so,who's playing avp2010 on dedis?

[The Marinator]

anyone here is still playing avp2010?I'd like to know for teaming up sometimes.

[Eldritch]

Originally Posted by The Marinator

anyone here is still playing avp2010?I'd like to know for teaming up sometimes.

Last time I installed it the servers were more dead than death himself...

[The Marinator]

the servers are anything but dead.there are quite some up and having players in.I play mostly in wpc servers.

[Shataan]

I am slowly replaying the sp game.

[Xenomaniac]

Skyrim......

[PsyKore]

I still find games but there's very few to choose from. I don't play very often, however, I usually play survivor with a mate every once and a while just for the fun of bro-ing it up and shooting aliens. The only things that suck about survivor are the small maps and the competitive side of it - I would like it more if it was like the original where you keep spawning in. But whatever, just gotta make the most of what we've got at the moment until A:CM comes along.

[Shataan]

" The only things that suck about survivor are the small maps"

I have always wondered at the shere stupidity of how they came up with the idea that we`d all gush at having to stay in a small area with just waves of Aliens being thrown at us. Boring.

I remember being able to utilize the full maps in earlier AVPs, and that was fun as hell.

I hope GearBux actually listens to the fans to find out what is we would like , as apposed to forcing on us THEIR idea of what they THINK we will like. They might actually be able to deliver...... for once.

[Sadogoat]

I didn't like the Survivor maps because there's no chance of victory - you simply shoot aliens until you die. I'd much rather that they'd taken the Killing Floor route - have a set amount of progressively harder waves and then a final boss fight.

[Shataan]

Yeah but staying in 1 spot just shooting at waves... for me anyways is pointless. I remember well when you and I were running from those waves thruout the Sulaco map. I think it was that map. THAT was cool.

I see what you are saying tho.

[PsyKore]

I think it's fun to fight waves of enemies, but it only really shines when you're playing with friends. Going solo is pretty mundane at times. It's the same with L4D and all that... Still, the survivor mode needs some purpose, I think. A Killing Floor type of deal would be sweet for AvP.

[Shataan]

" have a set amount of progressively harder waves and then a final boss fight. "

I can see this being done as an Objective based Co op map mission. Example, we are in LV 426like enviro, and have to find and the Hive inside the Atmos. Processor. The closer you get to the Hive, the enemies come in progresively harder waves.

Add in cool thought provoking multiple ways to get TO the Objective. As in, you don`t always have to go the same direction to get there. This way visually you don`t get bored seeing the same ol same ol.

And my Gods do not make them time based. It`d be nice to be able to hole up in a weap storage locker for example. Like ya need to find a duct into and out of it. If in the sulaco, ya start at 1 end, and at the very other end we need to find an Escape Craft. Multiple floors/ducts/mobolility thru the entire map structure. Once there, mission ends.

There is loads of ideas to do this in a focussed and fun way. And the players can go in S&D style for as long as they like, and if they wanna end it, they make the final run for the Escape Shuttle. You are always moving seeing new areas etc.

But as long as someone thinks sitting in the same room waiting for wave after wave is cool, we are never gonna see anything REALLY cool.

[Xenomaniac]

We all had bad ass ideas for an AVP/Alien game. Too bad a lot of developers don't visit this forum very much.

[The Marinator]

so,nobody here really plays anymore on dedis?oh common!I still play and have a lot of fun doing it.there are quite many really competitive players and kicking their asses with my shotty is fun as hell.seriously,nobody wants to team up?

[Xenomaniac]

I should probably re-install it.

[The Marinator]

do it quick mate.

[Sadogoat]

Actually loaded up AvP2010 the other night and played a bit of single-player before getting bored rather quickly.

Checked out multiplayer and only found 2 active servers. Neither were playing Infestation mode so I didn't bother.

[The Marinator]

infestation in avp2010 is dull.the real thing is species deasth match or mixed species deathmatch.also I'm beginning to like the melee system even if is not movies like.it adds complexity to the game.

[Sadogoat]

I don't mind species deathmatch if it's purely Aliens vs Marines. Not bothered with the inclusion of Predators though.

[The Marinator]

I also prefer more aliens and less preds as enemies in mp.since i play exclusively marine.because I play on low resolution to get fluid 60 fps it's a bit harder for me to see at distance cloaked preds.also pred are more annoying because of the freaking mines.those mines are one pred weapon that should have not be included in multiplayer.

[Xenomaniac]

Just installed it myself. I'll play some time this week.

