Alien Verus Predator

The Alien Versus Predator (AVP) game series has been around for a while, since it’s entrance in 1993 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System it has been on most major consoles and of course the PC. Most game involve you can play as three species in three campaigns, as well as multiplayer featuring standard death match to species on species death match. Now anybody who familiar to the AVP series knows the three characters that you play are Earth’s Colonial Marines, the honorable hunters Predators, and the vicious Xenomorph.




The latest installment is no different its framework. With its standard multiplayer and story, though it does nothing to progress it or innovate it. The campaign though is too short and unfulfilling. The game progress nicely and I did enjoy the way it mixes views of the events. I’ve always enjoyed how AVP2 mixed the story with its characters.





The game play is pretty standard, with the species playing how they usually do. The Marines play like a pretty standard shooter, the Alien ply strictly melee and the Predator mixes both. Unfortunately the game does melee poorly, feeling more like a fighting game with blocks and counters rather than passed AVP games which treated melee with a hack and slash approach.



Now with multiplayer I’m gonna to admit I didn’t play, mainly as I have little interest with it. So I’m sure people will say I didn’t get the full effect, which I probably did. But from what I played on the demo and what I’ve heard, I didn’t like it. But I’m sure some people didn’t like Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer so I guess different strokes for different folks





The Good
• Good feel to it, the game has the right AVP feel to it.
• Does the Marine campaign well

The Bad
• Feel’s incomplete
• Unfulfilling

The Ugly
• Does melee poorly