AVP DEMO OUT NOW!!!

[9th Cpt.Stew]

It was early!

store.steampowered.com/app/34200/


Minimum Requirements:

Windows 7/ XP/Vista 1 GB System RAM (XP)/ 2 GB System RAM (Vista) 3.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4/Athlon 64 3000+ or equivalent processor DirectX 9.0c compliant video card with 128 MB RAM (NVIDIA 6600 or better, ATI X1600 or better)

Recommended Requirements:

Windows 7/ XP/Vista Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 or equivalent processor 2 GB System RAM DirectX 9.0c compliant video card with 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA 8800 series, ATI HD2900 PRO or better)

[9th Cpt.Stew]

was Released at 12:30am UK time - and i seem to be the only member awake to play it lol... muwaahahaha

downloading at 800 KB/s

[9th Pfc.GM]

sweet, but aint working right now.. I'll pick it up after sum sleepy sleepy instead. tell us what you think of it so far

[9th Cpt.Stew]

My Review

Only played as Marine:

You have to find your weapons but u spawn with pulse (no nades) and a pistol - Alt fire does burst shots.

Weapons in Demo:

Pistol
Flame Thrower
Sniper (good weapon - can spot preds and aliens in the dark)
Shotgun
Pulse Rifle
Smartgun (couldnt find where tho but 1 guy had 1)

Pred:

Mines
Disc
Plasmacaster
Wristblades
Combistick (maybe)


Pros:
Atmosphere is perfect its like being at Laser Quest or something they really captured the atmosphere.
Graphics/lighting are fantastic (huge motion blur if u turn sharply & there a hazard light on top of the FLT which lights up the walls as the light spins)
The trophy kills rock (dunno how to kick the aliens off me tho)
Sound is very good u can hear echo firing in the distance (would be great playing some Aliens music in the background)
Motion tracker changes pitch the closer the target is instead of the same hum.

The perfect Aliens style simulator. At 1 point i saw a alien ran past a doorway (looked just like it was something out of Alien 3) very fast.

Cons:

Mouse is sluggish at best i had the thing on full whack but even then it was sluggish
LAG is bad but i put that down to the server getting flooded.
You cant choose your own server.. it selects for you (like a xbox console)
You cant select your own species if your species spots are taken then u are forced to choose another (cant have marines vs marines)
At the end of the match the Mics come on so u get some ranting from retards if they get owned..
Finding a server will take ages but thats due to lack of servers..
you cant stagger the pulse rifle
Cant crouch either but can jump n climb things..


here are my scores:

[9th Pfc.Tfioi]

Wait, no hvh, no crouch, same server shit that happened not cod:mw2....
I really hope that the real thing will be different :\

[9th Pfc.VIRUS]

ITS BULLSHIT!!!!!!! i playd the fucking thing....now I did NOT have high hopes for it...but FUCK i did not expect THIS SUCK ASS SCREWUP!!!!

wallwalk is a HINDERENCE!!! thers no damn normal jump at all!! no damn pounch!! the trophy kills though eye candy leaves you WIDE OPEN for any one to kill you...don't expect to start one and live to see it finished!!!
aliens though fast are useless on wals.....no one can escape with a jump to the cealing couse you can't fucking reach it....heavy meele hit with a tail?!?! PLEASE.....avp2 combat system is FAR more PERFECT then this crap....it is as evry damn one feard...rebelion did one game good and it was back in damn 1999!!!! BLEHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
maybe playng through single player part of the game will be funn i donno....but in this demo its whole new lvl of crap! T_T

[9th Pfc.Tfioi]

Honestly, alien game play sucks....no pounce, no high jump, freakin slow, wall walk glitches.
If the real thing will be like this it will be really sad.
LoLz avp2 is still much better atm....

