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The problem seems to be that there is a good game hiding behind a very bad demo.
Deathmatch isn't the best way to showcase this game. There's no tutorials and lots of people don't know the controls or how to block insta-kill moves. Because it's deathmatch there's no quiet place to get the hang of the controls. Plus the matchmaking was all kinds of messed up.
If rebellion wants to SELL games, rather than put people off them, they need to remember that demos are supposed to showcase the best of their game... not show it in it's worst light.
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soulgrindr: If rebellion wants to SELL games, rather than put people off them, they need to remember that demos are supposed to showcase the best of their game... not show it in it's worst light.

Better that than cherrypicking the best elements to decieve you into thinking the entire game is made of pure awesome when in reality it's a giant lake of poo that you have to wade through to get to the few tiny islands of playability
So this demo is multiplayer only then? No SP at all?
Post edited February 06, 2010 by Aliasalpha
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Aliasalpha: Better that than cherrypicking the best elements to decieve you into thinking the entire game is made of pure awesome when in reality it's a giant lake of poo that you have to wade through to get to the few tiny islands of playability

True, but some games have proven, that having a sh..ty demo doesn't mean much. X-Com: UFO Defense [Enemy Unknown] had a very unstable demo, and Fallout had a very slow demo...really slow... and the sounds were bad..VEERY bad..;)
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Aliasalpha: So this demo is multiplayer only then? No SP at all?

Only MP, but the demo is old, if a SP is coming out, it'll be a cut of the game as it is today. Somehow i doubt the demo will come out.;(
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Aatami: Each of the numbers (1-4) represents a weapon. When you pick a weapon up, you press the number to select one of the weapons. Then you press the middle mouse button.

Thanks, that doesn't make any sense to me but I'll give it a go. Normally in fps games you press the damn button and it brings out the weapon, worse case you press the button and then press mouse button 1 to select it, I hardly ever press mouse button 3.
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Aatami: Each of the numbers (1-4) represents a weapon. When you pick a weapon up, you press the number to select one of the weapons. Then you press the middle mouse button.
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Ralackk: Thanks, that doesn't make any sense to me but I'll give it a go. Normally in fps games you press the damn button and it brings out the weapon, worse case you press the button and then press mouse button 1 to select it, I hardly ever press mouse button 3.

Yeah they use it as some sort of secondary weapon system. If I was in charge of the game mechanics, I definitely wouldn't have done it this way. Don't fix what isn't broken, I suppose.
Well, it makes me glad I'm getting it for PS3. The Predator system seems a little too awkward to use with a mouse. Perhaps it would be a tad easier with a PS3 or 360 controller.
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PoSSeSSeDCoW: I don't believe the reviews of anyone who implies that the Predator movies were at all good for a second.

It was okay. Except for gratuitous display of bromance in the first one. THAT was awesome.
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PoSSeSSeDCoW: I don't believe the reviews of anyone who implies that the Predator movies were at all good for a second.
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michaelleung: It was okay. Except for gratuitous display of bromance in the first one. THAT was awesome.

"I'm gonna have me some fun! I'm gonna have me some fun!"
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michaelleung: It was okay. Except for gratuitous display of bromance in the first one. THAT was awesome.
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Wraith: "I'm gonna have me some fun! I'm gonna have me some fun!"

"Dillon! You son of a bitch!"
"This stuff'll make you a goddamn sexual tyrannosaurus! Just like me!"
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Wraith: "This stuff'll make you a goddamn sexual tyrannosaurus! Just like me!"

"You're one ugly motherfucker!"
Predator is the greatest jungle movie of all time.
All that foilage and atmosphere and the sheer length of the movie.
I love it.
I'm not so thrilled about the second one except for the creature itself.
I liked the second one because it had quite a bit more action in it than the first one, and the pred just slaughters everyone. It also introduced some of the memorable weapons of the predator, such as the netgun, disc, combistick, speargun, and flechette gun (What he shoots Harrigan with in the slaughterhouse)
Thinking back to when it came out Predator 2 was actually pretty spectacular. Mainly because of the scope of special effects required back then to let such a creature go on a rampage in an urban area.
I guess the bigger and better approach just didn't age so well for me as the atmosphere in the first movie.
Another really cool thing about Predator 2 is ofc the xenomorph trophy in the predator spaceship :)
I really love the demo and will buy the game. But not from the Steam I will buy from the Zavvi. It is 20 Euro on there. :) I hope SP campaign will not be short like 2 or 3 hours.
Post edited February 09, 2010 by acare84