I don't often come accross demo's that state they're based on beta code. In my experience a beta is a beta and a demo is a demo. The fact that this demo states it's based on beta code, and that it has plenty of bugs only solidifies for me that that this isn't a fair representation of the finished product.
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I don't often come accross demo's that state they're based on beta code. In my experience a beta is a beta and a demo is a demo. The fact that this demo states it's based on beta code, and that it has plenty of bugs only solidifies for me that that this isn't a fair representation of the finished product.
Havn't got the time to find it now but it was on about page five of the avp forum last night so god only knows where it si now given how many threads are being made. I also am not interested in the mp aspect of it and this demo proved that for me too many just running around mashing the e key no skill no fun and only interested in their personal score. I just don't see how anyone can judge the whole game based on this so called demo it's the worst mode for mp with one map and limited features by their own admission.
So many people cancelling pre orders but even in this demo i can the potential for a fantastic sp game and thats where the interest is for many. Of course if your a score obsessed kiddie then i guess it isn't what your after and therefore best you do cancel.
So many people cancelling pre orders but even in this demo i can the potential for a fantastic sp game and thats where the interest is for many. Of course if your a score obsessed kiddie then i guess it isn't what your after and therefore best you do cancel.
That could just point to it being a port from the console demo though, rather than a 12 month old beta.
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Which still means that the full game on PC won't be the same as the demo.
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Agree with you completly on this mate and thats why im keeping both my preorders of the game.
Cant wait to try the full single player experience.
All this moaning of how bad this game is when in fact it's not a game, it's a demonstration of whatever Rebellion wanted to (could) give at the time probably pressured into it by Sega, at the same time as re-developing and supporting AvP Classic on Steam and preparing the release code of a title across three different platforms.
A little perspective please, Rebellion are a small UK software/sci-fi media production team, not EA, not Valve. They won't have 100's of programmers ready to re-code and redevelop items just to meet a deadline (again probably given by Sega to get it on to Steam, as the banner after you exit a game should let you know that Sega are treating this pretty seriously).
The other points about just how garbage this game really is... That's typically followed up by a "how do you counter attack?", "how do you focus jump?" at least on most of the official forums it is...
Read back this thread alone you will see loads of people coming onside after they figured something out or took the time to understand the demo for what it is.
I worked all day yesterday, checked this thread when I could ended up having an hour to play with the broken multiplayer and still managed to game for 50 mins because the forums were full of ways to get a match going. And this abysmal software house managed to code a fix for someone else’s platform in less than a day, managed to re-engineer multiplayer on a foreign platform for a legacy game (£3 cost to you) in under three weeks whilst having a major new title to attend to...
Honest to god, if it really is that bad then get yourself a copy of C++, show us all how it really should be done, be sure to let me know when you do, I’d love to pick the holes in that.
A little perspective please, Rebellion are a small UK software/sci-fi media production team, not EA, not Valve. They won't have 100's of programmers ready to re-code and redevelop items just to meet a deadline (again probably given by Sega to get it on to Steam, as the banner after you exit a game should let you know that Sega are treating this pretty seriously).
The other points about just how garbage this game really is... That's typically followed up by a "how do you counter attack?", "how do you focus jump?" at least on most of the official forums it is...
Read back this thread alone you will see loads of people coming onside after they figured something out or took the time to understand the demo for what it is.
I worked all day yesterday, checked this thread when I could ended up having an hour to play with the broken multiplayer and still managed to game for 50 mins because the forums were full of ways to get a match going. And this abysmal software house managed to code a fix for someone else’s platform in less than a day, managed to re-engineer multiplayer on a foreign platform for a legacy game (£3 cost to you) in under three weeks whilst having a major new title to attend to...
Honest to god, if it really is that bad then get yourself a copy of C++, show us all how it really should be done, be sure to let me know when you do, I’d love to pick the holes in that.
Rebellion shareholder?
Just FYI I played the demo before the patch yesterday, took 10 mins to get a game and from what I saw of alien and predator DM play only, it has promise
Rebellion shareholder?