[The Marinator]

you can add me if you like.John Ripley

[Xenomaniac]

There's a lot of things that should have and shouldn't have been in multiplayer for AvP 2010.

[The Marinator]

like I said before somewhere,it's really hard if not impossible to satisfy the hardcore fans expectations in a game that includes 3 totally different species and movie based.even so,I say it is a great achievment that the multiplayer is so goddamn well balanced.I repeat, there are 3 totally different species we are talking about,right?I,personally was disgusted by the sheer atrocity of the mechanics in avp2.freaking quake with aliens and preds.and I know it was the most appreciated.

[Shataan]

",it's really hard if not impossible to satisfy the hardcore fans expectations "

ahhhhh strongly disagree. AVP 2010 had very little that I personally thought sucked.

1: allow a single player to host a map and be able to go into the maps for exploration without being forced to have other players to start a map.
2: wtf is the part 2 to the game?????? This was strongly alluded to at the games end.
3: no crouch/lean, yet clearly we are engaging enemies who both crouched AND leaned. This was lamer, you know it, I know it.
4: Not a dealbreaker, but my Gods that PredAlien end of the level sucked ball.

That is a very small list there eh? And read carefully, there is nothing there that anyone would call unreasonable. And this is a hardcore fans list.

[Xenomaniac]

Originally Posted by Shataan

",it's really hard if not impossible to satisfy the hardcore fans expectations "

ahhhhh strongly disagree. AVP 2010 had very little that I personally thought sucked.

1: allow a single player to host a map and be able to go into the maps for exploration without being forced to have other players to start a map.
2: wtf is the part 2 to the game?????? This was strongly alluded to at the games end.
3: no crouch/lean, yet clearly we are engaging enemies who both crouched AND leaned. This was lamer, you know it, I know it.
4: Not a dealbreaker, but my Gods that PredAlien end of the level sucked ball.

That is a very small list there eh? And read carefully, there is nothing there that anyone would call unreasonable. And this is a hardcore fans list.

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[Xenomaniac]

Just played a little online right now. Yeah it's still a lot of fun. Do have the occasional lag issue.

[J A Eyers]

Originally Posted by Shataan

I am slowly replaying the sp game.

Slowly? You mean you're going to take a full hour?!

In my old age I play games even more slowly than I did in my youth. I played Fallout 3 for two and a half months before I even found the guy's dad. I could forgive the first Modern Warfare game for only taking about three hours because it was so well put together and intense. But AvP took less time and never really took off. I was smitten with the graphics at first because I hadn't played any new games on any console in about 7 years at that point. It has some nice touches, but compared to some of the other games I got at the same time (the first Resistance), they were like playing a movie, this was like playing the trailer for a movie.

I managed to find a few people on the PSN multiplayer servers, but most of them seemed to be American teenagers calling everyone ♥♥♥♥♥♥s, and I hate the way it doesn't let you pick your own side.

[The Marinator]

1: allow a single player to host a map and be able to go into the maps for exploration without being forced to have other players to start a map.
2: wtf is the part 2 to the game?????? This was strongly alluded to at the games end.
3: no crouch/lean, yet clearly we are engaging enemies who both crouched AND leaned. This was lamer, you know it, I know it.
4: Not a dealbreaker, but my Gods that PredAlien end of the level sucked ball.

1:really?is this a reason why the game sucks,as you hardcore fans say?
2:don't care,don't knoww cuz as I already said myself like everyone said,the campaign,yes,sucked badly.I didn't even bother to finish the alien campaign.
3:these would have been nice but after a while didn't bother me anymore.the game is almost perfectly balanced.all that matters to me.and it's fun.really fun in mp.
4:nr 2

[Shataan]

Whatever. I am replaying the sp game. While I wouldn`t call it perfectly balanced by any shape or form, it has its moments. And was certainly a better job done of it than AVP 2. And for me, had the above issues I mentioned NOT been an issue.... AVP 2010 would have been waaaaaay more enjoyable. That list is pretty small.

I didn`t even mind the mp..... and MANY here whined ass off about the mp to the point of not playing anymore. For the record, for ME, AVP 2010 didn`t suck. What sucked was that by the time I warmed up to the mp, no one here wanted to play it anymore.

[Xenomaniac]

The only real problem I have with the multiplayer is finding good servers. Most of the games I play have me pinged at 100 to 200 ms. I love playing as the Alien and when you have to be close with the Alien, lag can really hurt in judging distance. Especially against Predators because if you take on one and have any lag issues, your dead before you even know it.