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An excellent game that's a little too hard...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 29 / 29
Date: July 19, 2000
Author: Amazon User

until you get into it. When I first started playing, this game was so frustratingly impossible, but when you get used to it, it stops being impossible and starts being a challenge. This game definitely makes wonderful use of all the source materiel, giving us a wonderful cinematic-feeling experience. Now you can sympathize with what all those people were feeling in the Alien movies.

The Alien is probably the hardest to play as. Granted it moves really fast and can walk on walls, but no ranged weapons, and no medkit, leave you exceptionally vulnerable to the marines' rapid fire weaponry.

The Marine levels are also extremely difficult, because as soon as an alien gets under your arc of fire, you're good as dead. Fortunately, you get a full range of fun weapons.

But the easiest, if least fun, is the Predator. Exceptionally strong, with auto-aiming vision, sniper weapons, and auto-recharging ammo, this guy's levels are, at first, a lot easier than the other two.

Each of the characters has his own, linear, campaign, but these campaignes have nothing to do with each other. The multiplayer's lots of fun, the sounds are excellent, the graphics are high-res, and run well, even with all the features on, on a low end system. Plus, it takes less than 300 megs of HD space and it doesn't require the CD! The music, while not award-winning materiel, is moody, and the predator music recognizably borrows materiel from his movie theme, while the Marine and Alien music is similar to the Aliens action themes.

The enemies aren't incredibly diverse, but they're tough and they look cool, so that doesn't matter too much. And don't worry about the difficulty level...The gold edition comes with the strategy guide. Overall, this is a very fun and addictive, if very hard, game to add to your collection. Recommended.

Scariests PC Moments ever - First Person Shooter Classic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 21 / 21
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!

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 13
Date: June 02, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Alien vs. Predator Gold is a fantastic game, difficult, at times terrifying and completely addictive. There is also a great multi-player option that takes place in office cubicles. The scale is a bit off but the ability to blow up the computers on the desk along with the enemy is wonderful. Another great thing about the Gold addition is that it comes with the full manual.

Is this gonna be a stand up fight, sir, or another bug hunt?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 11 / 11
Date: November 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

We've all seen the movies. From Alien to Predator 2, the average fan can usually recall and say, verbatim, just about any line from each movie. We each have our favorites too...mine is Aliens, and AvP borrows heavily from it and Predator to establish it's basic premise and it's incredibly eerie atomosphere.

Oh, the atmosphere is perfect...I don't think the designers could have made it any more frightening than it is. This is especially true if you're playing as a Colonial Marine. Of the three species, this will be the one you're liable to grab first. And why not? You're a human, you understand guns, how to shoot em', and blow up stuff. The engine is superb...the graphics are outstanding...to this day I cannot play this game at night. Laugh if you must, but between the "beep...beep...beep..beep..BEEP!" of the motion tracker detecting aliens you can hear but cannot see, to the very accurate sound and fire pattern of the M-41A Pulse Rifle...I'm not joking when I say it's like being in the movie "Aliens".

The Predator portion is equally outstanding. Every sound has been dutifully rendered into the game from the silver screen, so that when you cloak and look in thermal view at some inept human walking down a corridor, you really do feel all-powerful, especially when you hit them with deadly accuracy with your shoulder cannon. Every weapon is powerful, and depending on which species you're fighting, each will be more important than others at different times.

The Alien has to be my least favorite species to play as. For one, I'm not afraid to run around, since I *become* the thing to be feared, but then again, damage is easily inflicted on you, although your speed can help lower that a bit. The only other problem I have with the Alien mission portion is basically summarized by PC Gamer's review of it when it said something like "To accomplish your mission objectives like it was on a to-do list on the Alien Queen's clipboard feels somehow *wrong*".

Multiplayer is a blast, but with only a limited selection of maps to play on and no means to make your own multiplayer levels, you'll grow weary on it after a while. Cooperative missions are my least favorite...several marines basically try to hold off huge and endless waves of Aliens that respawn regularly...ad infinitum. It'd be nice to have a scenario where a group of marines would have to go through a maze or complex to accomplish some mission that would have a definite end to it. But it usually ends up being 3-4 marines backed up into a corner firing at everything they see.

Overall this is a fantastic game, one that once you start playing you won't want to stop. Except at night, when you're all alone.

AMAZING GAME BUT DEPENDS ON YOUR ON CHOICE

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 19
Date: April 22, 2000
Author: Amazon User

AvP was a game that caught attention to every alien and predaotr fan tha game was a hit,people loved to play avp online.Now there is avp gold so whats the difrence well it depends on the buyer.

If you really enjoyed AVP reg versions online play this is a game to buy with new multiplayer maps 2 new weapons for the marine double pistols and a skeeter gun(fires out discs) for the marine,and some graphic enhancment.you can also use the new weapons on single player mode aswell and the newer levels can be played in skirmish mode.

BUT,this game does not appeal very well to the single player lovers yep same old avp folks just 2 new weapons to use in single player plus the new skirmish levels.but this game is very bloody not for weak stomatch's lol anyway its your choice.....

