Aliens vs. Predator (Xbox 360)
Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, PC
Developed by Rebellion
Published by Sega
Gameplay
Since AvP you play as one of three species I'll do things a little different in the gameplay section and break it down into each species how they play, then I'll do the Single Player aspect of the game followed by the Multiplayer.
Alien
As an Alien or Xenomorph you are able to scale any surface and you only have melee attacks. Your attacks include your claws and your tail. Your greatest ally in this game as a Xeno is your ability to see in the dark so you need to lure your prey into the darkness or sneak up behind them in the light. Playing as a Xeno can be rather odd at first since it can be a little disorienting with the wall climbing ability the Aliens have. Once you get the hang of that you should have no problem at all controller the critter. Xenos are the weakest species but they are the fastest of them so you need to be stealthy when playing as one. If you go in head first you’re going to die. What I like to do is try to use the walls and sneak up behind either a marine or predator and get a stealth kill or if you can't do that when you seen them block then use your heavy attack which will break there block and then press X (square on PS3 I assume) and you can grab them and do a trophy kill. That's pretty much the basics of the Alien, use stealth and darkness to your advantage.
Marine
This is pretty fun to play as if you do it properly. You need to rely on your motion tracker and your ranged weapons. The marine plays like your standard first person shooter character a good tactic for them is to keep your distance. Or if something comes at you with a light attack then press block by holding RB and LB (L1 and R1 on PS3 I assume) followed by a LB light attack which will knock them back on the ground the let them have it with gun fire. Sadly marines have the weakest vision of all the races and this game is dark. In single player though you’re given a flare along with a flashlight, which is also available in multiplayer.
Predator
The predator has the advantage of three different vision modes one of which is normal. then they have infrared for use on humans and then they have a Xeno mode which will highlight the Aliens in a greenish color sort of like in the AvP films. The predators also best played as stealthy character as well, against marines you have your camouflage so you can practically walk by them undetected. Predators also have some decent medium ranged weapons like the Plasma Caster aka Shoulder Cannon and the disc. The best weapon IMO for the Predator is the Combo Spear (the weapon from Predator 2) which can be thrown and you have unlimited of. You also have your wrist blades which like the alien you have a light and heavy attack. It's best to play the predator at a distance and try to use your camouflage to sneak up behind Marines and do a stealth kill. For aliens just try and take them out using trophy kills by blocking their attacks, if one comes at you with heavy attack then you can break it by doing a light attack which should also stun them giving you an opportunity to do a trophy kill.
Single Player
The single player is a mixed bag for me. The Alien and Predator campaigns where incredibly short I think I played through both in three hours or so. The Predator being the most lackluster of the single player campaigns. The marine on the other hand is very intense and atmospheric. You are pretty much left in the dark with only flares and a flashlight to give you light. There are some pretty intense spots in the marine campaign for example in the second level I was in this generator room and I knew there where xenos in there so i go to toss a flare and as I did so an Alien was literally right in my face. While the marine campaign is easily the best it's also on the short side too clocking in at about 6 hours combined you have about 12 hours for all three stories give or take depending on your difficulty level for me I played on Normal for all three.
Multiplayer
This is the real strong point of the game. It's divided into Ranked where you get XP which in turn earns you ranks and unlocks skins and Player where you just play without gaining XP or skins. Tonight I managed to play through pretty much all of the different game types with my good friend Brian who some of you may know as Brianzilla2004 and it was a blast. The game types are as follows:
Deathmatch Pretty self explanatory it's you vs. everyone. This is the game type of that the demo offered a few weeks ago. It’s pretty fun to play but not my favorite game type. This can be played in Ranked (if you’re not in a group) or Player match.
Species Deathmatch In this type you are grouped with other players of the same species and you have to kill as many opposing team-mates as possible. This is by far one of my favorites to play and will primarily be my main gameplay type. *Playable in both Ranked and Player*
Mixed Species Team Death Match Pretty self explanatory it's the same rules as SDM but your teams can be compiled of all three species. It's pretty fun though I only played on time and it was me, Brian and one other due against a team of five others now you think we would have lost that match but we actually won it. Brian and I where both Aliens and our Team Mate played as a pred. *Playable in both Ranked and Player*
Domination This is pretty much like any other domination type on FPSs you have three points on the map that you have to capture each point gives you points and the first team to 100 points wins. In this match I think only Marines and Aliens can play but I'm not 100% sure. *Playable in Player Match only
Infestation In this match there's eight marines and shortly after the match one random person is chosen as the Alien as he/she kills a Marine they become an Alien. You and your fellow marines have try and stay alive as long as possible until the timer runs out. *Playable in Player Match Only
Predator Hunt This is sort of like Infestation only one person is chose to be the Predator, as he or she gains kills they gain point however if they don't kill anyone in a minute then a new person is chosen as the Predator. If the Predator kills someone then you get a point and time added to your counter if someone kills you they become the Predator and the cycle begins. You have to either get 20 points as the Predator or the timer has to run out.
Survival Mode In this mode you and up to three other marines fight wave after wave of Aliens on two different map choices (four if you bought the Hunter Edition or for UKers the Survival Edition). This is pretty fun and is very reminiscent of Horde mode for Gears 2.
Overall I'd give the gameplay 8.5 out of 10
Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, PC
Developed by Rebellion
Published by Sega
Gameplay
Since AvP you play as one of three species I'll do things a little different in the gameplay section and break it down into each species how they play, then I'll do the Single Player aspect of the game followed by the Multiplayer.
