Competitive Versus Modes?

[Keithustus]

Hi,

I'm new to the forum and I apologize if this has been discussed ad nauseum, but I did search for both "versus" and "competitive" and only see one thread from last October.

What information do we know about competitive versus modes? As a long-ago player of ALIENS ONLINE and as someone who has been playing LEFT 4 DEAD 1 and 2 since each was released, I expect Aliens: Colonial Marines to have the next great competitive multiplayer. Here's what I expect:

o team-based: Like Left 4 Dead, I expect lone-wolf players to suffer disproportionately compared to those who work together.

o asymmetric: Like Aliens Online and Left 4 Dead, I expect the marines to play completely differently from the aliens.

o multiple winning conditions: Like Counter-Strike, I expect marines to be able to win in different ways. Maybe either through either destroying all the eggs in a hive, by killing the queen, or killing a certain number of drones? (Very much influenced by Aliens Online) Likewise, the drones should be able to win by killing enough marines, or perhaps by securing the marines' landing zone or respawn point, or something else?

o Large battles: Aliens Online enabled something like 20 v 20, and that was over 10 years ago. Whereas PC games have far surpassed that by now, I would still expect 5 v 5 or more on consoles. 4 v 4 or smaller seems antiquated nowadays, since it was done so close to perfectly for L4D 1 and 2.

o Customizable competitive modes: Is the game too easy for marines or aliens to win much of the time? Are the competitive-level players complaining that there are too few ways for one side to kill the other? Then make sure that before a game is set up, that the amount of health items, # of respawns, weapon-spawn probabilities, etc. can be adjusted, to make it more tense and fair for both sides.

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What do we know about the competitive game modes now, and how does that info stack up against my expectations? Thanks!

[Mother]

Hi! Welcome to the forums.

As far as I'm aware nothing has been mentioned of playing as the Aliens. If this changes I'm sure we'll hear about it, as it's something a lot of people want to see. However, I have a feeling Gearbox are going to make a pure co-op game.

The idea of playing as the Aliens and stalking a marine team ala Left 4 Dead would be a fnatastic add. If it's not in the main game, we can expect a mod, no doubt.

[Keithustus]

Weird. So, so far, the developers are not even designing the game to the multiplayer standards of 1997?

[Mother]

As far as I am aware.........

But I have been known to be wrong.

From time to time.

[Chris!(($$))!]

Originally Posted by Mother

As far as I am aware.........

But I have been known to be wrong.

From time to time.

lol... From time to time.

There will be some sort of multiplayer I bet. At the least something like Horde mode from Gears 2.

[Mother]

The entire game will be multiplayer i.e. co-op. But a versus mode might dilute the experience somewhat. We shall have to see.

[RedAce]

probably will have Horde mode, a versus, and maybe a completely new game type that no other game has used.

[Mustafuck]

Hey Keith wellcome aboard.

It would be lovely to see some sort of competitive MP being present on ACM, although I'd very much prefer an all out SP experience this time since It is a pure aliens game.

Competitive and expanded MP experience has always been related to the AVP series when It comes to "Aliens", but since the new avp is far from being groundbreaking + features a horrible netcode, then I don't think we are having an "aliens online" game for a long long time.

If I tell you the truth, I'm expecting the usual DM and TDM modes in ACM, perhaps some survivor or horde mode, but just that, nothing special.

In my humble opinion, GB should focus on deliver the ultimate SP experience for the aliens universe, among other things because we haven't had an pure "aliens" game based on the film since the days of the Amstrad and the Amiga.

[BooGNiSh]

I'd love to play as an Alien, but a true Alien not an AvP 'bug'. That would be sweet. Please GBX take a look at Left 4 Dead for more details on a great versus mode.

[pvt hudson 925]

Welcome