Rebellion apologizes for Alien vs Predator demo issues on PC and PS3

Last week's Alien vs Predator demo was one of the most-talked about subjects. However, although the Xbox 360 version had no issues, PS3 and PC owners were out of luck with numerous matchmaking connecting issues. Even worse, it looks like the PS3 issues could be "ongoing."

[Hellsvacancy]

"were hugely gratified by the positive feedback to the game" from wot ive been told (from people who hav the game) its crap anyway

Im not even gonnan bother rentin it

[iTZKooPA]

It isn't out for another week, how exactly do they have a legitimate copy already to be so well informed?

[Hellsvacancy]

Coz like ALL 360 games they get leaked and my stoner buddy has a modded 360 :-P

I also played a little Bioshock 2 which i thought was pooh

[cactuschef]

Yeah I've heard its not too good either, but Ill definitely give it a try. The first one was awesome though.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

Given the way you type (unintelligibly) I am sure YOU DO have a stoner buddy.

[guitarded77]

I downloaded it on my PS3 and had this issue... over a gig and didn't get to play it once. I deleted it today before reading this article. I guess I'll download it to the 360 and give it a go... I'm not evpecting much so I hope I'm surprised.

[SilentNegotiator]

Other than the horrific lag, of course.

[-MD-]

Did you actually play it? I played 3 matches and didn't lag at all.

Maybe your connection just sucks.

[Pistolero]

I did not experience any lag in the 360 version.

[Blaze929]

who lied to them? Took ages one night to find matches. That was the only problem - the matchmaking.

[darkmurder]

The demo just represents a sorry game - Rebellion:"Err sorry its all good i mean the real game is perfect dont worry!!!! oh god what are we going to do!"

[Traveler]

I didn't think it was that bad. Why are so many people hating on it?
It might not end up being great, but it wasn't horrible by any means.

[A Cupcake for Gabe]

Demo was terrible. I went from wanting to buy..to...not wanting to borrow it from a guy who stole it from a guy who rented it.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

There is no lag on the 360 version stop trying to downplay.

[ThanatosDMC]

Yeah, i was disappointed when i finished downloading it on my PS3. Then i tried it on the PC. Same problem. Also, graphics are terrible compared to the trailers. This had better be an earlier build!

[LOOK_AT_THIS_I]

Odd....they shot themselves in the foot with this garbage. Tried numerous times to attempt to have a look and have yet to make it into even one game. No rent, no buy. Why in the hell did they not make a single player demo instead of online, the army of two 40th day online demo reassured me that I would not purchase....perhaps they could have lured more people with at least a glimpse of a non-broken feature seeing as how it is this close to release. HERES AN IDEA DEVELOPERS, COMPLETELY FINISH YOUR GAME AND ENSURE IT WORKS PRIOR TO RELEASING IT. Its a shame that todays tech, and peoples attitudes that they will release a broken product and patch it as they go and people still throw money at them. (Socom/OP Flashpoint Dragon Rising)

[ProjectVulcan]

What really gets my goat is that there is no DX11 implementation in the PC demo. WHY??? Effectively, the top graphics options are locked in the demo. This happens to some demos and it completely mystifies me!

So you are using a demo as a showpiece to make people want to buy the game, and yet you prevent the game from looking its very best? What the fooo....

[TehCell]

lolololo go xbox lolololoooooo

[redsquad]

I'm so happy that the demo of a 5 out of 10 game excites you so much.

[TehCell]

When did I ever say this game excites me?
I said "go xbox".
not "go avp demo".
Im sure you feel stupid right about now.

Go play Heavy Rain Demo, you troll.

[Pistolero]

@redsquare

Yeah but when a ps3 game gets a 5 out 10 all the ps3 fanboys claim it is still a really good game...like white knight chronicles....so where is that attitude now?

[onanie]

A few PS3 users do not speak for all. You are certainly quick to generalise though, and no, that is not a characteristic of the intelligent.

For your reference, in case you are about to hit the reply button and ask, I have not played WKC, and thus have yet to form my own opinion about it.

[redsquad]

Not interesting in WKC, never have been and have never mentioned it. Feel free to trawl through my history and find that out for yourself
(preferably BEFORE the glib putdown next time).

[finbars75]

Another game down the drain.Must be a record or something.3 games in a year.Ouch that must hurt.Say goodbye to rebellion im sure they will go under on this one.I preorderd alien vs predator but after all the issues with the demo whats to say this wont happens when the game is released.I had high hopes for this one but not now and i cancelled my preorder and put it towards a game that im guranteed will work.

[edwineverready]

it forwards me to a other site. anybody have the same problem.

[Blacktric]

Xbox 360 demo had no issues? I downloaded the demo 3 times from UK store and I still can't play it (played it once when the day its released, found a server by luck after 5 minutes of waiting). The 360 demo has the same issue as the PS3 and PC had; matchmaking is taking too long and after that much waiting most of the time it can't find any server. It's fixed for PC version but I still can't find a server while playing the Xbox 360 version.

