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Great Game - Way too Short Single Player Missions

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: December 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Although the game this is based on is an excellent game, this expansion is going to disappoint a lot of people. The gameplay, what there is of it, is very good, but the single player games are extremely short. There are 3 single player modes, Corporate (Marine), Predator and Predalien. The human single player episode took me about 3 hours to solve. The Predator version took about 2.5 hours. The Predalien version took 4 hours, mostly because some of the room exits were very subtly placed and difficult to find. So for me, this expansion was around 9.5 hours total game time. For single player missions, this is extremely short! The original AvP2 single player games took over 16 hours each, to complete.

Don't waste your money until they add significantly more content...

No good, don't buy it

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

AvP2 is definately a masterpiece of gaming (I am refering to multiplayer, despite all the whiners and cheap weaponry on there), but this game is aweful. The single player is horrible and short, and it damages the multiplayer. How do you make predaliens more invincible and cheap? Give them a headbite so they can recover massive amounts of HP! How do you make it easier for marines to board themselves up in a room, making it impossible for the other two species to kill them? Give them robotic A.I. turret guns! These are things you FIX, not IMPROOVE UPON. Luckily, this is one of the few games that's out where it has a sucky expansion, but everyone plays the expansion anyway. There are an approximate total of only 10 or so servers at any time, most of which are void of players constantly. Everyone still plays AvP2, don't bother with this, there's no reason to get it what-so-ever.

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.

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.

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.

Could have been better

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I think this expansion pack is hard, interesting, good, and average. It includes all the latest updates for AVP2 and new single player adventures and multiplayer with new characters to play, but really isn't scary, a bit short, and I got it for 10$, which I'd assume it's worth it for, but to this magnitude of such a frightening game, AVP2: Primal Hunt is barely accepetable. I don't know about recommendations, even to AVP 2 fans...:/

A 500-year old Predator without a walking stick.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 11
Date: August 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Despite the rather odd storyline for this expansion, and even ODDER characters (the predator I've seen in the screenshots looks like a deranged Santa Claus coming out of chemotherapy, there was also that weird dog creature you fight, and the corporate mercenary is a girl, which is not so AvPish compared to the predecessors), the fact that the original game was so good makes up for it. I would also have to say that for a newly released expansion, the price is on the cheaper side. Therefore, if you liked AvP2 a lot, and don't mind odd storylines, I would recommend getting this.

What do you do when AVP2 is a horror masterpeice, not this

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I am a huge fan of the alien and predator movies, despite my age. When I played AVP2, I knew I was hooked. But this is a atrocity!!! partly because the same team that made the original was finishing NOLF2 when the expansion was proposed. What made the original great (horror after horror after horror filled with atmosphere), was traded for action. All you ever do is fight waves and waves of aliens the entire time. Its a shame as it could have been great...... of course on planetavp (a website) they say monolith is toying with the idea of making a second expansion. hmmmmmm

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.

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