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Aliens Versus Predator Official Thread of Interspecies Carnage and Bill Paxton Quotes
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brain_stew
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fizzelopeguss said:
Smh.
Bluemercury
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plagiarize said:
well that's my gpu too, you're saying that with dx11 you get 45fps?thats low....
Anyone having major freezing in the PC predator campaign? It seems like the game just stops during major animation sequences, like removing heads or sucking power from a human energy source. It comes to a complete standstill and then returns to normal about 20 seconds later. Any ideas PC GAF?
Bluemercury
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luka said:Kinda spoilerish but w/e. It's only level 2/3.
Those look great....dont know how's this inferior to current games out there....
plagiarize
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fiiiiinally got a perfect comparison shot of the first alien encounter.
i hope i don't have to say which is tesselated and which isn't!
oddly, a weird glitch i had in my earlier screens went away when i set CCC to use the ingame settings for AA and AF.
one on the left was CCC forcing AA and AF on. one on right AA and AF off. pay specific attention to the gun. ingame settings are both everything on highest.
i actually think i got better performance with AA and AF set to off in the menu. 45 to 55 in survivor. 30 to 50 in single player. could also have been turning off 'reduce mouse lag'. will have to test more.
check out the AA though! yay for DX11.
it's every spanking new graphical effect on, and everything set as high as you can at 1920 x 1200. 30 fps and above... is frankly awesome to me.
i hope i don't have to say which is tesselated and which isn't!
oddly, a weird glitch i had in my earlier screens went away when i set CCC to use the ingame settings for AA and AF.
one on the left was CCC forcing AA and AF on. one on right AA and AF off. pay specific attention to the gun. ingame settings are both everything on highest.
i actually think i got better performance with AA and AF set to off in the menu. 45 to 55 in survivor. 30 to 50 in single player. could also have been turning off 'reduce mouse lag'. will have to test more.
check out the AA though! yay for DX11.
Bluemercury said:
it's every spanking new graphical effect on, and everything set as high as you can at 1920 x 1200. 30 fps and above... is frankly awesome to me.
Insane Metal
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@ plagiarize: I used your pictures for this comparison, hope you don't mind:
plagiarize
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of course i don't mind. spent AGES trying to get two shots of that alien up close like that exactly the same.Insane Metal said:@ plagiarize: I used your pictures for this comparison, hope you don't mind:
Neverender
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Does anyone have an image of the alien side of the survivor edition cover? Not a picture of the cover but the image itself. I really want it as my iPhone wallpaper.
Insane Metal said:@ plagiarize: I used your pictures for this comparison, hope you don't mind:
It basically gives the impression that many, many more polygons are used for the models. His head is very round with tessellation on. Definitely not something that would stand out as much in motion though.
I should be doing hw
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I find it very noticable, it's not just the head either. The alien does look fuller and more detailed in the arms and chest area. Fuck, tessalation is awesome. Please tell me that the Crysis 2 Engine uses it.TheExodu5 said:
MisterAnderson
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Is there only Direct X 9 and 11? No 10?
yankeehater
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Sill4 said:
I wish that I had the ability to do that. I would love for people to see just how good this game looks in spots.
crimsonheadGCN
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MisterAnderson said:
Yes, it's only DirectX 9 and DirectX 11, but if you have a DirectX 10 capable video card then you can still run the game in the DirectX 11 client without the additional effects:
AvP2010 ReadMe said:
yankeehater
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The part at the beginning of the Predator campaign, after you go through the first locked door in the woods. The sunlight coming down through the trees just before dusk looks so fucking good. My jaw dropped when I first saw it.Gattsu25 said:
MisterAnderson
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crimsonheadGCN said:
Thanks for the info. I haven't yet loaded the game (although Steam just finished downloading). In the demo there were no AA options...did they add AA in on the final version or am I going to have to force it? Am I going to have issues forcing it with my ATI card like I did with ME2?
plagiarize
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it isn't an impression... that's what actually happens! it adds a ridiculous amount of polygons to the aliens, and it does so in a smooth, invisible to the eye LOD fashion.TheExodu5 said:
it doesn't stand out a tonne on the aliens, but on the parts of the environment it does it on... it looks great. the aliens look perfect. even if that's compared to nearly perfect.
plagiarize
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DX11 only. you can see it in my screens. having your CCC set to force it on seems to hurt frame rate AND IQ.MisterAnderson said:
crimsonheadGCN
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MisterAnderson
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plagiarize said:
Will it work if I run in DX11 mode with my DX10 card?
IGN review is up
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/106/1069717p1.html
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/106/1069717p1.html
TheVisualizer
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played the game SP and MP on 360 today and it lived up to my hype, those on the fence that are fans of the movies owe it to yourselves to at least rent this bad boy
MMaRsu said:
Those comments directly after this image is what befuddles me. Texture work is really really good in this game.
Overall, I did agree with his breakdown of the Single player experience (in the video review). There's already the mappack with the Limited Edition of the game that adds an additional TWO survivor maps, so his gripe about that will be easily fixed, along with another 2 maps included in the Limited Edition. Soon to be DLC for the rest of us.
