by Snorb » Sun Aug 10, '14, 10:20 pm
Oh, believe you me, R-90-2, Colonial Marines has one hell of a backstory behind just how it managed to suck so much! Long story short: Gearbox Software was given a lot of money by Sega to make the game in 2006, Gearbox allegedly used the money to fund development on Duke Nukem Forever and Borderlands, Gearbox subcontracted the game out to Timegate in 2010 so Gearbox could work on Borderlands 2, 2012 rolls around and Timegate still isn't done, Timegate complains that Gearbox sent them very little in-game assets and what they had didn't work, Timegate also complains that they have to keep reworking the game because the script wasn't finalized, Sega threatens to sue Gearbox for breach of contract, Gearbox throws together Aliens: Colonial Marines in nine months, nobody likes it, Sega and Gearbox mutually decide to cancel the Wii U port in utero.
Anyway! Last game I ever preordered was Star Trek Online back in 2010, and this is of interest because there were about thirty different preorder bonuses depending on what store you preordered it from. In my case, I got it from GameStop, and my bonus was I got to start the game with the Original Series Constitution-class starship as my Lieutenant Tier ship (it's tougher than the Miranda-class you start with normally, but the Miranda turns better.) Wal-Mart shoppers were lucky, because they started the game with 500 free experience points (besides being a marker of when you level up, STO had you use your experience points to train up your captain and bridge crew skills. Think of it as working like Vampire: The Masquerade, where you could have, say, 800 experience points and you spent 600 on skills. You still have as far as the game is concerned 800 XP.)
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