10 Video Games That Totally Lied To Get Your Money
2. Aliens: Colonial Marines
Sega and Gearboxs Aliens game was meant to be an ode to the series, taking fans back to a universe that they love, expanding the story and revealing new information. It was marketed as a true sequel and many were expecting big things. Yet the end product was far from what was initially stated by the publisher rather than a story-driven entry into the Alien franchise, we got an uninspired first-person shooter that did more harm than good. It was universally panned for its poor gameplay, terrible plot that contradicted with the rest of the series, and a large number of bugs which could see the one-time terrifying Xenomorphs innocuously waddle past you. But hey, bad games get released, right? Not every release can reach the same heights at Ocarina of Time or The Last of Us. Its taken for granted in the gaming industry that a good number of titles just wont be any good. So the fact that Gearbox put out this dreadful game instead of the promised entry isnt the great big exploitation it might be. What is though is that they, along with Sega, continually showed trailers that misled gamers. They showed incredibly advanced enemy A.I. along with sophisticated lighting effects and high-resolution textures, and all we absent from the end product. Projects will often go through different phases during development where different assets and effects are added or removed, but the usual thing is for such videos to contain disclaimers or notes that this is an early build and is subject to change. But Gearbox and Sega didnt do that and continued to put out footage that was completely unrepresentative of Aliens: Colonial Marines. All in an attempt to get you to buy a game that didnt exist in that form. In fact they did it to such an extent much so that the Advertising Standards Agency upheld complaints against them.
