Updated 04/27/20. 14:57
I’ll start by saying I’ve enjoyed the Predator series for a long time since I’ve seen the VHS movies and was old enough to see one in the theaters. Loved the concept and story behind this amazing series. When I heard about this game coming out I was excited and couldn’t wait to play it. Quickly downloaded the Trials version and played it to no end along with doing a semi hour long review on my channel which sadly didn’t have everything I wanted but enough. When the game dropped I quickly started playing and noticed some changes made from the simple of details to the most w.t.f. moments like the Predator bomb defuse part.
I can understand when playing this there is some things still needing to be done to fix here and there and I’m going to wait and hope for the best what with how the current status of the world even being how this is the normal right now on dealing with such things online.
I did however have some ideas that maybe could be for future things that could be added and love to hear back from fans of the game if they have ideas as well that could make it just a bit more sweeter and enjoyable than a quick game and break for days at times before picking it back up.
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Day/Night setting- A day night setting could make the game even more interesting and maybe for some that feel the predator has little to no chance of winning having even more so of a chance now with a day night cycle or random setup in the loading of the match. Having Fire Team members waving flashlights around to see enemies or even have to have their own night vision goggles and such for when trying to hide or attack the enemy.
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Weather setting- Perhaps adding rain or dense fog to the map could make rushing in and such more difficult because of the fact mud could wash off faster and the dense fog give confusion on where some thing is. The element of where is it jumping around and catching the enemy team off guard could be fun and challenging for those who have worked non stop on their Fire Team character and not the Predator.
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Different Locations- With the fact that Fire Team can have different camo for outfits and weapons I think adding maps that help with that would work great. Imagine playing a desert location like Iraq or such and the Predator can use the heat from the sun hitting the sand making it hard for Fire Team to track it. Or even giving the Predator a hard time using Heat Vision and have to rely on tracking their tracks. How about even the Predator 2 style Concrete Jungle of LA? Add the day night cycle along with having large city locations and buildings to jump from, it would give something unique than constant plants and mud. Last what about the Game World where the Predators dropped off prey to hunt on and having alien like terrain and have to try to get off the planet some how. Seeing the sky and the multiple planets would be interesting to take in along with alien ships and animals.
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Unique Mechanics- I enjoy seeing how the predator can hear the mics of the enemy team and thats pretty fun hearing them at times panic. I think it would be even more fun to maybe have a play back and repeat for the predator. Say the enemy is laughing and saying this predator is terrible but suddenly they hear the same laugh and line not more than a few feet away instead of the clicking and hissing sounds. That could give players something to jump and such when wondering whats going on. Now I know about the sound decoy item but this is something a bit different. What about instead of the Predator using the laser to charge and bring up the triangle lock on it could instead have a secondary function of locking on to a target for a limited time to help aim and track its prey. Perhaps if time runs out the Fire Team still has a chance to win by going into a 4 v 1 match only where they no longer can recover ammo or health and have to start setting up traps similar to the 1st movie. Making the hunt all the more enjoyable and unique. Perhaps giving bonuses to experience or in game currency if stealth is used more than just run and gun. There should be some sound problems for the Predator, gurgled like with sounds with speech or at least have vs perks like fire team has muffled radio gibberish while the predator gets maybe audio translator to know more
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Additional Customization- It’s fun being able to custom set up the characters and such but I feel more can be done. Starting with the Predator, with how previous Predators all had different styles and armors along with features on how it worked I think it would be great to have that added on. I love to see armor sets from the movies to be used in this and maybe add markings on the helmet to be unique and not copy paste like most other players. Perhaps even making it so the weapons brought into the match are resting on Predator so someone could see it and know what they are up against. Adding new styles of armor not just the helmets could give the Predator a more unique look than something that is just bland and why customize when hiding or cloaked. For the Fire Team allow patches and such perhaps go with the idea of customizing everything from head to toe like gloves, boots, and vest. Give players options to add a helmet to something like the gas mask and perhaps more options for the weapons like lights, laser sights, grips, stocks and more. Having different outfits for the different set ups would be great as well to not be just two and only one being customized. Be great to see maybe something to customize going into the match with perhaps music playing the helicopter and setting up my character to be putting on face camo, working on my weapon, or just reading something than just sit and wait. Oh give first person option to the predator, its cool seeing him but I think it would be just as fun to use it in first person vision than what we have constantly.
