catbarf on 1/10/2011 at 06:00
Interesting. Looks a lot like the new AvP, especially in the player movement, weapons handling, and prevalence of scripted ally deaths. I guess that's both a good and a bad thing- I felt that the Marine component of AvP was the best part, but it wasn't exactly flawless and the heavy scripting loses some of its punch on a second or third playthrough.
Not to mention having a bunch of your teammates die in planned sequences with no way to save them seems very 'gamey' and, for me at least, damages immersion since the game is basically flat-out telling you that this is what has to happen and you are just a spectator.
Although I guess that's really pretty much nitpicking at this point, since until a demo/beta/leak comes out, we don't know how it'll actually play. Once again, I'm cautiously optimistic.
Volitions Advocate on 1/10/2011 at 12:24
It would make sense to me if the AvP2010 feel was there. I'd assume they'd share assets considering Sega was behind that title as well.
mothra on 2/10/2011 at 10:25
so borderlands in the aliens universe ?
I can't see anything exciting in the trailer. They just replicated stuff from the movie and the whole sequence has you shooting at aliens at close range but I cannot see any damage from the acid ? Neither to you or the ship. Aliens again look like cannonfodder and not like a menace that can take out an entire squad. I guessed this is the tutorial since you do not have much to do but they said this is a chunk of the 2nd Act....so I guess the gameplay will stay that way....bummer
june gloom on 2/10/2011 at 11:18
god forbid an aliens game look like aliens, boo hoo hoo hoo, you want it to go fetch your slippers?
Kuuso on 2/10/2011 at 12:34
I think the aliens's acid stuff is only due to the fact it's still quite in production. Looks a bit too scripted for my liking, but if they get the gameplay fun, I might consider it.
Vivian on 2/10/2011 at 13:49
Hmm. Hmmmmm. Dunno. Looks nice. Aliens seem a bit too retarded, Randy does not help. Snyder slow-fast-slow-mo DEFINITELY does not help. Seems nowhere near as brutal as I would want it to be, and as has been mentioned one million times, way to scripted. Looks like a MW game, basically - worries me that it's trying to be a bit too cack-handedly 'cinematic'. I guess we'll have to wait and see, but not entirely promising based on that.
EvaUnit02 on 2/10/2011 at 13:52
Quote Posted by mothra
Aliens again look like cannonfodder and not like a menace that can take out an entire squad. I guessed this is the tutorial since you do not have much to do but they said this is a chunk of the 2nd Act....so I guess the gameplay will stay that way....bummer
You do realise that you're watching a PRESS DEMO? Those are often custom built/modified specifically for demonstration, set at an easier difficulty or have God mode on.
mothra on 2/10/2011 at 18:22
it is not that the player is invincible, it is just again a game where your NPC buddies do way more cool stuff than you. Like driving that mech-loader. That is what the player should do. Not place a turret at an already marked location. And again. dozens of aliens go down in lemming fashion instead of an intense encounter where aliens lie in ambush or flank you. While I love L4D I do not think it will lend itself to an Alien game. Aliens are no grunts, there should be no need for special Aliens besides the queen.
EvaUnit02 on 2/10/2011 at 19:00
Quote Posted by mothra
it is not that the player is invincible, it is just again a game where your NPC buddies do way more cool stuff than you. Like driving that mech-loader. That is what the player should do.
You do realise that the drop-in/drop-out Co-op partner aka a real human was driving the Power Loader?
june gloom on 2/10/2011 at 19:13
but that would require admitting he was wrong
