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great experience

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: August 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

as if the first avp wasnt good enough, now we have extra levels and characters to play with. a lot of people have already used the morph cheat in avp2 to get the predalien, but now its possible to use it normally. and being able to play as a female merc is an innovative way of getting a new fan base, as well as get the attention of its previous fan base. whoever said this game had an odd storyline and odd characters obviously has no sense, or taste in games. i give it 5 stars, only because they wont allow u to choose anymore then 5. =)

Aliens. Vs Predator II - Primal Hunt

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: November 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Primal Hunt is the expansion to AVP2 which is a classic horror fps. Set in the future you get to play a female corporate, a predalien and a predator in three different episodes but with the same plot. It has about 12 levels with 3 missions for each species. The predator missions are the best and the longest. The story and voice acting are not as good as avp2. The gameplay is like the first avp, fast paced action with lots of enemies but with full save games. The level design is great and fun to play, but some of the corporate levels are quite badly done, there are not many health packs or armor available. The levels are very long but the load times are not very long and the quick loading is quick. I played it on the direct3d video mode and it runs fine, the graphics and sound are great. There are some new enemies, I liked the creature that comes from the ground. Primal hunt is a worthy expansion to avp2, It is not as good or long as avp2 but much better than avp1. If you liked avp1 you will surely like this but if you are expecting it to be as good as avp2 you will be disappointed.

Very disappointing

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: October 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

As a huge fan of the Aliens vs. Predator franchise, I was eagerly awaiting the expansion pack to last year's hit Aliens vs. Predator 2. I must say...I was very disappointed.

There are a few changes from the main game, namely that you now play as a 'Predalien'(Alien birthed from a Predator), the Corporate Mercenary Dunya, and an ancient Predator. The Predalien has been given a new 'headbite' attack, to balance it out with the other Alien species. The Corporate Mercenary Dunya has a 360 degree motion tracker(which doesn't work very well) and new dual pistols. The Predator has an 'Energy Flechette', which is basically a wrist mounted laser, and the highly demanded 'Self Destruct', which is far less grand than it sounds and is only available in Multi-player.

And that's about it for the changes. The gameplay is simply more of the same, just harder. A few new indigenous creatures have been added to the planet, which are more of an annoying distraction than anything else...and they are rather poorly conceived, looking like something out of a cartoon.

The level designs are pretty interesting, but so many of the interesting aspects of the original AvP2 have been left out. For example, you will not fight a Predator throughout the entire game. One of the most challenging aspects of the original singleplayer experience was trying to survive and defeat a Predator. The game is basically you against endless tides of Aliens, or marines if you play from the Alien persepctive.

The story is a little weird, full of holes and dull. The events occur immediately before the events of the original AvP2, making this a prequel of sorts. It revolves around an ancient artifact that has the ability to control the Aliens, and all 3 sides want to get their hands(or claws) on it.

Overall, if you just want more AvP2, then you may enjoy this game...just don't expect much out of it. It's simply more of the same, with very little extra thrown in for a 'new' experience. And it is quite short...you could easily blow through it in 4-6 hours if you wanted to.

Nice Expansion

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: December 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I loved AVP2 and I enjoyed AVP2:PH.

I give it 3 stars because it's not amazing, but it's not bad either. The graphics, as always with AVP games, are great. The feel of it is eerie and although not as scary as AVP2, you still get nervous. The gameplay is always top-notch with these games, which I love. I often yell out when playing because something scares the bejesus out of me!

However, for an expansion, the feel of it does not seem true to AVP2. It's much more of a firefight kind of situation, especially when you play Dunya, the Corporate Mercenary... because of this, the shortness of the missions seems even more abbreviated.

Still, I liked the new weapons, especially the sniper rifle and I liked being able to take control of the automatic turrets. The Predator's laser was interesting and better for up-close and personal combat, but hunting the indigenous life on LV-1201 could have been left out, IMHO...seemed a little too 'Primal' for me.

Jumping on the mounted machine gun was cool though, and the dual pistols where really handy. Glad they gave the head-bite function to the Predalien, but playing the Alien is always my least favorite because it tends to give me motion sickness!! Too bad since it's fun to crawl on the walls and scare everyone!

Honestly, my favorite thing about PH were the story lines, and how they sort of completed the holes in the AVP2's story lines. That along with the gameplay (even if it is short) made this a winner for me.

Tale of the Tape: If you really like AVP games, buy this product and you'll have fun. If you're curious, see if you can get it used. It's fun, but I'm not sure it's worth the full price. I bought it used, but AVPGold and AVP2 were purchased at full price.

