|
7c Nickel posted:Looks like Criken has put up his 3rd A:CM video.
|
#
?
Mar 3, 2013 16:03
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 10, 2024 15:41 |
|
|
Roman posted:While these are funny I also get pissed off watching these, knowing they charged $60 for it. And that's not even mentioning masterful canyon.mid use by SGF.
|
|
#
?
Mar 3, 2013 16:53
|
|
|
ChickenHeart posted:Here, have something vaguely-positive for once: Creative Assembly? Since their only action title was Viking, and it was horrible, is this going to be a top down game?
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2013 02:17
|
|
|
Sire Oblivion posted:Creative Assembly? Since their only action title was Viking, and it was horrible, is this going to be a top down game? Viking was not horrible. Simply mediocre and it had some decent combat mechanics. 
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2013 03:26
|
|
|
Obsurveyor posted:Viking was not horrible. Simply mediocre and it had some decent combat mechanics. Which was a shame, in a way, because the combat was reasonably fun otherwise. But oh well!
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2013 03:36
|
|
|
Some of us are in the Goons vs Predator chat right now, and people should join it so we can get some AvP 2010 going on. Also, I am considering hiring A:CM from Redbox. Is this a bad idea?
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2013 04:10
|
|
|
Last hours of the AVP Sale on GetGamesGo! http://www.getgamesgo.com/product/aliens-vs-predator  NineBreaker posted:Some of us are in the Goons vs Predator chat right now, and people should join it so we can get some AvP 2010 going on. Also thanks for playing NineBreaker! Too bad no one else joined us. It seems we can only get one person at a time, here is insectica last time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2c_aRo1wpM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2FT1ar6i0A Once I remembered to turn on the right Internet Player Match setting, we joined a Species TDM server https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT7s3dTMPzQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50r_wmmKDb8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIA-3-EIxSk In the last one there were enough bad Alien players that we managed to stay alive just long enough to get a 5 killstreak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AdTotEfKXg
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2013 08:51
|
|
|
Sire Oblivion posted:Creative Assembly? Since their only action title was Viking, and it was horrible, is this going to be a top down game? Hey! They also made Spartan: Total Warrior a game so generic and awful no one remembers it. Viking wasn't their only bad game. .
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2013 09:06
|
|
|
Cardboard Box A posted:Last hours of the AVP Sale on GetGamesGo! Wow, these were entertaining just to watch let alone play. huh fucked around with this message at 09:55 on Mar 4, 2013 |
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2013 09:37
|
|
|
Yell at me over Steam next time; I can set you up with an event/announcement to net a few more goons. Heck, I might make something tomorrow. Someone's gotta record that horde of pistol-whipping Marines mugging some unsuspecting pubbie Predator.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2013 09:51
|
|
|
gently caress it i'm interested in some more AVP. Just make an event and get some people on it.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2013 10:05
|
|
|
Event up for tonight. If we can get at least one instance of successful Marine-mob-violence it'll be more worthwhile than the last time I tried to play A:CM multiplayer.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2013 21:32
|
|
|
After seeing the shitstorm that arose from all of this and the fact that Fox thought this was official canon. At least its been entertaining. Jumped onto AVP 2010 multiplayer, massive fun and easy enough to get into, now I just have to work out how to sprint.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2013 01:13
|
|
|
I'd be interested in playing some Classic 2000 coop/tdm or something sometime.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2013 03:18
|
|
|
ChickenHeart posted:Event up for tonight. If we can get at least one instance of successful Marine-mob-violence it'll be more worthwhile than the last time I tried to play A:CM multiplayer. This was a great night for boxing. Two dead Xenos fell to being pistol whipped over and over again. Maybe next time we'll get a predator? 
