Comments on: Man Vs, Well, Everyone: AvP Marines Revealed

By: R.

R. — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:46:45 +0000

@Will

Yes, and a hiss button would be handy in that regard as well. Throw in a wave your tail menacingly so it casts a shadow across the room one while you’re at it. No, I’m not being sarcastic, I just want to scare the shit out of people before I tear a hole in their head. The Predator hasn’t got anything on those creepy bastards in that regard, ugh.

@Psychopomp
Well said.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:53:33 +0000

I have very fond memories of both the existing AvP games, particularly when played on a LAN at work. I thought the abilities and sometimes vertical level design in the second made for very good role-playing – sitting on top of poles as the Predator and shouting challenges, that kind of thing. I used to live for the girlish shrieks of one colleague (who I shan’t name…) when I netted him and cut his head off for a trophy.

Anyway, what I really wished for and never got was a drool button for the aliens. It would be so much fun to go ‘drip drip’ when a marine comes past while you’re hanging on the ceiling – just to give them a quarter-second of despair before the clawing and biting :)

By: Psychopomp

Psychopomp — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:30:29 +0000

““I’ve seen my fair share of PC gamers who fail to realize the “shakespeare” scene in DMC4 is *supposed* to be a hilariously large ham.”
What does not getting that DMC doesn’t take itself seriously have to with PC or Console gaming?”

It’s one of many things that show many PC gamers are just as dense as console gamers, with an added sense of superiority.

By: The Colonel

The Colonel — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:08:38 +0000

One second watch those Aliens looks so ridiculously easy to fight. Hopefully that was CONSOLE gameplay and the PC version will be better (ie. good).

By: caramelcarrot

caramelcarrot — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:08:59 +0000

In AVP2 single player I spent the first level shitting myself every time a door shut because it came up on the motion tracker.

Also, to agree, the pulse rifle sound is the best weapon sound ever.

By: D

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:42:47 +0000

Magic 8-ball said to the question “Will AvP be entirely without NPC allies?” – Absolutely!

By: The Colonel

The Colonel — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:58:46 +0000

Maybe we’ll finally get the Aliens ability to buckle and break down doors unless you weld them shut promised for the second game ;). Deforming scenery?!

I wonder if there will be another “ha ha look what a massive team of alien fuckers we are! We’ll cut through them like a knife through butt- oh no they’ve all been locked outside leaving me all on my own”.

When is a mindless shooter not a mindless shooter? When you’re cowering in a corner gibbering and trying to pretend the little blip moving closer on your motion tracker is just a cat.

By: dsmart

dsmart — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:17:59 +0000

And this had better come out for the PC in good shape because no way in hell I’m getting this on inferior console platforms.

By: Sunjammer

Sunjammer — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:58:48 +0000

Demiath, If you can’t remember eating your way out of a dude’s chest, or the way the music swells from James Horner type Aliens bombast into a very Predator 2 inspired tribal drive as you’re chasing down Rykov as the Predator, or rushing into an alien hive trying to save your friend but coming too late, then i pity you. AvP2 had an absolutely killer storytelling device in its 3 intersecting timelines, and while the engine was so-so, the sound work smashed AvP1 to bits.

The worst thing i can say about AvP1 is that it didn’t capitalize on the potential of its protagonists. It has little to keep you coming back other than novelty.

By: Pod

Pod — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:39:25 +0000

I have a gutiar tuner that makes the exact same “pock….pock….pock” noise that the motion sensors make.

By: G_Man

G_Man — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:59:54 +0000

@Diogo Ribeiro,

When he said Tank, Im pretty sure he as referring to the Predator.

The game is looking awesome BTW.

By: klumhru

klumhru — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:28:32 +0000

@Demiath

I have the reverse recollection. I couldn’t remember a single thing from avp1 when I first gave it a bit of thought, but I could probably recite most of the plot points of avp2 from memory.

Interesting how people’s experiences differ :)