Aliens vs. Predator demo released!

[Hudson]

Marines shooting Marines is a little weird...

Yeah, when the whole point of the game is for humans to survive Alien and Predator attacks, I'd rather not be fighting other Marines as a Marine.

I can't wait to get home and play this game. I had a dream I was playing it last night. 

[Neltharion]

I am have serious issues with the Predator controls, I have no fucking clue how to change weapons!

Argh!

I also have no idea how the fuck to pounce, or if you can as an Alien. Certainly had the most fun as Alien killing other Aliens.

Kill streak of 15!

Fun as fuck when you get the controls sorted out.

[Sebastian]

Use focus mode to target an enemy and press the light attack button to pounce on an enemy when within a certain range indicated by an aura around them. You can immedietely pounce to any surface within a given range simply by aiming (you'll notice the crosshair thickens to indicate this) to the surface and press the jump button. These moves applies to some extent both the alien and predator!

[AcheronLV426]

Kill streak of 15!

Kill streak of 15!?!? Yu killed 15 enemies in a row without a death?
If that's the case, your opponents were absolutely god awful!
Nobody I played with had a Kill Streak in double digits.

Or do you mean 15 Total Match kills. Which makes waaay more sense.

[AcheronLV426]

Hey Guys,

Played the 360 Demo last night for about 2 hours.
I consider myself to be a fairly experienced Console Multiplayer... especially for a 39 year old. 
COD2, COD4, CoD:WaW, COD:MW2, Gears of War 1 and 2, Uncharted: Among Thieves, Killzone 2, etc.
Having stated that... my biggest concern is the default control setups.
I am not a huge fan for using the shoulder buttons as main attack controls. Very unintuitive in my opinion.
However, you do "sort" of adapt to it the more you play. I would love to have user defined or button mapping options.
I did play as all 3 species. The Alien for me was the most fun, then Predator followed by the Marine.

Loved:
-The atmosphere was great, very dark (especially when playing as the Marine), a lot of great ambience.
Looking forward to playing on other maps.
-The speed or frame rate reminded me a lot of Unreal Tournament especially when sprinting!
-And once in a game I was never dropped.  Although there was some inordinate amount of time waiting in the Lobbies for players to be found.  Probably more due to a lack of people that had downloaded the demo.
-The Predator cloaking was great fun and his vision types were also fun to experiment with.
-The Alien seemed to have the least attack options, but was till the most fun to play.
I would LOVE to have a move for the Alien similar to Batman's AA hanging drop grab!  That would be sooo cool in my opinion!  (and reminiscent of the scene in ALIEN3).

Disliked:
-The Matchmaking limitations and Lobby.  Found it odd to be "kicked" from lobby after each match?
-I hope there are more character model varieties?  Via unlockables.  Seems to be the case as I remember   seeing  "Alien Dome" as an unselectable character option.
-Lack of button mapping. I did experiment with the 3 "different" button layouts with mixed results. And when playing as the Alien I did try "Auto-Align" which basically meant the Alien would climb over EVERY surface or piece of geometry that it came into contact with.  Default is to use the RT to "force" the Alien to move to another surface.  Auto-Align resulted in smother gameplay and transitions, but on occasion it could also cause some serious disorientation if your sprinting through a cluttered environment.
-The grab fatalities, although cool presented 2 problems for me:
1st they can't be countered. I would love to have some kind of QTE button press where you have a second or 2 to "sense" and break/block the grab.
2nd the animations are cool, but they take waaay too loooong. Often resulting in you getting killed by an eager opponent waiting to mop up the mess.  To have an option for either a flourishing fatality or a quick kill grab would be a nice.    Akin to the 4 button setup in Gears of War e.g. Neck-Snapping (quick), Curb-stomping(flourish), Bullet Shield(quick), or Chainsaw(flourish).

At first I was extremely skeptical, but in time I came to enjoy the multiplayer.
I am still looking far more forward to the Singleplayer campaigns!
Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope to see some of you guys online!

[the-yellow-alien]

So I've pretty much mastered all three species. At first the controls take getting used to, but I quickly adjusted and started kicking ass.

[Neltharion]

Kill streak of 15!?!? Yu killed 15 enemies in a row without a death?
If that's the case, your opponents were absolutely god awful!
Nobody I played with had a Kill Streak in double digits.

Or do you mean 15 Total Match kills. Which makes waaay more sense.

Kill Streak of 15. Total of 26 kills. I just play very well as an Alien.

[BlackWatch]

I would LOVE to have a move for the Alien similar to Batman's AA hanging drop grab!  That would be sooo cool in my opinion!  (and reminiscent of the scene in ALIEN3).

I was thinking the same thing. In my opinion it's a must add to the game.

Nice input by the way. Oh, and welcome to the forums!

Kill Streak of 15. Total of 26 kills. I just play very well as an Alien.

Yeah, I think I had a kill streak of 7 with the Alien. If you hit and run and stay in the dark it's not too hard to do.

[AcheronLV426]

Kill Streak of 15. Total of 26 kills. I just play very well as an Alien.

Nice.

[AcheronLV426]

I was thinking the same thing. In my opinion it's a must add to the game.

Nice input by the way. Oh, and welcome to the forums!

Yeah, I think I had a kill streak of 7 with the Alien. If you hit and run and stay in the dark it's not too hard to do.

Thanks Hicks!  And good point about the Alien! I try to "pounce" whenever I can!

By the way guys my gamertag is FUCHI PATAS.  Hit me up with a FR.  I believe I already added Hicks.

[BlackWatch]

By the way guys my gamertag is FUCHI PATAS.  Hit me up with a FR.  I believe I already added Hicks.

Ah, cool. Yes I added you.

[Dan]

You guys playing on PC?

[Neltharion]

I am.

[AcheronLV426]

You guys playing on PC?

Sorry. Console gamer here.
360 mainly. But, I downloaded the demo for PS3 as well.
In general I prefer the 360 controller to the PS3 though.

[Thedus]

Will DL from PSN tonight!  I'm not thrilled with the lack of a campaign demo.  I've never liked demos that throw you into co-op/multi player mode.  I like to get a feel for a game on my own - not with a crowd.  IMO.