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So, first off, I'm saddened that there is no recent thread about this game. But that's understandable. Pushing the release date for this game back again, this time from basically now to February 12, 2013, has not been a PR coup for Gearbox. Apart from its own development delays, Gearbox's Colonial Marines has also suffered from association with Check Six's aborted entry from over a decade ago (when the Gearbox title was only announced four years ago) as well as the cancelled RPG from Obsidian.
Add to those woes the apparent lack of playable female characters. Don't roll your eyes. That's actually a big deal with this franchise. Think about it for a minute: who kicked all that xenomorph ass? That's right, a lady. Plus, the Colonial Marines are clearly co-ed. Thankfully, the internet stepped in:
That was posted Saturday. (And here's the petition.) That same day, Gearbox announced playable female marines! And gak do they look good.
As if I needed another reason to be excited about this game! Still, good things happening on the internet. Warm fuzzies all around, especially given that the woman who set up the petition managed to get original cast members to lend their aid.
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2012/09/04 20:27:09
Subject: Aliens: Colonial Marines -- Let's Hear It For The Ladies!
I really enjoyed the AvP title from 2010 and I absolutely love Infestation, which was a Gearbox title. I also loved the gameplay in another Gearbox title, Borderlands, so I'm pretty confident I will enjoy Colonial Marines.
Let me just say that while I do hope the game is "good" in the market sense, that is a separate issue from what I am excited about. I'm pretty sure I will at least like this game just because I am a huge fan of the franchise unless, and I think this is highly unlikely given the gameplay footage we've seen so far, it is just absolute gak. So when it comes to "getting behind" this game -- I am sure I will buy it (made that decision long ago) and so I obviously have no trouble being excited about it. If your hesitance is a matter of not wanting to get your hopes up, I'd like to know more about how high your standards are. The way I see it, this is just another FPS BUT it's in a setting I love.
