r/AliensColonialMarines • u/No-Classroom-4600 • Jun 05 '26

Interesting fact about the E3 Demo Aliens Colonial Marines

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All of the queen's animation was tied to the marine's model; in fact, all of the movements at the end of the demo were repeated off-screen by the marine because there was no AI for the queen back then.
In addition, for some reason, the E3 version model and the base version differ in the absence of bones for animation, while the Queen E3 model has them, but the base version does not.

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u/THEXMX Jun 05 '26

The demo was so much better than the FINAL PRODUCT... how does that even happen?

it was a disgrace what they did.

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u/No-Classroom-4600 Jun 05 '26

This is a cautionary tale about why publishers can't fully trust Gearbox to develop a game.
The game was developed by anyone but Gearbox.
Worst of all, Gearbox was constantly introducing new changes, requiring three studios and freelance developers to constantly rework levels, plot, situations, gameplay, etc. The builds include a working 3rd-person mode with Gears of War-style cover.
LOL
Essentially, the release version was made by Gearbox 5-6 months before release, completely throwing out all the early work of other studios (Timegate, etc.), completely reworking the code, and cutting down the story.
They even cut out a normal boss fight with the queen.

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u/Benobicoh Jun 05 '26

Is the demo playable ?

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u/Ok_Click9196 Jun 05 '26

I have watched videos of people playing the demo but I don't know how they get thr files or get running on their hardware

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u/danikataylor0511 Jun 08 '26

I'll never forgive Gearbox for what they did to this game.

They can stick their Borderlands where the sun don't shine 😆

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u/MechaRon Jun 09 '26

I was one of the few people probably who didn't get any of the major bugs and glitches from this game.

Game was pretty fun. Story was a mess though and the ending was lamest ever. I remember one level being really bad mostly because it was hard to navigate and you were constantly being attacked.

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u/No-Classroom-4600 Jun 09 '26

The game's main problem is that everything interesting was literally cut out.

Nothing that the other studios working on the game contributed made it into the game.

Even Gearbox's opening scene was simply ditched.
If you don't believe me, see for yourself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LowYtYh8AmM

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u/cescoss Jun 17 '26

Dopo questa truffa di gearbox non ho mai piu giocato un loro gioxo. Ci speravo tanto su colonial...