1 >far cry 2 >max payne 1 >max payne 2

dont you feel fuckin stupid?

11 years ago
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In my opinion

Everything you said<Gta vice city

It deserves to be the best! Because it is :3

11 years ago
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Except you fucking used the ">" wrong.

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Oops my mistake didn't notice :3

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i wasnt using > to represent which one is better, was just a list in greentext form

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greentext
on Steamgifts

11 years ago
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being upset about greentext use where it doesn't belong

11 years ago
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Among many many others.

11 years ago
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As is typical of the internet, I'm...

11 years ago
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Does the patch include different game?

11 years ago
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lol

11 years ago
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Good thing I didn't buy it before. This may be actually playable now :)

11 years ago
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I like the new dlc - BUG HUNT :D

11 years ago
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Ok so they are releasing the game they should have released the first time piece by piece in form of patches...great. Well, at least buyers would be happier little by little. They might get the actual game some day.

11 years ago
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This seems appropriate. I'm firmly behind TB on this one, no homo, last game I pre-ordered was Dead Island. Lesson learned.

11 years ago
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I pre-ordered Tomb Raider and I had a blast playing it. It's all up to the consumer to decide whether or not they think a game is worth pre-ordering. Look at the developers, what have they succeeded with or not? What Gearbox did with Aliens CM was inexcusable, straight up false advertising.

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This is just my opinion. Tomb Raider is an example of a launch going exceptionally well, a launch that other companies should aspire to. They offered additional bits and pieces if you pre-ordered but any of it that was for the game itself just means you get it for free when it is ready (correct?). Borderlands 2 was the same, I believe. If SE had the Tomb Raider freebies ready for launch and purposely held it back so that they could say they hadn't cut some out of the game to sell as extras then this is just as bad as what TB talks about in that video.

And you're right, it is totally down to the consumer, and that is why so many people end up butt hurt... lack of research and diving in head first.

Personally I am a huge fan of DLC done right - Bethesda tend to do well with DLC schedules and values, even if it can be a tad buggy at launch (okay fine, hella buggy at launch).

11 years ago
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Horse armor :P

11 years ago
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Hey now! Horse armor was a high quality, great value piece of DLC ;)

Obviously I'm talking about their other stuff. Fallout 3 and Oblivion had some brilliant pieces and Dawnguard for Skyrim was fantastic (again, my opinion).

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You can't fix this steaming pile of doodoo.

11 years ago
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Yeah I was surprised by the patch yesterday, thanks grandpa

11 years ago
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While it's awesome they updated it, it is kind of useless for people like me that have already completed the campaign.

11 years ago
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Wasn't there also like, overall problems with the game. Like shitty characters, a totally detached atmosphere, enemy hoard rooms, etc.?

11 years ago
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Yes, no, and yes.

11 years ago
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Too bad you can't patch a horrible story and shitty gameplay

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+1

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I enjoyed this game to some degree. As an aliens fan I just cant hate it as much as you people do.

11 years ago
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They should have patched the story & left in (or made more awesome) with the glitchy aliens.

11 years ago
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too late

11 years ago
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2nd screenshot - why the hell glass breaks? It's spaceship glass in the cosmos, not a house window, so it's hardness should be at least bulletproof in case of some random rocks hitting it. For me this change looks like step back only to please customers.

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good point

11 years ago
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Yes, because space glass is very immersive. I always hated that glass in games is seldom breakable.
As for being "real", the force of a fired projectile specifically developed to pierce material is a lot different then a random rock.
I havnt played the game, but it appears to be a ground based building, and as such the chances of a rogue rock slamming into the glass would be small.
Judging from the lack of a space suit on the body, the environment appears to have an atmosphere, much like AVPs Terran outpost. I could be wrong though as again, Ive not played the game.

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Bulletproof glass was just a comparison, game events happen in far future, so for me it's pretty obvious that they would put there glass that could withstand even rocks flying at extra speed. In other way they wouldn't build whole corridor from glass only to have a nice view and fast death, right?
Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z2qVebxlUo, looks like space. Also I doubt that such gigantic spaceship could land and take off from most planets, that have Earth's or stronger gravity. AFAIK in Alien movies they were only motherships and had smaller ships to transport ppl and stuff.

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It's a small umbilical tunnel connecting two space ships orbiting a planet :P

The glass cracking is unrealistic, but it adds to the details and I like details.

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I wouldn't pay 20 bucks for a 5 hour game...

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Neither would I........

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Closed 11 years ago by Jonex.