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Scariest FPS i've played on. Excellent!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game depends on a persons particular taste and whether or not they have a pace maker or not. A love for a scrawny FPS will have you drawling at the screen as you back pedal down a vent shaft whilst spraying randomly into the face of the three aliens clawing there way along the ceiling totally intent on sucking out your brain. And of course if you're an alien & predator fan, then you'll have the same kind of liking to the scary atmosphere of the alien series. However, for those who like to be able to see what they're shooting at and like to stand and fight instead of leg it and shoot backwards, perhaps this is not for you.
The game is clearly a scary thing to play - close the curtains and turn out the lights gives the ideal atmosphere and I suggest a good sound set up, and even better, headphones.
You may have read other reviews that state how you can play as the Alien, Predator and Marine, and that is true, but I find playing as the human characters by far and away the most fun because there's nothing like pumping away with the shotgun at an alien with no legs left until it turns to liquid.
Being serious though, the graphic content is excellent, the modals are well rendered (What you can see of them) and the lighting effects really make you wish the flashlight on your shoulder hadn't just run out of power.
There is a massive array of weaponry with the marines and if you're the predator you have your nice long claws to enjoy and of course the famous shoulder cannon that the predator uses in the films. When playing as the alien you start life as one of those worm things, and then you eventually grow up into a fully armoured acid licking killing machine that can walk on the ceiling and cut peoples heads off. (Grose!)
I often say to people when they say this movie is really scary that it's only a movie, how can it be scary? But I really can tell you, when playing on this game, you really will need a cloth to wipe the sweat off the mouse as you fight to stay alive.
The scariest parts are when your walking into a semi lit room and you throw a flare in to see the room, but then as you carefully walk into the middle, you can hear the familiar ticking and scrapping sound, and then the radar starts beeping and before you know it you've turned around to locate the alien so many times you don't know where you are and all the time it's above you on the ceiling, and when you look up and see it looking at you, get that gun out!
So as far as I can see, if it's scary games and FPS's your into, this is a good choice, of course there are others like Medal of honour and C&C renegade if you prefer a more skilled game more then the toilet treatment that goes on if you play AVP2.
The multi-player is for on-line of LAN only, so there are no computer player options which I was a little disappointed in, because I like it when you can play infinitely against a computer especially in the hunt option where I could be a marine searching for a predator in the jungle.
Never mind, the single player really makes up for that. The game is however a bit too short. Okay, it's still a big game, but to today's standards where anything under 20 hours of single player action is short, it has to be said it could be a little longer. But even though I've completed it, believe me, you will want to do it again on a harder skill level. And you can see why it's short compared to most, it's because of the details that's gone into making it, the levels are so big some of them, and some of the open spaces where you have to walk along this pipe over a 200 foot fall really make you see how long it must have taken to design this game.
The levels are a little linear, but don't let that put you off because what true FPS isn't.
All in all a great FPS which is the best scary game out at the moment in my opinion. Worth owning.

A pleasent adventure

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: February 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

After completing all twenty-one levels of Aliens versus Predators 2 I feel like itýs time to give a review. I have never played the first so this review will focus entirely on AVP2.

-The Marine-
The marine was the easiest out of all the scenarios (Predator, Marine, and Alien) it also went by the quickest. Compared to all the first person shooters the marine campaign felt uninspired, unoriginal. For the plus side the Marine campaign had the best atmosphere in the game, and one of the best atmospheres in a computer game I ever encountered. Some of the weapons were useless in the single player aspect of the Marine such as the grenade launcher and sniper rifle. The story line was semi-addicting with its twists and turns and it never failed to surprise the player. Being in the Robot on the last level was cool and refreshing for a change. The lighting effects got annoying, having inadequate light for the entire mission you turn to three options: 1. Night vision 2. A shoulder lamp 3. Flares. The night vision is the best but it drains the battery way to quickly, the shoulder lamp only exposes a tiny bit of the dim room and still drains the battery quickly, finally the flares work okay for exposing area but you have a limited amount that you do not replenish quickly in the coarse of the mission. The motion detector is a useful tool accompanying your missions, itýs easy to read and utilize and the monotonous beeps help aid the brilliant atmosphere of the marine campaign. (4.5/5)

