Originally posted by: blurredvision
Originally posted by: purbeast0
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: purbeast0
Anyone download the Area 51 demo?
I queued it up before work s that I can try it out later on. I'm hearing good things about it so far though.
I just found out that it was up. I'm going to have to queue it up and give it a try.
Post your comments after you try it, I'm curious.
Just got done playing the demo. In a word? Wow. Actually, it was a pretty damn well done teaser demo. It lasts all of 10 minutes, so teaser is definitely the key word here. But this game uses the Unreal 3 engine to great effect. The graphics are fantastic, that will not be a problem for this game. The controls are good, with a single context-sensitive squad-ordering button, left-trigger zoom (which I like), and melee attack.
The two weapons you start with have a great punch to them, they feel "meaty". The sound is pretty good when cranked up, lots of bass to the firing sounds. I didn't look for any other weapons in the short demo, so if they are there, I didn't see them. The enemies seemed smart in spreading out, but this could've been a fluke in my one time playing it

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The only thing I didn't like was the too-extreme camera shake when firing with the assault rifle, but would in all reality be fine once I got used to it.
The huge shockwave at the end of the demo was pretty damned awesome. It's nice to see a HUGE boss creature in an FPS game again.
EDIT: They make you sit through static screens of the game's features at the end of the demo, and this game has 2 player Live co-op through the entire single-player campaign. Nice!