• Randy Pitchford's Ridiculous Excuses for Aliens Colonial Marines's Failure
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[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADqIh9_zAp4[/media] Aliens was the biggest bait and switch I've seen. They knew what they where doing..randy is a shitter
"Half-Life 2 had cut content, but the game was awesome so it didn't matter!" I mean, aside from the fact there was some outcry over the cut content, he kinda hit the nail on the head there.
Randy is a man who will lie directly in your face and smile Don't trust a single thing he says
[QUOTE=MedicWine;52719730]"Half-Life 2 had cut content, but the game was awesome so it didn't matter!" I mean, aside from the fact there [I]was[/I] outcry over the cut content, he kinda hit the nail on the head there.[/QUOTE] Yeah the issue is, his game wasn't awesome. They had what looked like a good pre-release build and instead released something vastly inferior
[QUOTE=MedicWine;52719730]"Half-Life 2 had cut content, but the game was awesome so it didn't matter!" I mean, aside from the fact there [I]was[/i] some outcry over the cut content, he kinda hit the nail on the head there.[/QUOTE] Literally every game in existence has cut content though. The thing about Aliens is that pretty much all the juice was removed and then the dried pulp was sold, and its not even good pulp, its all crusty and shit.
wasn't colonial marines shit because they siphoned the funding to use on borderlands 2 or something?
It's sad to see that the guy who once was behind the excellent Brothers in Arms franchise turned into a fucking asshole in the recent years.
Also YongYea is on fire lately, this is some good content.
Can ElixWhiteWhale just [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqKPe9w5bUs"]eat this fucking guy[/URL] already [QUOTE=Hauptmann;52719759]It's sad to see that the guy who once was behind the excellent Brothers in Arms franchise turned into a fucking asshole in the recent years.[/QUOTE] Sadly sometimes fame and fortune can ruin a mans personality, or at least bring his true self out
Every time he comes up, I have to re-mention how Randy dickhead Pitchford had the balls to come out and shit on Steam for 'killing small developers', while simultaneously stealing money from the three devs that they forced to make parts of colonial marines. Two of those companies no longer exist, one filed for bankruptcy of quite a high degree, and the other had to be bought out and turned into a mobile game farm. Pitchford is openly malicious and a hateful, deceitful individual. If people want someone in the industry to hate, make it him.
[QUOTE=Hauptmann;52719759]It's sad to see that the guy who once was behind the excellent Brothers in Arms franchise turned into a fucking asshole in the recent years.[/QUOTE] He didn't turn into anything, he was always like this.
[QUOTE=usaokay;52719809]I'm really bothered that Colonial Marines took six years to make and ended up being a downgraded version. Like, holy shit, what happened? Did they decide to shelve it or attempt to make a new version until they just had to release the crap product?[/QUOTE] I believe in the theory they made really good vertical slices, and nothing more.
[QUOTE=usaokay;52719809]I'm really bothered that Colonial Marines took six years to make and ended up being a downgraded version. Like, holy shit, what happened? Did they decide to shelve it or attempt to make a new version until they just had to release the crap product?[/QUOTE] What happened was GBX decided to spend a good chunk of their money on a product they own outright instead the one they were suposed where they had to share profits, up to and including outsourcing entire chunks of the game to people who knew what they were doing (Nerve) and people who had cult of personality issues of their own and did not know what they were doing (Timegate), in addition to completely scrapping the storyline proposed by nuBSG creators they were supposed to go with for the hacked together mess players ended up with. On the technical side, the PS version was an unadulterated shitshow, and the PC and XB versions were repeatedly downgraded to maintain graphical parity. In addition virtually every asset in the game aside from guns and buildings were outsourced to chinese model farms on the cheap, and it shows. GBX proper actually only worked on the versus MP aside from engine concerns. Basically the perfect clusterfuck of nakedly mercenary decisions combined with outright incompetence.
[QUOTE=WJS;52719745]wasn't colonial marines shit because they siphoned the funding to use on borderlands 2 or something?[/QUOTE] Yes, there were accusations of this.
i wonder if the E3 build of Colonial Marines is just sitting on a disconnected laptop somewhere
[QUOTE=Zeos;52719797]Every time he comes up, I have to re-mention how Randy dickhead Pitchford had the balls to come out and shit on Steam for 'killing small developers', while simultaneously stealing money from the three devs that they forced to make parts of colonial marines. Two of those companies no longer exist, one filed for bankruptcy of quite a high degree, and the other had to be bought out and turned into a mobile game farm. Pitchford is openly malicious and a hateful, deceitful individual. If people want someone in the industry to hate, make it him.[/QUOTE] In hindsight the Steam feud was really badly timed, strange, and pointless.
In hindsight, Randy Pitchford is a fucking idiot.
Randy lies and we fucking hate it, Todd Howard lies and we all fucking love it, or well at least we all laugh about it and make memes about it But yeah Randy has this douchebag vibe going on when talking so mighty and glorious about his projects.
