OXM UK: Aliens vs Predator Demo - The Verdict

Aliens Vs Predator. Versus marines too, as someone needs to represent the human side of the clash. Sega released a multiplayer demo that features one map and one mode, Deathmatch, but with all three sides playable.

So far, the demo has met with some very mixed reactions. Is the criticism valid? Or are fans being hyper-critical because of the reverence they hold for the series?

[BeaArthur]

Planning on trying the demo out but this one is pretty low on my radar.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

It will stay low. I am so dissapointed in rebellion. They destroyed what this game could have been with terrible forced auto aim and graphics.

[Baka-akaB]

AVP was never a graphical powerhouse so i wonder were that part of the dissapointement comes from .

The rest i dunno , i couldnt even connect lol .

What bothers me though is that they'd release only a deathmath demo ...
It it silly when people have been so positive about gears of war's horde and uncharted's co-op modes , when AVP did all of it eons before .

ramdom deathmatch chaos with the obvious noob getting pissed at existing (or often not) balances issues between the race is hardly smart .

[TheDeadMetalhead]

It sucks, but did you expect anything different from Sega/Rebellion?

[BattleAxe]

I downloaded the AVP demo along with the BF:BC2 demo and while there were tons of people on the Battlefield demo, I couldn't even find a game to join on AVP(PSN). I think they should have come out with a single player demo instead as I don't think this game will have a huge online community.

[IaMs12]

Meh the game is decent right now, but the more i played the demo the more i started to like it. I think its one of those games if you can force yourself to play it long enough, you will really enjoy it in the end. There is just something missing from the gameplay though.

Anyways bring on Aliens: Colonial Marines already!

[blue7xx7]

Yeah I agree I didn't like it at all when I first played it but I forced myself to play it more and then I liked it a lot more. But still won't buy it. It was just to easy all you do is sneak up behind someone and get an instant kill by pressing one button that's how practically everyone gets their kills. Just don't see myself playing this game for to long. It was ok but nothing I would spend $60 on considering the games that are coming out very soon.

[gammaknife]

Well I took the time to download this demo yesterday it took three trys to get connected to a game and 25 minutes for it to find 8 people to play together graphics were poor and gameplay was very difficult needless to say it was erased from my xbox within the hour i would say this is a desperation renter thats it

[edoman20]

wow! a veredict over a demo

that´s being intelligent

[Jamescagney]

I know, it makes me laugh when people judge games based on demos. Demos are just a bite of a game, and more often than not poor representations of the final product.

[BeaArthur]

That's nothing new, lots of sites give their insights on demos.

[BeaArthur]

Jamescagney...well that is Sega's fault. If it's a "poor representations of the final product" then they shouldn't be releasing it. Demos can make or break the game in some players minds and to release an old build is for lack of a better term stupid considering this is a new IP. An established franchise can sometimes get away with it but if it was me I would want the best possible demo I could put out there or I wouldn't offer up anything at all.

[Jamescagney]

Who said it was new? Doesn't mean it means much about the full game does it.

EDIT:You could just edit you know.

Anyway, I agree sometimes demos are not as well done as they should be, which is a shame. But the fact remains that a demo is not the best way to judge the full game. I've played plenty of demos in the past that were terrible, but the actual game has been a lot better.

[BeaArthur]

It is a new IP because there has not been an Alien vs. Predator game in like a decade or something. This isn't a sequel where we already know what we are in for. They are not judging the full game though, they are giving their opinion of the demo. There were multiple times in the article where they said the final version is more polished. I would agree though that there is really no need to evaluate a demo since we can all do that ourselves.

[Mista T]

if devs had any confidence in what they have or if there coming to a close in the development process they release a demo, if there not done, they don't release a demo

this is why demos needs to be judged, if the online demo was incomplete it would be called a beta or something around those lines

[pimpmaster]

dont get your logic. isnt the whole purpose of a demo to show off the game. this isnt a alpha build, the game is done and has gone gold already. if u dont like the MP demo then u wont like the retail game.

but aside from that make your own decision, if you like it then good for you dont complain if others dont. i thought the MP was regular but did have some fun cause i was playing with some friends on 360 in a party

[Jamescagney]

Well the thing is, and this might strike you as a bit strange, but this demo will not mean anything to those that are getting it for the single player game. I'm not even interested in getting the demo. I will wait for reviews and make my own mind up about it.

[Obama]

It's a battle of pressing E.

