Aliens: Colonial Marines

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Yeah, I played it through on normal then went straight for UB and have had more fun. Don't get me wrong, I was one of the few who could look past some of the issues and enjoyed the game for what it was.

I think it'll be difficult to go back after Alien: Isolation though - unless I want some shoot-the-hell-out-of-some-aliens therapy part way through :)
 
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Yeah, I played it through on normal then went straight for UB and have had more fun. Don't get me wrong, I was one of the few who could look past some of the issues and enjoyed the game for what it was.

I think it'll be difficult to go back after Alien: Isolation though - unless I want some shoot-the-hell-out-of-some-aliens therapy part way through :)
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I'll be getting Alien Isolation when it's cheaper :) I really like the music in Aliens CM, I also tried to lower the sound effects by 5 click, then crank the volume on my AVR even higher, and I can hear the finest musical details, with loud gunfire , screaming marines and the bass, even my foot steps giving deep thud. It's like Michael Bay movie :lol: Must be the total opposite to the Isolation.

I saw screen shots of Isolation from PS4 on the Isolation thread, it appears quite bright ( in game raw capture ) :) I would set the mood darker when I play.

I also should state that I play with darkened room with the settings ( similar to movie theater )
 
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...I can hear the finest musical details, with loud gunfire , screaming marines and the bass, even my foot steps giving deep thud. It's like Michael Bay movie :lol: Must be the total opposite to the Isolation.
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Yup :lol:

...I saw screen shots of Isolation from PS4 on the Isolation thread, it appears quite bright ( in game raw capture ) :) I would set the mood darker when I play.

I also should state that I play with darkened room with the settings ( similar to movie theater )
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You can alter the ambient darkness at the game start: slide the bar left until the logo is barely visible type of thing, which most folks don't do. I did...
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I also did the barely visible logo on the Aliens Colonial Marines, the tv brightness at 34 is about 4 click lower than the lowest value of barely visible logo ( little loss on less than black details, but the xenos looks more like in the movie ).
I tried again on my last play with 38 on the tv ( just barely visible ) with 4 clicks lower in game slider than default - one click higher than it used to be - both looks great. This gives slightly brighter lighting on the skin of human NPC ( use flashlight ) and on the main menu cinematic ( end part where the marines are waiting on the airlock ), while 5 click lower has softer contrast overall. I also played coop offline with my little brother :D So much fun, we died several times on mission 1 :lol:, was on ultimate bad ass ( no HUD ) and we kept accidentally shooting each other when the xenos were swarming at us :lol: I must have had the most friendly fire ever in a game :lol: and my team mate using the flamethrower from Ripley's Rifle didn't help much ( toasted me instead ) nor his penchant for lobbing grenade at the most unfortunate times, caught me in the blast zone. I shot him in the back several times with my shotgun when he kept blocking my view, all gungho at close range trying to steal my kill :lol: The most idiotic bad ass Marines :p The cargo bay run to the control room was fun too, the xenos were unpredictable there, often jumped from above, the ledge and running around from behind :D
 
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