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2013 06:06
|
|
|
Gaghskull posted:This was a great night for boxing. Two dead Xenos fell to being pistol whipped over and over again. Maybe next time we'll get a predator? Oh, but we did: The boxing-gimmick pretty much marks you as free kills for the other teams and will more-or-less guarantee the marines will lose, but it's all worth it for those scant-few seconds of being able to demonstrate just who are the real space-monsters in the future:   There really needs to be more games where players can slowly, agonizingly-kill an opponent in a brutal act of mob-beatdowns.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2013 06:17
|
|
|
Obsurveyor posted:Viking was not horrible. Simply mediocre and it had some decent combat mechanics. I tend to have pretty low standards, but god drat.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2013 08:56
|
|
|
Since no one else was around this past Get Games Go sale weekend it was just Ninebreaker and I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCMfwpmE78M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGxbi89fmpQ We found the laggiest server ever... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj-6GNKX8BQ ...which produced a most amusing ragdoll before we quit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feGfOKHJLyc "He's on the ROOFTOPS!" *dies* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tFndlOjn5E Meet Denys one of those people who has been playing AVP 2010 nearly since release https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCdiLwJ7qwc Also, bad news: Alien vs. Predator: Evolution is bad http://www.destructoid.com/review-alien-vs-predator-evolution-247581.phtml "The biggest issue with Evolution is that it's disgustingly sloppy. To call the combat braindead would practically be praising it, given it's a sluggish, repetitive, utterly undemanding case of prodding the screen until everything's dead. Execution animations are canned and unvaried, accompanied by irritating sound effects. Attacks are as slow as they are unresponsive, many of the QTEs often failing to register, and the framerate is so inconsistent the game regularly fails to recognize your combo input. An awkward camera and unwieldy movement controls add to the frustration, especially once the game starts trying to include stealth missions and awful first-person vent sequences that feel like trying to catch a greased watermelon in a bathtub of liquid butter. Graphical glitches aren't uncommon, and sometimes the game gives up trying to be a game entirely and just fills a room with an overwhelming amount of enemies in the hopes of being challenging. No thought has been given to balance. Executions are important, as they refill health and kill enemies quickly, but surrounding opponents can continue to attack during the animation sequence and are regularly able to send you back to a checkpoint while you're trapped in a grappling QTE. Some areas are trial-and-error of the worst kind, requiring progress through a certain route but forcing you to learn that route by reloading a checkpoint time and time again. The Predator's weapons are slow to charge and regularly fail to lock-on to targets, rendering them largely impractical. Most of the special abilities are pointless, in fact, at best doing little to the enemy forces, and at worst leaving players vulnerable to attack. I gave up on the campaign during a sequence that dropped the framerate so badly, I couldn't chain a single attack, while surrounded by opponents who repeatedly pummeled me to death. This is not a one-off occurrence, either. The game struggles to respond to the simplest commands, and even when it does, player characters are so slow to act the enemies usually get a cheap jab or two in the moment you try and do anything. Another favorite tactic is for the marines to box the player into a corner and simply poke their victim to death. The whole thing's a mess, and success is more down to luck than anything approaching skill. ... In fact, as I think about it, I have to give the devil his due. AvP: Evolution is actually worse than Colonial Marines -- ever so slightly worse." Triggsz posted:I'd be interested in playing some Classic 2000 coop/tdm or something sometime. ChickenHeart posted:Event up for tonight. If we can get at least one instance of successful Marine-mob-violence it'll be more worthwhile than the last time I tried to play A:CM multiplayer. ChickenHeart posted:Oh, but we did:
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2013 09:45
|
|
|
Calling it. Aliens tie-in games are done for the next few years.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2013 12:15
|
|
|
Cardboard Box A posted:Sure. I do wonder how many of us have it though. Anyone want to roll call for AVP Classic 2000? Can I get in on this if I have the original version, on discs from 2000?
