The match-making problems are hurting it at the moment, as well as the fact they're only letting us do regular Deathmatch (every man for himself) and only with 8 people.
 
The retail game will allow for 16 players, and I much prefer Team Deathmatch and some of the other modes because it tends to have less chaos and more player coordination and strategy.
 
Overall from my matches so far I can tell it's going to be a fun game if they get the match-making stuff ironed out. The basic gameplay seems enjoyable and the graphics are really nice.

If the general gameplay is actually fun, and good like the other AVP games, and they don't actually put dedicated servers with a browser on the PC version..I will be very unhappy.

For the record at retail there will be dedicated servers AND match-making.

Its been confirmed that its the multiplayer demo with one map.

It's a multiplayer demo with one map.
 
I'm downloading it now.

For the record at retail there will be dedicated servers AND match-making.

Fuck knows what's going on with the PC demo, I'm unable to find a single match.   

I'll check it out after I hear how fun it is.

Does the UK get the demo ? I can't find it on the marketplace

" Does the UK get the demo ? I can't find it on the marketplace "

XBLM link:

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8025345082a/?of=1

And devs console-ize another PC franchise. 
 
Good going, Rebellion. As if you haven't fucked up enough games already.

Gameplay's fine, but what a horrible demo. This game shouldn't even have Deathmatch, it should always be based on teams. Still excited to see an 18 player match in Infestation on justin.tv when it releases, that should be fun.

D/L'd this out of curiosity, and the housemate and I wound up hammering this all night with the 'Alien' soundtrack blasting. Great fun, and much better balanced than I was expecting (Granted, I never played the PC games) Like the fact that the aliens can see everybody, makes for a nice sense of paranoia if you're one of the other races. Very much in line with the 'They're Out There And They See Us' atmosphere of the Alien movies. 
 
And the Predator's 'chin impalement' move is a gift that just keeps on giving.

Agreed. Free-for-all is a blast but TDM, say two players for each species, would've allowed for more tactical play. You could have some great fun co-opping as aliens.
 
EDIT: Am I right in remembering that the Predator's meant to have some kind of 'high jump' mechanic to get to high ground quickly? I seem to remember reading somewhere that it's meant to work a bit like the grapple gun in Arkham Asylum... Is that a pickup or something I missed? It felt a bit weird being floor-based the whole time, seeing as the Predator's very much a 'scan and swoop' type character.

i'm pretty sure will be multiplayer cuz this game have really interesting multiplayer modes, but singleplayer would be nice too (if i can be a predator) ,  multiplayer or not i hope the ps3 version is not glitched or have very poor quality (effin lazy developers )
 
 
ps: i'm not saying that Rebellion are lazy but Sega...

Where is the ps3 demo? Can't find it on PSN -,-

I downloaded it on my X360. Game Marketplace > Game Demos > New Arrivals > *cringe over another Dynasty Warriors game*
 

@Workyticket

"EDIT: Am I right in remembering that the Predator's meant to have some kind of 'high jump' mechanic to get to high ground quickly? I seem to remember reading somewhere that it's meant to work a bit like the grapple gun in Arkham Asylum... Is that a pickup or something I missed? It felt a bit weird being floor-based the whole time, seeing as the Predator's very much a 'scan and swoop' type character. "

"And devs console-ize another PC franchise.  Good going, Rebellion. As if you haven't fucked up enough games already. "

" And devs console-ize another PC franchise.  Good going, Rebellion. As if you haven't fucked up enough games already. "

Demo was kind of lame. I'm not saying the game itself is lame, I'm sure the campaign is cool-as-hell, and I had moments of fun in the MP (which is what the demo consists of). However, it's just a big "grab" fuckfest. You grab someone to do an instant kill, and the animation is so long another person grabs you. It's kind of... stupid? Maybe the other modes are cooler, but Deathmatch sucks.

" Demo was kind of lame. I'm not saying the game itself is lame, I'm sure the campaign is cool-as-hell, and I had moments of fun in the MP (which is what the demo consists of). However, it's just a big "grab" fuckfest. You grab someone to do an instant kill, and the animation is so long another person grabs you. It's kind of... stupid? Maybe the other modes are cooler, but Deathmatch sucks. "

" @thecleric said:

" And devs console-ize another PC franchise.  Good going, Rebellion. As if you haven't fucked up enough games already. "

Feel good up there on your high horse ? "

" @turbomonkey138 said:

" @thecleric said:

" And devs console-ize another PC franchise.  Good going, Rebellion. As if you haven't fucked up enough games already. "

Feel good up there on your high horse ? "

Now now, get it right. This is a hardcore PC Warrior we're talking about here. It's stallions or nothing. And no-one else is allowed to use a saddle. "

I think that the demo is quite awesome. Really enjoying it, will buy the full version.

I played a match, as a Xenomorph and it was pretty fun sneaking around and striking. To me it seems like an upgrade from the original.

I didn't like the demo. I think it should of had team deathmatch, aliens killin aliens, and marines killin marines just felt wrong. At least some small training for at least aliens, its a steep learning curve especially when your constantly getting insta-killed. Whats with the massive lag, its a fairly small map with only 8 players. I really wanted to like this demo, i hope the finished game is a BIG improvement over this.

I was hoping for a SP demo.  While there's a ton of MP potential to this franchise I don't remember it ever feeling better than janky.  What I remember from the previous two games were theintense and scary SP marine campaigns.  This is where I'm placing my hopes.  I just don't think rebellion has the MP track record to convince me they can pull off stable, quality MP.  I hope I'm wrong.  At least the engine seems pretty competent...but WTF with deathmatch FFA only demo.  This game demands, at a minimum, team deathmatch.  I hope they turn out a high quality product that sells well so Sega doesn't put the kaibosh on future Aliens games.

@Ravenousrattler I know what you mean. The first game I played I was Aliens and other Aliens were killing me and I had no clue why.. Then I realized it was not Team Deathmatch

Game is pretty bad.  It fells SO generic.  It's basically Turok. 

I've found the game pretty fun so far.  All the species seem to have their own strengths and weaknesses and it's fun. 
I would have liked the demo to have more than one map, however, and I wish the mode they woulda included would have been TEAM Deathmatch, not free-for-all Deathmatch, but still.  I'm actually thinking about picking it up when it comes out.

Never liked that Alan Vs Predator. Too much button M.A.S.H.ing.

The alien class and predator look great while the Mercenary class looks generic.

" The grab death kills should be much harder to pull off.  This whole "Kill some one, then get killed by some one from behind" train of kills becomes stupid and completely ruins immersion.  Perhaps it should have been like AVP2, and you can only perform a trophy kill on somebody who's stunned.  1 in 10 kills should be a trophy kill.  "

The game becomes stale very quickly. I don't think deathmatch is ever a great mode to have in a demo nowadays. TDM is the preferred mode in almost any shooter now. And aliens vs aliens, wtf?