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Title: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: Clone155 on February 18, 2010, 03:02:26 AM
Does anyone have this game? I have played the demo and it is awesome.
Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: Ack-Ack on February 18, 2010, 03:47:08 AM
Don't get it for any of the consoles or the PC if you're running Windows XP.  The game is ugly as sin in DirectX 9 and on the consoles, however, running on a PC with DirectX 11 the game looks fantastic and really does make the game a lot better. 


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Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: Kirin on February 18, 2010, 04:04:58 AM
Ohs noes - DX11 - another game I have to get then...  darn   :eek:
Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: Ack-Ack on February 18, 2010, 04:19:13 AM
Ohs noes - DX11 - another game I have to get then...  darn   :eek:

If you've got Windows 7 with a DX 11 compliant video card, buy AvP. It was designed and developed for DirectX 11 and it makes great use of the DirectX 11 features. It really is like the difference between night and day when comparing AvP in DirectX 9 or on any of the consoles.


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Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: Kirin on February 18, 2010, 04:40:53 AM
I just d/l Crysis (for the MWLL mod) and pre-ordered Heavy Rain on the PS3. Wife-ack won't like me to buy another game - besides all the boardgames that came in the last few weeks...  :O

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But Win7 and Radeon5770 cry for some Dx11 beauty - was almost tempted to get Dirt2 just for the eye candy...
Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: Russian on February 18, 2010, 05:43:10 AM
I'm running on 280 (dx10 / win7) and game runs / looks just fine. So far I only tried 3-4 missions as Alien, but game seems very enjoyable. It reminds me a lot of old AvP... :devil
Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: Estes on February 18, 2010, 05:50:08 AM
Playing as predator has to be the most fun. Alien is a hoot, but playing a human is a bit dull.
Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: Saurdaukar on February 18, 2010, 08:15:47 AM
Does anyone have this game? I have played the demo and it is awesome.

Are you serious?  Do you work for Rebellion?

AVP is probably the biggest pile of dog watermelon Ive played in years.
Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: Kazaa on February 18, 2010, 08:40:25 AM
Downloading the demo on steam right now.
Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: Tupac on February 18, 2010, 11:46:02 AM
Does anyone have this game? I have played the demo and it is awesome.

i have it on PS3 and the campaigns are pretty repetetive, but the multiplayer is pretty cool.
Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: Ack-Ack on February 18, 2010, 12:38:07 PM
I just d/l Crysis (for the MWLL mod) and pre-ordered Heavy Rain on the PS3. Wife-ack won't like me to buy another game - besides all the boardgames that came in the last few weeks...  :O

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But Win7 and Radeon5770 cry for some Dx11 beauty - was almost tempted to get Dirt2 just for the eye candy...

Heavy Rain is another game I'm looking forward to playing, hope it's just as good, if not better than Indigo Prophecy.


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Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: Kirin on February 18, 2010, 03:42:50 PM
Bleh - the AvP demo only supports Dx9 - what a disappointment. The is fun though... only played Alien so far and got my acid a** handed over to me.

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The Heavy Rain demo oth was great! Made me pre-order actually since I was on the fence before that.
Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: gyrene81 on February 18, 2010, 04:07:44 PM
What exactly is a Pretetor?
Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: Penguin on February 18, 2010, 04:52:54 PM
Some weird space alien race that gets its kicks from blowing our heads off.

-Penguin
Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: gyrene81 on February 18, 2010, 06:38:03 PM
Some weird space alien race that gets its kicks from blowing our heads off.

-Penguin
Hmmm....nothihng I've ever heard of...when I do a google for it I get this:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7327576 (http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7327576)
Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: Ack-Ack on February 18, 2010, 07:29:54 PM
What exactly is a Pretetor?

I'm surprised with such simple bait you were able to actually reel one in very quickly.


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Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: AWwrgwy on February 18, 2010, 09:11:40 PM
Hmmm....nothihng I've ever heard of...when I do a google for it I get this:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7327576 (http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7327576)

But see, it has this ability to camouflage itself....   ;)

 :aok to the speeling police.


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Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: Flifast on February 18, 2010, 09:23:18 PM
My kid just downloaded the demo and I was laughing so hard...Aliens running up the walls and on the ceiling.  Killing with it's tail.  But the best was when I saw my kid as Predator grab a human and rip his skull and backbone out!

