Aliens Versus Predator Extinction

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• A team of Colonial Marines has been dispatched to explore a new planet, LV-742. When their scans reveal the presence of both Aliens and Predators, it becomes a three-way war and only one species will survive!
• Create and control your own forces as you choose a side to fight for -- Marines, Predators and Aliens all have their own tactics and goals
• Roam an eerie, multi-dimensional environment as you plan an attack strategy and unleash destruction with incredible weapons
• Fight your way across 21 missions as you Upgrade your weaponry & units and prove you're tough enough to survive!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00009ETKZ
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: July 21, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,946 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #27 in Video Games > PlayStation 2 > Strategy

Product Description

Platform: PlayStation2

Aliens Vs. Predator: Extinction is an incredible shooter that locks you into bloody galactic conflict!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice start, but could use some upgrades, March 16, 2004

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Scott Woods (Columbus, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aliens Vs Predator: Extinction (Video Game)

This game has an incredible foundation in place to build an even better game on. If it had spent another few months in the tank getting tweaks and having some more depth added to it, it could have been stunning.

The game that this mostly resembles is not Warcraft, but the seminal Command & Conquer series, though with these graphics, AI, unit choices and relative game play, only the earlier incarnations. I would have liked more unit types, higher caps, larger maps, a skirmish mode (campaign only? What's that?!) and maybe a tweak or two on the controls. The push-the-stick-and-circle-to-select-troops was suspect at best, and C&C already has a perfect way to do it: just make a square and capture the units you want to use, no guesswork. Even the original PS version can do that.

All in all, a good idea and not a wholly bad game, but I hope they take some cues from a franchise that does it right and come back to this. They're really on the verge of making a wholly good game here, just not with these flaws. Give us a "Part 2" to this and make these slight changes and you're gold.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT GAME BUT..., November 9, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Aliens Vs Predator: Extinction (Video Game)

This is a great RTS game for the PS2.
The graphics are great, the sound is great, and the game play is great. But for $40 I want more in a game(I rented the game). A two player would be really nice and online play would be a lot better. Or a skirmish mode.

You can play as either the Aliens, Predators, and the weak little humans.

Aliens:

I play as the Aliens most of the time because they are well rounded, and I like attacking in numbers (Predator is also very fun). You have the queen Alien to lay the eggs, and other Aliens (such as drones, warriors and runners) to attack and kill the enemy and if you want you order them to drag the bodies back to the eggs. When the egg knows there a body is there the egg will hatch a face hugger and you know what happens after that.
I max out the number of units that I can have and attack the enemy in numbers, or if you use the master cheat code you can track the enemy movements.

HINT: Find the master cheat code .... and use it, now track the enemy movements, when the enemy is coming for you move out swing around them, come from 6 O'clock, kill them all then drag thier bodies to the face huggers.

Predator:

Playing as the Predators is very fun. Instead of just killing for points, the Predators tear the skulls from their enemy for honor points. The Predators have the best units in the game (strongest in the game) but the most units you get is 24, that alright but just don't go into a battle claws slicing and laser blasters a blasting.
HINT: Use the master cheat code, now track your enemies movements, if they are coming for you move out, wait until they are alone and kill them one by one.

Marines.

I played through one mission and quit the next one, the Marines are easily taken out because they are weakest units in the game.

This game could have used a online play option, that would have been a real plus for this game.

Its going to take you a while to finish a mission, so its not for the fast paced - finish a game in five minutes kind of gamer.

For those of you who played on the PC but now are playing on the PS2, XBOX, or GB, you can't compare the control inerface of the PC with the one of a PS2 or any platform because a keyboard have 106 keys on it, a platform have 16, so its going to be hard to learn all the controls to RTS games. It's a real surprize that anyone makes RTS games for the platforms (PS2 ans so on).

PROS:
Great graphics
Great sound
Huge levels
Great A.I.
Very fun to play as Predator
Very fun to play as Alien

CONS:
No two player
No online play
Steep price for what you get
Playing as the marines is not very fun
Over 2MB to save a game
It needs a skirmish mode.

So to close this review I just need to say this game was almost perfect. If you are RTS fan the PS2 game "Conflict Zone" is a must buy!

Game Wizard

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grab some snacks..., September 8, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Aliens Vs Predator: Extinction (Video Game)

I say get some snacks because this game can leave you grumbling and wanting something to chew on. The computer is all but relentless in its constant attacks and forces you to amass enough forces to bring them down. At first I thought AvP couldn't make it as a Strategy game but this fits the whole technology mapping from the movies and other games very well. You will be so caught up in finding what different units you can find and trying out their abilities that the missions objectives will slip by. Though logistics and unit maintance will start to drive you crazy, I still found this game to be a worthy addition to my collection. To those who are not sure, I suggest renting it before you buy it. This game is not for everybody.

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