[BigKev45]

I tried the demo. I give it a D -

[jaidek]

Personally, I had a great time with the demo. And visually, it was much better than I had expected.

[Throwaway2020]

But the matchmaking is basically broken. Which if you think about it is ridiculous for an MP Demo.

[Legionaire2005]

It doesn't represent the final code of the game like the demo stated. I guess people didn't get the memo. The graphics are not that bad I seen worst in other games. The AVP looks and plays better than Turok of last years FPS February release which was average(Everybody can agree). AVP is looking to be more successful than a average Turok game of last year. My predict of the final release of the game is between an 8 and possibly a 9.

[finbars75]

I thought the demo was great.Im not really into these type of games but my god this game is fantastic.I knew it wasnt the finished product so I wasnt expecting to be blown away graphically but i was blown away by how diverse each character is and how they play.It takes some time getting use to the alien and predator but when you get the hang of it its pretty intense.I feel this game is going to be better then all the negative stuff being said about it.Canty wait to play the single player another enteresting scenerio im looking forward to.3 different stories for each character sounds promising.

[JaredH]

I will most likely pick this up but not on day 1. It doesn't help that they made the demo the worst possible mode as most matches I played the marines or predators would go in a party(360) and cheat by camping together. I might pick it up for ps3 so that won't happen. Ya and more than once giant trains of death would happen where someone would get stealth killed than the guy who killed him would get stealth killed then the guy who killed that guy would get stealth killed and so on.

[Conventional]

...and how does camping work? If you're playing alien and know they're stacked up together, just avoid them.

[DelbertGrady]

Played it. Sucked.

[1PC2PS33360]

On PC it looked freaking good...and dx11 wasn't even available in the demo code....but at real HD (...not whatever wannabe hd 1156x640 that the consoles are most likely running at) 1920x1080p, 16x aa on a 50" plasma at over 100 fps it looked freaking sick. Went to my brothers and saw him playing it on the 360...didn't even look the same... When is it safe to start calling the 360 last gen...ohhhh wait...now. The 360 is a last gen console, PS3 is current gen, PC is the only choice for next gen gaming now! The gameplay however...meh...I'll wait to see if the singleplayer gets above a 8 meta score.

[champ21]

well the ps3 and xbox 360 are mostly in the same boat as long as multiplatforms are concerned. both edge each other out on a game to game basis. Saying anything else is fanboism.

Pc leads both of them miles ahead. Pc being the cheaper platform to play on as well.

[Conventional]

It took me a while to figure out each of the classes, but once I got them down I was really enjoying myself.

The predator far and away exceeds in taking down aliens. A head to head clash will always result in the predator winning. Once they have their mini-saw launcher, they are a force to be reckoned with.

The human is all about defense: letting the enemy come to them and making them suffer for a head-on assault. that said you really have to know your environment and be sure to keep your back to a wall if you want to survive, because the other classes are always going to know where you are.

The alien is all about exploiting the mistakes the other two make. They have the fastest/longest sprint of the three classes, and the second they get in behind you, it's all over.

That said, if you have a lot of good players, I think you're going to most commonly see an alien end up winning the death match, because they're going to know to keep their distance from the predators (and potentially double back and come up behind them) and a sprinting/jumping speed attacking alien can absolutely destroy the majority of marines.

I swear though...nothing is better than getting a stealth kill on a predator as an alien!

[DropDeadFred25]

Will you be able to upgrade armour+weapons or is it just different skins.

[Tripl3seis]

Bro wtf I just got the demo rigth now and I'm wating for one more player to play a match this sh!t is taking too long

[andron]

After trying three times, and waiting 5 mins each time, I didn't see no point in trying any more.

To bad Rebellion on got the gig, they are hit and miss at their best, and it's a long time since they delivered any top game...

[Dazel]

You just need to learn how to play as each species, granted Marine is easy but Pred/Alien need to be worked on.

Try setting up an Alien vs Marine tdm, with 8 mates. Just tote up the scores at the end. Its Cool!

[Skynetone]

graphics, are a bad, even the arnie film had better effects

sound effects. are good well done sega, coundnt figure out if turning of my torch made be harder to find, i was still getting chomped, my pulse rifle may sound cool but i would have felt safer with a broom in my hand, pulse rifle cant kill s++t

a straight up aliens game would have been much better, stupid Predator ruining my alien games

[RockmanII7]

This game is awesome, F*** the haters.