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because at the moment it's limited to fucking piece of shit matchmaking via p2p, anyone wanna add me for games my username on steam is and i should be able to host a decent game - i have a 50mbps connection |
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After the abysmal demo (piece of trash wouldn't even let me join a game) and the lackluster reviews (graphics 5.5/10 at IGN? pitiful) I'm prepared to skip this game completely. I've reinstalled AVP2 and have found that game to still be a lot of fun. Let me know what you think about the new one after you've played a few matches. Are the single player campaigns good? |
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there are a few bugs with the game, and apart from the matchmaking, the MP is good. i enjoyed the SP, but i dunno how you'd respond to it |
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Well, I generally prefer a compelling single player campaign to multiplayer "rinse-and-repeat" gameplay, but I do enjoy MP sometimes. Have you played the original AVP games? Is the SP portion of the game set up like AVP2 where there's a campaign for each race and the story lines all sort of coincide? |
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yeah i'm an avid fan of the originals (including the Jaguar version) although i never really played MP on AvP '99 or AvP2. yeah the storylines do kinda crossover, the most disappointing being the Alien storyline. unfortunately it does borrow heavily from the AvP films i believe. i haven't seen AvP-R but i did have the unfortunate experience of seeing AvP. at least Lance Henrikson is doing vocal acting. and as far as the graphics, i think they're really good actually. i'm running it in Dx10 mode |
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I just looked again on IGN and there is a PC-specific review now which scores the graphics a decent 7.5. I might eventually give this game a shot when the price falls. What I'm really looking forward to is Gearbox software at the helm + focus entirely on marines + coop multiplayer = multiple orgasm. |
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i dunno why you're using reviews as a gauge of how good graphics are...just look for yourself man. i really think it looks great, and i wish i could play it in Dx11 - that shit looks fucking awesome. as for Colonial Marines - i really wanna play that too, but there's rumour flying around that Sega might be ditching it...i dunno. i hope it makes it, as it looks like an interesting take on the whole L4D co-operative thing. and there's no fucking predators involved! |
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Well, I trust IGN's reviews for the most part and I don't want to pay full price on a game unless it scores outstandingly across the board. As I said, I'll still probably buy it eventually but I'm also not gauging the game's potential purely on reviews. The shockingly bad experience I had with the demo (not just being unable to play, but the overly-simplified interface-for-morons approach) really left me uncertain as to whether the game was worth the dosh. |
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yeah, unfortunately it is quite obviously geared more towards console n00bs :( |
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I always thought it was bullshit that Sega took on publishing for both AVP and Colonial Marines. I was particularly incensed by their decision to put Colonial Marines on the back burner since I consider Gearbox to be the more proven developer. If they scrap CM I will honestly never buy another Sega product. That article I linked is pretty old now but IGN has Colonial Marines as coming out TBA 2010 so hopefully it's still quietly in the works. The fact that it's based on the events that succeeded Aliens (the film) alone makes it infinitely more cool. The AVP films were abortions, failures both stylistically and financially, and it saddens me to see a game whose storyline could have been original in its own right pander to such rubbish. |
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single player wise, the alien and pred missions were ok. the marine campaign was the dullest, most generic piece of trash ever. as said, its almost impossible to get decent mp games going with p2p/matchmaking, but once dedicated servers arrive, it'll be quite fun i spose. the game has so many glaring flaws that it really does kill the mood for me. give me a good game of q3 or l4d1/2 anyday. |
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"the marine campaign was the dullest, most generic piece of trash ever." See, that's what I keep hearing and it's such a far cry from the marine campaign of AVP2 which was bursting with atmosphere, suspense, and exploration. You don't see a single alien for the first two levels, for Pete's sake. I wish they still made games with pacing like that. Speaking of AVP2, it's annoying that this new game isn't called AVP3 because that's what it is. Now we've got two games called "AVP" which is just needlessly ambiguous. |
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q3a is fucking fun serious |
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i want shooter games to be like unreal again. |
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