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 | Aliens vs. Predator |
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Product Description
In deep space, on the frontier of human colonization, an ancient pyramid is discovered. When archaeologists probe the pyramid’s secrets they unwittingly trigger an apocalyptic confrontation between vengeful Predators, menacing Aliens, and heavily-armed Colonial Marines. Welcome to Aliens versus Predator, a stunningly-detailed FPS that seamlessly blends the action and intensity of one of the most popular movie franchises of all time. Whether you stalk your prey as a Predator, evolve into the perfect killing machine as an Alien, or use superior firepower as a Colonial Marine, one thing is certain. This will be a battle for the ages.Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2183 in Video Games
- Brand: Sega Of America, Inc.
- Model: 85243
- Released on: 2010-02-16
- ESRB Rating: Mature
- Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Format: DVD-ROM
- Dimensions: .30 pounds
Features
- As a Predator, use your cloaking abilities and multiple vision modes to stalk your enemies while remaining hidden. Then rip out their spines with your wrist blades, or snipe them from afar with your plasma caster.
- As an Alien, use your finely-honed killer instincts to become the most lethal creature in the galaxy. Traverse any surface at blinding speeds, emerging from the dark to tear off your victims? heads or impale them with your dagger-sharp tail.
- As a Colonial Marine, use your diverse arsenal and overwhelming firepower to hold the line against seemingly impossible odds.
- Each of the three species has its own unique storyline that intertwines with the others to create a compelling cinematic narrative, inspired by one of the most popular movie franchises of all time.
- Take on hordes of online opponents in adrenaline-fueled multiplayer battles.
Customer Reviews
Why mess up a formula that works?
I am a long time fan of the
Aliens and Predator franchises. When the 1999 AvP game was released, I
thought I had found gold.
The 2010 version is, I'm quite sad to
say, an utter disappointment to this long-time fan of the franchise.
I
will point out the good things about this game first.
The
environment is beautiful and perfect. Everything looks like it is
supposed to look.
The story line is pretty good.
The sound
is great. Everything sounds like it was sampled from the movies.
Cut
scenes are great.
I LIKE that Marines can only carry 2 weapons
plus a pistol. I also like that you have to hold a special key to run
and the Marine can only run a certain distance before tiring and having
wait before running again.
And.... well.... that's the only good
things I can say about this game.
To be honest, I have only
played about halfway through the Marine campaign. But so far, the
gameplay is terrible. There is no crouch. Seriously. Hitting the "Jump"
key seems like it causes the Marine to lift the equivalent of about 6 in
off the floor. I realize his is armored and carrying a weapon but come
on.
It seems the developers tried to get away from the "pickup
health and armor" that is the norm for 1st person shooters. I give them
credit for TRYING to think outside the box. The Marine has 1 bar for
health. It is replenished by using stim-packs. There is no bar for
Armor. I understand the devs wanting to do something different. Fine.
But the Marines wear armor. There needs to be some way to repair it. As
it is, the armor plays no role in your character. That is supposed to be
one of the things that differentiates you from the Alien and the
Predator.
The environment is entirely too dark. I realize that
when you are a marine the environment is supposed to be dark and scary,
but there is a difference between "dark and scary" and "I cant see a
$^&@ thing!".
The environment is beautiful, but largely
non-interactive. It actually reminds me of Doom 3.
In the first
AvP game, and the AvP universe in general, Aliens are super fast, super
strong, can climb anything, see in the dark and if they grab you, you
are dead. Their weakness is that if the Marines see them before they can
close the distance, they are turned into a pile of goo by a short burst
from the Marines "Superior Firepower". Not in this game. The Aliens are
slow and take about 4-5 bursts from a pulse rifle to kill.
So if
the Aliens grab you, you are dead right? Wrong. Not in this crappy
game. Marines can MELEE an Alien off if the Aliens grab them. "WTF" you
say? You heard me. If an Alien grabs you and is about to put the jaws to
your forehead, you can whack him with your gun and knock him off. When I
discovered this, it made me wonder if the devs of this game had ever
seen the movies or read any of the comic books. A MARINE CANNOT MELEE
WITH AN ALIEN OR A PREDATOR! Come on, Arnold got his ass KICKED by a
Predator, you think your average marine would fair better?
