Aliens: Colonial Marines (PS2)

[unclejun]

Hello,

it might have been the first aliens game of the ps2, its release was announced for february 2002 before being canceled.
It's a team-based FPS developed by the now defunct Check Six Studios in Los Angeles.
http://lorezan.free.fr/acm/acm10.jpg
http://lorezan.free.fr/acm/acm11.jpg
http://lorezan.free.fr/acm/acm7.jpg
http://lorezan.free.fr/acm/alien_screen001.jpg
http://lorezan.free.fr/acm/alien_screen002.jpg
http://lorezan.free.fr/acm/alien_screen003.jpg
http://lorezan.free.fr/acm/alien_screen004.jpg
http://lorezan.free.fr/acm/alien_screen005.jpg
http://lorezan.free.fr/acm/alienscm_screen001.jpg
http://lorezan.free.fr/acm/alienscm_screen002.jpg
http://lorezan.free.fr/acm/alienscm_screen003.jpg
http://lorezan.free.fr/acm/alienscm_screen004.jpg
http://lorezan.free.fr/acm/alienscm_screen005.jpg
http://lorezan.free.fr/acm/alienscm_screen006.jpg
The only footage I saw was from a beta shown at the 2001 E3.
You can download it from here:
http://lorezan.free.fr/acm/acm_ps2_e3_2001.mpg

Some links about the game:
Presentation:
http://web.archive.org/web/20020802061121/www.avpnews.com/alienscm/acmintro.html

FAQ:
http://web.archive.org/web/20011212163413/www.avpnews.com/alienscm/acmfaq.html

Interview of the lead game designer:
http://web.archive.org/web/20011201231319/www.avpnews.com/community/interviews/acmint1.html

Interview of the Fox Interactive producer:
http://web.archive.org/web/20020602061238/www.avpnews.com/community/interviews/cmint1.html

Has anybody here seen it run?
Does someone have a playable version of it?

I wanted to play this a lot more than the crappy avp:extinction...

[dvdmike]

Anyone have it in any form ??

[karsten]

by the look the pics seems from xbox

[unclejun]

According to the FAQ, the engine is based on a cutomized version of the Maya SDK, could it explain the xbox look?

[karsten]

According to the FAQ, the engine is based on a cutomized version of the Maya SDK, could it explain the xbox look?

i meant that it's too good :D xbox-like not ps2 like

[Johnny]

i meant that it's too good :D xbox-like not ps2 like

Thought the same thing. The graphics look to good for a PS2, specially in the texture department.

[karsten]

it have anti-aliasing... the ps2 doesn't

[Johnny]

it have anti-aliasing... the ps2 doesn't

Amazingly i totally forgot to mention it :lol:

[Barc0de]

behold the power of the ps3:P

[hl718]

i meant that it's too good :D xbox-like not ps2 like
Try middleware.

That's running on a PC, not a console.

-hl718

[sd0m]

Yeah, looks like the same old pre-rendered shit they always show.

No way a Ps2 game looks that good.

[karsten]

Yeah, looks like the same old pre-rendered shit they always show.

No way a Ps2 game looks that good.

actually some ps2 games look better :D but no anti aliasing....

[unclejun]

A fake game then?

[zappenduster]

A fake game then?

more like the same base for ps2/ xbox / pc and they showed pictures of the pc version

[hl718]

more like the same base for ps2/ xbox / pc and they showed pictures of the pc version
No, not a "PC" version in the traditional sense.

There are a few different middleware packages that are available for prototyping game ideas quickly and getting them up and running. They are designed to allow console developers to test ideas on a PC in an environment that simulates (not emulates) a console.

That's what you're seeing here.

-hl718

[iCEQB]

Hi,

somehow I'm sad this never released back then....but I'm happy it finally gets released on next gen :)

http://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/15/aliens-colonial-marine-cancelled/

someone got a copy of that? :love:

iCEQB

[unclejun]

I thought you replied to my thread... :(
http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11659

[Johnny]

I thought you replied to my thread... :(
http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11659

Merged iCEQB thread on this one. :thumbsup:

[GhostSeed]

The only footage I saw was from a beta shown at the 2001 E3.

That was such a early build that E3, it was barely playable.