Holy shit! thats awesome! can you imagine waking up in the night and needing a drink or something. You stagger in the dark to get one and see that thing lit up somewhere in the house.... you'd have a heart attack!! haha

New vid up btw, shows some of the deaths? looks good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JR4ABdQvlw

They should really changed the name. Rather just 'Alien vs Predator'. They should call it: Alien vs Predator...... and some bait aka Colonial Marines. :twisted:

Haha, you got that right. Awesome video, gotta love those animated kill/deaths

Im eager for this game!! MW2 will be just left gathering dust. I play the first AvP now and again and never got bored (im bored of MW2 already) so the release of AvP3 is going to keep me going for a very long time indeed :D

your awesome! i checked HMV's site on monday, they had nothing at all up as far as i can remember, at that price its a must buy, so i pre-ordered it. with the amount of £80 floating about the AVP forums it wasn't looking worth it. but like the other poster has said, the survivor one is like £54.99 on GAME.co.uk. its too hard to resist. i cant wait for mass effect 2 and this now. time to start ebaying!

Whoever wins....we lose!

Say what you want about the movies but that was one hell of a tagline!

Am i the only one who actually enjoyed the AvP films?


yeah they wasn't what they were capable of and were a let down in parts, but still.... its aliens and predators!! :D

oh yeah and a few humans for bait. :rolleyes:

I'm surprised no one's cheered on the Predators in the game. It's either Aliens or Marines. :P

Foz: The first AvP movie was o.k., but the second was just ridiculous. I mean, why did they chose to have advertisement making brothers direct it? Didn't make sense to me.

You're not alone mate. Yeah they could've been better but the 2nd one is pretty sick. I love how the first half is just aliens building there numbers before it all kicks off. And that predator taking off those two guys heads with the double sholder cannons.....nice.

That whole bit with the army woman giving the kid military NVG's was stupid. Mommy theres a monster at the window, whatever. That was the worst bit in that movie imo. they shoulda cut that scene and just had her as a vasquez. forget the kid and husband.

I agree with what your saying in parts yes. The second one was a bit far fetched in places are rather a let down compared to the first.

Though i did enjoy 2 parts in particular thats reminded me of the "aliens" film

When the marines/army turn up and you can hear them over the radio getting slaughtered and the aliens screaming. Much like the aliens film :D

and when the "colonel" is in the plane checking the radar with the F22 trying to bomb, the sound it makes is the motiontracker.

yeah it looks cool, I'm a big fan of the original BiA games so I'm hoping it will feature the same kind of squad based action without the more dissapointing aspects of Hells Highway (ugggh the tank levels are a pain that lingers).

Every time i see the head and spine removal it reminds me of King Willy "its f@@king voodoo magic man"

Re the AVP films, yeah the first one was good. Second one was a bit crap but some great action in there. I liked it when the predator speared the guys girlfirend in the hostpital. I expected her to get away at the end

Did anyone here go to Alien Wars in London when it was open? I went to it, basement of Trocodero. It was great. Basically a live walk round the atmosphere processing plant with aliens popping out and stuff. The gift shop was heaven for a fan. I think I spent so much in there I had to walk back to Euston to get train back to Manc

There was an ad for that on an old aliens video I had. Always wanted to go but never got the chance :(

No not at all, i really liked the both of them, but the 2nd requiem was a bit over the top with the nuke. still not as great as the originals, never again will they make films like that

ok. back to topic... ^^

What the 360 patch? Game over man...game over...

Awww cmon no more aliens or predator? please dont deprive me of my love for these series ;)

Yeah this thread is more AVP than anything else so lets use the other threads to discuss whatever was discussed at start of this on (i forgot what this thread was about anyway).
I used to be such a hardcore aliens fan back in college we used to have pop questions about Aliens. I think most popular was naming the marines. I reckon one day it will end up a pub quiz question like the name the magnificent 7 actors.

Name the marines? dont think i can from memory...

erm (fill in the blanks for me) :D

Lt Gorman
Sgt Apone
Cpl Hicks
Pvt Hudson
Pvt Vasquez
Pvt Drake
Pvt Wierbowski
Pvt Frost
Pvt Dietrich
Pvt Crowe

Cpl Ferrro (that her name?)
Pvt Spunkmeire

Bishop

Think thats all of them?

Thats all of them
Some more questions:
Name of marine spaceship
Whats written on Vasquez body armour
Where does Apone want Ripley to deliver the cargo
Which model does Bishop refer to as twichy

Sulaco
Adios
Cargo bay 12?? (this one got me)
The model from the first alien film "ash" the hyperdine system. Not sure of number though :(

Keep em coming :P enjoying this.

i own the avp2 br. film is ok but, there is a cool feature on the disk.
a weyland/yutani lexicon about both species.

as expected...that why i didn't wanted to ask a lot of question to him...