[QUOTE=darth-veger;52720470]Randy lies and we fucking hate it, Todd Howard lies and we all fucking love it, or well at least we all laugh about it and make memes about it But yeah Randy has this douchebag vibe going on when talking so mighty and glorious about his projects.[/QUOTE] Because Todd Howard's lies, for the most part, are him just overhyping his own projects. He actually seems to have a real passion for his games, but just puts all of his eggs in one basket and can't keep his attention on more than one aspect of the game at a time. Pitchford is just a snobby, douchey asshole who goes out of his way to poke people's buttons.
[QUOTE=darth-veger;52720470]Randy lies and we fucking hate it, Todd Howard lies and we all fucking love it, or well at least we all laugh about it and make memes about it But yeah Randy has this douchebag vibe going on when talking so mighty and glorious about his projects.[/QUOTE] Difference in that Todd is more over embellishing his product. The way I've seen him present is that he just really loves the work that went into the product and over embellishes it, but doesn't outright come out with shitty excuses why things were bad. He even said that the voiced protag was a bad idea after people's reaction to it.
[QUOTE=darth-veger;52720470]Randy lies and we fucking hate it, Todd Howard lies and we all fucking love it, or well at least we all laugh about it and make memes about it But yeah Randy has this douchebag vibe going on when talking so mighty and glorious about his projects.[/QUOTE] Don't even try to compare the two. Randy has a LOT more wrong with him than just lying.
I've said it once and I'll say it again, the only thing Gearbox ever did that was good was an expansion to a better game than they'll ever make.
[QUOTE=lonefirewarrior;52720571]I've said it once and I'll say it again, the only thing Gearbox ever did that was good was an expansion to a better game than they'll ever make.[/QUOTE] The Brothers in Arms games are really good too though.
[QUOTE=darth-veger;52720470]Randy lies and we fucking hate it, Todd Howard lies and we all fucking love it, or well at least we all laugh about it and make memes about it But yeah Randy has this douchebag vibe going on when talking so mighty and glorious about his projects.[/QUOTE] Todd doesnt really lie, he just gets lost in hyping up his teams work. What Todd is, Randy wants you to believe he is too in the OP video, someone with passion who disappoints because he likes talking big without really explaining it in any depth so people expect more than he can deliver, when in reality he's a slimy con-man who lies and swindles people out of their money and fair share who'll smile the entire time while doing it. Probably literally slimy, that bathroom of his is horrific.
Christ almighty Randy's half-hearted attempt to call out Jim Sterling while trying to look like he doesn't actually care was incredibly cringeworthy
Never forget when Randy lost his mind at PAX and played us a 'song' either: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IPZTRCu664[/media]
[QUOTE=usaokay;52719809]I'm really bothered that Colonial Marines took six years to make and ended up being a downgraded version. Like, holy shit, what happened? Did they decide to shelve it or attempt to make a new version until they just had to release the crap product?[/QUOTE] They initially wanted to actually make an Aliens game, so they made an awesome vertical slice to show FOX and SEGA what they could do. They both liked their pitch, and gave them shit tons of money. With the new found large sum of cash, Gearbox didn't go off to make the game, but rather, used the money to fund some other ideas they had for games. Borderlands being one of them. Eventually, SEGA was wanting their Aliens game, and Gearbox was all like "OH SHIT, we still have to make an Aliens game! But how can we make an Aliens game when we're still making Borderlands and our other IPs? HOW ABOUT OUTSOURCING IT, BUT LETTING PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE WE ARE MAKING IT!!!" And then they outsourced the entire development of the game that they were supposed to make to TimeGate Studios and various other outlets. Of course, this would result in a subpar product, but why should they care? Millions have already pre-ordered it, so it was essentially easy money, and would provide even more budget to Gearbox's upcoming ideas and IPs.
after what happened to duke nukem, aliens, [B]and[/B] we happy few; randy bitchford can take his company, battleborn, and borderlands and shove it up his over inflated ego having ass and sit on it.
[QUOTE=nAXiom090;52721209]after what happened to duke nukem, aliens, [B]and[/B] we happy few; randy bitchford can take his company, battleborn, and borderlands and shove it up his over inflated ego having ass and sit on it.[/QUOTE] On one hand, Gearbox didn't make Forever; all they got were the scraps that 3D Realms had from the newest revision due to George Broussard fucking that game's development up to all high hell. The DLC "The Doctor Who Cloned Me" was actually Gearbox-made and better received. On the other hand, they took down every single thing involving Duke Nukem from GOG and Steam that wasn't Forever, shot down the Megaton Edition to release their own which was very poorly managed (and allegedly yet legally cloned the fan source port of EDuke32), and then stuck Duke as a pre-order bonus that cost $5 on its own as a voice and model replacement for the sake of random humor into a $50 re-release of Bulletstorm that otherwise didn't really add much besides an all-weapons campaign mode. Yeah, that's kinda skewed, isn't it?
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