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Groups- Lets face it sooner or later someone is going to want to have a guild/platoon where they can have themselves be rated as top players in the game as a Fire Team or Predator. Maybe giving something to where that can be something and having unique emblems like thats what is seen in the helicopter on the small screen instead of a skull.
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Events and extra modes- Ok we all know this is a Predator game but what about seeing something more happen from time to time like events or additional modes like 4v1 but the 4v1 is like one human in that crazy anti predator suit from the recent movie at the end vs 4 predators or perhaps its four xenomorphs and the predator is trying to kill them before they cause a major end game to the world. Add a mode where you could play chapter like stories to see your Predator or Fire Team member be in this story similar to the comic that was given out with deluxe edition but its the one you customize. This mode was thought up by @ HuMmZ_21
“4 Predators working together to hunt a Group 10 up 12 Players. No other Human AI only some wildlife.
The beginning of every match can be like in the Movie too, Humans drop down to Map, and Preds are joining it a few minutes later, so the Humans have a chance to group up.” -
Random fun- Ok last thing I can think of right now, why not give some Predator tech to the humans and some human weapons to the Predator for some fun moments. Remember seeing a predator pick up a machine gun in the recent movie and just spray and kill a few people because it was pissed off and such along with not having his weapons and he had to retrieve it? Why not have a hunt mode where the Predator starts with only its claws on its hands and hunts down its stolen tech. The Fire Team could have some make shift or perhaps the stolen gear and semi able to use it but not fully.
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Additional weapons on both sides- Something like paying respect with the movie classic weapons and such. Like Dutchs assault rifle with grenade launcher combo or the Predators wrist plasma cannon from the second movie. They could switch from different wrist blades to a long single one for further reach with reduced speed but counter parry like a katana sword or even medium size length blades with wider apart blades to balance damage and speed. Give the fire team perhaps reasons to use other set ups for some missions. Make some weapons balanced that need additional versions, like the knife, you could add a machete like the one from the first movie Billy had which is better to parry but slow to attack and even add like a small knife quicker yet weaker. Even give option to throw said weapon like the Predator but have to recover to use again, could add a trophy called “Stick Around” if it does a one hit kill.
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Reason for random quick play- really people will sit on playing Predator at times and it may help setting up bonus reasons for random quick play.
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Unique Predators- besides the color of skin armor and war paint how about sounds and such the Predators make based around the class type or such with other things like how predators movie was with the different versions. Some bold sounding while others loud. Perhaps customize the eyes and scars.
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Rank Up- After 100 since the double XP makes it easy to get to, have something where you can go into a rank system that perhaps is connect with OWLF. Giving new character like gear and weapons. Give the Predator the same with more skulls to show they have grown along with markings or even boons they wear based around their time hunting prey.
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New Missions- missions revolved around the Predator with a mission and Fire Team being the Hunters or even set around protecting Predator tech or even a tranquilized Predator it wants to recover.
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Dog Tags/Medallions- Give players a means to have maybe custom dog tags/Medallions they can make there own with unique styles and emblems on them along with their names, same for the Predators. Making the cross play less unique in that way as well.
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Balance- I’ve seen more Berserker Predators than regular or scout ones and perhaps giving more reasons towards these would work to benefit better play styles. It seems unfair to have even some weapons being the better damage yet not used to its fullest with certain classes like the .50 cal sniper rifle, I have seen just as much of that than any other weapon as well.
