Sega's Aliens vs. Predator recently received a new trailer, titled "Marines" -- seriously, are they trying to make us confuse this game with Aliens: Colonial Marines? It's bad enough that there's like, seven Aliens games being developed right now. You don't need to make this any harder on us, guy-in-charge-of-naming-trailers.
However, the moniker does fit -- the video above tells the terrifying story of the unsung third party in the AvP conflict: Humans. Traditionally, most shooters let their human protagonists mow down waves of extraterrestrials with little trouble -- however, said extraterrestrials usually don't have acid spit. Nor can they turn invisible. Nor do they have giant arm swords. Nor do they make alien babies in our chests. Hey, we had a good run, humanity. Looks like it's time to pack it in.
Aliens vs. Predator 'Marines' trailer highlights the plight of puny humans
by Griffin McElroy 
on Jul 29th 2009 11:45AM
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Posted: Jul 29th 2009 11:53AM (Unverified) said
I would only buy this game to play as a Predator. I thought the Predator from the original film was the bee's knees when I was little and he's still awesome today.
"Out there. Past dem treees......"
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"Out there. Past dem treees......"
Posted: Jul 29th 2009 11:55AM (Unverified) said
"im scurred poncho, that thing out dere aint no mannnn."
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Posted: Jul 29th 2009 12:06PM (Unverified) said
The marines' campaign was always my favorite in previous AvP iterations, as much fun as it is to collect spinal columns or burst chests. They did a pretty decent job of catching the whole "hopelessly doomed" vibe without making it horribly punishing.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2009 11:54AM (Unverified) said
How funny would it be if the human campaign was like 5 minutes long, with the marines just going in there with like 30 seconds of dialog mostly involving. "oh my god they're everywhere!" "My bullets aren't shooting them!" Then they all die of course. Sounds like the game for me!
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Posted: Jul 30th 2009 10:21AM (Unverified) said
Yes, it would be funny if they said "My bullets aren't shooting them!"
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Posted: Jul 29th 2009 12:05PM oldmancrosby said
Ohhhhh wow. Thank you editor for splicing the gun "round counter" in with that footage, It made it so very intense, ala the end of Aliens. Genius. I want to taste this game. Yes, taste it.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2009 12:07PM (Unverified) said
The predator looks so out of place. Everything is from the Aliens universe except the predator.
On the optimistic side, the automated gun turrets make me hope for a survival mode.
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On the optimistic side, the automated gun turrets make me hope for a survival mode.
Posted: Jul 29th 2009 1:11PM (Unverified) said
But, Aliens and Predators are in the same universe, there's a reason why an Alien skull can be seen on the Predator's trophy wall (in the Predator's ship) in Predator 2.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2009 4:32PM Boomzilla said
Ain't no fuckin' ballpark neither! Aliens and Predator have nothing in common except this sorry franchise. The reason there's an alien skull in pred 2 is because some set designer was a fan and said;
"Dude, I'll put an alien skull in the collection of skulls. That'll be sweet!"
Same universe my ass! At least the game ought to be better than the crappy movies.
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"Dude, I'll put an alien skull in the collection of skulls. That'll be sweet!"
Same universe my ass! At least the game ought to be better than the crappy movies.
Posted: Jul 29th 2009 12:11PM Chibi Chaingun said
Holy crap that looks amazing.
HD version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GljJpco0VZI&eurl=http://jpc.proboards.com/index.cgi%3Faction%3Ddisplay%26board%3Davp3%26thread%3D833%26page%3D1&feature=player_embedded
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HD version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GljJpco0VZI&eurl=http://jpc.proboards.com/index.cgi%3Faction%3Ddisplay%26board%3Davp3%26thread%3D833%26page%3D1&feature=player_embedded
Posted: Jul 29th 2009 12:14PM MosquitoControl said
"The predator looks so out of place. Everything is from the Aliens universe except the predator."