-The Predator-
The predator was the weakest part of this game. With no astonishing story line, heart-wrenching atmosphere, or originality it lacks in almost every place. This campaign should have been a disaster but was strangely fun, maybe by advertising that you are the predator and not the prey, a huge change from the marine campaign. The four views the predator has was a major use in beating the seven levels presented. The first was regular, the second was good at detecting humans, the third at detecting aliens, and the fourth and final one detecting predators even while their cloaked. You might find yourself switching vision modes when the light patterns get exotic, then youýll search for which one works best. Almost all the weapons have their time and place and a good sum of them were unique enough to pass by. You also had the ability to cloak but somehow the humans still could see you from many yards away so it was not as useful as you might start off thinking. The ability to regenerate at any time of the mission made the campaign way to easy. The story line lacked in almost every way. And therefore you probably would pay little attention as the story line progresses and tosses in some curves. Shallow fun with weak story line and poor creativity the Predator campaign was the weakest part of the game. (4/5)

-The Alien-
The strongest part of the game was the Alien campaign. The story line had the most twists and turns, the game play was far different from the marine and predator, it had a nice bland of atmosphere, and it was loaded with creativity. Walking on walls and ceilings was fun but the view became quirky from time to time. Letting you start as a face-hugger and then biting and clawing your way out of the victims stomach was a nice touch. I also liked the idea of having to eat your enemies to regenerate your health. The story line was the darkest out of all the campaigns. It was hard since the alien had little health and some creatures like synths (artificial humans) and predators are tough to kill and you canýt regenerate off them, you can only regenerate by eating humans. The alien has two views normal and something equivalent to night vision. Normal picks up the hormones of humans and predators allowing you to see them far away in the dark. All in all great seven levels with a great storyline: (4.75/5)

-Overall-
The game was fun, it had some minor puzzle solving but the fact that itýs linear helped keep it full of action. The graphics were okay when the game first came out, in todayýs day and age they are outdated. The sound is good, and there is very little music but the stuff thatýs there is pretty good. There is very little technically problems provided you have a Radeon instead of a GeForce. (4.6/5) A-

Windows XP Users BEWARE!!!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I gave this review to Aliens Versus Predator 2 the three-star treatment because it's the mid-grade score. So why the mid-grade score? It's a fun game, by all means (especially the Alien campaign), however, if you own a computer that runs Windows XP, the game won't work well as it did for those that gave this game a better grade.

Even with the game running on the lowest/minimum settings on audio and graphics, the game suffers from severe lag and awefully dragged out loading times. My computer specs tower over the minimum requirements in order to play this game, but Windows XP doesn't seem to have the compatability in order to enjoy this title.

What I could play and deal with, the game showed much promise to be great in both single player and with the online multiplayer games. I just never got too into the game because of all the problems with the system crashing, long loading times (and we are literaly talking about 5-10 minutes here), and bad lag. I installed and played the game for nearly ten hours and got only two levels into it (My character died many times because of the lag).

If you are running Windows XP, avoid this game!!! There are just too many problems to overcome. If you own a previous Windows edition, this game will most likely be a great title.

AVP 2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game, overall, is an excellent game. The graphics are absolutely stunning and the characters look very realistic. Also, the Predator, Alien and Marine missions are all fantastic and very fun to play. The only con is that the levels are all a bit short. The plot, however is very entertaining and easy to follow. The environments in this game offer jungles, alien hives and marine bases, so the environment is rarely repetitive. The weopons for all species are very fun to play around with and also relate to the movies very well.

Simply amazing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is all we hoped for but didn't get in AVP, it has Amazing locations(Not being simply confined to the endless repedative corridors of the 1st game) Including but not limited to huge outdoor areas (mainly experienced with the predator) in which you can really flex your species's muscle. As well as well detailed internal areas, not the boring repedative textured corridors of the 1st but amazingly real sick bays, command centers alien pens etc, all very claustrophically portrayed in the style of the movies.