Just FYI I played the demo before the patch yesterday, took 10 mins to get a game and from what I saw of alien and predator DM play only, it has promise
Ha! If only, I'm not that bright to have thought about buying stock
.Big fan of the first title which has quite a lot to do with the way MP game modes operate today (and UT and loads more, I know, I know) but AvP1 did.
Just sick of reading posts slating this version of things before anything factual is known.
Usually the golden rule here is stay out of it if you got nothing good to say, that would trim this thread to about 3 pages.
Makes me wonder why I did defend the demo now, possibly the folks who would cancel won't and the crux will be that I get killed in MP by someone who took the time to learn the class whilst I'm chewing on the alien who can't even wall climb
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Seems like the matchmaking is fixed. Just need to get my main PC hooked up now so I can actually play it.
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I don't like this game one bit, it's one of the worst "demo's" I have played.
Unprecedented demand for Aliens vs Predator following the release of the cross-platform demo yesterday morning brought to light matchmaking issues resulting in players having to wait to join games, or even not find games at all.
We’re pleased to say later in the day the issue was corrected and a small patch to the PC executable next time you launch it from Steam will have you finding and playing games using Quick Match as it was intended.
While this issue did not affect the Xbox 360, we are with SEGA’s assistance investigating reports of a similar nature on the PlayStation 3 and working flat out on a solution.
The full game features the ability to browse for and create games but for the purposes of simplicity the demo was limited to matchmaking, alongside the ability to set up groups with friends which mitigated yesterday’s issues for many.
We’re really sorry that this issue tainted a day in which we saw many people get hands on with AvP for the first time and we’re hugely gratified by the positive feedback to the game.
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We’re pleased to say later in the day the issue was corrected and a small patch to the PC executable next time you launch it from Steam will have you finding and playing games using Quick Match as it was intended.
While this issue did not affect the Xbox 360, we are with SEGA’s assistance investigating reports of a similar nature on the PlayStation 3 and working flat out on a solution.
The full game features the ability to browse for and create games but for the purposes of simplicity the demo was limited to matchmaking, alongside the ability to set up groups with friends which mitigated yesterday’s issues for many.
We’re really sorry that this issue tainted a day in which we saw many people get hands on with AvP for the first time and we’re hugely gratified by the positive feedback to the game.
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ITS SO BAD AND A WASTE OF A DOWNLOAD
agree 1000%
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Im not saying your wrong, hopefully you are right and it is actually old code but it does not state its based on beta code. It simply says
'this demo is based on pre release code and does not reflect the quality of the final product'
To me that is the same as any demo that is released before the game is released.
Dont get me wrong i am still looking forward to the singleplayer aspect and trying the other mp modes and maybe it is beta code just it doesnt actually state it on the demo
i just posted what was on the site about the issues that joining the lobby were causing ive just tried it and joined a game in seconds so yes its fixed . no waiting straight in that should calm half of the whiners
yes dm is ten yrs ago but how can you judge a whole game on one map and one mode of many.
yes dm is ten yrs ago but how can you judge a whole game on one map and one mode of many.
i just posted what was on the site about the issues that joining the lobby were causing ive just tried it and joined a game in seconds so yes its fixed . no waiting straight in that should calm half of the whiners
yes dm is ten yrs ago but how can you judge a whole game on one map and one mode of many.
Because these people are Uber and have played AVP1 for like a million hours and it doesnt work as they expect it to and think they have a right to play it like they did 10 years.
They forget it is a different game , they should just go and play AVP classic.
I actually really enjoyed the demo. Good taster to what is to come. Took a while to get used to the controls. Different to the classic AVP but no way is that a bad thing. Looking forward to the release.
As said there will be many different modes for multiplayer so we will have to wait and see what is the best. As for people complaining, you can't please everyone. The game could be perfect and people will still moan.
As said there will be many different modes for multiplayer so we will have to wait and see what is the best. As for people complaining, you can't please everyone. The game could be perfect and people will still moan.