Sure beats the movies, where everything is from the Predator universe except the Aliens. That was idiotic. Putting a Predator in the future, fighting space marines and Aliens, makes great sense. Putting Aliens in the past, fighting normal humans and Predators, makes zero sense.
Anyway, crappy trailer. The in game footage looked like it was on-rails. I know it isn't, and I really want this game to be as good as AvP1, but the action was cut in a way that the marine wasn't moving, aliens were running at him and exploding in green bursts. Looked very, very much like House of the Dead to me.
I know it doesn't represent the game. Just poor editing.
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Sure beats the movies, where everything is from the Predator universe except the Aliens. That was idiotic. Putting a Predator in the future, fighting space marines and Aliens, makes great sense. Putting Aliens in the past, fighting normal humans and Predators, makes zero sense.
Anyway, crappy trailer. The in game footage looked like it was on-rails. I know it isn't, and I really want this game to be as good as AvP1, but the action was cut in a way that the marine wasn't moving, aliens were running at him and exploding in green bursts. Looked very, very much like House of the Dead to me.
I know it doesn't represent the game. Just poor editing.
Posted: Jul 29th 2009 12:16PM (Unverified) said
Reminded me of Aliens, which was good. Then the Predator showed up...
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Posted: Jul 29th 2009 12:19PM (Unverified) said
That looks justlike that one arcade game alien but there was no predi.tors
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Posted: Jul 29th 2009 2:45PM (Unverified) said
Regardless, Bill Paxton is killed by Aliens and Predators alike.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2009 12:34PM (Unverified) said
Cry some more, humans! Cry some more!
This looks like it's shaping up to be a great game.
Also, as long as we're throwing Predator quotes out there, let us not forget this classic, "Bunch a slacked jawed f***ts around here. This stuff will make you into a god damn sexual tyrannosaurs. Just like me." We can thank former Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura for that one.
Predator, the only movie to produce two state governors. Carl Weathers should be next in line.
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This looks like it's shaping up to be a great game.
Also, as long as we're throwing Predator quotes out there, let us not forget this classic, "Bunch a slacked jawed f***ts around here. This stuff will make you into a god damn sexual tyrannosaurs. Just like me." We can thank former Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura for that one.
Predator, the only movie to produce two state governors. Carl Weathers should be next in line.
Posted: Jul 29th 2009 12:45PM WINterfang said
That shit was terrifying, why would I want to play as the marines?...*curls up in fetal position*
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Posted: Jul 29th 2009 12:52PM (Unverified) said
Aliens don't spit acid, they bleed acid. They do drool a lot, like a baby with a toothache.
Game looks awesome!
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Game looks awesome!
Posted: Jul 29th 2009 1:09PM WiNGSPANTT from TopTierTacticsco said
Looks good, but will it be as tense as AvP or AvP2? Only time will tell.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2009 1:17PM (Unverified) said
With all of the great games due, I am gonna be so broke the first half of next year. This looks amazing, and I'm psyched as hell to see a new-gen version of this franchise (those aliens look sweeeeet).
I'm about to show my age here...did anyone here play Rebellion's original AvP for the Atari Jaguar? I never got a chance to play the later PC versions, which I know introduced a whole slew of features the Jag version didn't have, but that first version was - for its time - friggin amazing. Can't wait for this.
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I'm about to show my age here...did anyone here play Rebellion's original AvP for the Atari Jaguar? I never got a chance to play the later PC versions, which I know introduced a whole slew of features the Jag version didn't have, but that first version was - for its time - friggin amazing. Can't wait for this.
Posted: Jul 29th 2009 1:45PM The Punisher said
This game looks really promising. This is the game that Gearbox is doing right?
