Aliens vs Predator support dropped by Sega

[jimbob30]

:evil:thats just bloody great.the only aliens game in a long time for a console and sega decide to pull support what assholes.this game was to tide me over untill aliens colonial marines arrived.if they are going to bring aliens colonial marines out they better do it this year to apologise for the mess they have caused with avp.lots of fans will hate u now sega.damn u to hell

[EdDeRs1]

[jimbob30]

to bloody right.what right do sega have to pull the plug on a game thats meant to have sold so well.and i was wandering if they cancelled support so they could get aliens colonial marines off the ground.but even if so thats no reason to pull the plug on a game thats meant to keep us entertained untill colonial marines arrives.sega need to realise that all they needed to save this game was an expansion for the story and new game modes and skins.It shouldnt be that hard for sega to get rebellion working on that but sega should have let a well known publisher have the rights like EA or even epic games.they just a company holding on by a thread and milking anything they can for some fast cash.thats called not caring about real fans

[Jensonjet]

Jimbob,

I think Sega have the right to pull the plug on Alien vs Predator because they own the rights to the game! I think you're overreacting a little to be honest. You'll still be able to play the game as far as I'm aware. It's true though that you won't be receiving as many map packs as a Call of Duty game, but it's hardly a major problem.

I must admit I loved the Marine section of the game. Really atmospheric and scarey as hell at times. Having always hated everything about Predator (inclusion in games, and those pathetic B-rate movies) I gave up very quickly on that section of the game. And while I think playing an alien in an online game is a fun idea, I absolutely disagree with a game allowing you to play both hero and villian. Fortunately I didn't waste money buying this game as the Marine side only lasted a couple of hours. If developers continue to refuse to include co-op campaign, I will continue not buying their games.

Regardless of what happens to Alien vs Predator I hope the game engine is used elsewhere. It's one of the most impressive engines I've seen in a long time. The use of motion blur when quickly looking around worked really well. I actually found this to be one of the most accurate first person shooters I've ever played. It also helped that looking up/down had it's own independent speed to looking left/right. If only more developers had a clue about providing gamers with the means to adjust the controls and customise buttons to suit us.

Anyway, I'm also looking forward to Colonial Marines. As the Alien/Aliens movies are pretty much the basis of the nearly the whole first person shooter genre, it'll be amazing to finally experience a full game of being hunted by aliens.

If the makers can ensure control of our character is as accurate as AvsP, and the game engine runs as smooth, with a little consideration about allowing players to customise controls and the game includes a co-op campaign mode it stands a good chance of being one of the best shooters in the last decade! However, knowing how useless the industry is, and how frightened and incompetent it is at including co-op campaign, I'm totally prepared for Colonial Marines to be as big a disappoint as most shooters!

[Lancer Armstrong]

"However, knowing how useless the industry is, and how frightened and incompetent it is at including co-op campaign..."

For those of you who don't know, Jensonjet is the guy who thinks that every game should be able to do absolutely everything for everyone. All games should have co-op (even the ones who don't need it), all games should be both first person and third person (never mind how that might negatively affect design), all games should be 100% customisable (even if it makes zero sense) and all games should be able to fly and do circus tricks.

Can you imagine how shitty a great game like, say, Dead Space would be if it had all those options? All the functions in the world, but at the cost of player immersion.

[jimbob30]

this jansen person needs to learn that avp3 needs dlc now to survive so sega are screwing thier own game and fans feel like they have lost money on well i do anyway NO more support is sega mad ive been playing it for ages and people have started playing again ive been in ranked matches with 12 players nearly every night starting last friday.and it is curious that they left it.i believe that they are concentrating on colonial marines as fans every where are going mad for new info

[Tiamtu]

[golliwoza]

yeah ive been recently playing avp again and its a shame they are pulling the plug on support i even made some more freinds any way fab game but nightmare marine is fricken hard

[jimbob30]

i know its bad what sega are doing.i believe that they dont know what to do.cant believe they really stopping support for avp and just as people start playing it again.ive been in loads of ranked matches now and finding players no problem.lets just hope that they have done this to get aliens colonial marines out as its funny how they stopped support so fast and lots of people are asking about it

[d4nx2y]

A younger member of the family bought this with his pocket-money but only played it that day and never played it again. Told him it's not ur falt or the 360's (coz he's on his second 360 and think's it's gonna f**k-up any-moment). Some games are just made ta piss u off!

[Lancer Armstrong]

Tiamtu

Not an attack, just an opinion based on some of his past comments. I like f**king with the guy, because sometimes he says stupid things (usually in lenghty essays that make War and Peace look like an afternoon read. I really should stop reading them, but I can't help myself).

You didn't miss any subliminal messages. That's why I said "For those of you who don't know..."

[TezJaggs]

just so everybody here knows, jensonjet said he was trading in his xbox for a ps3 a while ago now.
so why he is still on these forums i have no idea.
probably to say ''ps3 iz de shitz bro get mee sony are good japanes kamikaze pilots yehhh bruvv''
away with you jensonjet.
be gone.

[Tiamtu]

Lancer: I see.

Tez: I'd much rather someone like Jenson frequented these boards than numerous others who choose to post in a thread with the sole intention of mocking another user.

Anyway, bring on Colonial Marines! And the first two Alien movies on Blu-ray!
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GT: Tiamtu

[Lancer Armstrong]

Aliens on Blu-ray! Eyeball orgasm.

[SolaceConquest]

It is a shame that Sega have dropped their support.
It's a great game, I did play the map packs on my friends Xbox, but was a little dissapointed with them. They were fun and I was hoping for some more DLC in the future.
Shame really.