When I
got the first AvP, Half-Life 2, FEAR, Left 4 Dead, or Deus Ex, I
sacrificed sleep to play through them. I couldn't wait until I had
everything done and had some time to indulge in some epic video game
fantasy. I could care less if i play the 2010 version of AvP ever again.
The gameplay just plain sucks. I may try skipping to the Predator
campaign to see what kind of job they did with him but if the devs
messed the Marines up this bad, I can only imagine how much they changed
with the predator.
If the devs had half a brain, they would have
taken the 1999 game and updated it with modern graphics, a modern
engine (Source perhaps?), more missions, and more multi-player levels
and released that. But noooooo! Im sure they had to "exercise their
artistic license" and try to "create something unique. Our take on the
series". In other words, the same mindset that caused Hollywood to
release that steaming pile of poo "Aliens vs. Predator" in 2004. What
they have ended up doing is messing up the formula that made the
original game so great.
The thing that makes me the maddest is
that I game on the PC. So i cant even take this piece of crap down to
gamestop and trade it in for something else. Im simply out the [...]. I
got screwed.
What were you expecting?
If you have never seen the
movies, read the comics or played any of the AVP games... you will think
this game is 'okay'.
If however you have any experience with the
genre this game will be a complete let down. I've been playing this
game for about the last twelve hours with a few days previous where I
played it on and off but it wasn't until I read some of these reviews
that it jumped out at me. 'It feels off'. The way the previous games
sucked you in was with the immersion, the dialogue, the story, the sound
effects, even the combat. None of these are present in this game. There
is no sound effect when changing vision modes as a predator. The AI is
so bad that standing on a 1 foot tall box causes aliens to circle around
you, trying to figure out how to get up there so they can attack you.
Meanwhile
the dialogue breaks the mood every time. As a Marine your superiors (A
19 year old girl with a New England accent that emphasizes her own name
'Tequila' like she is Latino or something. I kept imagining a native
Mexican slapping her every time she said it.) Anyway, she'll call you up
on the radio and tell you to abandon the barricade where all the
automated turrets are at (Because it's not safe) and go stand on the
other side of the building, alone, by an elevator that simply won't open
while she desperately tries to remotely fix it. Apparently you need to
stand there until something scary happens or until you find a box to
stand on. If you get attacked by aliens, don't worry, they'll circle
around you hissing like cats for a while before one of them decides to
approach and duel you in scripted combat.
Bored yet? Why not sift
through the audio diaries that are littered about the complex. I swear,
between the incompetent space marine sergeant trying to get you killed
and everyone making audio diaries while they are dying... it's no wonder
that security is such an issue on this planet. Everyone is dying but
it's okay, it's not like they have a back story or anything.
Predator
campaign isn't much better. Subtitles from your superiors tell you that
EVERYTHING is an affront to your honor and everyone just has to die.
With all that technology and tens of thousands of years of history...
apparently this race has nothing better to do than stealth around human
worlds waiting to be insulted.
Alien campaign was actually kinda
fun. All 20 minutes of it.
Installation
Incomplete (53)
You MUST install STEAM in order to play this game. It is not a big deal... I installed it and I
opened an account. The problem was that I couldn't play the game because
of Installation Incomplete(53) error. Well, I rebooted, uninstalled and
installed the game a few times but it didn't help.
I also
checked STEAM web site for error code 53. It says on the web site that
System Mechanic is the reason why I get this error code. So, I have to
make a choice now. I can uninstall very useful System Mechanic and I
might have to uninstall my Antivirus and Firewall to get STEAM to work
and hope that nobody will hack my computer and steal my personal
information. OR I can through away AVP3 and stay away from STEAM games
from now on...
I just don't understand why somebody who buys games for $30 - $50 is not allowed simply to play games offline in single player mode.
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