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Posted: Jul 29th 2009 2:19PM ansalon929 said
sure it looks good now but I'm gonna wait for some real gameplay footage, they can still royaly screw it up
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Posted: Jul 29th 2009 3:51PM (Unverified) said
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3BuJveYdZw
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGwKno1_yAI&feature=related
....eat your words
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and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGwKno1_yAI&feature=related
....eat your words
Posted: Jul 29th 2009 4:30PM (Unverified) said
There is gameplay footage of predator and it looks extremely boring. Hopefully it's more fun then it looks. I'd rather have a proper aliens game without predator. There is apparently a new alien film in development a prequel to the first but i dont think the alien franchise will ever be succesful again thats why im really hoping these new alien games turn out good. Ill be sad if this excellent franchise dies.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2009 4:07PM (Unverified) said
aliens:quantity over quality
humans:in the middle between quality and quantity
predator:all about the quality
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humans:in the middle between quality and quantity
predator:all about the quality
Posted: Jul 29th 2009 4:32PM (Unverified) said
Guess you havent seen alien ressurection. They can spit acid.
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Posted: Jul 29th 2009 4:44PM (Unverified) said
Wow, that looks sick. Definitely going to be paying attention to this game. Anyone knows when it's coming out?
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Posted: Jul 29th 2009 6:14PM (Unverified) said
Playing the marines in AvP 1 was interesting.
They had by far the largest amount of firepower available, but the hardest time applying it. Unless they've radically changed the game in AvP2 (which I hope not) if you caught an alien out in the open or at distance, they melted in literally 1-2 seconds.
Then again you never saw the good aliens before you had your brain sucked out the back of your skull (marine radar only worked on movement and only in the front 180 degree arc, so they'd freeze up on the ceiling somewhere when you looked near them and then vanish)
I have yet to get the pulse pounding tension of the "ping....ping....ping..." of the marine radar in another game. The alien is sneaky fun, and the predator was all about methodical movement and trap setting (if you didn't have the right view mode on for the right enemy you where screwed two ways to Sunday.) But nothing really beat the "ohcrapohcrap... ALIEN!" *blam blam* of the marine, nor the feeling of staving off attackers who really felt more evolved then you with your really big gun.
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They had by far the largest amount of firepower available, but the hardest time applying it. Unless they've radically changed the game in AvP2 (which I hope not) if you caught an alien out in the open or at distance, they melted in literally 1-2 seconds.
Then again you never saw the good aliens before you had your brain sucked out the back of your skull (marine radar only worked on movement and only in the front 180 degree arc, so they'd freeze up on the ceiling somewhere when you looked near them and then vanish)
I have yet to get the pulse pounding tension of the "ping....ping....ping..." of the marine radar in another game. The alien is sneaky fun, and the predator was all about methodical movement and trap setting (if you didn't have the right view mode on for the right enemy you where screwed two ways to Sunday.) But nothing really beat the "ohcrapohcrap... ALIEN!" *blam blam* of the marine, nor the feeling of staving off attackers who really felt more evolved then you with your really big gun.
Posted: Jul 29th 2009 6:47PM husher said
I remeber my PC AvP days and I hope all my pred weapons are back. The net gun, the spear, the disc, remote mines, the sniper rifle.
I'm not to thrilled about the hole EVERY attack breaks stealth bull shit. In the old game it was only energy weapon attacks that broke stealth and they were a trump card. using of the wrist blade and spear and spear rifle didn't break stealth.
It wasn't uneven in multiplayer ether you had to work for your stealth kill.
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I'm not to thrilled about the hole EVERY attack breaks stealth bull shit. In the old game it was only energy weapon attacks that broke stealth and they were a trump card. using of the wrist blade and spear and spear rifle didn't break stealth.
It wasn't uneven in multiplayer ether you had to work for your stealth kill.
Posted: Jul 29th 2009 7:46PM whylekat said
ugh can not wait! I really hope they don't botch this game up.. it looks like loads of fun with so many different aspects. Horror Survival for the Mariens, Hunt & Kill for Predator, Who the hell knows what awesomeness will be available while playing as the Aliens.
Acid blood = awesome.
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Acid blood = awesome.
Posted: Jul 29th 2009 7:51PM (Unverified) said
Maries vs Aliens standoff would make for an AWESOME "Horde" mode! I could play that all day!
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