Alien vs Predator Multiplayer Strategy

Alien vs Predator

Rebellion Developments have finally released the Alien vs Predator multiplayer demo over the Xbox Live marketplace and people seem to be struggling to get the hang of this game. However, with the proper strategy, you can make any character you choose become a deadly force to be reckoned with.

The Predator in Alien vs. Predator has some of the best appeal to the new video gamers attracted to this game. The Predator has the ability to go invisible for quite a long time, until you are attacked or until you attack someone. This can be very useful when you are walking through a dark room, because you will be virtually undetectable. You also have the ability to do abnormally high jumps as well as sprint extremely fast. Your hand to hand combat is deadly because your heavy attack can come out quicker than any of the other characters in the game, it seems. You also have heat vision mode which will make humans be as clear as day to spot, but would render the aliens nearly invisible, which means you should not really make use of this.

Predator is not a character that you have to go rambo with. Meaning, you do not have to rush blindly into enemy fire or towards enemies. You can keep things stealthy and you can stay in the shadows and pick off enemies as the stray from the main path. This works well, EndGamer from the Free Xbox Live Video Game Blog agrees that being stealthy is one of the most effective ways to play. The Predator is quite good with hand to hand combat, so all you have to do is wait for a skirmish to end and then pick off the remaining survivors. Or you can actually successfully go into a scuffle between multiple characters and be able to take them all out, that is how good the Predator is with hand to hand combat. Just make sure that when you are fighting, you first hit them with a light attack, block their next attack, then step back and get your heavy attack ready then catch them with it. After that, the enemy is usually knocked down and you will be able to grab and or take advantage of them.

It seems that a lot of the Xbox Live community is blissfully unaware of the ability to block in Alien vs Predator, which often spells their death. As an Alien, you will find that you are able to rush into battle quite efficiently as well as stalk efficiently. As an alien, I personally recommend that you go for stealth kills as well, I find it to be the best method. You are able to walk on walls and ceilings, which players hardly check when entering a room which certainly makes your job that much easier. As an Alien, it takes longer to get your heavy attack out, I believe. However, you are very nimble and agile which means that you have the ability to quickly crawl up on an enemy and grab them from behind. Also, as an Alien, you should hop into skirmishes and simply spam your heavy attack and you will often one hit kill them since they are so damaged already.

The marine is more of a tactical player. You are at odds when you are playing as a marine because you have no real super powers to combat these characters, heh. As a human, you have a flash light and a heavy arsenal of destructive weapons at hand. Your flash light is more useful than it may lead on to be. With the light shining on a Predator, you can reveal their location when they are cloaked. With the Alien, well, the light on them just makes them clearer since they are pretty much pitch black in color. Also, you should seek to acquire new weapons, because there are some weapons that are able to one hit kill your enemies, which is certainly useful.

If you play like a smart video gamer and take up Alien vs Predator with a multiplayer strategy, you will see yourself completely dominating matches over Xbox Live easily.

Video Game Industry Turning To RolePlaying Games

Fallout 3

As the video game industry is aging and pushing out more and more new video games, it seems that the roleplaying genre is becoming more and more popular. Will video games end up taking a turn towards that genre more often?

As of right now, when people mention the genre of video games: RPG, the first thing that comes to many peoples mind is Japanese. The Japanese is known for its large role playing game market, and an amazing one at that. Many people purchase video game consoles that are not region locked for the sake of being able to import these awesome and time consuming games. But here in America, when that same word is uttered, many people will instantly think about Square Enix, Fall out 3, or the Final Fantasy series. There are not many good american made role playing games that are available in our market, which may be seeing a change soon.

The idea of this genre is very appealing to many video game developers, for the fact that it makes the game more time consuming and offers a semi-”custom” experience while playing. Custom as in you decide how to develop and strengthen your character, as opposed to having it be done for you in a cut scene of some sort. This self-development is a great feature that should be included in many games, because it increases the over all life span of the game, which is a great thing for fan reception.On top of that, many rpg video games will allow you to create a custom character, a luxury that is not often granted within a first person shooter or a linear/sand box game.

One of the greatest games, being Fallout 3 by Bethesda, was an rpg with a lot of customization and personal choices. At the start of the game, you create your character as a baby, and you will progress throughout the storyline that may affect the lives of others, or even the fate of an entire city. This game was epic and well received because of the many rpg elements that it included. Personally, I think as the video game generations come and pass, the video game industry will come to recognize the rpg genre as a potential gold mine, and will begin to drift into it.

World of Warcraft: Death of The Lich King

Wrath of the Lich King

World of Warcraft has recently had patch 3.3.2 which provides the Icecrown Citadel and the final confrontation with Arthas of Menethil, the Lich King.

Patch 3.3.2 is the ending of the Wrath of the Lich King expansion for World of Warcraft, which gives players entry into the Frostwing Halls, where you will then confront the Lich King. If you are able to defeat him, a cinematic will play that ends his story, while beginning another mans story. It is a cinematic scene that reunites the Lich King with his father, after his son killed the sire years ago. Some were disappointed that this was not a high quality computer generated cut scene, but why waste the money on something so high quality when so few people will be able to legitimately achieve it. In any case, this is quite an interesting story for those of you who actually pay attention to the story in World of Warcraft.

