Posted October 28, 2014
GOG was asking for comments on AVP mulltiplay, so I'm posting my comments here on a new thread, since there didn't seem to be any general feedback venue. I won't mind if this post is moved to a common comment thread.
The single.player game itself is as good as I recalled, one of the best FPS's ever made! I really appreciate that GOG made this game work on modern OSes.
Regarding the multiplayer experience:
- It's really easy to join online games. I don't usually play online games, so low-entry is really positive!
- The game seems much too biased. I killed several players as an alien with no trouble at my first try,, but as a marine, I had a hard time even wounding an alien or predator, let alone killing them. I don't know if GOG has changed anything, but I don't remember the marine being this disadvantaged in multiplayer. Although not the strongest character, the marine is supposed to have the most powerful weapons.
- The game I most recently played kept restarting, resetting the score. The game frequently said that it's waiting for the host to restart the game.
The single.player game itself is as good as I recalled, one of the best FPS's ever made! I really appreciate that GOG made this game work on modern OSes.
Regarding the multiplayer experience:
- It's really easy to join online games. I don't usually play online games, so low-entry is really positive!
- The game seems much too biased. I killed several players as an alien with no trouble at my first try,, but as a marine, I had a hard time even wounding an alien or predator, let alone killing them. I don't know if GOG has changed anything, but I don't remember the marine being this disadvantaged in multiplayer. Although not the strongest character, the marine is supposed to have the most powerful weapons.
- The game I most recently played kept restarting, resetting the score. The game frequently said that it's waiting for the host to restart the game.