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Gombol
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Smartgun is rather good, if you ask me. -Main- bad thing about it is it has 100 shots, and you run outta ammo stupidly fast.
Aliens vs Predator
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Ghostwolf67
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Agree whole heartedly with trax. While the marine cant instakill more often than not the pulse rifle wins me the day. He's easily as good as the other races just has to be used tactically.
Smartgun is bad, horrendously bad. It seems to be firing BB's rather than bullets. It takes less bullets with the pulse rifle to kill an enemy than it does with the smartgun and you move like a lame 90 year old while holding it. Pick up pulse rifle grenades instead they are 100% genuine badass.
I'm not seeing what your saying about the alien being clunky panda perhaps you still have transition not set to auto. Pushing buttons to climb walls sucks. Especially with lag where you just stand there for a few minutes wondering why your not allready upside down. I played alien in the first one almost religeously and dont see a whole lot of difference in the way it plays apart from the instakill system.
Smartgun is bad, horrendously bad. It seems to be firing BB's rather than bullets. It takes less bullets with the pulse rifle to kill an enemy than it does with the smartgun and you move like a lame 90 year old while holding it. Pick up pulse rifle grenades instead they are 100% genuine badass.
I'm not seeing what your saying about the alien being clunky panda perhaps you still have transition not set to auto. Pushing buttons to climb walls sucks. Especially with lag where you just stand there for a few minutes wondering why your not allready upside down. I played alien in the first one almost religeously and dont see a whole lot of difference in the way it plays apart from the instakill system.
Panda with issues...
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Trax: Try to turn free mode on on the smartgun (secondary fire in the original game) the auto aim always was a liability.
@Carps: The marine moves like a lame 90 year old anyway in the new game.
Not sure about that transition thing, I'll check it out.
@Carps: The marine moves like a lame 90 year old anyway in the new game.
Not sure about that transition thing, I'll check it out.
Kasatka
Active Member
Ultimately, untill we can try out the full game, we are working on very primitive demo material.
What's worrying though is that the launch isn't far away, and they've likely already printed copies of it... meaning this demo is a pretty good indication of the core game mechanics.
Roll on single player being fun and engaging, but i'll likely give MP a miss on this one.
What's worrying though is that the launch isn't far away, and they've likely already printed copies of it... meaning this demo is a pretty good indication of the core game mechanics.
Roll on single player being fun and engaging, but i'll likely give MP a miss on this one.
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Gombol
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The current demo is an OLD build, some things would of been changed, plus there might be an update on release day or somthing.
Not to mention the main thing people dont like about it atm, is the matchmaking (at least, on the consoles.)
Not to mention the main thing people dont like about it atm, is the matchmaking (at least, on the consoles.)
Traxata
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This demo is the demo from Last years E3, so gauge that against the full build
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Gombol
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Next friday guys! *bounces*
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Gombol
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Question: Is anyone getting this for the PS3? Or are you all PC'ers? Right now, i got nobody i can play with...
Really, we're mostly PC gamers with a few X360 people (who almost universally play PC too) and a tiny number of PS3 gamers. THN, though, is a predominantly PC community.
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Gombol
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I know, but im still asking.
PsiSoldier
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My bro might be buying it, if he does i'll poke him to add you on PSN or something similar (I will too ).
Or do you mean the demo?
).Or do you mean the demo?
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Gombol
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My bro might be buying it, if he does i'll poke him to add you on PSN or something similar (I will too
Or do you mean the demo?
The acual game, my comp cant run it, so im forced to get it on the PS3, would just be nice having someone i can chat to and play online with, ya know.
Ki!ler-Mk1
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Ordered this, really enjoyed avp2 singleplayer and lan.
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Gombol
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Well worth it Killer.
Whats everyone's opinion on the classes?
I find Aliens are the most spammed, due to the ease of gameplay.
Predators are just..E-Z mode (But good that there's a race restriction on the Demo, so you can only have 2 Predators in a game.) I usually try and grab a predator spot, then swap at the last second so only 1 predator is in the game.
Marines are by far my fave, especially since now i got the Blocking system down, blocking an Aliens / Predators light attack then blowing their head off owns. So much.
Oh. And does the game end for you guys when the host leaves the game? II bloody hope its not like that in the release build..
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Gombol
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I love it. Means Predators cant go around going "OLOLOL! PLASMA CANNON!" 24/7. Same with Marines with the smart gun (which is surprisingly weak. But if you don't take the person with it down fast, your dead.)
And as for Different Alien Breeds..Ones that i know of: Runner (Scout, really fast attack speed.), Drone (More or less a slave.), Warrior (Slightly more powerful then a drone), Praetorian (Baby queen, or royal guard. Whatever. Super powerful, high health), Predalien (What it says, Drone / warrior from a Predator, Aspects of both races.), then the Praetorian had "3" offshoots, one being: Carrier (Carries Facehuggers and can fling them at prey) and the other Ravager (Big scary thing with Tyranid or "scythe" like blades coming out of its arms.)
I also remember from when i was a kid, action figures to the effect of: Flying Queen Alien (Queen with Wings.) and Rhino Alien (Alien from a Rhino? *shrug*)
Quite frankly, if aliens had that many variations, i wouldn't even want to play the game, as we would just be mowed down.
I'm rather happy with just the Drone strength alien (with Praetorian skin).
Kasatka
Active Member
Have you not played AVP2? There were facehuggers, chestburster, drones, predaliens, runners and praetorians. They each had their uses and were all used to good effect.
As for predators going "lol" with the plasma caster, the only class that got it was the Assault predator, which was relatively average in all regards.
Marines just taking the smartgun all the time? No problem, it has limited ammo and their backup weapons were a pistol and shotgun, both fairly naff unless you found special ammo for them, so just throw some drones at them then swamp them with your heavy hitters.
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Gombol
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Yes, i did. Not online though.
And i belive the current style is good enough.
Simple thing to do in situations when you dont like games.
And i belive the current style is good enough.
Simple thing to do in situations when you dont like games.
Ghostwolf67
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I'll tell you now i hated AVP2. HATED. One of the reasons i hated AVP2 was all the new genotype/class bullshit they started throwing around. It got too gimicky. Choose the wrong class at the beggining of the game and you spent the next 20 mins getting your face chomped on by face huggers. I dont want to load up avp 3 and find out i'm playing some backward ass reskinned version of rock paper scissors.