Time to begin the hunt

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: September 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

As a former "Doom" games player, I have witnessed a great revolution in the graphic representations since then and that was just a few years ago. This game is very difficult needless to say, but you if like a challenge in your gaming pursuits this one is it. A lot more complex than some other "shooter" games, this game offers many levels of graphic details whether its the interior of facility or the outside of a spacestation, you are definitely not dissappointed with the attention to authenticity true to the movies from which this and previous versions were derived. HAPPY HUNTING....

Tough, realistic combat

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: July 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

A quick insight into this dark thriller: One thing is for certain, they've captured the essence of both the Predator and the Alien species into one game while throwing in the useless Marine(watch him be quickly obliterated by the Predator's cloak and fire attacks and slashed and gutted by the wall jumping aliens). With this said, you'll probably want to avoid combat as a Marine; your lifespan is insufficient to that of a Predator or alien. The Predator's visual aides are quite useful to ensure that there are no approaching enemies, while the alien's visual aides are not nearly as unique and useful. Another downfall of an alien's abilities is that even though you're allowed to use slash attacks, they seem rationed with time(you've been climbing up walls for minutes slashing through grates and ventilation ducts, finally, when you spot a marine or another alien species, you are unable to move your claws fast enough to ensure your defeat). So, in other words, if you're trying to get through a game as quick as possible, the Predator can ensure your win. A marine and an alien, well, you'll need to work alittle harder. Since this is the gold edition, it also includes an official Prima strategy guide(for all of those who need an immediate defeat and are struggling), game engine enhancements and optimizations, a special in-game save(not available in the first edition), nine new levels never released before and new Marine weapons including "the Skeeter" and automatic pistols. Oh, apart from all these brand new features, there is a returning component, one that brings the game truly to life: an 8-player multiplayer mode. Slash, cloak and fire your way through 7 amazing multiplayer levels with over 4 different types of matches: Predator and Alien tag(how cute),Last Man Standing, Co-op, Deathmatch and Species Team Deathmatch. Capitalized by its stunningly original environments and its incredible attention to detail, Alien vs. Predator is a sure hit for anyone who finds that just watching the movies isn't enough.

Several years on and still good fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: February 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I first started playing the original AVP when it was first released around about the same time as half life.
At the time it was bloody hard but fun and its a shame there are not more games released these days that offer the same kind of challange. one of the best parts of game design unlike in mololith's AVP 2 is that the aliens do not appear at the same place each time you play that level, instead they are continuously respawining from random points on the map which gives the whole "they're comming outta the goddam walls" feeling, especially when playing as marine.
although it was difficult opening the bonus levels just took time and skill.

I bought AVP Gold after loosing my original AVP Discs. there are not many major changes except the usual stuff you expect to find in an expansion (maps, weapons etc...) but the most significant is the added feature of being able to same the game mid point which, while i think this just allows people to use the quicksave button as a substitues for skill, the community as a whole applauded the feature.
The new weapons are fun my fave being the twin pistols which are supprisingly powerful.
One major gripe for my over the original AVP is that the staff at rebellion decided to replace the voices of the officers on the TV screens with themselves. unfortunatly they just sound stupid and break the atmosphere that the game gave.
Better to pick up the original if you can find it but if not AVP gold is a good second best

Note: there are issues running this on windows XP but the problem links back to an old .dll file in the game folder. this can be solved by downloading an updated .dll from one of the many fan sites out there

A game with a Challenge

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: October 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

One of the most challenging games that I have ever played. Predator, in my opinion, is by far the easiest character to play as. When playing as a Predator you get auto-aiming weapons, you can never run out of ammo if you are careful because most of the Predator weapon recharge on their own. The alien is slightly more difficult to play as because there are no long range kills. When playing as alien it takes practice. The alien can run up walls and across ceilings, and learning to jump from a ceiling or wall on to an unsuspecting victim can be very hard. The alien also has almost no way to gain lost energy; however, head bites and tearing victims to pieces can restore some lost health. (Which is a fair bonus because most of the time the victim never sees death coming). The Marine, the best character on the game (also in my opinion) and probably the most difficult to master. As a marine there is a whole arsenal of weapons at your disposal, but you have a lot less health than a Predator or Alien. There are med kits spread through out most levels but if you happen to run into an ambush you usually die very quickly; the most challenging but for me the one that is the most fun to play.

The multiplayer action is so cool. Death matches, interspecies matches, co-op matches, and all of them fun to play.

If you like a game with a challenge this is it. You can play as your favorite bad guy or a rough and tuff Marine. So if you can, buy the game and kill something before it can kill you.

Also check out Alien Vs Predator 2. For new challenges and new weapons.

AVP Scared Me Good One Night~

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Late one night, I was playing AVP. I was a Marine walking down a darkened corridor, strange sounds all around me; I could hear what sounded like a heart thumping. A strobe light flickered in the distance. Suddenly, I wheeled around to look behind me- nothing there, but then an Alien popped up right in front of me! I actually screamed out loud it was so shocking! If you liked the Alien movies, get this atmospheric game!~

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