Eurogamer Previews Aliens vs. Predator

[BlackWatch]

Gaming website Eurogamer has posted up a preview of Aliens vs. Predator that pretty much regurgitates what we saw from the E3 Predator demo but also elaborates somewhat on the Marine campaign:

The sentry guns, and the maintenance thereof, seems to be key to maintaining a perimeter, requiring occasional resets from laptops scattered around the ship as the nasties interfere with circuitry. This destructive DIY also knocks out lighting systems, forcing the use of a seemingly endless supply of flares. The Xenomorphs certainly seemed more willing to engage the soft, fleshy Marine, charging in for salvoes of rapid slashes and devastating tail-strikes where they had been happy to hold back and time assaults more carefully against the better-equipped Predator. We never see them attack in any significant numbers, but groups of two and three are certainly enough to cope with, still soaking up damage and crawling across the floor on broken limbs after a significant plasma-dowsing.

Interesting that you need to maintain the sentry guns. Hopefully it's not more of a nuisance than it's worth.

More at Eurogamer. Thanks to Neon in the AvPNews forums.

[Thedus]

I can't wait!

Even before the Xenos start clambering over barriers and swarming past sentry guns, there's a palpable sense that the only head you're expected to take home as a trophy is your own.

...still soaking up damage and crawling across the floor on broken limbs after a significant plasma-dowsing.

 

The fixing/maintaining sentry guns does sound like a hassle, but I think it could really lend itself to the mood and tension of the game if pulled off right.  *fingers crossed*

Still... I can't friggin' wait for this game!

[cenobite]

I wonder if the sentry gun upkeep will be like the Engineer's job in Team Fortress / Team Fortress 2 where you can upgrade them, repair them, but not have to baby them too much.

[Dark Star]

  This game just keeps on getting better and better