Preview: AvP demo

AvP demo went live earlier today, I’ve only played a few matches so far but it’s interesting. Only faction I’ve played as so far is the alien, they’re pretty tricky to handle. Purely melee, but they’re extremely fast and can climb on walls and ceilings to help ambush their prey. The only game mode in the demo is a ffa deathmatch which is probably the least interesting of the modes. I would have liked to see some sort of team deathmatch with a group of marines, a couple aliens, and a predator. But this will do I guess.

So far I find the control scheme a little weird, probably cause I’m not use to it. LB and RB are the strong and light attacks, while LT and RT are focus mode and surface transition. Seems weird the triggers aren’t attack, but maybe it does make some sense. Focus helps you lock onto an enemy and strafe around while surface transition helps smoothly run between floor to wall to ceiling. It’s also strange that (in the default controls anyways) the B button isn’t used at all. A face button, not used. Also the Y button is to hiss, which doesn’t seem to have any purpose other than to make noise.

Like I said, I’ve only played a few matches and only as the alien. I’ll be updating this page when I play more and as each faction. BUt for now check out my second match below where I actually didn’t do all that bad. Quality isn’t the greatest, sorry.