Alien
As an Alien or Xenomorph you are able to scale any surface and you only have melee attacks. Your attacks include your claws and your tail. Your greatest ally in this game as a Xeno is your ability to see in the dark so you need to lure your prey into the darkness or sneak up behind them in the light. Playing as a Xeno can be rather odd at first since it can be a little disorienting with the wall climbing ability the Aliens have. Once you get the hang of that you should have no problem at all controller the critter. Xenos are the weakest species but they are the fastest of them so you need to be stealthy when playing as one. If you go in head first you’re going to die. What I like to do is try to use the walls and sneak up behind either a marine or predator and get a stealth kill or if you can't do that when you seen them block then use your heavy attack which will break there block and then press X (square on PS3 I assume) and you can grab them and do a trophy kill. That's pretty much the basics of the Alien, use stealth and darkness to your advantage.
Marine
This is pretty fun to play as if you do it properly. You need to rely on your motion tracker and your ranged weapons. The marine plays like your standard first person shooter character a good tactic for them is to keep your distance. Or if something comes at you with a light attack then press block by holding RB and LB (L1 and R1 on PS3 I assume) followed by a LB light attack which will knock them back on the ground the let them have it with gun fire. Sadly marines have the weakest vision of all the races and this game is dark. In single player though you’re given a flare along with a flashlight, which is also available in multiplayer.
Predator
The predator has the advantage of three different vision modes one of which is normal. then they have infrared for use on humans and then they have a Xeno mode which will highlight the Aliens in a greenish color sort of like in the AvP films. The predators also best played as stealthy character as well, against marines you have your camouflage so you can practically walk by them undetected. Predators also have some decent medium ranged weapons like the Plasma Caster aka Shoulder Cannon and the disc. The best weapon IMO for the Predator is the Combo Spear (the weapon from Predator 2) which can be thrown and you have unlimited of. You also have your wrist blades which like the alien you have a light and heavy attack. It's best to play the predator at a distance and try to use your camouflage to sneak up behind Marines and do a stealth kill. For aliens just try and take them out using trophy kills by blocking their attacks, if one comes at you with heavy attack then you can break it by doing a light attack which should also stun them giving you an opportunity to do a trophy kill.
Single Player
The single player is a mixed bag for me. The Alien and Predator campaigns where incredibly short I think I played through both in three hours or so. The Predator being the most lackluster of the single player campaigns. The marine on the other hand is very intense and atmospheric. You are pretty much left in the dark with only flares and a flashlight to give you light. There are some pretty intense spots in the marine campaign for example in the second level I was in this generator room and I knew there where xenos in there so i go to toss a flare and as I did so an Alien was literally right in my face. While the marine campaign is easily the best it's also on the short side too clocking in at about 6 hours combined you have about 12 hours for all three stories give or take depending on your difficulty level for me I played on Normal for all three.
Multiplayer
This is the real strong point of the game. It's divided into Ranked where you get XP which in turn earns you ranks and unlocks skins and Player where you just play without gaining XP or skins. Tonight I managed to play through pretty much all of the different game types with my good friend Brian who some of you may know as Brianzilla2004 and it was a blast. The game types are as follows:
Deathmatch Pretty self explanatory it's you vs. everyone. This is the game type of that the demo offered a few weeks ago. It’s pretty fun to play but not my favorite game type. This can be played in Ranked (if you’re not in a group) or Player match.
Species Deathmatch In this type you are grouped with other players of the same species and you have to kill as many opposing team-mates as possible. This is by far one of my favorites to play and will primarily be my main gameplay type. *Playable in both Ranked and Player*
Mixed Species Team Death Match Pretty self explanatory it's the same rules as SDM but your teams can be compiled of all three species. It's pretty fun though I only played on time and it was me, Brian and one other due against a team of five others now you think we would have lost that match but we actually won it. Brian and I where both Aliens and our Team Mate played as a pred. *Playable in both Ranked and Player*
Domination This is pretty much like any other domination type on FPSs you have three points on the map that you have to capture each point gives you points and the first team to 100 points wins. In this match I think only Marines and Aliens can play but I'm not 100% sure. *Playable in Player Match only
Infestation In this match there's eight marines and shortly after the match one random person is chosen as the Alien as he/she kills a Marine they become an Alien. You and your fellow marines have try and stay alive as long as possible until the timer runs out. *Playable in Player Match Only
Predator Hunt This is sort of like Infestation only one person is chose to be the Predator, as he or she gains kills they gain point however if they don't kill anyone in a minute then a new person is chosen as the Predator. If the Predator kills someone then you get a point and time added to your counter if someone kills you they become the Predator and the cycle begins. You have to either get 20 points as the Predator or the timer has to run out.
Survival Mode In this mode you and up to three other marines fight wave after wave of Aliens on two different map choices (four if you bought the Hunter Edition or for UKers the Survival Edition). This is pretty fun and is very reminiscent of Horde mode for Gears 2.
Overall I'd give the gameplay 8.5 out of 10
Graphics
This is one of the games strong points. In the single player the Alien levels look good but some of the textures are really bad especially on the queen alien. The marine levels are by far the best looking with the Predator levels being somewhere in between.
9 out of 10.
Sound
Another strong point of the game all the trademark sounds from the various franchises are here including the Alien screeches, the plus rifle distinguished blast as well as the Predators clicks and growls. The original score is pretty top notch too.
9.5 out of 10
Content
Between three distinct yet interwoven stories to a plethora of multiplayer options there is enough to keep you busy for a long, long time.
9 out of 10
Overall 9 out of 10
Pros
-Three different single player games
-A multitude of multiplayer options
-Beautiful Graphics and amazing sound
Cons
-Short Single Player
-Some multiplayer issues including no host migration i.e. if the host quits the game ends and in Survivor mode if you die your dead for good no respawning after your team defeats the wave
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