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No one is saying Rebellion's sophomore AVP isn't the pinnacle of Aliens games. by Jerry Whorebach 02/14/2013, 2:43am PST
Well, Fabio might be, but it also looks like he's saying Quake added something to Doom II besides a wholly superfluous and self-indulgent third(!) dimension, which clearly indicates he's having a laugh. And I've got nothing against resource management. Hell, arguably the greatest horror game ever made - Dead Rising - is ALL ABOUT managing the clock. I just happen to believe that managing abstract hit points, Gary Gygax-style, is the lowest possible form of it. (Excepting, of course, the sort of blatantly FAKE resource management seen in Dead Space, where the items enemies drop are all obviously calculated based on the contents of your inventory to keep you in a state of maximum pants-shitting hopelessness.)

Slightly less annoying but still pretty bad: having to hit the reload key to top up your realistic assault rifle with individual bullets from your abstract, but nonetheless severely limited, bullet pool. How did this fucking cliche take hold? Give me real magazines or give me Doom, don't waste my time with this OCD bullshit.
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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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