Demo should be available on PSN and XBLive later today. It includes multiplayer deathmatch :grin:. I'll be on it in the evening (If I can find space on my 20gb hdd :-x ) See you there :cool:

GT: Robotic Pope

Yup....roll on 11:30am GMT and i'll start downloading!! im so eager for this demo... i feel like a kid on christmas eve haha.

I also changed my gamertag from STAR FOZ83 to I Pvt Hudson I just to get into the spirit of things.

anyone played the demo yet?OMG its amazin!!the alien is freakin sweet to use

Yup. I love it!!

The motion tracker going crazy because you can detect something, then seeing an alien run by.....


loving it!! great demo. Roll on the 19th

ive been playing it with my turtle beach x41's an WOW its tops dont think iv jumped so much before,I LOVE MY x41's :grin:.but for me i think im only gona be usin the alien,by far the best to use..the marine is useless without grenades or the other weapons an the predators weapons well i wouldnt know cos i only found the spear so far

demo is kinda weak imo. The mechanics and grahics look good though and the sound is top notch! I hope the single player is good

+1

I wouldn't say the demo is weak. I kinda thought the same after first couple of games, but then you start getting used to the controls and what each species can do, it becomes the most fun deathmatch ive had. And this is a game where the more complex multiplayer modes will be soooo much better. Can't wait for the game now. Playing the Pred is my favourite, using the smartdisc for crazy ricochet kills :cool:

I must admit it did start to grow on me. I love the grab chains you get with aliens and preds. And the animations are just brutal

+1
I had a top laugh on this yesterday. About 2 minutes into my first match I breathed a huge sigh of relief as it is all that I could have hoped for and more. I really like the alien wall cloning and predator stealth functions. Having that much fun with straight 8 player dearhmatch makes me look forward to the full 18 player experience with the other modes. Top quality entertainment and hearing all those sound effects lifted straight from the films was awesome. First game I can see taking a break from bop for since uncharted 2

I played it late last night with shadowcorp and InfiniteStates.. I was rubbish (only played 3 or 4 games) but once I got out of MW2 mode it started to click..

I love the sound of the motion tracker! wheep wheep, face ripped off, nice!

I'm downloading that when I get home just for that!!!

Downloading.

Yeah they were some good games, Winny and shadowcorp (man, you're a beast with that alien) :)

The demo has some serious lobby issues - you can't join a game in progress, so it seems to keep you waiting between games for a while, but if you get a big enough group of friends the waiting is vastly reduced.

My favourite is the marine - just give me a pulse rifle, a motion tracker and something that screams when I shoot it. Sweet.

I can't get to grips with the style of play required for the alien. And running on the walls is pretty hit and miss. But others seem to love it, and I certainly get killed by it a lot. Same for the predator - it's good when (if) I can find the shoulder cannon, that thing owns. But I'm not a fan of first-person melee combat.

But all in all the 3 species seem really well balanced. And the sound effects are spot on. Definite buy for me. I wasn't impressed with my first game (as an alien), but the more I play it, the more I love it. Definitely looking forward to Infestation mode. And the single player. And ranked matches. Oh my - can't wait.


EDIT: Just found my mate captured a game after Winny had left. Shadowcorp is in there as a predator, and you can see him rip someone's spine out right near the end. There's also a sweet view of me (as a marine) getting jumped by 2 aliens. Enjoy...caution, though - graphic content:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekfZY...layer_embedded

Tasty vid!!!

Nice vid Infinite!

Saw that you were playing last night. Im loving the demo, its epicly great! I've been active over at the AvP.net forums lately so i had to download it, i've gotten pretty good with the Alien, i've played with pred twice and is by far the most fun to play.

Another thing, you may be shocked at how long it took me to download the bloody thing, 8 hours! rediculous

However i will be looking out for you guys playing it, and if you are in matchmaking, send me an invite, id love to play with afew of you Il-2 guys

Good Hunting ;)

I should be on later so I'll look out for y'all.

What does 'focus' do when ur an alien btw?

It enables you to see Proximity mines, and aslo allows you to pounce on people.

In the full game it is also used for targeting vents to jump in

I've just read that they are going to patch the AvP demo. To fix the matchmaking.


Going back to the Original post.
Is it ironic that I'm posting about a patch for a demo when the IL-2 is still waiting for one for the full game?
Or is it just slightly depressing? (sorry for reminding you xboxers)

Open wound winny, you should duck

It's amazing how the wheels are greased when an issue will impact on the initial sales peak...

Deffo! I got the feeling that Sega are shitting themselves.. they've already patched the PC version. There seems to be a lot riding on this, considering the games development history.

There are also other Aliens franchise based projects riding on the sales of this one. But I've pre-ordered mine :)

So who besides myself, is just in love with the Aliens!!! They're SO much fun. Marines usually mean for me, a quick death, and Predators for me are a bit too easy with their abilities. Aliens are just so much fun with their speed, and hiding in the shadows! :D

Who isn't in love with the Aliens? << There's ya question Soviet

But to be honest, i'm more of a Predator guy myself. Just love it ;)

Having played the demo (alot) more, I completely retract this statement. It is ******* awesome. There's no other word for it!