My personal favorite though, was the visiting of the derilict, I dunno if they actually got Giger for this game, but damn, they used the proper textures, not the latent inconsistencies of the hive walls of the 1st, but the actual proper beautiful necronicon esq patterns of Gigers work, and when you start to power up the ship, oh boy, you actualy get an idea of how that thing worked :).

On to the races -

The marine was by far the most terrifying to play, obviously, you were the weakest of the 3 races, but you also got some really fun toys, rather than the search for hidden key quest of the 1st, if you see a door you can't open, chances are you either have to hack it, or use your blow torch. The marine definitly had the best plot as you went through the various betrayals and liberation of Harrison.

The Alien was fun, not much change from the except the ability to pounce. The ability to hide in the shadows and just generally be more like an alien from the 1st movie rather than the 2nd was fun as hell. The plot sees you following a scientist with some rather large mental deficencies who has a vandetta against your race on a power trip.

The predator was extremly fun for a number of reasons, you got a few out door levels in which you really got to be a predator in all senses of the word, un hindered by small spaces, the toys of the beast were the best part though, there is of course, the faithful plasma caster, and a slightly upped pistol, wrist blades and disk, but added to the pile are remote bombs, net guns and a collapsable spear, throughout the preds game you will pursue an old trophy, and pick quite a few up along the way :)

All in all, if you wanted to see alien 3 and 4 done right, are an avid lover of multiplay with a touch of difference, or are just looking to piss your pants over a game, go buy this, you won't regret it.

this thing is a blast

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

When I played as the Marine, it was so creepy running around in those abandoned facilities with those freaky alien things jumping out of the darkness my heart almost dropped into my butt. When I played as the Predator, I thought I couldn't get enough of using my superior technology, weaponry and strength to hunt the other species and dish out helping after helping of deep-dish hiney-stomping - predator style, but the first time I launched myself fifty feet in the air across a courtyard and shredded a Marine into his component parts, ripped his lifeless body to little ribbons then ate his head, I just knew I'd found a game I could settle down with! With three unique styles of gameplay, and a nice pile of fun weapons and technology at your disposal, this thing is just one big non-stop gore-a-dellic kill-fest separated by short lags of creeping around in jeans-darkening paranoia waiting for the fudge to hit the fan. A must!

The Best Shooter I have ever played in my entire life

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

For all of you first person shooter lovers out there, there are really three major things a shooter must have to be good. One the graphics need to be decent because that makes the game feel more realistic. Two the game must have a good story line because that can make the game much more fun and exciting. And Last but certainly not least it needs to be non repetitve. When i say that i mean it needs to not get old and always be fun even if youve been playing for 10 hours straight. THIS GAME HAS ALL OF THESE THINGS TIMES TEN. The graphics are great now they arent unbelieveable but they are not bad at all. The story line is incredible they ,anaged to put 2 great movies together and make a sucess story. Whats so great about it is when you remeber things abou the movie from the playing the game. And lastly the gameplay is phenominal. The predator by faR is the most fun. You can switch viewing lenses like infared and infablue which makes trhings like humans and aliens stand out. You can cloak. You have that same gun in predator wiht the three red dots. It is just amazing. If this game costed 100 dollars i would suggest you buy it. So please if you are thinking of getting a shooter please buy this one because the more people that come to the online games the more fun it is for me.
- Jeff Gollobin

"Fun, fun, fun!"

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Like the last game, you play three characters, Alien, Predator, and Colonial Marine. Being a Marine really [stinks], but Alien and Predator are cool. I like being an Alien drone because when you slash someone or sting them or both it all happens in one big, stylized action sequence so that was really cool. The first Alien level is really hard, even at an easy setting, so I'd also rate the level of difficulty 5/5. Predator, however, isn't all that hard. It's very easy to stay alive, the only really hard part is that it will take you a little bit to figure out where to go. Also, as a Predator, you will start with only your Shocker, Speargun, and Wristblades. You must find your fellow Predators and they will give you weapons such as the Blade Staff, the Slicer Disc, etc. Also, if you set your Predator settings to easy, you will have an Energy Sift Device, which will allow you to restore your energy whenever you want (unless you are at full energy), Also, you will, of course, have the Medicomp. Personally, I think the Alien and Predator are a lot more fun to be than the Marine. So, pick up this game.