What a disappointment

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: September 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

As a fan of AVP2 I anxiously awaited the release of the Primal Hunt expansion pack. What a disappointment! Apparently Sierra/Fox/Monolith et al were more interested in their upcoming NOLF2 and contracted this project out. The new company's effort seems to be completely clueless as to what made the original game so great. It's atmosphere and plot, guys -- not simply emptying magazines into onrushing hoards of "aliens." More important than actually shooting are the times when you're sure you going to get jumped any second in a darkened passageway. Little things like unexplained explosions, bodies flying through the air, screams from "somewhere", blips on the motion detector add to a whole scary, beautiful atmosphere. A couple new available weapons (dual pistols, energy fleschette) are unnecessary and a little ridiculous. The additional "monsters" (indiginous life on the planet) could have been a good touch to explain how the "bugs" survive without humans and predators to face-hug and chest burst, but they are poorly realized. (Why don't they fight amoung each other or against the bugs who are their real enemy? They only seem to go after humans and Predators). In short, this expansion pack seems designed by people who had little or no feel for the original game. The graphics are a little better but even this is negated when you see a bug running around chasing his tail while you watch. The Predator missions are slightly better, but only slightly. The "Predalien" levels are a waste of time. There's no purpose behind them other than killing humans and solving puzzles in order to move around the halls. One level (the face hugger) even gives you an incorrect objective. It tells you to find a solitary Predator and do the face hug. What it really means is that you have to find the RIGHT solitary Predator. Any other will give a "mission failed" result -- even though you accomplished the goal. If you played the full AVP2 game, I think you'll know that Rykoff and Eisenberg are not exactly nice people. Primal Hunt has you working for them. There's much more, but I think I've said enough. Too bad, this could have been really good.

Addictive? Not half!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is, quite simply, the most addictive game available on the PC. The Multiplayer format is particularly intense and a heck of a lot of fun.

Fans of both the Alien and Predator movies should appreciate this game more than most. The single player missions in particular capture the essence of the films; when playing as human do not turn off the lights and remember it's just a game is my advice.

A few minor tweaks have improved upon AvP2, and gameplay overall is better. Graphics are still fairly average, and this often makes people smirk at the apparent poor quality. However, I would say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder; the game may not have as slick graphics as titles such as Halo or Half Life 2 but it means that you don't have to have a top of the range PC to run it! But as I said, the game is generally better; one thing's for sure, and that's that the multiplayer gaming is AWESOME:

This is the addictive aspect of the game; playing online is so enjoyable that you can get lost in the action. I won't go into detail about the different types of match or characters but suffice it to say that there's enough to cater for most FPS fans whatever their flavour:

Like stealth? Be a predator and suck in your stomach as people walk close enough by you to use your claws. Like to get stuck in? Nothing better than surpising your prey from the shadows and ripping them apart as an alien. Want a mean arsenal? Corporates or Marines both carry enough fire power to make a small hole in the moon if they felt the need.

Newcomers, or Noobs (got to learn the lingo when you get online), might find the veterans intimidating with their frags going up and up but it's easy enough to soon become a killer yourself, join a clan, and start lecturing the noobs yourself after 2 weeks :)

I haven't yet played a game that can scare you, whip you into a frenzy, or make you laugh (insert evil laughter here) as well as Alien versus Predator 2: Primal Hunt expansion pack.

Buy it. Join the collective. You won't be dissapointed.

I dont see everyone's problem

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Sure the fun of AvP2 most of the time was that you didnt know when something was coming at you, but in the case of primal hunt, the pods were being OVERRUN. Think about that. The bugs are gonna keep coming endlessly if they want to kill everyone because they are just arriving. In the original, you were arriving somewhere that the bugs had already taken up residence and had prepared ambush points, so that scary atmosphere was more natural. If you think about it, this time you are going through your own home and dont always know when something is going to attack you, which if you can see it from the character's point of view, can be quite terrifying.

As for the predator missions, I liked the energy flechette. Not really for its effectiveness in any difficulty above easy, but because it is just fun to use sometimes. I also liked the added challenge of not being able to fully cloak, which made the predator even more fun to play because you werent an invincible god running around smiting humans. Also, the added ability to self-destruct in multiplayer may not be important, but lets face the facts here, it is FUN, especially when you take out three enemies with it.

The predalien missions, i think, were the only real fault in the game. The predalien is a little too powerful for single player missions, especially with the headbite ability added. If you want a challenge, go through them without headbiting anything, that makes it a little more fun. Either way, the facehugger missions are always my favorites.

Overall, I actually liked this expansion. I think that the point of this wasn't to duplicate the terrifying atmosphere of the original AvP2, but rather to show another side of the action. Rather than taking the offensive as the human, you are on defense, which I like a lot, especially with all the offense-based action games out there today. I say buy this expansion if you want to see an unseen side of AvP2.

AVP2:PH

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

AVP 2 the best pc title gets a make over but not a good make over this is more of a demo the storys are 3 levels but if you like online play you will enjoy this but if you like the story it is not worth a single penny.

A very good expansion pack to an amazing game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Alien vs Predator 2 is my favourite computer game of all time and I feel that this expansion pack helps to complete the game.

