QuoteIt's not realistic and you can't come up with any strategy because you never can guess where the aliens might come from. Like you're fighting aliens coming at you in front then an alien spawns right on top of you and kills you.
The thing is, that IS realistic... to the movies. In 'Aliens', the Aliens came from all over the place and the Marines had to react on-the-fly, they couldn't predict what was going to happen.
I happen to love that kind of gameplay, it keeps the game from getting "stale".
QuoteThe point is you get cool scripted moments. Like it's quiet for awhile and then all of a sudden an alien bursts out of vent. So the first play-through is really awesome and suspenseful. After that, you know where the aliens are but so what? If you don't like it then play Primal Hunt.
...or I could go back and play AvP1, where the gameplay is different every time I play it.
AvP2 is cool, but I can only play it once every several months because once you beat it... that's it.The enemies are scripted.
QuoteAVP1 is just a Doom-clone. I mean, how is the gameplay so different from Alien Trilogy (besides you can play as alien/predator/marine)?
AvP1 is hugely different - the enemies use the walls, playing as the Predator and especially the Alien is a different gameplay experience. Hell, as the Marine alone there's more weapons in AvP1, there's flares, and there's vastly improved graphics and lighting effects. Oh yeah, and you can crouch, jump, and aim up and down. You can't do any of that in Doom, and I'm pretty sure you can't do it in Alien Trilogy either.
Oh, and AvP1 has randomly spawning enemies. In that regard, AvP2 is closer to Alien Trilogy than AvP1 is.
QuoteAVP2 may be dated but I find it much more relevant to today's standards than AVP1. Particularly things like voice acting, story, graphics, sound effects, music and it's accuracy to the films.
For what it's worth, a lot of AvP2's music is remixed music from AvP1.
I just don't care about "cutting edge graphics". I can play the original Doom, or Marathon, or Wolfenstein3D and still have a good time. AvP1 is still a blast, and I'm sure if Rebellion made a "modern" update to AvP1 using new technology that it would absolutely kick ass and most people would love it.