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Wolf wrote:whats your prediction of the games enjoyment level ?
Are you personally looking forward to it ?
Are you gonna buy it?

1) I think that it will be a fairly popular title judging merely by the popularity of its predecessors AvP and AvPII.

2) In a way yes, because I loved the original so much (I still have my copy of AvP Gold).

3) I am waiting on reviews for this. I am no where near as excited for AvP to be released as I am "Aliens: Colonial Marines". That said, I will either wait to hear a ton of reviews or wait for it to hit bargain bins. Though the "Hunter edition" is sorely tempting just for all the goodies included. If you havent seen or heard of that go here: http://kotaku.com/5432534/aliens-vs-predator-the-fancy-edition

Aliens: Colonial Marines on the other hand, I am buying a console specifically so that I can play the game to indicate just how excited I am about that title.

I do hope that the AvP game will be successful so that Aliens: Colonial Marine will be released all that much sooner.

Will the fancy edition be on PC or just x box?

Its hard to say, Luna. The promo pic is obviously an X-box title, but given how much Microsoft loves to pimp out their Windows OS as well, I would guess that the fancy pants version will hit PC as well.

But that, of course, is just an educated guess.

[edit]Looks like the guess was wrong, atleast according to the gamestop website:
http://www.gamestop.com/browse/search.aspx?N=0&Ntk=TitleKeyword&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntt=aliens%20vs.%20predator
The Hunter edition is only available to the X-Box and PS3.

Hmm on second thought, afte seeing this promo vid (different than the official teaser) I am getting kinda psyched for the game:
http://kotaku.com/5432184/weyland+yutani-building-better-bloodier-worlds?autoplay=true[/edit]

I want it just for the hardbound comic.
It may be worth it to me just for that alone. I still have my very hard won copy I got when I was 17 years old from the comic shop back in '89 where they only received that one copy at release and I had to fight tooth and nail for it.

I am a sad monkey to know that Aliens: Colonial Marine will likely be out 18 months sooner in the UK than it will be for the US. I wonder if I need a UK X-Box to play UK X-Box games or if I can just use an american one to play them....

That depends. There are NTCS games that work on Pal consoles and probably the other way around, but it doesn't work every time-

I was told at Gamestop that they will get a few copies (they finally picked up selling "indizierte" games, thank Gork), I might buy it just because I can.

Grah I hope thye do release the hunters edition for pc ! I WANT FACE HUGGER !

But when watching the trailers I just think this game will be absolutley awesome.

The game looks interesting but i am not sold, i loved the movies, all alien movies, all predator movies, all AVP movies they all really peaked my interest, i didn't play the first game was it any good i never knew anyone who would give me a review?

what i mean by that is i a simple question would any one suggest the first one?

I would suggest the first one, definatly, if you into retro games.
It captures the essence of each race remarkabley well for such an old game.

The first AvP game is indeed awesome, even to this day even if the graphics are a bit dated.

I dare you to play the game as a marine in a dark room with headphones on and NOT jump out of your seat when an alien drops from the ceiling and eats your face off.



If the new game is anything like the original (and judging by the designers interviews I have seen thats exactly what they are trying to do, just with better graphics), it will indeed be a good selling game.

Steam has the original game for sale for $5 right now, and are working on the multiplayer patch that will be provided for free when it is complete. You cant beat that price, especially since 'AvP gold edition' was selling recently for quite a good chunk of money of various sites such as amazon and ebay.

Good news folks

AS of tomorrow the AvP team are releasing their official multiplayer demo on all consoles and formats simultaneously, so ps3, pc (steam), xbox live all at once !!

They announced this on the Sega website.
The map will be a deathmatch where all races have advantageous areas to their skills,
i.e predator has high lurking places to hunt from
Alien has dark corners and cielings to pounce from.
Marines have tight corridors to concenrate their fire power.

So those on pc I'll see you on the field !

Wolf wrote:Good news folks

AS of tomorrow the AvP team are releasing their official multiplayer demo on all consoles and formats simultaneously, so ps3, pc (steam), xbox live all at once !!

Not in Germany it won't.

Wait!

I have an idea! Could on of you kind gentlemen who lives either in England or the US access the Xbox Marketplace over a PC, find the Demo and give me the Link? I have to try something.

Why is not being released in germany !?

And sure I'll try for you mate.

Too violent for our rating board. They're pretty picky when it comes to that.