Exactly. Once you get the hang of the melee rock, paper and scissors system it becomes a different game almost. I need new modes now, and fast :!: Can't wait for survivor mode.

I'm in love with aliens that are stupid enough to run at my pulse rifle head on :-P

It's definitely a grower... People are getting really good at the various species now, and when there are a couple of good alien players, it makes it really tense as my favoured marine. Good predator players, however, are just annoying, because it usually means instant death - even when you're face to face. The predator is the camper's best friend.

first avp review is in from game informer who give it 5.75/10.gona put the link up cos the guy seems really dumb who did the review and its the same mag that gave dark void 7/10 and matt hazard 7.75/10 errr nuff said,just click the pic of the mag,i cant get the other link to work

http://gamegrep.com/news/29601-first...rmer_ouch_575/

GameInformers' scores are pretty much the only ones i look at. They often have second opinions, and I guess they thought it was'nt needed here.

have you read it?the guy moans about "heavy focus on stealth" for the predator????!!!!i dont think the reviewer knows what he's on about.the predator uses stealth does he well i would never have guessed that from all the films + comics ive seen/read over the years...the whole thing just seems very amatuerish it doesnt even read like a proper review at all..

yeah I dont think the reviewer gets the franchises, he mentions the sound of the motion tracker destroys the atmospehere when playing as a marine!

So stealth destroys predator?

Motion tracker breaks marine?

Next hell say the alien sucks because it has no guns and running on walls is disorientating!

edit/ just read it, he does! what a noob

I take all film and game reviews with a pinch of salt. Any non physical entertainment review are open to problems with reviewers personal tastes. I remember last year ign had to remove a review of a football management game because the reviewer stated he didn't like football management games and gave the game something like a 2 out of 10.
Some of my fav films and games got very poor reviews and vice versa some that got great reviews I don't like.
Ask me to sit through that brad pit film where he ages backwards and I would run a mile but I loved pandorum and that got slated.
I usually go from demos or if it's my style of game. I just bought that dark void game because I enjoyed the demo and love the rocketeer but to others it's crap.

LOL I just read it too. OMFG! Worst reviewer ever. He sounded like a 10 year old. "It sucks" no reason given, lol what a berk.

Seriusly though I think it might get a few more lowers reviews. As a few people here have realised, the first impresion one gets of the combat is low, because it takes time to learn, more like a fighting game than a fps. People are too used to shooters like COD and halo just shooting guns and expect AvP to be the same.
Spend some time and learn the game (which reviewers are less likly to do) and you start to see it as a much better and super fun game.

How do you learn to play an on-line only demo with no tutorial? I get waxed in the first 30 seconds every time I try it, not much fun there LoL.

Getting back on subject, any news about the IL-2 360 update? :-P

You learn by playing the game, finding out what works and doesn't work by trial and error. AvPGalaxy.net forum has a lot of tips from other players too.
Still anybody new to the demo should expect to get killed VERY often as they are probably up against some people who have been playing it non stop since it was available to download. Anyway I'm sure the actual game will have a tutorial.

Back on "topic" then lol. I think most people have given up on ever seeing this Il-2 patch. Sad truth.

Because others have learnt how to play it ;)

As pope said, the full game will have tutorials - if nothing else, in the form of offline mode. And if competitive doesn't do it for you, there's survivor mode - 4 player co-op...I'm guessing (/hoping) that it is like that zombie mode in World at War, but with all the sweet sound effects, and without all the kids that were either too put off by the patience required for the demo or too young to be excited about the franchise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqETVxjguNc

It is 4 player co op, with each level set into 2 areas. One which is fairly easy to defend, and the other which is wide open to ambushes and attacks.

The first area is easy to defend yes but that it. The second area is where you find all your ammo, health packs, guns. So its makes for a great fight.

Had some great games on this since it came out, most notably tonight when we occupied the whole room (pope and veneski were in it) and the lone pred player quit leaving 3 marines and 4 aliens.

So we did an aliens v marines game with me, pope and a friend as marines...

It was a slaughter, the marines were wiped out, the only chance they stood was when together, but the aliens still over ran us and caused havoc, made us waste ammo to by running across the room to distract us while another kills us. Excellent game!!

The more i play this demo the more i enjoy it and the more eager i am to see the release of the full game. Roll on the 19th. (18th hopefully because it gets delivered :D )

lol Yeah, we had no chance. It would have been a bit easier if one of the aliens hadn't broken EVERY single light on the the map during the "Alien-Marine peace treaty". Damn was it dark. I'm not surprised the pred random guy left though, 7v1 lol

I'm so looking forward to the release too. Really hope the marines candle..... oh uh I mean torch, is a bit brighter in the final version though. And the rifle firing flash a bit less so.

found this hope,it helps people get to grips with avp's close combat system

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL7VrU6upCA