Emn1ty Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I'm begginning to a few problems with this game. Keep in mind this is for the FFA gametype that the 360 demo is limited to: 1) Aliens are way too weak. They seem to perform superbly in packs, but throw them into an all out FFA and they really are just there to scare people, not kill them. If you do manage to kill someone with them, you are usually going to die right afterwards giving the things an average K/D of one to one. But that might be wrong considering that after several more games I am getting better and not getting massacred (unless it is a marine who shreds you with bullets, heh). You also cannot do a sure kill from any surface but the ground, so now inverted face exploding as an Alien :( 2) Marines kill VERY quickly. Either the ability to dodge bullets needs to increase or the guns need to do a tad less damage. It is hard enough to keep track of people in this game in close quarters as it is. Other than that, the Marines need a flashlight that actually works and a more viable sprint option. Oh yeah, and grenades (of all kinds). 3) The Predator is usually the winner. I'm not sure if this is due to his ability to run around and spam quick attacks ftw or what, but he really is the easiest to play as. Then throw in those one hit kill weapons he can use and it is practically god mode. Had a game last night where me and my friends as Aliens ignored the Predator for too long. He got his hands on the gun and there was pretty much no stopping him. Auto target and auto kill basically. It doesn't help that the Predator has a button which reveals to him all item locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emn1ty Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 In addition to my other post, I would like to say this is the worts demo for a good game I have ever played. Why make a game where there are three TEAMS of enemies have a demo where it is entirely FFA? Why not show the game in its purest form rather than have people killing each other every which way? It doesn't display the teamwork required on each side, specifically the marines and aliens. I'm tired of teamkill fests in FFA and the few games where everyone stuck to killing different sides were some of the most fun I had in a long time. I really can't get a good picture of this game from the demo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Freeman Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Bah, just tried demo and found it utterly boring and disappointing. Not that I was interested in avp before, but this definitely doesnt help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Shake Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Bah, just tried demo and found it utterly boring and disappointing. Not that I was interested in avp before, but this definitely doesnt help. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyLarry Veteran Posted February 22, 2010 Veteran Share Posted February 22, 2010 I had rented this game through Gamefly for the 360, and I was utterly disappointed. I went to SP first as I always do, and while as others have mentioned, the atmosphere was spot on, it was just everything else that mattered, like controls and gameplay, were really uninspired. Add to that a horrid save system... I was halfway through the first Space Marine mission, had to go do something so quit to the main menu, and even though it was Auto saving the entire time, I had to restart the first mission from the very beginning. I did not even bother. Shame really, visuals and sound and atmosphere was kick ass. Might still try the MP, more than likely though just going to send it back so I have an open Queue slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emn1ty Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I had rented this game through Gamefly for the 360, and I was utterly disappointed. I went to SP first as I always do, and while as others have mentioned, the atmosphere was spot on, it was just everything else that mattered, like controls and gameplay, were really uninspired. Add to that a horrid save system... I was halfway through the first Space Marine mission, had to go do something so quit to the main menu, and even though it was Auto saving the entire time, I had to restart the first mission from the very beginning. I did not even bother. Shame really, visuals and sound and atmosphere was kick ass. Might still try the MP, more than likely though just going to send it back so I have an open Queue slot. I recommend playing through the campaign regardless. I hate to say it like this, but a level checkpoint is hardly a guaranteed save. Especially when in the start menu it has a save option. It doesn't ever say it is a save either, but I understand your point. Still, very few games these days have convenient auto-save features. Not to mention the campaigns in AvP are relatively short. I personally enjoy this game very much and look forward to possible map packs in the future as well as getting some new game types. The multiplayer is fun but also not without its problems. But then again every MP has its problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 It's a great game, quite like the orignal AvP game(s) though there's the heat/night vision for marines. but ah well. I haven't tried the predators yet though so I don't know how their vision modes are yet. I'm kinda regrettign buying it on pc and no xbox though, not because of controls or anything, but because of the lack of a decent match making. yeah sure there's match making in ranked, but hardly xbl quality. and if you dare try a player match you'll end up in a server that has a: already started the match b: has only one one guy not doing anything c: has a host that isn't doing anything so the game never starts anyway. Then there's the lack of auto host transfer so when the host quits, wich you know he will do when it doesn't go his way and he knows he's host... the games hosed. And well, AvP is a multiplayer game, yeah there's a pretty decent SP in there too, but it's a MP game. as for aliens in MP. they're badass, if you play them right. but you can't frontal rush anyone. it's all about the sneak and grab. In fact in team DM they may be a bit over powered, but that may be because the other guys never pay attention :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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