Aliens vs. Predator may be all about the slavering Xenomorphs and their vagina-faced rivals, but there's an overlooked third party just waiting to be slaughtered by both of them -- the marines. The latest trailer from Sega is all about the human side of the conflict, a fight for survival complete with pulse rifals that have impractical ammo counters on the side.
I saw a demo of the marine campaign at E3, and it looked very impressive, as well as potentially quite scary. The fact that the Aliens come from literally anywhere and try to avoid light sources makes for some intense looking combat. Hopefully the vulnerability of the humans will make for some brilliantly thrilling gameplay.
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Was the video choppy for anyone else? I assumed that it was purposeful, a vehicle added to create dramatic tension, but it may be a problem within my laptop. Anyway, the game looks very good and I am glad to see that the renders (pics) I have seen over the past few months may actually be in game shots.
I hope in the game there is a scenario similar to Aliens where you're barricaded in and you're watching the ammo counts on the remote turrets as you are sweating bullets.
Love that swarm of xenomorphs crawling along the ceiling. Sends chills up my spine...which will be promptly ripped out by the cloaked predator behind me. damnit...
The whole idea of Marines with weapons versus Aliens with only their natural abilities, which include the ability to sneak up and incapacitate humans gives me a great Left 4 Dead vibe. The Predators don't really fit into that, but that could add an even greater dynamic to the game.
From the Predator literature, he wouldn't have killed a marine that was about to have his ass handed to him by a xenomorph. Why take a trophy of the runner up? They hunt for sport dammit!?!
"From the Predator literature, he wouldn't have killed a marine that was about to have his ass handed to him by a xenomorph. Why take a trophy of the runner up? They hunt for sport dammit!?!"
Maybe he really liked the look at that Xenomorph and didn't want someone else taking the kill?
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12:40 PM on 07.29.2009
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If they make it even remotely close to how good that was, It'll be a great game.
From the Predator literature, he wouldn't have killed a marine that was about to have his ass handed to him by a xenomorph. Why take a trophy of the runner up? They hunt for sport dammit!?!
Maybe he really liked the look at that Xenomorph and didn't want someone else taking the kill?
That sounds like some Rule 34 and I don't want to see the result :|