It is rather interesting that the liscence is going back to Rebellion. They were the ones who really started off making proper AVP games. They made the Jaguar game and latered produced the first PC game. Both were pretty good. I still think Monolith's treatment of the second PC game was the best installment of an AVP game to date. I am reasonably confident that Rebellion can make a solid AVP game, but I am a touch worried about their art. The Aliens and Predators look pretty good. But the screenshots of the humans are looking a bit...off.
i dunno, I was kind of disappointed in the monolith version of AVP. The predator and alien mode were alright, but the human one didn't do it for me.
The rebellion PC one was fantastic though--incredibly tough, had a much more authentic-to-the-films sense of lighting and atmosphere, and I think had a bit of randomness put into the enemy spawning, making it always nerve-racking and tense.
In the monolith game i never felt like just a single alien was dangerous. In the rebellion one...man, just one of those guys could take you down.
The monolith one had much better multiplayer though. Playing as the alien was a hoot!
I do wish the lan will be awesome, it should be! Is that the ut engine? Very intrested in a good multiplayer fps and this got potential. Is there any PCs here working on it? GL
I think the feeling that AVP1 was more atmospheric just comes from the fact that the game was a lot darker than AVP2. They tended to keep the environments a lot more sparsly lit. I will admit that this did allow for some much more chilling lighting effects, and made the environments feel more tense.
At the same time I felt that the story, pacing, and controls in AVP2 were better than the first game. Monolith managed to weave three different stories together effectively. The consistent hints to events in the other story arcs helped keep the player engaged. The human campaign featured some tense game play in the first "empty" level. The Alien's campaign was especially fun when playing as the facehugger and chestburster in the first and second levels.
Hope it has no saving and actual positional audio this time around. Rebellion did it right (and also took plenty of time for it - AvP started its development in 1996 as a Win and PSX title, PSX version dropped as it evolved though, probably for the better. Time and Rebellion equals fun thing.)
And I hope 'stranded' is back! That map made AvP ideal for coffee breaks.
Yeah if this is as good as the first one then it should be awesome. From those screenshots I'm not hugely impressed with the visuals, but it's certainly not looking bad.
the jaguar version ov A v P was great. Its one of the first games I ever played and was fully gripped by.
Played the demo of the monolith version and it had all the fun sucked out
screenshot quality looks terrible.. looks fun tho
odium: i think if you watch aliens again, you notice a lot of very strong specular. everythings wet and slick with moisture, so I figure they're actually on the mark.
the alien screenshot tail attack looks very nice
Which reminds me, have they mentioned MP at all with this? While I was never a big fan of deathmatch type games in this, having coop and playing as a Marine would be insanely good.
screenshot quality looks terrible.. looks fun tho
odium: i think if you watch aliens again, you notice a lot of very strong specular. everythings wet and slick with moisture, so I figure they're actually on the mark.
the alien screenshot tail attack looks very nice
While I could agree with you on that point, I can't let the fact even the Predators arms look like plastic wet slime slide by, so to speak
AVP gameplay. Graphics look quite similar to the older games... not sure if that's a good thing for gameplay reasons or bad because its been so frikin long since the older ones.
i remember shitting myself while walking down a corridor as a marine...
man, just hearing those radar blips at the end of the trailer gives me the hibby jibbies!!!
one of the most terrifying games i ever played!!!!
couldn't bear more than 40 minutes straight play, i had to quit and let me heart slow down
the gameplay doesnt feel as atmospheric... seems quite different
Eh, I'm not fussed about the graphics (looks a little fullbright in the outdoor scenes, but still, it's nicely detailed) so long as they can still nail the atmosphere of the older games. Audio's always more important than graphics when building up fear and tension. Definitely looking forward to this one
Yeah the sound of the blips is what made the game fun playing as marines. There is just something about it, maybe your heart just wants to sync with it.
Does anyone remember how good the damage models were in 99 version of AVP? I mean holy shit you could just mutilate stuff. The predator's spears would pin whatever body part to the wall. And doing wild mele attacks with the alien always left people totally fucked up.
If I remember, you could even rip off individual fingers and things.
It would be cool if they did something like that in this game.... just sayin...
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The rebellion PC one was fantastic though--incredibly tough, had a much more authentic-to-the-films sense of lighting and atmosphere, and I think had a bit of randomness put into the enemy spawning, making it always nerve-racking and tense.
In the monolith game i never felt like just a single alien was dangerous. In the rebellion one...man, just one of those guys could take you down.
The monolith one had much better multiplayer though. Playing as the alien was a hoot!
The first AVP from rebellion was a good game, very atmospheric.
At the same time I felt that the story, pacing, and controls in AVP2 were better than the first game. Monolith managed to weave three different stories together effectively. The consistent hints to events in the other story arcs helped keep the player engaged. The human campaign featured some tense game play in the first "empty" level. The Alien's campaign was especially fun when playing as the facehugger and chestburster in the first and second levels.
hope they can give that atmosphere again.
And I hope 'stranded' is back! That map made AvP ideal for coffee breaks.
If it has the lighting and atmosphere of the first, its gonna be an instant hit.
Played the demo of the monolith version and it had all the fun sucked out
odium: i think if you watch aliens again, you notice a lot of very strong specular. everythings wet and slick with moisture, so I figure they're actually on the mark.
the alien screenshot tail attack looks very nice
While I could agree with you on that point, I can't let the fact even the Predators arms look like plastic wet slime slide by, so to speak
Still, early days.
scales man. they SHINE.
AVP gameplay. Graphics look quite similar to the older games... not sure if that's a good thing for gameplay reasons or bad because its been so frikin long since the older ones.
man, just hearing those radar blips at the end of the trailer gives me the hibby jibbies!!!
one of the most terrifying games i ever played!!!!
couldn't bear more than 40 minutes straight play, i had to quit and let me heart slow down
the gameplay doesnt feel as atmospheric... seems quite different
If I remember, you could even rip off individual fingers and things.
It would be cool if they did something like that in this game.... just sayin...
I'm talking some type of Doom 3 style real time lighting combined with say the sound of Dead Space... With Motion Trackers...
I hope we have just seen some of the more "brighter" areas, because I wouldn't mind some really gloomy areas ala LV-426...