I hate violence...where my P51!  lol

Flifast
Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: Kazaa on February 18, 2010, 09:39:22 PM
It's a crazy game, a lot of variables can decide the outcome in the free for all game.

I just logged after I had two pred's started whoring the plasma cannons and working together in a free for all game. It was so overpowered! Nothing any of the Aliens could do to stop them!

My best moment was throwing the preds circular saw halfway across the map and getting a kill on one Alien, just as the circular saw return I was set upon by another, only to have the saw kill him halfway into being trophy killed. :lol

Not a bad game in all. There's still some major balances issues to be solved, mainly the Preds plasma cannon as there's honnestly no skill with that weapon!
Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: Clone155 on February 18, 2010, 10:15:43 PM
Are you serious?  Do you work for Rebellion?

AVP is probably the biggest pile of dog watermelon Ive played in years.

Why don't you like it? Do you play CODMW2 a lot? That is a game I can't stand.

AVP is pretty violent, which isn't a bad thing in my book = )

And if you compare it to COD then don't bother trying it, you will be disappointed. This isn't the same type of game as COD.

It's a crazy game, a lot of variables can decide the outcome in the free for all game.

I just logged after I had two pred's started whoring the plasma cannons and working together in a free for all game. It was so overpowered! Nothing any of the Aliens could do to stop them!

My best moment was throwing the preds circular saw halfway across the map and getting a kill on one Alien, just as the circular saw return I was set upon by another, only to have the saw kill him halfway into being trophy killed. :lol

Not a bad game in all. There's still some major balances issues to be solved, mainly the Preds plasma cannon as there's honnestly no skill with that weapon!

Predators are easy to kill, just don't bull run charge at them, sneak up on them.
Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: Kazaa on February 19, 2010, 07:43:07 AM
Both Preds in the above post were in the massive loading zone, backs to the walls and had all the enter point covered.
Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: Kazaa on February 19, 2010, 07:45:32 AM
I'm surprised with such simple bait you were able to actually reel one in very quickly.


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Did you not notice that the OP spelt Predator, Pretetor? He was mealy being sarcastic.
Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: Saurdaukar on February 19, 2010, 08:51:14 AM
Why don't you like it? Do you play CODMW2 a lot? That is a game I can't stand.

AVP is pretty violent, which isn't a bad thing in my book = )

And if you compare it to COD then don't bother trying it, you will be disappointed. This isn't the same type of game as COD.

Im not sure what COD has to do with anything but the original AVP, released 10 years ago, is 10 times better.

Embarrassingly clunky controls.
No need for fire discipline (endless full auto = no recoil).
No ability to crouch? 
Visuals are something out of 1998.

I have no idea how this game is fun for some people.  Even the majority of the rags give it failing ratings.

Talk about wasting such a fantastic franchise with such a worthless effort.  Honestly, we must be playing two different games or something because this one is nothing short of absolute garbage.  I cant even word that as a personal opinion.  Its crap. 
Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: Ack-Ack on February 19, 2010, 12:33:44 PM
Both Preds in the above post were in the massive loading zone, backs to the walls and had all the enter point covered.

Many years ago, Aliens Online used to be on Gamestorm and exactly what you described was the best tactic for the Marines against the Aliens.  My friends and I would find a small corridor and stand back to back, with two covering each direction and just hold our position until we killed all of the Aliens on the level that would try and zerg rush us.  You'd see whines from the Alien players being spammed in chat but it was an effective tactic against the Alien zerg blitz and we never had our position over run.  Too bad Mythic didn't know what to do with the game, it really was good and a few years ahead of its time.


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Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: Kazaa on February 19, 2010, 01:42:13 PM
It's awesome game to play for 30 mins, not sure if I'll buy it though.

Playing as the Pred is so much fun, but it takes a lot of control input to stay alive and get kills.

Playing as the Alien seem to take the most skill to play effectively, but a skilled player can tear up the whole map with it's huge speed advantage over the other races.

I don't know why, but I find playing the Marine really easy, must be because I'm use to playing a lot of FPS games.
Title: Re: Alien vs Pretetor 2010
Post by: Saurdaukar on February 19, 2010, 03:34:26 PM
Many years ago, Aliens Online used to be on Gamestorm...

LOVED that game.

Camping in the tunnels for the win.  :D