Nothing like what it could be compared to AVP2 but not bad if you can score it for less than $50

User Rating: 7 | Aliens vs. Predator X360
By Aletunda | Review Date:
Im a veteran from the original AVP games (AVP2 especially) and they were fantastic, avp2 was and is defiantly in my top 5. Before release i hyped myself up so much for this game, it looked amazing, then i played the demo, my heart was broken, not only the fact that the game lagged immensely but the way the alien and predator worked disappointed me. However i just got this game off a mate and im actually genuinely enjoying it, fairly solid campaign, the only thing that bugs me is that there arn't enough weapons unlike the original which had a great variety. The game truly captures the fear which is the series highest theme and works great with these very decent graphics, the campaign it wasn't too much of a challenge though and i would have liked to see some more alien types ( predaliens, runners and more pretorians.) Also the marine campaign was a bit thin toward the end, i mean there isnt any real motivation behind killing weyland except escape which seemed all too convenient, also the private doesnt talk, he isnt link or a more bad ass version of the master chief, if i was a private seeing my first real aliens close up id be Sh***ing my pants, i think the fear from the private wasnt captured at all, and has no character.

I would have liked to see some more predator action in the marine campaign, some larger environments with big playing fields, this is where a rocket launcher would have been great. Also i really enjoyed going through the alien life cycle in AVP2 it would have been nice to include this. The marine class is probably the best made class (not hard to screw up in comparison) the predator class was not what i wanted to see, being able to jump like an alien was a huge downfall, i prefer the original holding shift and then jump to get some mad air, the predator also needed more weapons and as for the combi stick, well that was a waste of time. The alien class and perhaps the poorest made of the 3 was terrible, aliens should be swift and agile, button mashing to get through vents and such was a poorly thought out design, again in the original a pounce was as simple as pressing "E" in this however you must look toward a platform that is within range.

Multiplayer was a huge let down in some respects, taking out classes really bugs me, using different aliens and predators with their own abilities was so much fun and each had a different playing style. Not being able to find many matches is also not a great reason to purchase this game however some hard core fans still play.

Overall the game is OK, it lacks major qualities the original had, if you can score this game for less than $50 i'd say nab it.

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