Fans of the series, movies and games alike, must check this out!
Alliens now, they take some practice to control, the movements of the alien are fast and eratic but in a good sense. You'll want to stick to the shadows with this one when possible since they are the weakest when played as, this guy is an all mele character now since you'll be getting in close with this one so the blood will flow and the gore is excellent, when you slice open a throat and see a windpipe whipping about you'll smile in a sadistic fashion. The alien needs to be mastered but once you have you'll become a serious killer on and offline.
Good Ol' Predator now, you'll be using stealh whilst cobating the marines trying to charge one head on will get you injured charging two will get you killed (depending on difficulty) However you cant be stealthy with the aliens you'll have to fight them in hand to hand combat or use some tech if you prefer. There are mines, the plasma caster and smart disk and the combi stick. the combi stick. The thing that annoys me the most is that the combi stick is a pure ranged weapon. They could've shook things up by making it mele. As with the aliens you'll be much blood letting (and spine tearing YAY) and it is quite satisfying as you could imagine. (I like to say with the predator you'll hunt humans and fight aliens, catch ma drift?)
There is multiplayer which is quite fun what with unique gamemodes and playing as the different creatures, matchmaking is ok and the community is big enough overall its a solid part of a great package.
Also with exception of the Alien you'll have to use a med pack system for health, although if your in some deep s**t as an alien you can use a head bite on a dead human for instant full health.
The story of each species intertwine, The aliens escape from a rsearch lab used by Weyland-Yutani and start wiping out the colony on planet BG-386, the marines go in to take out the xenos and save the colonist, and the predators are there to well kill everyone who has disturbed their sacred hunting ground along with the aliens. The marines story is like something you might find in one of the movies and the others arent as recognizable but youll get a feeling of accomplishment from each, so overall the story is decent.
The graphics are up to par with the current gen the detail of the enviroments is excellent. Staring into the excellently crafted and terrified faces of a marine as a predator or alien about to eviscerate them is an extraordinary sight. Watching the black almost wet looking aliens crawling at you while you blaze away is truly intense. The sound is great the human weapons sound exactly like their movie counter parts as do the predator's vocals, cloak, and weapons. The aliens screeching is also out of the films. the voice acting is a bit on the weak but other wise no complaints.
If you love the games or the movies you should check this one out you'll have one hell of a time. I guarntee you'll come back to this one for more even when its GAME OVER MAN!!!