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moosegrinder

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Dunno, just not really feeling it, I think waiting 15 minutes to join a game probably didn't help. And when me and moosegrinder tried to join a game we just got connection errors :quote:

Bizarrely, I got into a game with my mate. Sometimes my XBL doesn't like certain friends ISP's. It's a ball ache.

I love this, I think it's aces probably because, somehow, I fucking rule at it. Seriously, I'm not one to blow my own trumpet but I can't believe how many games I've won tonight, with Predator, Xeno AND Marine. I might leave it there because it's bound to end soon enough :)

I'll be there man. It's gonna be a bug hunt B)

How do I get out of this chicken shit outifit?

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therealjohnpeat

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Go round TRJP's house.

Yeah - it seems that I've gotten out of this chicken-shit outfit (I've been asking that question whenever someone said "Any Questions" for years so I guess I deserve it!!) :quote:

I'm gonna to stop derailing this thread now - all I'll say is that when it works, it seems exactly what you'd expect - a modern version fo AvP with all the trimmings...

DM against randoms isn't going to be a fun place to start in ANY game and yet when it clicks, this is actually fun - and given that on a list of things I want from a game, DM is off the bottom, that's praise from me.

Hell I wouldn't have spend 2 hours-or-so TRYING to play it if it wasn't worth playing - all you have to ask yourself is

"Do I want to tear people's faces off in an FPS? - do I want to play an FPS where running around like a loon firing rockets isn't an option?? - do I want 'that' assault rifle noise in short, controlled bursts??"

or alternatively

"Do you ever get mistaken for a man?"

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Be careful who you say that to - there's a burgeoning "I'm not buying this unless it's less console-y" group starting on Steam already - FPS junkies demanding their 'dedi' and less 'console-y' and all that.

Heh, tell me about it. Not wanting to derail the thread but indignant and embittered PC folk with that attitude piss me off just as much as the "Consoles suck - what can a console do that a PC can't?" lot. I've been reading hate for AvP at other forums that seems to be along the lines of "This game suffers from consolitus" whatever the fuck that is followed by a roaring battle cry of "pre-order cancelled!".

No skin of the noses of those of us who think it's a damn fine game I guess.

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Mr. Gerbik

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Since Gerbik jumped to 360 I think there's only me and Number 28 (at least anyone else isn't in the RLLM Steam group!?)

Hey, I was just now on the Steam version, my love for AvP is such that there's more than enough to go around :quote: (i'm not bothering with the PS3 demo though as I don't fancy playing with a DS3) Had one game with Fazz once I managed to download the update, and starting the match went fine (but I had no problems last night either) but it was a bit laggy.

Don't get me started on Bound In Blood, Ubisoft fucked that game over big style. Bastards. Probably the best western multiplayer game out there too and it's died a horrible death. They should fix it up, get matchmaking going and put it on XBLA as a separate component. Hell if they sorted out the problems I'd gladly pay it!

Same here, I would gladly pay for a decent patch to sort out the issues. Gameplay-wise it's one of the best multiplayer games out there, Wild West Legends game mode is the stuff of, well, legends. There's nothing quite like breaking into a bank with your posse, stealing a few horses and riding of into the sunset to win the round :)

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Heh, tell me about it. Not wanting to derail the thread but indignant and embittered PC folk with that attitude piss me off just as much as the "Consoles suck - what can a console do that a PC can't?" lot. I've been reading hate for AvP at other forums that seems to be along the lines of "This game suffers from consolitus" whatever the fuck that is followed by a roaring battle cry of "pre-order cancelled!".

No skin of the noses of those of us who think it's a damn fine game I guess.

You can't deny that it feels more developed for a pad then a keyboard though - atleast that's the way I see it. I don't know how to describe it but the slow actions (like picking up a gun), slow instakill animations, the fact that you can't really run and gun (only walk) and just everything seems more developed for pad/console play rather than the strengths of the keyboard and mouse.

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Mr. Gerbik

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Not me, I'm no PC freak, I'm 360 guy :P

My bad, I meant Fozz instead of Fazz. Are you guys related or something? :)

In other news: as much as I love playing as the Alien, I can't help but kick ass with the hard as nails marine! I went into this lobby right and a guy started moaning about being human, cause they sucked and were 'bloody useless' apparently. So I switched to marine and let him have the Alien and I went on to dominate the match with 21 kills and a killstreak of 8 :D (thanks to Linkster for linking me up with that close combat tutorial vid, of course)

Btw, what does being The Persecutor mean? towards the end of the match I got named The Persecutor but I didn't notice anything different :quote:

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Rudi von Starnberg

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how are the PC players (rjp aside) getting on?

