Aliens: Colonial Marines developed by Gearbox Software and published by SEGA is an upcoming First Person Shooter where according to the official website "You and your friends will become the most badass military outfit in the galaxy - the US Colonial Marines."... "Enlist in the Marine Corps: Bringing you a true sequel to James Cameron's classic Aliens..."... " An extensive upgrade system allows players to customize their characters to play the way they want", yet according to Brian Burleson, Producer at GBX, You CANNOT play as a female marine. This is unacceptable for a game that makes such claims as are listed on its official website, made after a film franchise that has many strong female characters like Ripley, Vasquez, Ferro and Dietrich to name a few. There is roughly 5-6 months before the game goes Gold and releases February 12th, 2013 so we need to let them know NOW that they are not being true to the ALIENS universe by not including the ability to play as a female in Multiplayer. There are many females that enjoy playing video games and are fans of the films who are tired of playing as a male all the time. Lets let Gearbox Software know what they are doing is not true to the franchise!
What we want is the ability to create a CUSTOM female to represent ourselves just like the men can, in Multiplayer/Co-op in order for us to "Become a Colonial Marine"!
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Odd that this isn't a feature from the get-go...
Sure, delay the game even more...
...Nah, I think this is a good thing, but I kind of hope they say "Sure, we'll do it as free DLC then" in that case so they don't move it up even further.
Adding a fully customizable model is no easy or quick job. Its probably too late to get that for launch.
Isn't it a little bit too late to start a petition like this?
It's a little late guys.....>_>
No custom Vasquez, what were they thinking?! She was the most badass marine in aliens. Huge oversight for supposed "big fans."
Surprising, to say the least. Much like Ghostbusters I am sad more female characters don't get their chance to stand.
I wasn't aware that there wasn't any female characters. That's kind of dumb, considering the main character of Aliens was Ripley, and there were at least two other female space marines (one of which was a pilot and medic, but still).
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