The original lacked this option completely (you had to complete each mission in one run) but this Gold edition implements a savegame feature halfheartedly. Combat is fast and brutal, but that same sort of havoc is what gives Aliens vs Predator that scary, frantic edge – like in the movie, it’s damn terrifying fighting off waves of super-fast aliens, especially with the game’s limited save option. A follow-up level involves you hitch a ride on a Nostromo-like spaceship, with bloody results for the occupants.ĭepending on which side you play as, you’ll face swarms of aliens that move with lightning speed, drones that kill you with one shot or Predators that take several mags and still fight back. The Alien, for instance, wakes as its hive becomes invaded by pesky humans, so you (the Alien) must kill the intruders and seal the hive. In effect, each side has a vague storyline stringing the levels together, but its barely noticeable and completely disposable. So you can temporarily leave the Marine campaign on hold while having a go at the Alien campaign, or vice versa. All three campaigns field six missions plus several bonus levels, adding up to a total of some 32 levels accessible through any order.
You have a choice of playing as an Alien, Predator or Colonial Marine, essentially wrapping up three distinct playing styles into one. There is none, actually, nor any real purpose to the game beyond eliminating the opposition. It’s the combination of familiar areas, foes, weapons and sounds ripped right from the films that give this game that cinematic feel, although most of the time it plays like a fast-paced and really brutal survival horror, minus the plot.
The environment was the same for all of the character choices, but the play style for each was quite different.Īliens vs Predator allows us to visit several familiar sights from the original movies, such as the Atmospheric Processor from 1986’s ‘Aliens’, or the less memorable prison colony from ‘Aliens 3’.
Then came the classic wherein you portrayed either an Alien, a Predator, or a human Marine stalking your way or madly fleeing through deselate space stations, or mines, or what have you, all in first-person perspective. Ever since James Cameron’s Aliens and John McTiernan’s Predator, people have salivated liberally at the possibilities for games based on both.
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