Press A to Enter Vent and press RT to Transition.
I find the "Press A to Enter Vent" part deeply disturbing.
Hopefully this is just an option that can be enabled or disabled in campaign. I don't want marines lining up perfect shots every time I go for a vent in multiplayer. I want the motion to be fast and fluid, but not fluid and predictable. Let me try to explain that better.
If you've seen the Alien gameplay (PM GrimyGhost for it
), #6 goes up to a vent and cannot pass through it without pressing A. The Alien lines up for a brief second and then promptly pounces through while making a sound. The whole motion takes about a second. Now, this could be a good feature for newer players who are unsteady with the Alien's controls and movement. The bad side is that it's extremely predictable and if the entering motion is the same every time then the Alien will be shot dead every time it goes for a vent. It also seems to slow down gameplay, you have to aim at it and then press a button, why can't we just simply crawl into it ourselves while sprinting on the ceiling? I don't know. You decide if this is a good or bad thing. My opinion is it's bad.
Transitioning, I'm okay with it. As I see it, you aim at a surface and then press RT to jump to it and, well, transition to it. Doesn't seem bad from going to floor to ceiling, but going from the floor, to the side of the wall, to the ceiling, to the side of the wall, to the floor again? Pressing RT four times just to do that? I would much rather free crawl.
I think there should be a button you press that enables free crawl, you would simply toggle it on and off. If on, the Alien will scale any surface it comes to. If off, the Alien will remain on the current plane.
Another point I'd like to bring up, could these features be console only? Obviously it's being played on a 360 because of A and RT. Will PC players have a different system?
Anyway, just thought I would bring this up since it seems to be a big gameplay mechanic for the Alien.