Posted this earlier.

Gave this a quick blast, got two games going fairly quickly. First impressions are 'oh Jesus this is just Xbox Live', from the lobbies (with no text chat and always-on microphones and the migrating lobby wait periods) to the lack of any indications as to latency - it seemed quite high, but there was no way to check. "Don't tell them their latency, they won't notice" is an attitude that seems very out of place on PC. On the plus side it all integrates well with Steam Friends.

As to the game itself... only played for 20 minutes, as that's my lunchtime gaming time used up now, but it seems quite good. The pulse rifle is satisfying (though grenades are going to be hard to master, I feel); the shotgun seems limited, and I only got to use the flamethrower once, against a predator, and it appeared to do absolutely nothing to him. The look of it all is great, straight out of the films, and of course the motion scanner. Lovely. Managed to top the scoreboard with 14 kills (streak of 6) as marine, including a brief period of working together with a friend who was also marine. Although that ended very bloodily!

Tried out the alien briefly as well, and it seemed pretty good - don't have the fine points of combat down, but grabbing enemies and chewing on their brains is cool and transitioning between walls and floors won't get old. It was also a lot easier to transition once I figured out that spacebar worked as well - having middle mouse as the on-screen prompt is counter-productive, I feel, as it's a LOT easier to hit spacebar than to click the mousewheel. In other control issues, it's bemusing as to why Q would be the default for sprint, but that's easily changed in the control customisation I guess.

Will play more of it, there seems to be a solid MP game in there. Just a shame the interface screams 'minimum effort console port', and that Deathmatch was chosen for the demo. As everyone else has said, would love to have seen some Team Deathmatch instead.

Basically the lobby system is awful. There's no excuse for that lack of functionality on PC - I'm not against matchmaking, but at least have a matchmaking interface that acknowledges there's more connected to the PC than a 360 pad. Game itself seems pretty good and I will play more of it assuming I get into some decently low-latency matches.

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Mr. Gerbik

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You can't deny that it feels more developed for a pad then a keyboard though - atleast that's the way I see it. I don't know how to describe it but the slow actions (like picking up a gun), slow instakill animations, the fact that you can't really run and gun (only walk) and just everything seems more developed for pad/console play rather than the strengths of the keyboard and mouse.

Uhm slow insta-kill animations are for balance, man. You know, risk/reward kinda thing? If you had a quick insta-kill button the matches would get really boring really fast, there has to be some risk involved for the sake of balance. Nothing to do with mouse vs joypad.

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Posted this earlier.

Basically the lobby system is awful. There's no excuse for that lack of functionality on PC - I'm not against matchmaking, but at least have a matchmaking interface that acknowledges there's more connected to the PC than a 360 pad. Game itself seems pretty good and I will play more of it assuming I get into some decently low-latency matches.

thanks, sorry for not being clearer but valid though those points are was more looking for feedback from those trying to get into games since the patch went up

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therealjohnpeat

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It may be unconnected but Steam does seem to be shafted atm.

I bought a game - it refused PayPal payment so I paid directly using a card and whilst the game is in my list, I cannot download it because my transaction is not complete - apparently.

I'm guessing it's having a breakdown ahead of the maintenance!?!?

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Rudi von Starnberg

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Steam itself is working fine for me right now.

Me and Spacehost just tried to get a game, we spent ages 'searching for games' and '2 of 8 players found' and then it went to '3 players found' but the third player never showed up in the group or anything and we never got into a lobby so we gave up after 10 minutes of waiting around.

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Having numerous great battles here (360) :quote: Intense and great fun!

Brilliant moment just now: a Marine was emptying his rifle on me (Alien), and when I killed him and he dropped to the ground, his gun kept on firing until the clip run out. Don't know if it was a bug, but it sure looked nice.

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Might be another patch on PC in the next hour, think we're seeing what the issue was.

sorry about all this folks - there's been a hell of a lot of testing on this game but I guess nothing can prepare you for the real thing

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