What sets this game apart from other games is that it is so consummate in its features. Not only does it have amazing in-game features , such as great pvp, raids, leveling system and a large amount of quests, but it also bears an indepth storyline that is sure to attract many rpg and mmorpg fans alike. This patch brings an ending to the Wrath of The Lich King expansion pack for World of Warcraft, leaving the table open for World of Warcraft: Cataclysm to commence. The video of the death of the Lich King is circulating around YouTube and can be found easily.

Shadow Complex Review: Amazing Sci-Fi Platformer

Shadow Complex

Having purchased Shadow Complex quite some time ago, it is quite clear that this is one of the best and highest quality games that have been released on Xbox Live. One of the latest games released by Epic Games, it definitely preserves their status as one of the best game development companies there are.

Shadow Complex starts off with your character and his girlfriend walking through a forest. Basically, things happen, and she ends up wandering where she should not have, “accidentally”, and she is dragged in for interrogation and investigation by a group of high-tech looking guards. You travel inside of this base, through a ventilation system and go in to save her. The story takes off from there, as you get your first fire arm and you go around with your flash light and weapon drawn, ready to dispatch of anyone who gets in your way.

As cheesy as this story may sound to you, there is a fairly interesting twist somewhere at the end. It my be clear to some of you, some where in the middle of the story line progression, but for me, I was caught by complete surprise at the ending. But that is the end of the story, it is a fitting story, but the meat of this game is in its gameplay. This is an old school platforming type of game, sure to instill feelings of nostalgia in the retro-gamers who may play this. There are actually direct homages to some of the classic video games, like Metroid, made within this game.

The platforming and general gameplay is very simple. You are able to dash, jump, climb, hang off of ledges and shoot your gun. The aiming can get a bit awkward at times, because this game has a sort of innovative aiming system. Although this is a 2d side scrolling video game, there are enemies in the background that you will be able to aim at. But sometimes, you will feel as if you are moving the analog in their direction, but you will end up aiming at the floor or ceiling. This can make you look like a complete novice at times, but besides that, the game is solid.

For an Xbox Live Arcade game, it has pretty detailed graphics. The lighting is very good and adds to the over all tone of this video game at times. The flashlight works very effectively when in a dark room or cave, your flash light will give you that narrow lighted area, to guide you to where you seek. The music and sound effects… well, to be honest, if there is music in the game, I have not noticed because it is not something I pay attention to. However, the sound effects are something that is well done, nothing sounds out of place, the sound of your feet hitting the surface changes depending on what you are stepping on. It is well done.

The progression throughout the story is well done. You grow levels as you go on throughout your journey to take down this evil organization, and preventing them from taking over San Francisco. As you grow levels, you get added benefits, such as increased accuracy or increased health capacity. Also, you will find capsules that increase the amount of projectiles you have, and when you get the max amount of capsules, you will have an infinite amount, such as rockets or grenades. You will have to find these capsules in hidden areas scattered across the map, however. You will probably find a majority of them as you progress throughout the story, if you are explorative.

All in all, I would have to say that this is the best, if not one of the best, platforming and side scrolling games available on Xbox Live, and possibly the Xbox 360 as a whole. It only costs you $10 for the whole game, so might as well invest your money into Shadow Complex.

Bayonetta Impressions for Xbox 360

Bayonetta

The Bayonetta demo has been released for the Xbox 360, by Capcom, and it finally offers the opportunity for a hands on impression of it.

Bayonetta has a weird storyline that even I do not fully understand, nor did I bother to attempt to understand it at first. So what I vaguely understand about the character is that you are a gun wielding witch who does magic with her hair. Apparently, your clothes are made up of your hair (from what I am told) and when you do magic at times, your clothes will disappear since you are using it for magic. Your character was in a deep sleep and awoken or something, and is trying to regain lost memories of some sort. I can be wrong, but this is what I get from the game. I know little about this video game in terms of storyline, but I am still an avid fan of it actually.

While I may not know about the storyline, that does not matter for this game to be honest. Capcom did an amazing job of creating a deep combo system. You are able to do a lot of combos on the fly while fighting your enemies, and these combos will mesh with each other very fluidly which only improves the overall impact of the game. There is a tutorial mode in which you can simply try out all of your combos and try to find new things, and during load screens you are able to do the same. The combo system is nothing short of amazing, while playing the demo, I was enjoying button mashing and doing some visually stunning things. At one moment, I was shooting every enemy around me in a flashy manner, and then I break into a more close quarters combat with my guns and then out of no where, my clothes disappear and I start grinding and a foot appears or something, it is pretty interesting.

If you are a fan of Ninja Gaiden or Devil May Cry, you will most likely be very interested in playing this game. There are some guys who will refuse to purchase a game with a female lead role, but I personally think it is worth it. Some guys say that “I will not purchase a game with a female lead, I’m a man, I can’t relate to them…”. Well, this is a game that is very entertaining in terms of action, if not for the interesting and fairly unique storyline. So for those of you who have not played Bayonetta yet, read these impressions then download the game immediately.