Thanks in advance. I recently dowloaded the Mass Effect 2 DLC which accidently leaked last monday on the US Marketplace. I haven't tried it so far, but I heard it would work, so accessing a Demo over the same channel should work as well.

I played it on steam tonight , its REALLY GOOD.

Everything is smooth , weapons / game play / graphics are all really good.

One thing i dont like are the special kill actions though.
They pretty much "lock" you and the enemy together and you cant really move till its over. In multiplayer i wait for the special kill to activate and i shot gun them at point blank range at their head -_-

Yeah I have noticed that Luna,
but other than that its an incredable game, very fun indeed :d I just love playing as predator on it !

Wolf wrote:Yeah I have noticed that Luna,
but other than that its an incredable game, very fun indeed :d I just love playing as predator on it !

Are you ACN[Angel] by any chance? >< that predator just sat on the ceiling floor and plasma cannon anyone that comes below him T-T

nope Caboose is my name and i get up close and personal most of the times

Wolf, if you got it on your hard drive it should be available over the marketplace on xbox.com as well. Would you mind checking for and giving me the link for the UK download please.

I hate to say it Anung, but you're not missing much. The MP demo is(while a good demo) too restrictive. All the people who've been playing all day stack the Predator team, the next ones play Xenomorphs, and everyone else gets stuck as Marines.

The demo's available on XBL, and it isn't too big (about 750 mb, I think), but I'll wait until the release, then rent it to try it out.

Cheese Elemental wrote:The demo's available on XBL, and it isn't too big (about 750 mb, I think), but I'll wait until the release, then rent it to try it out.

Problem is Cheese, it's not available over the German marketplace. I hope to avoid that problem by having someone give me the link from the PC Marketplace. It worked with the leaked DLC for Mass Effect 2, so I hope it will work here again.

Anung Un Rama wrote:

Cheese Elemental wrote:The demo's available on XBL, and it isn't too big (about 750 mb, I think), but I'll wait until the release, then rent it to try it out.

Problem is Cheese, it's not available over the German marketplace. I hope to avoid that problem by having someone give me the link from the PC Marketplace. It worked with the leaked DLC for Mass Effect 2, so I hope it will work here again.

I wasn't commenting on your problem, I was posting my thoughts.

Sorry.

I hope to get the game. . . .after I buy a laptop next month for college. . . ohh so far away

Cheese Elemental wrote:

Anung Un Rama wrote:

Cheese Elemental wrote:The demo's available on XBL, and it isn't too big (about 750 mb, I think), but I'll wait until the release, then rent it to try it out.

Problem is Cheese, it's not available over the German marketplace. I hope to avoid that problem by having someone give me the link from the PC Marketplace. It worked with the leaked DLC for Mass Effect 2, so I hope it will work here again.

I wasn't commenting on your problem, I was posting my thoughts.

Sorry.

Oops, my bad.

hmmmm played this today on Xbox...

predator: grab disc, run get up in rafters, grab shoulder cannon, merc anything that moves...quickly recharge..rinse repeat.. people finally realize your room = death? load up on the 'mines' as well... start creepin thru some tunnels drop one every so often to block you from getting flanked... makes you feel so OP after you figure out how to use the weapons lol...

cant get predator?

Alienz are sooooooo fast and fun lol who cares if the predator mercs you everytime you come close? munch on other aliens or pewny humans!

humans? really? no thanks lol although...corridor camping w/ a shotgun is beast lol

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

is the trophy kill system still in the game??

DarkLight451 wrote:

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

is the trophy kill system still in the game??

Yeah, and it's... graphic. The Predator does a Mortal Kombat-style head/spine rip on humans.

Excited about the Campaign(s). After playing the Demo, I hope the Multiplayer gameplay is a bit more balanced, but I've still preordered the Hunter Edition.

to be honest I see the multiplayer as a good balance, just with a few tweaks here and there, you jusy have to play each race right !

Marines have to use their eyes and blast anything that moves.

Predator has to attack when hes not seen suprise utilise his weapons correctly.

Alien is instinct hiding in the shadows, waiting and rushing from behind.

But there are few tweaks that need to be sorted out before its perfect !

Still need to pre order mine ! but I seriously want the massive special edition with the face hugger and stuff

This has only improved upon the original in my opinion. I am more than excited to get the retail version! Got it pre-ordered and ready to go.

I can't stop playing the Alien though. It is a bad addiction. I should probably try the other classes but lunging from wall to wall and hiding on ceilings is just too appealing.