I think for the sequel they could introduce SOMETHING for players as they increase in rank online besides just skins... Maybe quicker Trophy kills, (new) taunts?
yankeehater
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VALKYRAY said:
I really try not to complain about reviews to much, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I dont agree with a lot of what this review says. Firstly I have finished the Predator campaign now, and I did not feel that their was a steep learning curve at all. I thought that the Pred controls great, and has a ton of variety in the way that it tackles enemies and obstacles. I also totally disagree that the Pred basically only uses melee, I found myself using both the disk and the combi-stick a ton. I thought that all of the gadgets were useful and had there place in the game. It sounds like the reviewer just ran through the game spamming melee attacks, and then complained that it isnt fun to play that way.
I also dont get why reviewers insist on comparing games that have almost nothing in common. To complain that AvP doesnt match up to CoD or Bioshock is silly to me. All three games are trying to do different things, and they all succeed in their own way, imo. I just wish that people would stick to reviewing the game in front of them. It is great that he liked CoD MW 2 better, but tat really doesnt tell me anything about AvP.
I should be doing hw
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So far pretty much no review has actually played it for its merit, which is the Multiplayer. That is obviously the intended focus of this game, to solely review its single player portion is doing it a large disservice and even going so far as to be "reviewing it wrong" so to speak. It's like reviewing the Multiplayer of The Darkness and ignoring the singleplayer. Maybe to a slightly lesser extent but the point still stands.
TheVisualizer
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Unicorn said:
this is the truth, i just finished the refinery level in the Marine campaign and now feel supremely confident about defending and countering Alien melee attacks in MP
Countering your first xenomorph is so satisfying. I just marveled at the squirming defenseless bug for a split second before unloading my pulse rifle into it's iridescent dome. The warbled elephant scream echoed like a banshee through the rotted hallways of the refinery.TheVisualizer said:
yankeehater
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Why would it be fair to say that? I thought that MS a while ago said more then 50% of 360's are connected online. It seems like online is becoming bigger and bigger every year.
I should be doing hw
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Well then they are going to be disappointed, its their own problem for being uninformed. Game 'journalists' are supposed to be informed enough to know how a developer is angling a game and what they intend to achieve with it, in order to make an insightful, unbiased review. Pretty much no review I have read for this game has done this though and proceed to compare it to CoD4 in terms of controls and SP, but oddly not MP. As the people on the 'front line' getting the information that we currently know about AvP, I find it extremely strange that they are ignoring the fact that this is a multiplayer focused game. Or I could pull the "It's not even real journalism" card and its not so strange after all.Gattsu25 said:
I should be doing hw
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I need a name change, I'm out of High School now. But Uni is in 2 weeks so it will no doubt become relevant to me once again very soon :lolUnicorn said:
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Finished up the Marine campaign in a couple sessions this afternoon and tonight, enjoyed it a lot. Started a bit of the Predator campaign but the first level after the tutorial was glitching out on me (minimizing the game, switching it to window, making the screen black). I guess I'll wait on that and start the Alien campaign next. I can't wait till a pick up a new videocard in summer (a DX11 one obviously) so I can actually max the game out with all the neat features and maintain 60 fps.
Phife Dawg
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It's a PS3 review?MMaRsu said:
Quick impressions after just 3 hours of play:
Playing on 360.
Single player - started with the Alien Campaign. Really enjoying the atmosphere and lighting. Completed the first two mission. Great fun despite a fact that I got lost a couple times and I'm an AVP1/2 vet and not easily lost in FPS's.
Highlight so far: I was taking my time taunting an unarmed human before harvesting him and low and behold he blew him self up with a grenade before I could get to him.
Multiplayer
Species TDM - Great times with this mode. The maps are great. Refinery is a fine map but I can only imagine how well received the demo would have been on the jungle map. I was beastly as the Alien hugging the cliff walls and corralling the enemy. Good times.
Pred Hunt Mode - Rebellion had good foresight here. A pred has about 80 seconds to get a kill or the game will reassign the pred to someone else. No getting a lead and camping. This mode is basically the movie Predator and is great fun.
Playing on 360.
Single player - started with the Alien Campaign. Really enjoying the atmosphere and lighting. Completed the first two mission. Great fun despite a fact that I got lost a couple times and I'm an AVP1/2 vet and not easily lost in FPS's.
Highlight so far: I was taking my time taunting an unarmed human before harvesting him and low and behold he blew him self up with a grenade before I could get to him.
Multiplayer
Species TDM - Great times with this mode. The maps are great. Refinery is a fine map but I can only imagine how well received the demo would have been on the jungle map. I was beastly as the Alien hugging the cliff walls and corralling the enemy. Good times.
Pred Hunt Mode - Rebellion had good foresight here. A pred has about 80 seconds to get a kill or the game will reassign the pred to someone else. No getting a lead and camping. This mode is basically the movie Predator and is great fun.
Phife Dawg
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Sounds great. Good thing zavvi shipped my copy. Hopefully the post delivers swiftly.HooCares said:
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1069693p1.htmlPhife Dawg said:
They say the same thing in their 360 review page. That said, I've only seen the alien and predator campaign on the PS3 version and only seen the marine campaign on the 360 version (playthrough), and didn't really notice any fps drops in either of them. Maybe it's latency issues from online mode since there is only matchmaking?