Aliens vs. Predator

I'm not really a big fan of First Person Perspective games. I do think that Aliens vs Predator would have been better as an over-the-shoulder third-person actioner, even the 1994 side-scrolling beat-em-up version was better than this. But for what it is, it's still a worthwhile game.

I wasn't immediately hooked, to be honest. I found the combat system to be clunky and difficult, though once the first level was cleared things got better (this applies to all three campaigns). Some of the gameplay and tense moments actually reminded me a lot of Condemned 2: Bloodshot. You play as either the Predator, Colonial Marines, or an Alien in three individual stories that all tie together, each with their own set of pros and cons.

The story follows on from those utterly awful AvP movies, but connects it with the Alien and Predator franchise in a more cohesive way than those cinematic travesties managed. But the video game franchise of this particular crossover has been stuck as a First Person actioner since 1999 and with this next-gen incarnation I think that Sega and Rebellion should have tried a new approach.

Despite the flaws, it's an enjoyable game that's very easy to play, if not finish, with plenty of trophies available.

Graphics B Sound B Gameplay B- Lasting Appeal B-

When playing as a marine it is really satisfying shooting the aliens but then tiresome when you have to fight wave after wave. You play as a marine who has to find his way out of a situation and there is only one way you can get out, by killing everything in sight.

Sometimes it is a good idea to just run away and leave your alien opponents behind you - it does work.

I have only played a bit on alien but completed the game on hard when being marine but predator however, remains untouched.

I must note that there was an aimbot in play when progressing through this title. I had no control over the aimbot I either turn the game off and not play or live with it. I don't know maybe it had something to do with 20th Century Fox having being part in production.

Just buy it it is so cheap now have a bit of a thrill.

I miss the good old days where developers put effort into their games and were just FUN.

Not only does this game have 3 individual campaigns with completely different gameplay mechanics from each other, it also has a fairly fun and chaotic if not pretty janky multiplayer. Even then it's charming as hell. Multiplayer shooters with Xenos in them have always been fun, even ACM.

The Marine campaign is probably the best of the three and drips atmosphere as you explore a ruined colony.

It isn't a masterpiece in storytelling by any stretch but AVP3 is the most 7/10 game of all time in my opinion, but my bias means id rate it higher. Very fun to play, not to mention Mortal Kombat levels of gory kills.

It's good, it's pretty good. I am glad that somewhat in 2010... we put back some things on the right path. After AVP (2004) and AVP Requiem (2007), which I didn't like at all... I thought that all that alien & predator thing is going down the drain. But, thanks to this new video game, and film "Predators", we got some interesting stuff here. Now, let's get back to the game. Graphics - incredible, gameplay - amazing, what can I say, atmosphere and music were great too. And still it kept good impression when you are playing with Alien, or predator, or the marine. Again you feel cool when you are playing with each of them, and their stories are connected, just like in AVP 2 (2001) video game. Though, I don't think that the action scenes, or some moments in the game were not that much tense and not very high voltage. It's kinda slow. This game rules because of good graphics and gameplay, but the plot is weak. Never, during gaming, I have never felt anything exciting in the plot, it's pretty simple, and I feel sorry for that. The intros for all three campaigns were good, but as the plot moves on... something was missing. Maybe it was about these changes that occurred within Alien and Predator canon/universe. You can see that in the game, and there are pretty cool moments with those changes. Like, for example, giving predators much more deeper hunter culture. But, I like things simple. That's just me. When I heard so much about this game, and I expected to be something big, yet simple, and it wasn't ... It was really good, but without the plot... 60% of it is good. But, still highly enjoyable.

To start things off, the story of this game is extremely weak and nothing extremely gripping but it's passable, you can complete the story in 3 segments (Alien, Predator, Marines) and you can choose which order to go in and they all have a tie in together but nothing huge. The Aliens campaign is very mediocre but if there is one thing this game gets right, it's making you feel like you're an alien because the controls and gameplay are very entertaining, climbing up surfaces and jumping around, sneaking behind enemies and taking them down with the little mouth, although the sneak executions are limited and repeat and the climbing on surfaces can get very disorienting when in small vents or a cliff with too many turns. You follow one certain alien who starts out trapped and being examined and then you escape...it's very short and lasts about 3 hours, if that. Then the Marine Campaign, I thought this was going to be the most dull but there were moments where I actually felt dread and paranoid...but it fell flat on it's face with the stupid constant beeping warning you there is something near by and ruins any kind of surprise. It's a pretty standard FPS as far as gameplay and aiming feels really stiff. It has a pretty outstanding last boss fight though and it's the longest campaign of the 3, lasting about 6-7 hours and most of that is spent just trying to figure out where to go because the waypoint is horrible at times. The story, again, is nothing special, you're a speechless Marine who is left alone when Aliens and predators attack, you follow another Marine whose name I can't remember but I can tell they wanted you to get attached to her but...no. You have a range of weapons from a pistol to the smart gun! Next you have the predator campaign, predator is easily my favorite because I absolutely love stealth and loved the way Predator is like a warrior and not afraid of anything. This campaign is absolutely amazing in the way of gameplay, the story lacks something but it's not noticeable because you're busy stabbing people with spears and throwing disks. AGAIN, it's faulty in the way of the waypoints and the campaign lasting only 3 hours max. Short but sweet I suppose. On to the multiplayer! You can of course play online with friends on either versus or Survival, survival is..fun with friends but lack any innovation, you survive for as long as you can on not a a whole lot of choices of levels. 4 i believe, fun but can be repetitive. Then you have versus where it's for the most part 6v6 or teams of 3 (Marines, Aliens, predator) and wow did they actually get this pretty good. Everything is pretty well balanced for the most part but if you're a marine it's way harder to win anything and predator is the cheapest and most fun in my opinion. Nobody plays it now a days but when you get into a match it's extremely fun, better with friends. Thanks for reading! (my first review)