It's quite baffling that we have yet to see a truly great Alien game that doesn't have a Predator and ins't in the arcade. It's even more baffling considering how action-oriented Aliens was and how much ass it kicked. So far, it looks like Gearbox may finally change this as Aliens: Colonial Marines has been looking great.
The new trailer released at PAX looks atmospheric, intense, and action-packed. In other words, it looks just like what a game adapted from Aliens should look like. Whether that translates to the actual game has yet to be seen but I like what I've seen so far. So here's the trailer.
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Obviously based on Portal, a new game titled Quantum Condundrum got its debut trailer at PAX.
It looks like it has some nice innovations that separate it from Portal and that's what I like to see. The environments like similar but if the gameplay is innovative, I can forgive that and it looks like it could be a fun puzzle game so far.
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Another game that has an environment that looks similar to Portal is Warp. It's gameplay also looks a little similar but there's one big difference. It appears that you're playing as a demonic hellspawn in this game, going into machinery and peoples' bodies and blowing them up. Yeah it looks bloody but it looks hilarious at the same time.
This is going to be a downloadable title and it looks like it might be another puzzle game to look forward to. Portal has had a big impact when we have two similar looking games both showing up at PAX.
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Finally, you know my thoughts on Commander Shepard in Mass Effect. Despite the marketing, Commander Shepard is a woman and I will always hold that thought and one of the main reasons is because of her voice actress, Jennifer Hale, who recently even got profiled by the New Yorker of all publications, where she was essentially called the Meryl Streep of video games.
Fan devotion to FemShep has also been strong, as shown by the enormous support for her to get more marketing presence. Voting has been going as to what the FemShep who will appear in trailers and on the box art for the Collector's Edition has been ongoing and we finally have a Shepard.
She will have default red-hair which I won't talk about too much as mine has always had black hair. What I do want to talk about is the art they made for her.
I don't know about you, but I LOVE this artwork. This to me is what the boxart for Mass Effect 3 should look like and it's part of what I love about Jennifer Hale's voice acting, if you were to put it in image form. She gives a feeling a vulnerability and great struggle along with sheer badassery. That's exactly what I get from this art.
It shows FemShep really struggling greatly, which is to be expected given what she's fighting, but also shows her soldiering on like the badass she is. I love it and I can't wait to see the trailer for FemShep when it finally comes.
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