Zero Punctuation: Aliens vs Predator
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Umm, have you played it? what makes is balanced is the fact the fact preds have to look for the weapons, also the pred in the marine campaign doesn't work like a regular pred, he has like shield thingy and then his regular health, so can't compare them. The preds in the alien campaign(Notice the s there, there is two, possibly three I was disoriented) And though they act like normal preds, you can't stealh kill them, and you can't do the two hit combo that works in online (They may possibly have more health, unsure) so yes, I would say it can be balanced.Hubilub said:
Isn't it funny how nobody seems to mention the multi-player on this game? I didn't expect that from him though since we all know he doesn't go for that, but still.
It's funny how Halo can be so highly rated review wise with the multi-player used as a critc defense shield while this game doesn't seem to get that at all.
It's funny how Halo can be so highly rated review wise with the multi-player used as a critc defense shield while this game doesn't seem to get that at all.
Maybe this is just nostalgia talking but the '99 one was WAY better. The whole engine was built from the ground up to grab the atmosphere of the movies and boy did it ever. The alien in this one moves sluggishly and there is a damn sprint button. Why wouldn't the alien be sprinting ALL the time?
The Alien can see in the dark but since you have no idea where the dark spots are you don't know where to hide. The attacks are slow and hard to aim, and blocking in an FPS is just stupid.
The whole "press E to hump your target to death" mechanic is boring and stupid. But I knew it would come to that because everyone wanted to emulate the lame Halo melee button. (and yes I know duke nukem 3d had a melee button but it didn't 1 shot people in multiplayer)
I was such a huge fanboi of the 99 version and wanted this one to not suck so bad. But alas the devs pushed out a bag of fail.
The Alien can see in the dark but since you have no idea where the dark spots are you don't know where to hide. The attacks are slow and hard to aim, and blocking in an FPS is just stupid.
The whole "press E to hump your target to death" mechanic is boring and stupid. But I knew it would come to that because everyone wanted to emulate the lame Halo melee button. (and yes I know duke nukem 3d had a melee button but it didn't 1 shot people in multiplayer)
I was such a huge fanboi of the 99 version and wanted this one to not suck so bad. But alas the devs pushed out a bag of fail.
Gotta admit, it was pretty medicore.
Which is odd, because you're meant to be playing two of the most awesome alien species ever and a guy who took a giant metal brick to the face and is like "fuck that, I'm going to kill my way outta here".
*Sigh*
Which is odd, because you're meant to be playing two of the most awesome alien species ever and a guy who took a giant metal brick to the face and is like "fuck that, I'm going to kill my way outta here".
*Sigh*
Another glorious review, quite hilarious, but if you don't mind I would like to give it a try myself before I jump to any conclusions.
As I am a lazy tw@t who can't be bothered to read every comment I will assume I am the first to say that there was a game that was (more or less) what Yahtzee described near the end there.
"Predator: Concrete Jungle" it was called, good game I'd say.
"Predator: Concrete Jungle" it was called, good game I'd say.
Alien Vs Predator 2 (PC) was the only one I've ever played of this kind, and I stayed with it because it worked out best for me in multiplayer. If they'd ever worked out how to make the three campaigns work good, then there would be good AvP movies as well, which results in ending the universe.
the campaign lengths dont suprise me at all.
neither does the reflectiveness of the aliens' skin. i guess flashlights or the dim lights around you are quite useful.
still wanna play it big time! i want to play all 3 sides, they'd all be entertaining to some extent im sure...
neither does the reflectiveness of the aliens' skin. i guess flashlights or the dim lights around you are quite useful.
still wanna play it big time! i want to play all 3 sides, they'd all be entertaining to some extent im sure...
It's true, I found the campaigns to be lacking, and I didn't really expect him to break code and try the multiplayer, so a pretty accurate review overall. I have a feeling I'm gonna have to try out Predator: Concrete Jungle...as well as Arkham Asylum >3>
I was surprised, reading the comments, at all those who bitched about this review not being Heavy Rain...at first I thought Yahtzee was exaggerating the claims of swarms of fanbois whining at him to review something, but apparently he's right on the spot.
As for AVP, I thoroughly enjoy the multiplayer of AVP, and having recently re-watched the entire series (both A and P) I must admit that those two characters are spot on as far as their gameplay goes. The humans? BLEARRCHHGHBCSWEIKFAB. Sub-standard FPS, don't even NEED flares, and, as Yahtzee said, NOTHING MUCH GOIN' ON.
Anyways, great review, I'm gonna continue playing the game cuz I really enjoy both the multiplayer and the not-human campaigns. So, yeah.
I was surprised, reading the comments, at all those who bitched about this review not being Heavy Rain...at first I thought Yahtzee was exaggerating the claims of swarms of fanbois whining at him to review something, but apparently he's right on the spot.
As for AVP, I thoroughly enjoy the multiplayer of AVP, and having recently re-watched the entire series (both A and P) I must admit that those two characters are spot on as far as their gameplay goes. The humans? BLEARRCHHGHBCSWEIKFAB. Sub-standard FPS, don't even NEED flares, and, as Yahtzee said, NOTHING MUCH GOIN' ON.
Anyways, great review, I'm gonna continue playing the game cuz I really enjoy both the multiplayer and the not-human campaigns. So, yeah.
I'm just pointing out that sometimes people listen to Yahtzee almost like a religion on if a game is good or not. I will not.Jedi Sasquatch said:
And, for the fact that sometimes people are weirdos.
I already touched on this on another board. If the Predator is OP, they shouldn't make you fight a whole ****ing team of them (which invariably happens, as everyone would rather sit on top of the level and spam insta-kill weapons than actually try).Hubilub said:
Complaints about the Preds in MP aside, I've been having a ball with AVP, especially the aliens. Especially stealth-killing the kinds of predator players I was just talking about.