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@wazups2x:
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Now I must buy. I will do your bidding James.
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*Gets into epic battle with excel*
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AVP featured an infection mode where one team played as aliens, the other as marines... if an alien killed a marine then they'd be resurrected as a face hugger and join the aliens (upon killing someone as a face hugger you turn into a chest burster, then over time molt into a more formidable monster)...
It was awesome to slowly pick off marines who weren't cooperating and slowly amass an army that they couldn't stand a chance against!
That said, there's reputedly going to be a co-op mode which should be a little like L4D...
Plus I remember reading on the Dev forums last year that they were taking a lot of inspiration from L4D, so we might get a hoard mode too...
11/28/09
I really hate it when people forget other companies did stuff before L4D but still claim L4D is a godsend
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Other games had similar mods available, but it was L4D that really brought it to the general public's attention.
THAT SAID, I might be getting confused between AVP3 (Sega & Rebellion) and Alien Colonial Marines (Sega & Gearbox)... it's been a while since I lurked on those forums.
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AvP1 (Rebellion) had that, though these days I guess it would be considered a 'hoard' mode.
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Still, props for the correction... I can't wait for this game and A:CM.
10:57 AM
L4D hit at the right time, however, because most gamers have broadband access as well as the proliferation of Steam, dedicated servers, etc.
11:33 AM
Console gaming is often described, generationally, as different gaming eras (with new eras emerging with new hardware)... On the PC things move a little differently with the constant improvements in hardware and ever forward-creeping benchmarks but the idea is still essentially the same...
It would be fair to consider the widespread accessibility of broadband a calling for a new era in multiplayer gaming. With more people having access to high speed internet and hardware capable of running online-multiplayer games it could definitely be argued that we've moved onto a new generation of multiplayer, wherein the older titles from past generations are no longer relevant to the average gamer (Don't get me wrong, I gush at the mere thought of playing Quake 2 again with my friends, but gamers who don't have that memory to be nostalgic over probably would give it a miss).
So reintroducing features that may have been somewhat present in previous instalments, but making a big deal of them being similar to other current popular franchises (almost giving credit to someone else for your own work... but in doing so riding the success of another popular franchise) brings the title to the attention of the new generation of gamer. Not sure where I'm going with this, but I think I'm starting to better understand some of the comments by the AVP/ACM staff (I still don't recall which team mentioned the L4D influences, though I'm starting to think it was the colonial marines team).
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I remember that one, the one with the creepy "bouncing" polygon titties.
Dave Mirra hated it so much he had his name removied from it,I had a good laugh with it though :D
(even if it was just because of all the failure)
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Predaliens where nice but not OP as that stupid rocket launcher...
11/29/09
That game was pretty unbalanced, but it was very fun
11/28/09
ps: i don't usually say this but I hate that guy's tattoo.
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Marines have to rely on large numbers, Aliens need to rely on quick reactions and Predators need to rely on stealth and strategy.
The way I see it:
1 Predator is greater than 2 Aliens are greater than 3 marines.
If they worked out the auto-balancing to reflect such or similiar, I think it would help the balance.
I get what you're saying about the console version needing to take some liberties for the sake of balance and I too hope the PC version doesn't suffer as a result.
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Damn, now I actually want to play it again.
-end nostalgic rant
11/27/09
Im stoked!
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And speaking of AvP games, does anyone remember the one for SNES? For that matter, does anyone OWN it? I've NEVER, EVER seen it for sale. Only ever saw it for rent. Was a fun game though.
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