[9th Lt.Co.Pain]

Downloading at 8,1 mb/seconds. Yes, Megabites. Eat that stew

[9th Lt.Co.Pain]

I don't know about you, but ALien gameplay is awesome. The wallwalking works pretty damn nice. Pitty there's no pounce, but you're much more powerfull with the stuns associated with the melee attacks. Ranked no.1 in my first game as alien

[9th Cpt.Stew]

I think the settings for the demo are a console rip for the PC - notice u got vibration on or of in the options menu - i think the main game will have its own server setup maybe

[9th Lt.Co.Pain]

Mouse sensitivity should be improved, as well as a possibility to block the instant kill things; they're cool to watch but add nothing to game play.

By the way, you can sprint with Q. Helps getting outta there faster

[9th Cpt.Stew]

turn your VSync off it helps alot with the mouse

[9th Pvt.Morphaqx]

Anyone tried playing as a pred yet? it looks awesome

[9th Pfc.Tfioi]

Yup, it was fun.

[9th Pfc.VIRUS]

enetly needs tons of getting used to T_T

[9th Lt.Co.Pain]

Pred is really fun, although I think starting with only wristblades is somewhat underpowered, both against humans and aliens

The combi stick is really awesome too by the way, feels very predator-like.

[9th Cpt.Stew]

2 hits with your wristblades im dead m8... 1st hit bascily makes me stunned for ages

[9th Pfc.Tfioi]

Yeah, and predy speed and agility are far better then ever...
But humans are great also, easy to kill others if you see them...

But again, alien movement still suks grrr. Misa wanna pounce and a jump that actually does what it should, not semi pounce jump

[9th Co.Hazzer]

*note* anyone caught using jar Jar speak will be banned in future.

Sounds cool so far...I'm sure what the Alien now lacks in agility will be compensated by err...other stuff =)

[9th Cpt.Stew]

mee-sa jar jar binks mee-sa humble servant

[9th Lt.Co.Pain]

Feb 4, 2010 14:19:14 GMT 1 9th Co.Hazzer said:

*note* anyone caught using jar Jar speak will be banned in future.

I'll add that to the rules.

[9th Pfc.Tfioi]

*note taken*

crawls back to the dark corner of the internet *shmug, shmug*

[9th Co.Hazzer]

So...looks we need a new "rine" Cpt.

[9th Pfc.Tfioi]

LoL where is Virus now, i know he would love to take hit on stew now xD

[9th Cpt.Stew]

lol - i dont want his clammy hands on me... have you seen his palm blisters.

[9th Lt.Co.Pain]

good thing we can browse the web while waiting for the servers, steam ain't so bad i guess.

[9th Pfc.VIRUS]

again you with your damn emagination.....whu on earth except Psy would wan't to touch you anyway?!??!


not only you're ghay to the core you're also into bsdm by you're own will?!?! MAAANNN

Hazz do you REALY wish a section leader like that?!?! just think for a sec....he will have them ALL speek like jar jar in days!!!
being slaves is fine by all means but THAT is just sick!!!!

[9th Cpt.Stew]

or make a coffee, plan a holiday, go shopping, have sex - loads of time to wait for the server to load

[9th Pfc.VIRUS]

you have a point there.....


btw i wana point out sevral things that came from avp2 and will never die i guess

you still can die and kill some one, means you and your prey die at same time....was funn seeng my predy land on the ground same time as human....

and YES it IS TRUE!!!!! aliens CAN and DIE from Acid burns!!!!!!!! even its your own!!!!!
i died like this 2 times while taking on a human!!! BUHAHAHAHAHA

[9th Cpt.Stew]

"We've identified an issue with the matchmaking system that is causing the very long wait times to get into a PC game, and hope to release an update shortly which addresses this.

In the meantime players can ease connection issues by getting together with a group of players before entering matchmaking. Inviting friends or joining players via the Steam overlay will help work around the issue. If you need help finding players you can join one of the community groups, e.g. steamcommunity.com/groups/AVPI.

In addition to the matchmaking functionality the full game features dedicated servers, server browsers, and the ability to host games directly."

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