****Official Aliens vs Predator Thread****

[Nexus]

Just tried the demo out on the 360.

Don't think this is a game I will be buying unless it gets good reviews.
The game feels very disorientating.

As the Marine, you can barely see anything, even with the brightness cranked up.

The Predator you obviously have to switch between vision modes to see enemies. But I couldn't figure out how half the weapons you could pick up worked. For instance I kept picking up the disc weapon, but only managed to somehow throw it once.

The Alien was probably the easiest to get kills on. You just charge about, but I don't feel the jumping about is that well implemented.

The whole game seems to rely on hitting an enemy and then hitting X when it pops up on screen to do a quicktime event style kill.

It just doesn't seem to be any fun.

 

[agnes]

Played the demo, seems very average, the combat is sluggish and not smooth by any stretch.

Did not enjoy it

ags

 

[K1LLSW1TCH]

I've tried three times to find a game now and twice the search took so long I just cancelled, the third time I had a message saying "1 Player(s) in game, waiting for 7 more players" but then it went back to "Searching for games".

Now, it's pre release so I'm going to forgive it, but this will not be a game I pick up the day it comes out. I want to see reviews and other users experiences before I spend money on it. Hopefully it'll turn out to be a good game, anyway, I'm off to download the BFBC2 demo and I'll try this again later, hopefully it'll actually find me a game this time within 20 minutes of waiting.

 

[Nexus]

I've tried three times to find a game now and twice the search took so long I just cancelled, the third time I had a message saying "1 Player(s) in game, waiting for 7 more players" but then it went back to "Searching for games".

Now, it's pre release so I'm going to forgive it, but this will not be a game I pick up the day it comes out. I want to see reviews and other users experiences before I spend money on it. Hopefully it'll turn out to be a good game, anyway, I'm off to download the BFBC2 demo and I'll try this again later, hopefully it'll actually find me a game this time within 20 minutes of waiting.

To be honest, I think the waiting time is more a relfection of the fact its a demo, and it's not up yet on the Featured blades, you can only find it through directly looking for demos. So not everyone knows its up yet, and it's still daytime when most are working.

That said, from my experience, you aren't missing much.

 

[Wyrdo]

I've tried three times to find a game now and twice the search took so long I just cancelled, the third time I had a message saying "1 Player(s) in game, waiting for 7 more players" but then it went back to "Searching for games".

This on the 360? I got straight into a game no messing not long ago.

 

[K1LLSW1TCH]

This on the 360? I got straight into a game no messing not long ago.

That's on the Playstation 3. Apparently the game uses P2P for the online parts and I had a look in the PC thread just now to see that virtually all of them are having exactly the same problem of having to wait for an age for a game. I finally got into one, it set me as an Alien, it would've been nice to choose for myself considering it was Deathmatch but hey.

First impressions are it plays a lot like the older PC games, that's upto you to decide if it's good or bad, the graphics are nothing spectacular and the demo map is a bit ugly in my opinion. I don't like the whole quicktime kill system that you get when playing as an Alien, it's either that, or bash L1 and R1 over and over in the hope that the god awful lag favours you and you get a kill. I'm not impressed, however, it's only the demo and I'll wait until user reviews before making a full opinion.

 

[point decay]

didnt think that much of the demo, couldnt see anything and even though i briefly saw the button layout (predator) when it came to playing i hadnt a clue how to use the weapons.

wish the colonial marine game had been made now

shame

 

[Sumanji]

wish the colonial marine game had been made now

Apparently it's just been pushed back (I pray that's the case).

I was reading up about it on Wiki earlier, and it seems they've gone to some pretty epic lengths to make the game something special.

The story of Aliens: Colonial Marines is being written by Battlestar Galactica writers Bradley Thompson and David Weddle.

Concept artist Syd Mead, who had worked on Aliens, was hired to design areas of the Sulaco that did not appear in the film but would be used in the game.

Etc. etc.

Keep your fingers crossed!

Su

 

[point decay]

Apparently it's just been pushed back (I pray that's the case).

I was reading up about it on Wiki earlier, and it seems they've gone to some pretty epic lengths to make the game something special.





Etc. etc.

Keep your fingers crossed!

Su

nice, hopefully gearbox are still developing

 

[scouser_jmc]

this combat tutorial might help some people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL7VrU6upCA&feature=player_embedded

 

[Richeh]

That link might help a bit but would be nice if there was a tutorial for the predator weapons. I really want to like this game, but was more than a little disappointed on initial impressions. Feels very clunky but there is actually skill to each class.

Some videos i've seen lately however look at a lot smoother so will wait for reviews.

 

[DreXeL]

Looking forward to playing this but am disappointed by only a MP demo, it's all about the SP for me with this one.

I agree. Why the hell do most demos seem to be MP only lately? I personally couldn't give a **** about MP

 

[blueshift]

I agree. Why the hell do most demos seem to be MP only lately? I personally couldn't give a **** about MP

I agree

 

[R0B75]

The demo is ok. Can win with Marine or Alien but Predator is hard to use. Would rather be playing SP though.

 

[Mark1989]

Well ive tried plenty of times to get a mp game and gave up, ill just keep my pre-order regardless thou

 

[Voltjunkie]

I'm really not a fan of the demo. The gameplay in general is pretty poor, the map is poor and the graphics are poor. Not one for me.

 

[Soulja]

I think the MP will be a lot of fun with friends but not so without.

 

[[SKR]Phoenix]

Seriously, is anyone gonna play Deathmatch in the full game?

Think about it, it's the easiest way to let you try all three species. I played few games just now. I like it! I hate the fact it's Deathmatch though!

I am looking forward to SP and MP in certain modes, aka Predator Hunt and Infestation. I do think the Marine is hard to play as in DM, but as a group they are gonna be awsome against those alien foes!

 

[Johnny|lucidcomposure]

how do you choose who you want to play as

 

[[SKR]Phoenix]

You have to be in a lobby. Move he left stick to highlight the large picture of your character and press A I think. Then you can choose. There can only be two predators in an 8 player game though.

Below, there's options to leave the lobby, choose skin (only one per species in demo) and invite friends. If you can see those options, push up to highlight the large picture.