Posted by WinterActual
- Apr 11, 2012, 05:27:54 AMGo try the AXP, guys 
Posted by chupacabras acheronsis
- Apr 10, 2012, 10:56:48 PMthe worst thing is that there are no LAN managers that support modded AvP2. i could easily get 5-10 people together to play a match but there's no way to hook the game with game ranger or hamachi.
Posted by Bio Mech Hunter
- Apr 10, 2012, 10:46:38 PMI know. I was waiting for Rel 3 for what seemed like an eternity... then Sierra pulled the plug and messed everything up. T_T
Posted by PVTDukeMorrison
- Apr 10, 2012, 10:43:44 PMToo bad there are no lobbies that use AJL3, oh well, just gonna have to wait for A:CM.
Posted by Bio Mech Hunter
- Apr 10, 2012, 10:40:05 PMAbsolutely. AVP2's AJL Mod FTW. \m/
Posted by Xeno Killer 2179
- Apr 10, 2012, 10:38:08 PMQuote from: newbeing on Apr 10, 2012, 03:53:48 PMSame here. I was lucky enough to be born into a family that likes it's horror films. I practically grew up watching the original alien films on VHS, and I'm still a teenager.
Yeah the article points out something that does make me nervous when thinking about how well this game will sell, especially if placed next to games such as CoD, Resident Evil and Halo. It surprises me to see just how many young adults 16-21 have never seen any of these films, but love CoD and many of the action and horror games that take material from this franchise.
I hope Gearbox and Sega get the message that this game needs an SDK and custom player matches if they really want to see longevity. It's a piss poor business model to force people to buy content half as good as what the community could make. We saw how well avp did with it's dlc. I bought them both, being a hardcore fan, but 9 out of 10 people never did. Imagine how many more sales of the game itself could have occurred with free, unlimited maps? Win win. I don't understand why Sega sabotaged themselves like that---unless they were financially in trouble and needed to make a quick buck. Correct me if I'm wrong, but a quick fix isn't a fix at all.
/end rant
Posted by Predaker
- Apr 10, 2012, 07:01:00 PMQuote from: RagingDragon on Apr 10, 2012, 06:18:16 PMLOLQuote from: newbeing on Apr 10, 2012, 03:53:48 PMYou're niggling at a larger problem plaguing general culture today: people have forgotten the fundamentals of seemingly everything. I think that's why so many reboots are happening, is that they try and get the magic back from the first one but it just isn't there no matter how awesome(crappy) the CGI ends up being or how fancy the trailer looks.
Yeah the article points out something that does make me nervous when thinking about how well this game will sell, especially if placed next to games such as CoD, Resident Evil and Halo. It surprises me to see just how many young adults 16-21 have never seen any of these films, b ;Dut love CoD and many of the action and horror games that take material from this franchise.
They have all the parts, just no soul to really get the thing going. Reminds me of learning about our favorite xenomorph through AvP, just a really different experience than the old films.
Luckily, my first experience with ALIEN was long before AvP existed.
The press event has got me excited again. A:CM has much potential.
Posted by RagingDragon
- Apr 10, 2012, 06:18:16 PMQuote from: newbeing on Apr 10, 2012, 03:53:48 PMYou're niggling at a larger problem plaguing general culture today: people have forgotten the fundamentals of seemingly everything. I think that's why so many reboots are happening, is that they try and get the magic back from the first one but it just isn't there no matter how awesome(crappy) the CGI ends up being or how fancy the trailer looks.
Yeah the article points out something that does make me nervous when thinking about how well this game will sell, especially if placed next to games such as CoD, Resident Evil and Halo. It surprises me to see just how many young adults 16-21 have never seen any of these films, but love CoD and many of the action and horror games that take material from this franchise.
They have all the parts, just no soul to really get the thing going. Reminds me of learning about our favorite xenomorph through AvP, just a really different experience than the old films.
Posted by newbeing
- Apr 10, 2012, 03:53:48 PMQuote from: RagingDragon on Apr 10, 2012, 03:15:39 PMQuote from: newbeing on Apr 10, 2012, 01:46:24 AMThis was a great little article, and I hope GBX understands this. I'm confident they do, with the effort going into the multiplayer.
Saw this today. http://www.1up.com/previews/authenticity-aliens-colonial-marines-blockbuster
Brings up some good points about Authenticity and play-ability among younger generations that have never seen the Alien films before.
And seeing the glorious history of the AvP mod community, it would be a damn shame if there was no SDK released.
Yeah the article points out something that does make me nervous when thinking about how well this game will sell, especially if placed next to games such as CoD, Resident Evil and Halo. It surprises me to see just how many young adults 16-21 have never seen any of these films, but love CoD and many of the action and horror games that take material from this franchise.
Posted by RagingDragon
- Apr 10, 2012, 03:15:39 PMQuote from: newbeing on Apr 10, 2012, 01:46:24 AMThis was a great little article, and I hope GBX understands this. I'm confident they do, with the effort going into the multiplayer.
Saw this today. http://www.1up.com/previews/authenticity-aliens-colonial-marines-blockbuster
Brings up some good points about Authenticity and play-ability among younger generations that have never seen the Alien films before.
And seeing the glorious history of the AvP mod community, it would be a damn shame if there was no SDK released.
Posted by Nightlord
- Apr 10, 2012, 12:07:52 PMQuote from: PVTDukeMorrison on Apr 10, 2012, 11:39:47 AMHa I can see it already four marines just hopping all over the place and getting in each others way.
I really want to know how they're going to handle quick time events like the scene in the broken umbilical during co-op.
