Aliens versus Predator 2 Movie

The game looks washed out, desaturated, gray, and bright. The first game was dark and moody. It was scary being a marine. In this version, being a marine looks like being Mario or Luigi. It doesn't look good, it's not scary, the first one looked much scarier. Can you say "Flares"?

It sucks they the second one worse. The second Aliens movie was the best. For the game, it looks like the worst.

On the other hand, if you want to be a Predator or an Alien, this version looks better. But I like being a marine and this looks worse.

THe demo downright blew chunks. I think that Monolith did a much better job with Nolf than with this...........er..........uhh......game?

The vid clinched a sale for me.

To me, it looks like Monolith tried to make an action game based on the Alien and Predator franchises, whereas Rebellion went strictly for suspense. Elements of suspense, moments of dark corridor crawling while facehuggers skitter through the vents or a Predator's breath begins to click behind you...I'm all for that. But AvP got old pretty fast; you rarely got to see anything, or what you were seeing was strictly dual-tone (darkness or green-white light amp as the Marine, darkness or green-silver or red-black or blue-orange as the Predator), and by their very nature video games are (or should be) visual entertainment. The openness and color in the outdoor maps and the (gasp!) working lights in the indoor maps are going to be refreshing changes to the way the original played, IMO.

The in-engine cutscenes were pretty slick; I hope the whole stop'n'go time effect is part of them and not something edited into the video, as it was nicely done. The exploding, tumbling APC (that's what it looked like to me, anyhow) bouncing down the hill was slick. The flamethrower looked like it might not be useless. And...it had a loader that'd been converted into powered armor, which is a particular scifi-ism that I've got a weak spot for. (=

All that said, I've not played the MP demo, though I've run around the map for a bit as all three characters it includes. But then I'm not interested in AvP2 as an MP game.

Someone tell me again why they released the MP demo full of bugs AFTER the full game had already gone gold and went into mass-production.

Hmm...

OK, so I tried the single player demo, seemed pretty neat. A little dark, and the Aliens moved too fast to be deliberately reacted to, but it was pretty fun I guess.

Then I tried the MP demo. YE GODS, WHAT A TURD. I think it's telling that on the server I played on, 2 players were Marines, 2 were Predators, and 8 were Aliens. The Alien is way, WAY, WAY too powerful. They move much, much faster than the other two, and they can kill a full-health full-armor player in under a second with the weapons they spawn with (which are all they weapons they get, of course). And I don't know how the fuck they do it (didn't get a chance to play as Alien), but it seemed they got a hold of you, cuz once I'd taken one hit from them I could barely move, and had no chance of survival. And christ, the Predator is totally weak. His claws are nothing compared to the Alien, the little blue shooty thing is utterly useless, and the net is just silly (does it do any damage?).

With the full complement of weapons, it might not suck so much, but come on, isn't the point of a demo to make me want the game? After playing this demo I want nothing to do with it.


MoNsTeR

that sucked

Yeah the trailer looks good. I once saw a director's cut of Aliens and they had these automated gatling guns setup in the hall ways that would shoot at anything that moved. I don't remember seeing this particular scene in the original release which I must have watched a half dozen times. But I wonder if they will have these weapons in the game? In the movie Hicks monitored the guns with a lap top and wireless connection (assume wireless) and they monitored ammo and gun temp. Really cool scene but was cut out of the original.....

That trailer was fucking badass, love the music.

Excellent download speeds!

under one minute for that download.

sTeve, Maarten, you guys rule.

fucking whores

New AvP 2 Movie!
Community News | 10/25/2001 | 15:51 PST - Matt Pruitt

A new exclusive video trailer for Aliens Versus Predator II is available at Shack News! It contains all new, never before seen footage from the full version of the game. The movie has a runtime of 1 minute and 46 seconds and can be downloaded in low-res, high-res, or as a .zip file. Head over here for the trailer!

Update: I've just got done uploading a copy of the movie to our servers, you can download it here! Our mirror will prevent you from having to register at Shack News.

The irony of the Planet* site complaining about people having to make an account to access files!

But, do they not understand the word "Exclusive"?

Thanks badasses, my download peaked faster than any other large download I've made over the past few weeks!

Not scary. That's the big problem with this cartoonish game. Not a single frame of it looks moody or menacing. The proof's in the pudding, but I think the $20 bargain bin is the first place I'd be interested in seeing this game.

Yay for exclusive shack content!!!

downloading now...

I'm not gonna bother with the AVP2 demo...

I tried the nolf demo.. and wasn't that impressed...

months later, after hearing quite a few people, who's opiinons i trust, rave about the game, I picked it up...

damn that was a fun game!

I'm not sure how well lithtech will do a moody / scarey game..

but still... I'll be watching the rest of the shacks reaction to the game :)

Damn good job, badasses.

haha that music was what they played for all the previews of dark city, i think :p

Aliens versus Predator 2 will be in stores later this month

there are only 6 days left in this month. I want this game now before my vacation runs out!

I'd buy it.. :þ

hey sTeve, better watermark the movie before some cheap ass mirrors it on their planetsite.

oops. too late.

anyone recognize the music in that, or is it most likely from the game?

NnnnnArrrrrghhhhhh. I wanna download this thing, not watch it stream via my slow-ass work connection :/ Is there anyway I can download this ( i.e. save as ) rather than stream it ?

Someone wanna up it to Wazootzyman's ? :D

Holy fuck. My CD writer just started making crazy noises. Time to investigate ! Stat !

movie looked pretty good

I just wanna play with the load lifter.

yeah for shack!

AVP'S demo sucked ass. I ran for the hills

I have high hopes for this. I was one of the few poor individuals who never played the original, and for that I should be whipped (please), but this time I'm not missing out.

Pretty cool. Doesn't make me wanna drop $55 on the game though. Looks like more of the same.

HOORJ FOR FILESHACK!!!

Awesome, controllable face huggers!

hell yes. This video rocks.

woot its cool having the shack with its own files :D

This video is not official but we are badasses.

* C H A N G E I S G O O D ' D *

first? doubt it

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another one???