AVP Up for pre-purchase on steam

[Magusigne]

Just an FYI..AVP up for pre-purchase on Steam 49.99

Get 3 unique skins and free Universe At War game (19.99 retail)

 

[Nik]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/10680/

Cool!

 

[coloumb]

Awesome..but must play demo first - tired of too many "ain't that cool looking" games only to find out they are pure crapola.

 

[aclim]

Looks like it could be really cool. Plus a DX11 game. Im sure at least the visuals and sound should be nice if anything

 

[BlueWeasel]

Is this a remake of AvP or a whole new game, a la AvP3?

 

[CurseTheSky]

I loved the original game back in the day. Too bad it was horribly buggy.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Looks great, but waiting for a demo first.

 

[zerocool84]

Looks great, but waiting for a demo first.

Same

I'm over hype and don't want to buy a game just cus it looks cool like I did when I was a kid.

 

[Elcs]

Very tempted to jump on it.

£24.99 which makes it around $40 plus a free copy of Universe At War.

It's not out for a while so I think I'll wait until nearer the time.

 

[KeithP]

I will wait 6-8 weeks for the inevitable 50% off sale.

-KeithP

 

[Lonyo]

Very tempted to jump on it.

£24.99 which makes it around $40 plus a free copy of Universe At War.

It's not out for a while so I think I'll wait until nearer the time.

Or £18 from Amazon and the like. Without some free game that no one cares about.

 

[shortylickens]

Awesome..but must play demo first - tired of too many "ain't that cool looking" games only to find out they are pure crapola.

If they give a damn about being true to the previous games, this should be awesome entertainment.

 

[skace]

This game looks like it will rape video cards....

 

[heat901]

This game looks like it will rape video cards....

Thats sexy

 

[lothar]

Or £18 from Amazon and the like. Without some free game that no one cares about.

This.

 

[Elcs]

Or £18 from Amazon and the like. Without some free game that no one cares about.

I would rather have it on Steam but.... for the price difference, I think I might go to Amazon.

The pre-order bonus for AvP via Steam is just a couple of skins plus that game.

 

[digitaldurandal]

By all accounts the game that comes with it for free is very nice and has some good strategy elements, however the servers are dead. Seems like people schedule to get a game going.. so unless AT was going to revive the game it seems like Steam just trying to offload their keys.

 

[Liet]

Bah, and I bought Universe at War during the holiday sale... Blech! The single-player seems very consoley. Haven't spent much time with it yet.

As for AvP, I'm definitely buying it. The first was brilliant, the second was great, and this one will hopefully be amazing.

 

[KeithP]

System requirements:
http://news.bigdownload.com/2010/01/20/aliens-vs-predator-system-requirements-revealed/

Minimum Requirements
Windows 7/ XP/Vista
1 GB System RAM (XP)/ 2 GB System RAM (Vista)
3.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4/Athlon 64 3000+ or equivalent processor
DirectX 9.0c compliant video card with 128 MB RAM (NVIDIA 6600 or better, ATI X1600 or better)

Recommended Requirements
Windows 7/ XP/Vista
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 or equivalent processor
2 GB System RAM
DirectX 9.0c compliant video card with 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA 8800 series, ATI HD2900 PRO or better)

-KeithP

 

[Nik]

System requirements:
http://news.bigdownload.com/2010/01/20/aliens-vs-predator-system-requirements-revealed/


-KeithP

DOH.

That doesn't scream awesome graphics...

 

[Liet]

Hopefully those were taken from the console version...

After reading the Steam forum for the new AvP, I've now gotten worried that it's going to stink and lack that spark of greatness that the original and AvP2 had...

 

[aigomorla]

it kinda feels like there gonna do a left 4 dead type scenario no?
Even down to the team of 4.

Only there will be 3 different fractions instead of 2.

 

[motsm]

Hopefully those were taken from the console version...

After reading the Steam forum for the new AvP, I've now gotten worried that it's going to stink and lack that spark of greatness that the original and AvP2 had...

AvP2 was done by Monolith, AvP1999 and now AvP2010 are both Rebellion. Monolith is the one with the impressive PC gaming resume. Most of Rebellions games seem to be either hand held versions of various PC and console hits, or just mediocre originals unfortunately.

 

[aclim]

gonna for sure wait on reviews for this one

 

[Liet]

AvP2 was done by Monolith, AvP1999 and now AvP2010 are both Rebellion. Monolith is the one with the impressive PC gaming resume. Most of Rebellions games seem to be either hand held versions of various PC and console hits, or just mediocre originals unfortunately.

Hmmmm... Well, I thought the original AvP was brilliant, but recreating that atmosphere and resisting the urge to resort to cheap "Doom3" scares will be difficult, I think. However, Rebellion did make Rogue Trooper, which, despite being limited and somewhat consolish, did have some glimmers of humour and some occasional refreshing gameplay.