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Ok so with the release date getting close and closer I was curious to see what dakka's gaming community had to say about this game from the content that has been released to the public so far.

So how about it?
whats your prediction of the games enjoyment level ?
Are you personally looking forward to it ?
Are you gonna buy it?

I'm looking forward to it. it's next on my list

Also looking forward to it. Loved the previous versions.

I loved the previous edditions too, i never had the full game only the demo and played that online haha good times.

I'm considering even pre ordering which i rarely do.

I had the first AvP. It wasn't bad. Not that great, but not that bad. I never got to play AvP 2, sadly. Which is unfortunate because I heard the Alien and Marine campaigns were great. looking forward to this one though.

Metal might have to team up sometime online if your getting it for pc

Wolf wrote:Metal might have to team up sometime online if your getting it for pc

Indeed!

What else ya got on PC? Have MW2? I'm "Bungd-up" on Steam if you find yourself online there

Not MW2 yet unfortuinatly, i have pleanty of steam games mind, Dod source, CSS, TF2, l4d1 + 2, dow 2, empire total war.

list goes on.

Mmo wise its Eve just incase you played it

Wolf wrote:Not MW2 yet unfortuinatly, i have pleanty of steam games mind, Dod source, CSS, TF2, l4d1 + 2, dow 2, empire total war.

list goes on.

Mmo wise its Eve just incase you played it

I HAVE EMPIRE: TW! OMGWTFBBQWEHAVETOCONQUERTEHWERLDTERGETHER!

*Ahem*

On that note, are yuo as pissed as I am that Napoleon: Total War is actually being sold as an entirely new game while all they did was add more UUs/change some meshes, Characters, and boundaries? Seriously. THE GAME LOOKS AND PLAYS THE EXACT SAME.

That's like a white T shirt costing $5 while the same white T shirt with a Vans logo on it costs $50.

I know I'm actually a little peeved off about that seems utterly pointless.

Btw i'll pm you my steam addy.

Wolf wrote:I know I'm actually a little peeved off about that seems utterly pointless.

Btw i'll pm you my steam addy.

Got your message. I'll add you when I get home

Won't get a release in Germany but I'm not in a hurry anyway. I'll probably get it later once it get cheaper.

Apparently as part of this they are rereleasing the original PC game on Steam near the release for a very low price. If you never played the first one it was a good game.

Its basically a remake of the original... which was a friggin AWESOME game. So its hopefully just as good.... too bad Bioshock 2 is gonna have my attention til FFXIII lol

I love AVP
i especially love playing marines in multi player.

Words can not describe how much i am looking forwards to this game the first two were awesom, so hopefully this will be just as awesome or even better.

Anshal wrote:Words can not describe how much i am looking forwards to this game the first two were awesom, so hopefully this will be just as awesome or even better.

Im going to be a marine and hide in a tunnel xD

LunaHound wrote:

Anshal wrote:Words can not describe how much i am looking forwards to this game the first two were awesom, so hopefully this will be just as awesome or even better.

Im going to be a marine and hide in a tunnel xD

Lulzs then I`m gonna have to come and finde you then wont I I love being a predator in games, epic win againt hiding marines

Predator is the only way to play. It doesn't get better than plasma guns and invisibility.

Cheese Elemental wrote:Predator is the only way to play. It doesn't get better than plasma guns and invisibility.

Oh yes it dose! I`m FIRING MA LAZOR but on a more serious note. I hope we get to see the three factions best possibel angels.

I'll be predatorthe majority of the time cause i find it the most fun although alien does sound awfully fun too, sneak up above you head and smear your brains across the floor it's all good.

LunaHound wrote:

Anshal wrote:Words can not describe how much i am looking forwards to this game the first two were awesom, so hopefully this will be just as awesome or even better.

Im going to be a marine and hide in a tunnel xD

Plz, just grenade spam dark areas and let your paranoia get the best of you, cuz if you shoot enough bullets your bound to hit something. In other words, I'll be the guy with a -20 kill ratio.

Looks great though, I just wonder if a rock-paper-scissor theme can be put into the game or if it already has. Like: Predator beats marine, marine beats alien, and aliens beat predator.

halonachos wrote:aliens beat predator.

Hahaha, oh wow. Predators fare better than humans do against the Xenomorphs. In AvP: Requiem (as silly as it was), a single veteran Predator slaughtered dozens of aliens without breaking a sweat, and put up a fair fight with the Hybrid.

But the AVP movies are not considered canon by the game's developer.

Also, movies, unlike multiplayer games, follow the Rule of Cool.

Multiplayer games, on the other hand, strive for something called balance.

Cheese Elemental wrote:

halonachos wrote:aliens beat predator.

Hahaha, oh wow. Predators fare better than humans do against the Xenomorphs. In AvP: Requiem (as silly as it was), a single veteran Predator slaughtered dozens of aliens without breaking a sweat, and put up a fair fight with the Hybrid.

That may be in the movies, but in this case the movies are the fluff and the game is the actual tabletop. So in that logic there may be some case of rock-paper-scissors in there, I just don't know how to apply it yet.

For example: Predator has stealth in the form of a cloaking device, while the alien is fast as hell and can climb on the walls and ceiling. The marine, I beieve, will have a flashlight the entire time so really just gives himself away so in lack of stealth they get automatic weapons. The predator then has a long range weapon, which I have not really seen used yet, but it should be slower than the automatic weapons the marines have. While the aliens have nil when it comes to ranged attacks.

So in a chart that I am using to assess supposed strengths/weaknesses I will go with:
Aliens:
Pro: Quick, can climb walls/ceilings, can detect enemies.
Con: No ranged attacks(in terms of ballistics), there may be a lunge attack.

Predator:
Pro: Cloaking device, strong ranged weapons(if included), can detect enemies.
Con: Long Range attack is slow(but may be the strongest in the game)

Marines:
Pro: Automatic weapons/grenades, little melee strength.
Con: Highly visible to enemies, hard to detect enemies.

I'm just putting down guesses about this stuff, don't know what may change from the first AvP game to this one.

The game looks amazing, although im still making my made up whether to get AvP or Bioshock 2

halonachos wrote:

LunaHound wrote:

Anshal wrote:Words can not describe how much i am looking forwards to this game the first two were awesom, so hopefully this will be just as awesome or even better.

Im going to be a marine and hide in a tunnel xD

Plz, just grenade spam dark areas and let your paranoia get the best of you, cuz if you shoot enough bullets your bound to hit something. In other words, I'll be the guy with a -20 kill ratio.

Looks great though, I just wonder if a rock-paper-scissor theme can be put into the game or if it already has. Like: Predator beats marine, marine beats alien, and aliens beat predator.

Thats why i love playing Marines , they are pretty weak and rely on their almost useless motion tracker and night vision goggles.
Weak but exciting!

Lunahound wrote:Weak but exciting!

Did Luna just sum up the entire human race in 3 words?

Sounds interesting. One thing that pisses me off though is, that I wont be able to download any extra stuff for this game because it won't get released in Germany and so the markertplace stuff is off-limits as well. :(