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2013 13:24
|
|
|
I'm actually tempted to pick up AVP 1 and 2 for Mac, if I can find a decent copy. Hopefully that'd mean I could join in with Co-Op.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2013 13:55
|
|
|
RoadCrewWorker posted:For all the 'if you tilt your head right and squint your eyes and play with exactly the right people on the right day and also are drunk and enjoy it ironically and maybe have randy give you a sensual back massage then A:CM isn't totally horrible' descriptions it's hilarious to me that Criken playing dumb with it is instantly more entertaining than the game. He probably put more effort into those videos too. He plays the bad games so you don't have to, it's funny to see how things such as the cheesy animations glitches and quick easy alien kills sort of ruin any sort of tension in the game.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2013 14:13
|
|
|
Cardboard Box A posted:Also, bad news: Alien vs. Predator: Evolution is bad I, more or less, said the same exact thing over in the iOS gaming thread. Short version: Do not buy this game. It's drat near A:CM levels of bad and I deleted it the day after I spent 5 bucks on it.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2013 16:30
|
|
|
omg chael crash posted:I, more or less, said the same exact thing over in the iOS gaming thread. Short version: Do not buy this game. It's drat near A:CM levels of bad and I deleted it the day after I spent 5 bucks on it. I bought it after some goon raved about it and it's actually terrible. Thanks, Obama.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2013 16:41
|
|
|
God damnit Xenomrph, these goons counted on you. Hand over your toys as punishment, it's the only way to prevent you from doing this again in the future. I'll pm you my adress in a bit, don't worry, shipping from the US to Belgium isn't that expensive.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2013 16:53
|
|
|
We have been led astray, truly.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2013 16:57
|
|
|
omg chael crash posted:We have been led astray, truly. Not really. Xenomrph posted:I've milked A:CM for pretty much all of the achievements I care to right now (at least until the DLC comes out) and frankly the more I play it the more I like it. That's Stockholm Syndrome, isn't it? Should've known better, reading this in comparison to the rest of the thread.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2013 17:12
|
|
|
Batham posted:God damnit Xenomrph, these goons counted on you. Hand over your toys as punishment, it's the only way to prevent you from doing this again in the future. I'll pm you my adress in a bit, don't worry, shipping from the US to Belgium isn't that expensive. Anyone who takes Xenomrph's word on the quality of an Alien product at face value is a fool who deserves to be parted from his money.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2013 17:13
|
|
|
Been browsing the thread for the last week or so being the Alien geek that I am (and as disappointed as you all in A:CM but thankfully didn't purchase it). I did grab AVP2010 on the cheap, so I might give that a go. What's the consensus on single player? The MP looked pretty fun from those videos.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2013 23:16
|
|
|
omg chael crash posted:We have been led astray, truly. Mistakes were made. It was a bad call.
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2013 23:22
|
|
|
Crappy Jack posted:Mistakes were made. It was a bad call. Bad call? BAD CALL?! THESE PEOPLE HAVE LESS MONEY BECAUSE OF YOU!
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2013 23:38
|
|
|
Photex posted:Bad call? BAD CALL?! THESE PEOPLE HAVE LESS MONEY BECAUSE OF YOU! Is... Is Xenomrph going to try and sneak illicit Aliens toys past customs by putting them inside Photex's chest?
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2013 23:41
|
|
|
Why didn't I check this thread one last time before buying Evolution. That's a whole pint I could of had instead of a game!
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2013 23:45
|
|
|
Abner Assington posted:Been browsing the thread for the last week or so being the Alien geek that I am (and as disappointed as you all in A:CM but thankfully didn't purchase it). I did grab AVP2010 on the cheap, so I might give that a go. What's the consensus on single player? The MP looked pretty fun from those videos. I am playing through the SP at the moment and it's actually quite solid. Does a much better job of establishing the Xenomorphs as an actual threat in the marine campaign and the way they behave and animate is downright fiendish at times. Alien campaign is a little 'eh' but that's because what kind of loving narrative can you enjoy when you just an armored killing machine. Predator campaign is actually quite nifty, albeit short.
|
|
#
?
