As a Colonial Marine armed with a pulse rifle and motion detector, you might assume your chances of survival in any environment would be pretty decent. That's not the case in the battle arenas of Rebellion Games' upcoming shooter Aliens vs. Predator, where two of the deadliest species are trying to tear you to shreds. Like the AvP games past, you're not limited to running and gunning as a Marine -- all three races are playable and require different skill sets to meet with success.
In Battlefield: Bad Company 2, the Bad Company crew again find themselves in the heart of the action, where they must use every weapon and vehicle at their disposal to survive. The action unfolds with unprecedented intensity, introducing a level of fervor to vehicular warfare never before experienced in a modern warfare action game.
So, to set down the mundane, need-to-know stuff. If you've played the first game, you know the score. 17 missions are played out on two fronts: from the perspective of the US Rangers and through the eyes of Task Force 141 – an elite squadron of special ops, mostly ex-SAS nut jobs. A Russian warlord called Makarov has filled the power vacuum left by your killing of Zakhaev at the end of the first game, and you counter his evil shenanigans down the iron sights, sniper scopes and electronic missile locks of various bad ass weapons. And a side arm.
Operation Flashpoint, a series that began on the PC back in 1991, has always tried to re-create that real feeling of war, as well as faithfully depict the real tactics and equipment that is an integral part of the modern-warfare fight. The original game developed a huge cult following of gamers who appreciate simulation over typical video game clichés, and many of those gamers have been waiting for this game, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, for a long time. While it doesn’t have a numeral “2” next to the name, it is, for all intents and purposes, the real sequel to that game.
For the uninitiated, this is a loot hunting game like Blizzard's Diablo. The action begins and you're flung out into an open world with a handful of quests and legions of baddies who'll do whatever they can to prevent you from killing their leaders, wiping out an arbitrary number of their compatriots, opening drain valves in their hideouts, snatching up important artifacts and documents, or collecting a large number of shiny objects.
As a result, after you've played Left 4 Dead 2, it's difficult to go back to the original without a mild sense of disappointment. Remember, of Left 4 Dead's four original campaigns, only two were set up for Versus play right out of the gate. It wasn't until Valve released the Survival Pack months later that players got the full Versus experience as well as the now-standard timed Survival mode. Left 4 Dead 2 has five full and more interesting campaigns, a more fleshed out and distinctive setting with some fantastic action set pieces, more personality, more modes, and in general gives you more to do.
As a Colonial Marine armed with a pulse rifle and motion detector, you might assume your chances of survival in any environment would be pretty decent. That's not the case in the battle arenas of Rebellion Games' upcoming shooter Aliens vs. Predator, where two of the deadliest species are trying to tear you to shreds. Like the AvP games past, you're not limited to running and gunning as a Marine -- all three races are playable and require different skill sets to meet with success.
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