My guess is that only the main player will do it and then the other players will just reappear once it's over.
Posted by PVTDukeMorrison
- Apr 10, 2012, 11:39:47 AMI really want to know how they're going to handle quick time events like the scene in the broken umbilical during co-op.
Posted by Nero the Jackal
- Apr 10, 2012, 08:08:48 AMWell it is true, that explosion was massive and easily took out the AP and colony complex, the only thing that would perhaps be believable would be the derelict as that was quite a distance but even then the shock wave would have perhaps knocked it back or worse.
The game would be better if it only had the sulaco and derelict being investigated as while aliens over-running the sulaco is odd, it lends proof that the alien queen either laid eggs in the drop ship or a few facehuggers hitched a ride on her back and make smore sense than something that was blown up reappearing with just some slight damage. I consider all games to be non-canon because its EU but i would have perhaps viewed A:CM as canon if it was done properly and as realistic as possible because at the end of the day Aliens is sci/fi which means it needs some scientific plausibility and massive nuclear explosions not only destroys things but irradiates them.
My own personal criticism of the game so far is the design of the aliens and their stance. The alien heads are much better that avp 2010's warriors but they still have dog-alien legs and walk on all fours, i understand the need to crawl when in vents on on walls but as human-spawned aliens they should be bipedal. If one were to view pictures of the original alien warrior and drone from the first film you will see it had humanoid legs, only alien 3 and the other films started using those legs which was justified in alien 3 because it was a dog-alien (runner) but the other films were crap which messed things up.
here is the pics again. http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQLYEqg0YPgj7pxwXcdeG-y_EgBEpanXbSFseFTQDdiyrUv48pk and http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRYWlQAWLWUwrtgI3J-sjfz1uvmduPOeaPOvFKM3rEWmFs32-hsVQ and http://www.toyark.com/news/revoltech-toy-news-14/new-photos-alien-warrior-revoltech-3239/ and http://www.monstergalaxy.com/lifesize_alien_figure.php
Notice the human-like legs? these are what human-spawned aliens are supposed to look like.
For a game that is "supposedly" trying to be faithful to aliens and the original, they are doing a poor job so far, whether the gameplay and plot are decent remains to be seen but i ain't holding my breath.
Some of you probably know this by now but in multiplayer, aliens will apparently be played in the third person sadly. while i have no problem with third-person views, A:CM is a FPS and so changing gameplay POV could be disorienting for some players. here is the video that mentions it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG4opj3dMxc#ws
The game would be better if it only had the sulaco and derelict being investigated as while aliens over-running the sulaco is odd, it lends proof that the alien queen either laid eggs in the drop ship or a few facehuggers hitched a ride on her back and make smore sense than something that was blown up reappearing with just some slight damage. I consider all games to be non-canon because its EU but i would have perhaps viewed A:CM as canon if it was done properly and as realistic as possible because at the end of the day Aliens is sci/fi which means it needs some scientific plausibility and massive nuclear explosions not only destroys things but irradiates them.
My own personal criticism of the game so far is the design of the aliens and their stance. The alien heads are much better that avp 2010's warriors but they still have dog-alien legs and walk on all fours, i understand the need to crawl when in vents on on walls but as human-spawned aliens they should be bipedal. If one were to view pictures of the original alien warrior and drone from the first film you will see it had humanoid legs, only alien 3 and the other films started using those legs which was justified in alien 3 because it was a dog-alien (runner) but the other films were crap which messed things up.
here is the pics again. http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQLYEqg0YPgj7pxwXcdeG-y_EgBEpanXbSFseFTQDdiyrUv48pk and http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRYWlQAWLWUwrtgI3J-sjfz1uvmduPOeaPOvFKM3rEWmFs32-hsVQ and http://www.toyark.com/news/revoltech-toy-news-14/new-photos-alien-warrior-revoltech-3239/ and http://www.monstergalaxy.com/lifesize_alien_figure.php
Notice the human-like legs? these are what human-spawned aliens are supposed to look like.
For a game that is "supposedly" trying to be faithful to aliens and the original, they are doing a poor job so far, whether the gameplay and plot are decent remains to be seen but i ain't holding my breath.
Some of you probably know this by now but in multiplayer, aliens will apparently be played in the third person sadly. while i have no problem with third-person views, A:CM is a FPS and so changing gameplay POV could be disorienting for some players. here is the video that mentions it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG4opj3dMxc#ws
Posted by Bio Mech Hunter
- Apr 10, 2012, 02:58:45 AMQuote from: Predaker on Apr 10, 2012, 01:52:55 AMIf it's powerful against Aliens, it's not authentic.
Has anyone used the flamethrower, yet? I hope it is powerful.
Thanks for answering questions newbeing and husky!
Quote from: SM on Apr 10, 2012, 01:53:42 AMlolQuote from: newbeing on Apr 10, 2012, 01:46:24 AM
Saw this today. http://www.1up.com/previews/authenticity-aliens-colonial-marines-blockbuster
Brings up some good points about Authenticity and play-ability among younger generations that have never seen the Alien films before.
It sure does look authentically like Hadley.
Before it was vapourised...
Posted by SM
- Apr 10, 2012, 01:53:42 AMQuote from: newbeing on Apr 10, 2012, 01:46:24 AM
Saw this today. http://www.1up.com/previews/authenticity-aliens-colonial-marines-blockbuster
Brings up some good points about Authenticity and play-ability among younger generations that have never seen the Alien films before.
It sure does look authentically like Hadley.
Before it was vapourised...