Mar 6, 2013 00:03
|
|
|
Marine campaign is excellent but shorter than gently caress (About 3 and a half hours). It falls apart a little towards the end when you start fighting heavily armored, extremely accurate combat androids who keep shooting even after you blow their heads off, but the xenos never fully disappear - although you can take a good bet that you're completely safe for the room if you're fighting an android or two. Play it on a hard difficulty. On Hard and Nightmare, acid splash is almost (Or actually straight up is) a 1-hit kill, you can not kill a xeno right up next to yo or you'll die.
|
|
#
?
Mar 6, 2013 00:23
|
|
|
Wade Wilson posted:Not really. I'm pretty sure that's not the one I read. Maybe it was over in the iOS thread? Somebody failed me, that's all I know.
|
|
#
?
Mar 6, 2013 00:26
|
|
|
Welp I just got Aliens: Infestation on sale, guess that will have to do me for ALIEN FUN for the next little while.
|
|
#
?
Mar 6, 2013 00:31
|
|
|
I dunno guys I'm still having a lot of fun with AvP Evolution and it's one of the "featured" games in the app store and it's got a shitton of positive reviews...  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fde.avpevolution https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/avp-evolution/id583066190?mt=8 http://www.slidetoplay.com/review/avp-evolution-review/ http://www.dotmmo.com/avp-evolution-review-16920.html http://www.androidshock.com/reviews/avp-evolution-theyre-back-and-on-android/ http://kotaku.com/5987719/for-what-its-worth-avp-evolution-is-the-best-aliens-game-released-this-year Those saying it runs crappy likely aren't playing it on an iPhone/iPod Touch 5. I'm using an iPod Touch 5 and the game runs smooth as butter and I'm not experiencing any of the issues I'm seeing in some of the more negative reviews. Combat is responsive, you can string together combos with ease, countering and dodging is easy, different unlockable abilities and items allow for a lot of experimentation, etc. Anyone saying it's "worse than Colonial Marines" is using hilariously bad hyperbole. As far as I'm concerned, Dtoid giving it a 2/10 (  ) is comparable to Gamespot's review of Predator: Concrete Jungle, where there's a big disparity between their review and the user reviews. As in, I wonder if they actually played the game. Their review of AvP Evolution seriously reads like they still have a bad taste from Colonial Marines in their mouth - a ton of the things they complain about in their review are literally objectively false.I'm not saying AvP Evolution is in any way perfect, but it's pretty drat far from "bad", let alone "worse than Colonial Marines". Xenomrph fucked around with this message at 02:04 on Mar 6, 2013 |
|
#
?
Mar 6, 2013 02:01
|
|
|
Xenomrph posted:As far as I'm concerned, Dtoid giving it a 2/10 ( I really want a 'this gen' game based around a Predator. Screw 'Aliens' or 'AvP' - Where's my current gen 'Predator' game. Marines and Aliens get all the spotlight. Or at least give me an AvP game where I can customise my Predator - I'd love some kind of 'Cabela's big hunt' game where you are a Predator stalking rad prey and you can hang trophies off yourself and customise your helmet to show you are the biggest badass. Make it a monster hunter clone.
|
|
#
?
Mar 6, 2013 02:05
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 10, 2024 15:41 |
|
|
Xenomrph posted:Those saying it runs crappy likely aren't playing it on an iPhone/iPod Touch 5. I'm using an iPod Touch 5 and the game runs smooth as butter and I'm not experiencing any of the issues I'm seeing in some of the more negative reviews. I've got a crappy ancient phone at the moment but I'm planning on getting a new one soon; I'd been leaning towards getting a Samsung Galaxy or something like that which would probably be google android, have there been any positive reviews of AvP:E for android yet or is it not worth bothering unless you've got one of the latest iphones?
|
|
#
?
Mar 6, 2013 02:26
|
|
