Forum Overview :: Alien vs. Predator 3
 
I do! by Mischief Maker 02/13/2013, 7:13pm PST
Jerry Whorebach wrote:

All this does is provide a mechanical consequence for hiding while you catch your breath that doesn't involve some kind of fucking stamina bar, and prevents the autosave from catching you in a situation where you'll die from a single drop of acid; it doesn't eliminate resource management or even make what resource management there is any less tedious. If this minimal amount of regeneration is enough to spoil the suspense of being a marine who goes from sprinting around at full speed, crouch-leaping and circle-strafing and running backwards for hours on end at 1% health, to FUCKING DEAD at 0% health, I'm sorry but I don't know what to say to you.


This wasn't a problem in AvP 2000 because it had no in-mission saves. Each mission was a self-contained 5-10 minute funhouse ride. There was a huge amount of outrage from the quicksavers community over this feature, even though the game was virtually plotless. It was not until the developers caved and patched in a limited in-mission save feature that your 1% health nightmare scenario became a reality.

If you can just push the alien off, it's not scary. If an Alien game isn't scary, what's the point? (I guess if you're making an Alien Resurrection game that IS the point.)
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Anyone picking up Aliens: Colonial Marines at launch? by fabio 01/23/2013, 12:46am PST NEW
    I'm strongly considering it by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 01/23/2013, 2:57pm PST NEW
        Go Hudson or go home by WITTGENSTEIN 01/23/2013, 9:09pm PST NEW
    6 days! NT by fabio 02/06/2013, 9:44am PST NEW
    Apparently it sucks beyond belief. by Fullofkittens 02/12/2013, 10:33am PST NEW
        =( by fabio 02/12/2013, 10:48am PST NEW
            Re: =( by Mischief Maker 02/12/2013, 10:53am PST NEW
                That was in this game's trailer too! by fabio 02/12/2013, 11:07am PST NEW
                    I actually agree with Fabio on this NT by Cannibal Dave 02/12/2013, 11:42am PST NEW
                        Not for an Aliens game by Mischief Maker 02/12/2013, 8:28pm PST NEW
                            Come to think of it... by Mischief Maker 02/12/2013, 8:37pm PST NEW
                            Re: Not for an Aliens game by fabio 02/12/2013, 9:45pm PST NEW
                                AvP 2000 is a scarier Quake, SS2 was a broken Thief. Have you played it? NT by Apples and Oranges Comparer 02/12/2013, 9:50pm PST NEW
                                    FPS games should never have innovated beyond Quake. NT by fabio 02/13/2013, 6:37am PST NEW
                            Sounds like you really hate the version of this game that exists in your mind. by Jerry Whorebach 02/13/2013, 6:29pm PST NEW
                                I do! by Mischief Maker 02/13/2013, 7:13pm PST NEW
                                    No one is saying Rebellion's sophomore AVP isn't the pinnacle of Aliens games. by Jerry Whorebach 02/14/2013, 2:43am PST NEW
                                        If it was tryly Gary Gygax-style, Armor Points would be replace with THAC0 NT by Mischief Maker 02/14/2013, 7:16am PST NEW
                I just beat Halo for the first time, and the health system was my favourite part by Jerry Whorebach 02/12/2013, 12:37pm PST NEW
                    The official Bungie standard for difficulty is "Heroic". NT by Gutsby 02/13/2013, 10:32am PST NEW
        Which disgustingly corrupt reviewer didn't get the memo? by Fullofkittens 02/12/2013, 1:33pm PST NEW
            "Gearbox knocked it out like a cranky Queen on the wrong side of an airlock" by laudablepuss 02/13/2013, 12:49pm PST NEW
        The Alien (and Predator) franchise is dead. by Eurotrash 02/13/2013, 3:42am PST NEW
        That is an awesome .gif NT by WITTGENSTEIN 02/13/2013, 7:30pm PST NEW
    $5!!!! NT by fabio 08/30/2013, 3:06pm PDT NEW
 
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