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Weapons and Classes- Why should someone pick a weapon like an assault rifle for the assault classes when he can have a grenade launcher and mini gun? Why not set up a point system where depending on the classes you see points based not just on perks and gear but weapons so there can mix and match without making less play usage for some classes that rarely get used. Could add a new class called commando that could be gained from reaching lvl 100 and gives you bonus perks gear and weapon increase or perhaps you custom set the points in an order that benefits a players game style.
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New difficulty- I’m one for realistic game play like hardcore modes in games. Why not have one where it’s Predator difficulty and its settings are based around the movie. One hit kills and massive amount of damage on both sides depending on how its set up.
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Workable spawn locations- I notice game can last a few minutes and with that timer giving no sense to take time, matches can end just when they just start and pose issues with fire team respawn so far away the Predator can still find you and kill you before you have a chance. Perhaps giving players a chance to go through the game and have the Predator actually hunt not Mortal Kombat everyone asap.
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Guessed Characters- In some games I’ve seen people get a chance after they are killed or have enough points they can become a hero like character to help out their squad. Perhaps making something to where Fire Team members can donate in game currency during a match they collect towards going to a radio and calling back a team mate to be someone like Dutch or such to play as that even has bonus status and unique weapons to help aid against the Predator. Same could be said that the Predator could get certain amount of kills to call Predator Hounds to aid in tracking and taking down it’s prey.
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Upgrade Predator- I didn’t know if I should add this to the customize list but I figured it work on it’s own for what I was thinking. What if for experience gained or some unique points or currency you can upgrade the predator weapons to look different or have unique effects. Imagine if the Disk weapon could upgrade to look like the version from AvP and the recent Predator movie that was like a disk fan of blades and could do more damage or have less of a sound that it’s coming at someone. Perhaps making it so the Plasma cannon could look different depending on its effects like faster charge time or auto lock with weaker damage out come and each version looks more like the ones from movies and comics. Could even go as far to have something like the net gun reduce damage for impact knock back or such. Sacrifice a weapon slot for two wrist blades for quicker damage but minus the bomb or more time to defuse said bomb. Speaking of the wrist bomb, could be something to where that could have a fun effect that someone could upgrade that to have it not be defused but have a longer charge time before it goes off and has a larger radius, this way it could have that unique effect from the first movie as Dutch was running from it. The lack of upgrades for the Predator does seem like a draw back.
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Leveling Weapons Fixed- Ok so this may be my only real problem for the game. With the lack of AI enemies at times or how fast other players can find the target and get the kill plus the Predator having the ability to do the same, weapons seem a bit over challenging to complete to get certain upgrades for weapon. Maybe make it something of a purchase parts or such like a weapons shop or a gun cage for the Fire Team to get stuff from. Heck could take a page from PayDay 2 and kind of go through that with weapon parts and upgrades. I’m not saying what is there now is terrible but it’s challenging to see myself or someone else quickly get the levels for two or three parts they really want and whats holding them back is these parts. And yet the Predator levels with the Fire Team member so they get the weapons and such with no level restrictions towards being fully capable of taking down someone.
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A reason for the Hunt- Now I have seen enough people complain the game is to fast for matches to last or even that it makes little sense for the Predator to be killing Fire Team when they haven’t even do much. Why not give the Predator a reasons such as who has the current most experience and attacking them may give them more reward or such or even who has killed or done the most in the game kind of thing. Give the Predator a reason not to instantly attack the Fire Team asap or even the AI do to the fact why would he unless they were reason for him being there. Give reason for the Hunt, it can be anything that makes sense such as recovering tech, killing Fire Team because they shown themselves as a worthy prey or even just to find a select target the Fire Team is hunting and find and kill that Target before it is to late. This may give reason for longer sessions to happen and more ideas for missions and such.
That’s my long wind 2 cents on the thoughts and more. Have better ideas or even thoughts on this? Lets talk it up and see of the devs like these and want to discuss adding them in the future.