[-MD-]

We connected to 3 games in a row on the 360 demo with no problems, then we proceeded to delete it because it was terrible.

[Obama]

I also played it a few times and deleted it. I was so disappointed with the boring game play.

[redsquad]

Tell "TehCell" @3, although he's "lolololololol-ing" to himself so hard he probably wouldn't notice.

[table]

They should apologise for making such a sh*tty game.

[washingmachine]

lol@company

[etownone]

Can't wait to play this game.

First one of awesome on PC. Especially when you play as the marines!!

But it's a shame that reviews do impact me so much because, what was once a must have definite buy, has now become a rental.

[pixelsword]

It has a freakin' demo out, and you still need someone to make a judgment call for you.

Incredible.

[etownone]

oh no, you idiot...

its because i work hard for my money, and if a game or whatever gets weak reviews, i'm not going to rush out and waste my money on it.
Especially with so many AAA games coming to the 360 in the first half of 2010.

i'll rent it, and if it's godd, i'll keep it. simple as that.

[pixelsword]

First you, by your own words, say that you're not going to waste your money on something that gets weak reviews, then you say that you'll rent it; despite the fact that it got weak reviews.

... Or do you know that renting a game still costs money?
Even a person with a moderate IQ would buy the game, return it if it sucks, then get either money back or store cred since, surprise; the next big thing will still cost sixty dollars.

Moron.

[QuantumWake]

This guy had a hard time with the demo:

[FelicityOldGamer]

Deception...

[dkgshiz]

So no reason to even bother with this turd. Count your losses and move on.

[EvilBlackCat]

Let me guess why you are mad about this game... because the demo work on Xbox360 and not on your PS3?

Come on the game have potential (A LOT).

Now i wanna know guys why you dont like the game.

Please come clean and express yourself.

Why you dont like the game or what Alien vs Predators promise to what it will be?

(Please once again NO B.S. just sincere opinions about it)

[maniacmayhem]

Good luck, all you'll get is...

"Lazy developers"

"Naughty Dog is the best"

"I never liked this game so who cares"

and the famous...

"I'm busy with all the other excluuuuuusiiiives"

[kaelix]

demo worked perfectly fine on my ps3 :P lol getting the game none the less just wish there was an aim on the marines =\ o well :3 will still have FUN playing the game xD.

[Trebius]

I had it on PC, it caught th mood just right, i dont remember the developer nor do i care to look for it but it was good ...

this wasnt bad ... I have the ps3 demo and it worked fine, but I think it's cause I have so many friends i just send some friend invites and BAM.

It isn't a Day 1 buy by any means ... but it's not bad. It captures the mood pretty well and each race is very unique obviously .... it works

[cheameup]

I downloaded on my 360 and played 2 games . It was a maybe buy for me but now is a no chance

[FwanK]

They lost 60 bucks here

[ASSASSYN 36o]

Canceled mine. They lost an AVP PC veteran.

[jackalman]

Thats freaking hilarious. I love Aliens vs Predator but the game is gonna be hated on because of the lousy demo. When I first played it I thought it was Crap. Once I understood the controls, I fell in love with it. It reminded me of the James Cameron movie and Schwarzneggar film. The sights and sound. It pisses me off that Rebellion didnt release some kind of tutorial or single player mode that eases you into how to play the game. Im a seasoned veteran of games like Cod or Battlefield and when I played the AvP demo I was completely lost. I had to endure 10 matches of rape before I acutually understood how to play the damn game. I stuck with it that long cuz Im a huge fan of the films. Imagine those people who are'nt. Their gonna give up after 1 try. When I played as the Predator I did'nt even realize that you had to collect the Laser cannon or Saw Blade. The marine kicks ass but you gotta know how to use the block buttons and punch buttons to survive. Fix it now Rebellion befor its to late. I command YOUUUUUU!!!

[N4M3L355]

Should've been a single player demo. I think a lot of people pulled out from buying this game...I know I did.

[Heartbroken-Menace]

maybe next time.

[Chucky2003]

they lost a customer,don't care about their apologies when they are after my money,this could happen in the full game

[jalen247]

I couldn't even get to play the stupid demo. Wouldn't work for sh!t.

They were lucky that I was willing to download their demo and check out their. I was very pissed when I couldn't get a match going.

I might pick it up when its $9.99 if Rebellion is lucky.

This incident is going to hurt their sales big time.

[CARRIERHASARRIVED]

Just got out of a few matches. Looks pretty cool!

Marines get totally sh*t on though. Hahaha.

[Close_Second]

...downloaded the demo, it didn't work so I won't be spending any money on the full game. Anything from Sega nowadays is definitely a try before you buy affair. No try = no buy.

[W-k]

uhgg why do we need this match making bs!! whats wrong with the servers ? they better be sorry for the sh!ty job they did with avp it could have been so much more you fail rebellion better stick to psp games i was really looking forward to this game cant believe how much it fails..hopefully Aliens: Colonial Marines wont be this much of a disappointment.