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Scary, difficult and loads of fun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: November 27, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Alien VS Predator is the best "Alien" game released to date (I was actually fond of Alien Trilogy) and has a lot going for it. You can play as a marine, alien or predator. Playing as the Alien is the easiest and is pretty difficult to master as first. You will need to climb on walls, learn to pounce, and sneak up on your targets. As the Predator, you will need to use your fast arsenal of weapons, visions and invisibility features to win. The scariest and most fun character is the marine. You will need to collect weapons, health and watch your back at all times. You never know when an Alien is around the corner. And if you see or hear a face hugger, you better start shooting or run for your life. If one gets you, you WILL jump from your seat! The only drawbacks is that the save game feature is lame (if you download the patch, otherwise, there isn't a save game feature,) and the game will give you extra levels at the end, ONLY if you beat the game at a higher difficulty. Other than that, if you like the Alien movies, get this! I give this title a B+.

Atmosphere baby, it's all about the atmosphere

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: December 14, 1999
Author: Amazon User

There have been other games, especially Half Life, that lay claim to the title of "Most Advanced 3D Shooter", but none of them come close to the sheer terror of Aliens vs. Predator.

This game initially lacks an in-level save option (you have to download a patch for that) as well as any kind of a running narrative plot, or any between level cut-scenes for that matter. But what this game does, it does PERFECTLY. And that is to put you into the body of a Colonial Marine, a Predator, or one of the Aliens.

Either character allows you to literally step inside make believe and interact with locations that up until now you could only view in the movies. Locations like the LV-426 colony, or the inside of the derelict Alien spacecraft complete with the fossilized pilot.

The highlight of this game is the third level while playing as the Alien. It is basically a recreation of the first Alien movie, but from the Alien's point of view.

For fans of the Aliens or the Predator movies, this game is an absolute must.

A BOSS GAME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 31, 2000
Author: Amazon User

THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE BEST ALIEN AND PREDATOR GAME ON THE MARKET. IT HAS EXCELLENT GRAPHICS. WHEN YOU SHOOT AN ALIEN YOU ACTUALLY BLOW OF LIMBS AS IT CHARGES AT YOU.PEOPLE SCREAM AS YOU TEAR THEM APART WITH YOUR CLAWS. PLUS WHEN YOUR STALKING YOUR PREY IN CLOAK MODE THEY REALLY LOOK SCARED AS THEY WALK RIGHT PAST YOU UNKNOWINGLY. AWESOME ,TOTALLY AWESOME.SOME PEOPLE MIGHT WHINE ABOUT NOT HAVING A SAVE GAME FEATURE BUT THINK OF STARTING OVER LIKE AVENGING THE DEATH OF YOUR BEST FRIEND OR HUNTING PARTNER OR SOMETHING. THIS IS A MUST HAVE FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVED THE ALIEN AND PREDATOR MOVIES.

Really good game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 12, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Anyone who likes video games and has seen the movies would really like this game, even if you haven't seen the movies, you'ed still like the fluid graphics and great detail. One of the best aspects of this game is the sound! Everything from the motion detecter to the alien's sounds to the predator's clicking type sound is EXACTLY like in the movies, I really appriciate this as it adds to the overall experience. The graphics are smooth and good looking. the Predators look a lot like in the movies and the Aliens are so well done I had to pause the game and marvel at the detail. When you first get this game do the marine mission if you are looking to be scared out of your wits. In the game you can play as all three different races(Predator,Alien,Colonel Marine)all with their own missions plus bonus missions. The Alien Ai(artifical intelegence) is really really good. You can be standing there minding your own business and then an alien will drop down from the ceiling when you didn't even know it was sneaking up on you. The only notable complaint is that the predators cloak only actually keeps you unseen for about 7 seconds(it doesn't go off or anything its just all of a sudden they can see you even if its up) Which of course lead my theory that you should kill them in 7 seconds or less(with your cloak up) if you wanna go undetected. Also staying true to the movies the Predator is extreamly hard to kill, whether you are playing as him or fighting him. And the aliens are brittle but really really really fast, and yes you can climb all over the walls at top speed when you play the alien:) The colonel marines are both brittle and slow, but they have BIG weaponry(chain gun with 800 rounds anyone? Also the chain gun's sound is really good and pumps the rounds out really fast. They also have a lot of other weaponry).All in all this is the best FPS(first person shooter) to date, especially if you are an Alien/Predator fan.

Incredible and addictive

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 03, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I have had this game for ages and it took me ages to get used to it. I started first with the alien which moves faster than anything I have seen in a game and can crawl up walls, hang from the ceiling and makes a nice crunching sound when you bite into your enemies heads.

The predator levels are easiest and if you are familiar with the movies you will know why. Amazing fire power and tools (just check out the disc and the grappling hooks)not to mention invisibility, zoom and four different vision modes. I would suggest that you start with this baby because the predator is one mean and resilient character.

The marines are helped by their motion trackers (so you can see where your enemies might be) and a startling array of weapons: pulse rifle, smart gun (which tracks your enemies), flame thrower, mini-gun (the jungle flattening one used in the Predator movie) and the awesome SARDAR rocket launcher. Great but you have to find them along with body armour and medikits. Beleive me you will need them.

There are loads of levels and the opportunity for bonuses. The strategies needed by each character are different and this leads to some great game playing oportunities.