Things that go bump in the night...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Ingredients:

Large spoonful of slimey teeth
Fresh smoke, steam and dripping water
Pinch of Doom 2
Garnish liberally with terror

As a big fan of the Alien films I've launched myself into a lot of the tie-in games that have been released over the years, including the genesis, super-nes, gameboy and playstation versions.
Most of them, including this latest incarnation follow the same basic plot: government agents with machinations of global domination stumble on alien beasty, and take it home for show and tell. Said alien escapes, and there follows much running and screaming in steam filled corridors. However, this game sets itself apart from its long lineage with a truly immersive survival-horror experience. Depending on how you look at it this game is best played on your own with the lights off and the sound up. For better or for worse this game scared my panties off.

You can play as three different species, each with its own weapons and characteristics and all with an intertwining plot. Choose the alien, and you'll be running up vertical surfaces and biting people in the face. With the predator you'll get to play with lots of shiny gadgets like heat-vision (yeah, like in the movies) and various stabby/choppy weapons for taking off heads (literally). And, as the poor weedy human marine, its back to 3d shooter basics with pistol, shotgun, fast-but-weak machine guns and lots of sweat.

Its the marine single player game that really shines, as you creep around lots of 'abandoned' military installations, movement tracker bleeping. If you've watched the movies you'll know its only ever a matter of time before something with big teeth and an attitude problem jumps out of the ceiling at you, and man, does this game deliver. Expect to jump frequently, firing blindly into the darkness at the very scarily accurate alien hordes. Sometimes there will be as many as six or seven of the critters bearing down on you, and the crisp graphics really excel in bringing the movies to life.

As far as the Alien and Predator games go the tension is somewhat diminished since, after all, you're the monster now. Its initially very amusing to watch the AI controlled civilians quake and scream at your approach, and there's lots to be said for the Alien's acrobatic talents...you can leap huge distances, and explore airducts and sewer systems with ease.

However, you'll probably find that sooner or later the Alien and Predator missions get fairly samey. Still, there's lots of great graphical effects on show, with great smoke and lighting throughout all the missions. Again, the sound is excellent, with distant screams and scuttling behind walls bringing everything to terrifying life.

The online multiplayer game is also very well balanced, and features a nice variety of playing levels and game modes, with more downloadable from the official site. In the long term this is where the game stands out, since beyond the marine missions the single player is really a one-off affair.

Overall this is a good solid game, with some stand out moments in the single player, and lasting appeal in the multiplayer. It is both violent and gory, so the sqeamish should probably shop elsewhere, and for obvious reasons if you didn't like the films this is probably a poor choice. But, for both film and horror shooter fans alike Alien vs Predator 2 is a game to sink all four sets of teeth into.

the best FPS out there!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

AVP2 is seriously one of the best single and multiplayer games that I've ever played (beats quake2, HL1, HL2, UT2004). The single player game play is absolutely phenomenal! The human side is so scary that I was on the edge of my seat for more than half the story. The scarcest part was entering the abandoned base area where you blow torch a lock and enter into blacked out hallways that lead into the alien nest. When your night vision goggles run out of batteries, you're neck deep in aliens! Predator single player is simply fun and more of an adrenaline rush that comes with being the hunter. Alien story is hard at first, but gets easier once you molt into a drone. Probably, had the most fun with the alien campaign leaping, crawling on walls, and slashing! The human weapons are very well balanced especially for online play. There are a couple of different styles for multiplayer. The best one is survivor, where the first player that gets picked off starts out as an alien. The alien has to get humans as quick as possible because you get points for surviving as a human. When you're killed by an alien you become one so you have to hurry and wipe out the humans as well! Few probably play avp2 online any more, but this game is amazing and shouldn't be overlooked!

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