Today marks the 10th anniversary of the UK release of AvP 2010!
I have actually been playing this recently, unfortunately I think online mode is even deader than usual now as I haven't been able to find matches.
At least campaign mode has been useful as a good distraction.
The game doesn't have the best narrative and it is too short but its still enjoyable. I just wish playing as the Alien was more satisfying.
Yeah I still play this regularily.
If they had put more time and money into this it could have been great. Instead its a fun but very flawed game.
Still better than ACM by a lot.
Good game. I think to play again.
If you missed it, we did an MP live stream to celebrate today.
I play on steam once in a while. Got to play the dlc maps online for the first time this year. Too bad they didnt try to add more content to keep it alive.
I still enjoy this game.
It's a shame Rebellion didn't get to handle A:CM
I might have to give it a replay on my weekend off. The campaign is great but painfully short.
Posting my AVP modification list here:
https://www.moddb.com/games/avp2010/addons/xenomorph-sound-pack
https://www.moddb.com/games/avp2010/addons/avp3-sound-pack-for-marines-weapons-v10
https://www.moddb.com/games/avp2010/addons/avp3-sound-pack-for-predator-v10
https://www.moddb.com/games/avp2010/addons/pulse-rifle-replacement-sound-mod
https://www.moddb.com/games/avp2010/addons/vision-fusion-dark-and-classic-plasma-noob
https://www.moddb.com/games/avp2010/addons/updated-sp-aliens
https://www.moddb.com/games/avp2010/addons/avp-predalien-black
https://www.moddb.com/games/avp2010/addons/alternate-hive-walls-mod
https://www.moddb.com/games/avp2010/addons/avpgalaxy-alternate-eggs-skin
https://www.moddb.com/games/avp2010/addons/avp-marine-head-remake
https://www.moddb.com/games/avp2010/addons/avp-body-skin-for-predator
https://www.moddb.com/games/avp2010/addons/avp-predator-blades
As it does not deserve it's own topic but I think it might be helpful to certain people looking to freshen up their 2010.
Thanks for posting those!
Also a good one if anyone wants to take screenshots: https://www.moddb.com/games/avp2010/addons/avpgalaxy-no-hud-mod
I especially bought a PS3 for this game. Such an exciting experience. I remember busting out this game on warm summer nights.
It was okay. There were aspects that they made worse that the older games didn't suffer from.
Like wall crawling with the Alien, or having to transition into a vent as an Alien. Predator tree running also didn't feel natural even though I don't have a better idea for that one. You either have to do what they did and stop and pick your target to land on, or pick your target and fly over the sides of where your supposed to be going like in AvP2.
I loved the game but it always felt unfinished to me. A lot of the mechanics were cool, like Pred tree jumping, Alien wallcrawling, but they needed some refinement to make them less clunky. The rock, paper, scissors style of hand-to-hand combat was pretty good too, imo. But again, probably could've used some refinement.
There were other neat things implemented, too, like Aliens hiding in the walls of the hive and the Pred's vocal mimicry. Unfortunately they weren't fully realised yet, but the potential for future possibilities was there. Shame we never got a follow up where they took these ideas further.
Also, I loved the execution kills. These could be problematic in multiplayer, but in single player they were glorious.
The whole game for me is just a list of pros and cons. It felt like they only barely touched on what was possible with the AvP formula.
I had a great time with AvP2010. Yeah, I found the Predator's target jumping a bit clunky, and the Alien campaign a bit too brief, but Lance just killed in that game. And I have reoccurring fond memories of killing xenos, as the club music is bouncing, and that hologram dancer is getting down... I think I replayed that level a lot! :)
This was my first avp game, I loved it so much! Now I see that it has a lot of flaws, but I'll always have nostalgia goggles on when I think about it.
The rough and tumble nature of the Marines was done better in that game than either of the previous two.
I preferred both Alien Campaigns from the first two games over 2010s, think they did better with the lore for the Marines in 2010 (as that is what Jarheads are really like) but still prefer both of the first two games Marine campaigns, and felt the Pred campaign was equal to the first two.
It had his moments, but it did feel unfinished, and the fact we didn't really get any kind of expansions to fill it out was kind of disappointing. Especially since it wasn't uncommon for that era to still do that.
I actually really liked the movement system in 2010. It had a bit of a learning curve to it, but when you got it, I found it really quick to leap around the map. Felt a lot more natural than AvP2's crouch-jump. I was a huge fan of the focus leaping too.
I thought they made the Alien movements way less natural in 2010. Having to push a button to enter and exit a vent always irked me for some reason, I guess because you didn't have to do so in the first two games. The same for wall walking.
Pred leaping in 2010 felt gamish to me, but I've already mentioned that I don't know what one would need to do to do to make it feel more natural as flying over the limbs in AVP2 was annoying as hell.
I guess my complaint is it isn't fluid. Anytime you are prompted to so something in a FPS it always makes me remember that I'm playing a game. Immersion breaking I reckon. After the tutorial missions, I don't ever want to see prompts about anything again. Especially in a FPS.
Are the servers for PS3 still active?