It’s a multiplayer demo of the much-anticipated new AvP FPS and, yes, I think it’s very good, but, yes, I’m in a match within a minute or so when I try to play, unlike the poor buggers trying to play on the PC or PS3.

I’ve not played as the Predator yet, but I’ve played two matches each as alien and marine.

Alien: Hugely confusing spatially, but fun as hell. I’ve hardly ever managed to sneak up behind someone to do the epic kill attack, but it’s very satisfying when I have done it. I also love using focus to leap at unsuspecting people from the ceiling. A lot of people don’t seem to know about blocking yet, which helped my scores. It really feels different from the usual stuff you play these days.

Marine: Much more familiar than the alien and a completely different experience. It’s scary as anything – yes, I have panicked and fired wildly at pipes in the ceiling. Several times. The motion tracker helps a lot both with playing the game and enhancing the atmosphere and when I see an alien tail or the Predator shimmer all thoughts of “short, controlled bursts” go right out of my head and I just hold the trigger down and hope I kill something before the clip runs out. Brilliant stuff.

Now, I’m not very good at these things, but here I was holding my own and coming half-way down the table as both the alien and the marine. I’m very much looking forward to getting the full game and playing something that’s not straight deathmatch, as I don’t think it’s going to be one of the game’s best modes.

I’m not sure when I’ll be able to get this, certainly not at launch, but I hope I’ll be able to buy a copy before the only people left playing are the hardcore players.