AvP3 Marine Nightmare Guide

[AcidGlow]

Hope this helps those that still need it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xLfPlPakhk#

[Corporal Hicks]

I've not attempted Marine on Nightmare yet but I watched the first levels guide. Looks like it should be useful for those who get stuck.

[Le Celticant]

Nice tips there Acidglow! I've never tried to keep distance with Aliens since the melee offers you an ultimate alternative as a marine.
Always remain in block then apply the rock paper scissors to take them down.
A bit difficult when you're surrounded but that's how I did.

Maybe I'm gonna give it a shot to your way, more pulse action, less hand to hand thanks! 

[Brother]

Never used marine melee, never will, never needed it. Man up!

[Purebreedalien]

Hope this helps those that still need it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xLfPlPakhk#

Added it to my favourites, I'll give this a go using these tips when I have the time. Thanks.

[AcidGlow]

Always remain in block then apply the rock paper scissors to take them down.
A bit difficult when you're surrounded but that's how I did.

That's why I said to keep your distance and take them out 1 by 1. If you sit in 1 spot and hold block.. you give the pack of aliens more time to close in on you..  aside from the distance.. there was another key point I said... but anyways.. 

[Le Celticant]

Always remain in block then apply the rock paper scissors to take them down.
A bit difficult when you're surrounded but that's how I did.

That's why I said to keep your distance and take them out 1 by 1. If you sit in 1 spot and hold block.. you give the pack of aliens more time to close in on you..  aside from the distance.. there was another key point I said... but anyways.. 

I got it don't worry  What I was saying is that when I do nightmare, I usually let them get to me, and I apply the rock - paper - scissors system and there's nothing they can do against it. Sounds like a cheat somehow, that's why I like your way, more bullet time 

[AcidGlow]

How exactly do you expect to apply the R,P,S melee when you have 2 aliens doing weak melee and 1 doing a headbite while you cower in a corner holding block 

[Le Celticant]

Well almost every strike of Alien is between 1 to 4.
Usually, as their dumb code want it, they attack alone and it happens that sometimes one jump with a week melee attack.
All you have to do is to focus on the single Alien, the others circling around are not a problem. They use one weak attack every... 10 seconds? when they are no more than 4 of course.

When they are more than 4, this is bullet time to reduce their number to 4 - 3 and then apply the thing again.
The problem I had with this method: It take a huge amount of time. Because of the speed of the rock paper scissors and the dumb alien code which seems to hesitate a lot before an attack 

[Purebreedalien]

I got to the Synthetics in the Jungle level, and I forgot about them. I ran into a shotgun blast, I was so close to the end.

Thanks for the tips, they're really helping, AcidGlow.

[AcidGlow]

I got to the Synthetics in the Jungle level, and I forgot about them. I ran into a shotgun blast, I was so close to the end.

Thanks for the tips, they're really helping, AcidGlow.

lol. alrighty then. Jungle is a piece of cake so it's not too bad starting over. You can battle the synths if you waited for them to come out but I just run. 

[Purebreedalien]

Yeah I'll most likely run as well, Synths usually kick my ass. xD

[AcidGlow]

Yeah I'll most likely run as well, Synths usually kick my ass. xD

You won't be able to run like that in Research Lab.. 

[Purebreedalien]

Haha, I gotta get past the marathon that is Ruins first. I got up to the crashed Dropship and died when I tried this morning.

[AcidGlow]

Drop ship is the only challenging part in that.