There are also multiplayer and skirmish options. Multiplayer means you can play across a LAN or the net. A great chance to wup your mates. Skirmish mode provides you with little vignettes -opportunities to massacre or be massacred.

This is not a game for the faint-hearted. Eerie sound effects and gory deaths are everywhere (you are even encouraged to do head bites when an alien - for extra health).

I do not claim to be a games wizard and it has taken me a long time to go through the games (at training level - I still have to do it at realistic and Director's cut levels)!

Two tips: buy the guide - you will need it and download the patch so you can save games.

A very good game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: August 31, 1999
Author: Amazon User

You are a Colonial Marine, your motion tracker is beeping, saying something is twenty metres ahead. You cautiously step forward, searching the ground infront of you, looking in the shadows for movement. You can see nothing. Whatever it is is ten metres ahead, five, four, three, two, one, nothing. According to your motion tracker you should be stepping on the thing. But nothing is there. You scan the ground ahead and see nothing. Then you realise something. In horror you look up at the roof. In horror you stare at the alien extending its secondary jaws. You scream until it rips your head clean off. Then you're body drops limply to the floor. This happens regurlary in Aliens versus Predator. What is great is you can be the alien, stalking the marine, scaring him sh**less. You can also be the Predator, lurking in the shadows, cloaked so no-one can see you. You can pin marines bodyparts to the walls with your speargun as the Predator, spray the aliens acid blood across the wall as a marine or maul a bewildered Predator as an alien. You can also fight PredAliens, Praetorians, Androids and Cybernetic Aliens with guns. The fun is never ending, as is the gore. As long as you are not squemish you'll love this gun. For the full effect play this at night in total darkness with the music CD playing.

The best 3D, first person shooter ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 15, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Combining atmosphere and a realistic feel with hard hitting action is exactly what the films (especially Aliens) associated with this game do so much to their credit. Aliens Vs. Predator is a game which perfectly reflects this. It is like playing a film, but being in it, experiencing it, living it. Nothing on the worldwide computer games market even comes close to challenging this game's atmosphere. The deathmatch play is also superb because each creature has different strengths and weaknesses and these make battles, especially with 3 or more players using the 8-player-capable system, intensely tactical, interesting, exciting and often frightening. Aliens Vs. Predator is a masterwork of computer gaming

Scariests PC Moments ever - First Person Shooter Classic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is something to shout about! Let me rephrase that - These 3 games are something to shout about! Thats basically what you get. The different characters are varied enough to make this a highly original FPS which has features important enough to make it a landmark FPS. It may not be HalfLife or SS2 but its damnright up there with the best of them

This must be the best Movie spinoff of all time. The games mirror the movies so much. From the sounds the Aliens and Predators make to the way the Predator uses his medikit. Every aspect of the movie is there. The marine levels are the scariest I have ever seen. Aliens appear from nowhere and with surround sound I guarantee you will jump in fright in no time.

The cut scenes are gorgeous and once you complete a game there are bonus levels. You have to complete the game on the hardest level to get all of them.

This game also saw the first use of limited game saving per level. This is great as you cant save your game every 5 seconds. This has been seen in later games since. You WILL replay bits and it is tough but at least you have to use your brain and skill a bit more.

The marine levels were my favourite followed by the predator. Each character has different attack modes and ways of moving. For instance, the predator can survive high jumps while the alien is the quickest and hardest to hit but takes most damage. Learnin these skills is a key to sucess. There are also nice touches like the predator being able to pull the heads off marines and aliens blood spraying at you.

The predator has the different vision modes while the Alien has the fish vision mode. While a marine it sometimes felt like Half Life, but its the closest you'll get to being in the movie. The guns make the same noise, theres the constant beep of the detector which speeds up as an Alien gets closer. It cant be faulted for realism.

The multiplayer aspect is super also as you get to fight a mixture of baddies. Theres a big online contingent of players out there. Afrer Quake3, Unreal Tournement and Team Fortress this probably comes next in the hierarchy.

The only fault is that there could have been more levels and maybe the storyline could have been a bit better (being picky). Still, this does not detract from a PC classic with gripping atmosphere and moments that will give you nightmares!

It is a great FPS even without the Movie License which should appeal to fans of both the movie and gaming genre.

I cannot say enough good things about this game. Especially in a time when FPS are 10 a penny. This has new elements like the save options, 3 game modes and vision modes that makes this a cut above most other FPS out there. This game has added to the FPS genre for sure. You can almost hear the cries of "Game over man, game over!". Go get it now!

*Drool*

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 19, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is fantastic. I loved the balanced play between the three warriors. The multiple and unique views for each added to the atmosphere which is equally amazing. The best is perhaps some of the random spawning and the need to listen to sounds. I've never needed to use sounds to locate where an enemy was coming from in a FPS and it made all the difference. I still remember the shake i got when i heard the first face-hugger Chittering towards me and couldn't see it till it started humping my face. A must-have.

If you like shoot-em-ups, this is a must.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I have never been a great fan of first person shooters, because I always found them shallow and scrappy. I was lent this game by a relative and after ten minutes of play I was hooked. The actual quality of gameplay was excellent and the graphics were to die for! The three- way character plot was well thought out, and the various weapons and different views made the game not only visually mind-blowing, but also spine-chillingly scary. Something always happens to make you jump! But I have one criticism of the game, because it lacked enough in-game movies to keep you aware of what was going on. I think that it could have been better, but altogether not a bad piece of action gaming! Well done Fox Interactive!

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