Let's face it, there is no way that you could top the 1 player in Avp 2, it is just the best first person shooter game I ever played and the thought that it could get any better is mind boggling. The 1 player missions in this version are shorter because there are only 9 of them, however keep in mind that this is just an expansion, not a stand alone game so I wasn't really expecting more, some people may have set their expectations a little high (just like a movie sequel). However this is still a very good fps game and I think the makers were trying to make something slightly different from the first AvP 2 so things don't get too repetative. The fact is that most people don't want you to mess with a good thing. This expansion packs storyplot ties in with AvP2's storyplot, its sort of a prequil.

-I like Dunya's missions because you get to use the sentry guns and the turret gun for the first time, and you also can use duel pistols-like in the first AvP where you could use duel pistols, but AvP2 dropped that for some reason. Most of Dunya's missions still keep some of the creepy atmosphere as in AvP 2 so I would rate the Corporate mercinery's missions as a success.
-The Acient Predator's missions are also good, you get to hunt some wild animals at the beginning and then get frozen and wake up in a strange time. The energy flachette is an okay weapon, its about the only rapid firing weapon the predator has, however I never use it anyway. What I really love is when we get implanted by the face hugger, great story twist if you ask me, and where you die, the predalien picks up.
-I found the predaliens missions to be rather disappointing, because out of the three missions you get, 2 are used up as a facehugger and a chest burster, even AvP 2 only used one mission for your life cycle. However the remaining mission for the predalien is pretty good and I'm glad the makers let you head bite now, I never really understood why they took away the predaliens inner mouth in the first place, why would the predalien burst without an inner mouth? The drone from a human has one, the runner from a quadroped has one, there is no reaon to take it out.....Well Primal Hunt didn't actually put it in, but you can still head bite which is important because you get barely any health from slashing the corpses, and if you look closely, the predalien's headbite still doesn't give you very much health.

Now the improvements in multiplayer are where the game really shines! AvP2:Primal Hunt included the things that AvP2 left out, There are new levels, including the dropzone which allows humans to use sentry guns and turret guns, and a few more new levels with sentry guns (and the marines and corporates can use duel pistols). You also can use the new acient predator in multiplayer which you couldn't use before. I like the new predator cloak too, because unlike the oringinal AvP2, your oponents can't highlight your name while your cloaked, whick may not sound like a very big deal, but it makes a huge difference when you are stalking a human because humans basically shoot at watever name they highlight. As the predator you are still practically impossible to see by a human if you DON'T MOVE and I am seen much more frequntly by people in the original AvP2 when I'm stalking them then I am in Primal Hunt, and you can stay cloaked for longer. I'm kind of confused as to the reason why the health bar and energy bars are red now, its not as pretty to look at but whatever. You can also use the energy flachette (no big deal) but, of course lets not forget the best thing about being a pred in multiplayer now...You can slef destruct! This isn't really a good or effective weapon...but, let's face it...you can't not self destruct! I feel like a real pred when I blow myself up rather then give my opponents the kill! Improvements on the aliens are of course the fact that the predalien can head bite, some people don't like this but it is necissary when your the predalien, its tough enough to survive in muliplayer as it is, let alone without the ability to gain health, and the game kept it as fair as possible seeing as you don't get much health in the first place, if your down to minimal helth, you need to bite like 5 heads to get back to full health, and the predalien is also the slowest of the aliens. Another alien improvement is that facehuggers and chestbursters can open vents now, and when your character is stunned, you can move just a little so your not completely helpless. Oh, and I also noticed that your name doesn't have a number in front of it anymore, which is small but I dont understand why we had numbers in front of our names in the first place. There are less servers on all the time on this version, there's less choices, however I feel less overwelmed and its easier to find your friends that you make online

So in conclusion, if you really enjoyed Aliens vs Predator 2 and you like its multiplayer, I encourage you to get the expansion pack Aliens vs Predator 2: Primal Hunt, its not very expensive and its deffinelty worth it, and if you've never played AvP2, get the gold version if you like the alien and predator movies or just shooting games for that matter. I'm going to go play some multiplayer on Primal Hunt now, my servers are usually re-enactments of the alien or predator movies, or of Alien vs Predator. I pride myself on being the first server to host movie remakes (unfortunetly many servers are copying me now) and my re-enactments are always very accurate to the movie, more accurate then any other server. If your ever playing on the multiplayer look me up, my name is G () Z M O <RAT>.

The game`s good, but the story isn`t good enough...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The sound/action/scene in this game is very GOOD.
If you are one of the AVP fans.
I suggest you buy it.

The only defect I feel is their story line.
When I finished the CORPORATE(a girl name Dunya) part.
It just ended up with the falling of Pod5.
You don`t know what happened to the 500 yrs old Predator, not to mention fight against it.

That`s a real PITY.

Besides this, I think it is a good game.

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