Alien vs Predator

by Sega Of America, Inc.

Product Features

• As the Marine, you'll experience a claustrophobic and terrifying experience where light is your friend, but there's never enough. However, the United States Marine Corps are humanity's last line of defence, and as such they are armed to the teeth with the very latest in high explosive and automatic weaponry.
• As the Predator, you will stalk from the shadows and from above, passing athletically through the treetops to ambush your victims. Although equipped with an array of powerful, exotic weapons and tracking equipment, honour ultimately dictates that you must get in close and take your trophies face to face.
• As the most deadly species in the universe, the Alien offers you the chance to play as the very stuff of nightmares - the monster in the dark swarming forward with countless others, jaws like a steel trap and claws like blades.
• Play all sides off against each other in a series of unique 3-way online modes and go tooth-to-claw-to-pulse rifle in the reinvention of one of multiplayer gaming's defining moments.
• Bringing the legendary war between two of science-fiction's most popular characters to FPS fans, AvP delivers three outstanding single player campaigns and provides untold hours of unique 3-way multiplayer gaming.

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• ASIN: B001TOMQSK
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches ; 4.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: February 16, 2010
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,280 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: PLAYSTATION 3 | Edition: Standard

Amazon.com Product Description

Aliens vs Predator is an entirely new title for PC and high-definition consoles from acclaimed British developer Rebellion, the team behind the 1999 original PC gaming classic. Bringing the legendary war between two of science-fiction’s most popular characters to FPS fans, AvP delivers three outstanding single player campaigns and provides untold hours of unique 3-way multiplayer gaming. Experience distinctly new and thrilling first person gameplay as you survive, hunt and prey in the deadly jungles and swamps surrounding the damned colony of Freya’s Prospect.

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Three Breeds of Warrior. Three Brutal Campaigns. One Relentless Battleground. In deep space, on the frontier of human colonization, an ancient pyramid is discovered. When archaeologists probe the pyramid’s secrets they unwittingly trigger an apocalyptic confrontation between vengeful Predators, menacing Aliens, and heavily-armed Colonial Marines. Welcome to Aliens versus Predator, a stunningly-detailed FPS that seamlessly blends the action and intensity of one of the most popular movie franchises of all time. Whether you stalk your prey as a Predator, evolve into the perfect killing machine as an Alien, or use superior firepower as a Colonial Marine, one thing is certain. This will be a battle for the ages. Features: Master the skills of three deadly species: As a Predator, use your cloaking abilities and multiple vision modes to stalk your enemies while remaining hidden. Then rip out their spines with your wrist blades, or snipe them from afar with your plasma caster. As an Alien, use your finely-honed killer instincts to become the most lethal creature in the galaxy. Traverse any surface at blinding speeds, emerging from the dark to tear off your victims’ heads or impale them with your dagger-sharp tail. As a Colonial Marine, use your diverse arsenal and overwhelming firepower to hold the line against seemingly impossible odds. Discover three unique single-player experiences: Each of the three species has its own unique storyline that intertwines with the others to create a compelling cinematic narrative, inspired by one of the most popular movie franchises of all time. Plunge yourself into intense online multiplayer combat: Take on hordes of online opponents in adrenaline-fueled multiplayer battles. Stalk your prey silently as a Predator, become a nightmarish killing machine as an Alien, or lay down a barrage of lethal fire as a battle-hardened Colonial Marine. Take advantage of each faction’s unique abilities to rise to the top of the leaderboards and become the most dominant species in the universe.

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Sega Aliens vs. Predator 69038 PC Games

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Has Flaws but is still Fun, February 24, 2010

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Irwin I. Silva (Chicago,IL USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Aliens vs Predator (Video Game)

I was really excited when i heard this game was coming out it looked amd sounded awesome and for the most part it is all together awesome, but there are some flaws that just didn't make it a 5 star game.

There are 3 campaigns to play one for each species:

Marine campaign: at first it is great how your in suspense waiting for the alien to pop out of the shadows, but after a couple of encounters it gets pretty predictable and worse when you get surrounded by a gang of them like 3-or 4 your fighting off one in front of you while taking damage from the other sides (behind you) which gets hectic and annoying fast, no matter how good you play you will get hit alot you can run away and get space to shoot them but you will still get hit when running. Also the campaign is based around darkness you have a flashlight and some flares and basically try and survive the alien attacks in semi-darkness which is all it is about surviving, but it is still fun. You only fight the predator once in marine campaign. You can't do any insta/ trophy kills as a human, just push them/melee them off you and shoot them on the ground. Also the flares would be better if they say blinded or burned the aliens or made them get away (which they don't) all they do is temporarily give off light so you can see where to shoot, almost not worth throwing them since you will probably get hit upclose while you do it. Also the enemies are repetitive at points and not alot of variance alot of aliens,a couple of bigger aliens near end, android guards, 1 predator and facehuggers plus 2 or so mediocre boss fights. The storyline is so so nothing special.

Overall marine campaign: 7.5 out of 10

Alien campaign: At first seems really cool can climb on walls and run really fast but it is really short compared to the marine and predator campaigns seems almost like a unlockable mini game or something. Controlling the alien can be really hard and frustrating at times jumping on walls the camera flips upside down and turns sideways which will easily disorientate and confuse you add to this your navigation system is an arrow that does a lousy job, you will spend most of the time lost until you stumble on the vent or way you have to go to proceed to the next area, you only face 3 enemy types marines, android guards and the predators, you can also harvest unarmed civilians with facehuggers. The cutscenes do look nice though and the fight with the 3 predators as the alien is really awesome and the aliens ending and storyline is pretty cool.

Overall Alien campaign: 6.3 out of 10

Predator campaign: (am only halfway through) The only thing here is that it is too easy, i feel that the predator is the superior species easily it can dispatch both humans and aliens pretty easily with all its weapons and invincibility ect. But is the most fun to play as.

Predator campaign: Overall 8.9

Also The melee mechanics ( alien boxing sorta) block, light, heavy attacks could have gotten more work alot more improvement adding combos special moves and better animations would have been much better. Sometimes the graphics and animations seem outdated at times but pretty awesome in others(cutscenes) which looks like some scenes got the most attention while others weren.t rendered as nicely. marines feet would go through stairs while the throphy kills of the alien and predator are pretty awesome looking ( spent most time on probably).

Multiplayer can be pretty fun at times but i don't see it lasting long the 7 modes can only keep a persons interest so long then theres not much more to play for exept different ranks and skins which dont give anything extra skill wise just cosmetically which i wouldn;t keep playing it for. Playing as the predator seems to be an unfair advantage online though.

Rent it for a couple of days beat it play some multiplayer matches for fun then return it would be a good way to go with this game.

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A fun but VERY mixed-bag of tricks, June 21, 2010

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Greg Sword "DETfaninATL" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Aliens vs Predator (Video Game)

Wow. Where to even begin with the messy, mixed bag that is `ALIENS vs. PREDATOR' (AvP)? ......I guess I'll start by giving some thoughts on the game overall and then break it down by each campaign in the order I played them. Bear with me, because this is going to be a long review. Partly because of how I review things, partly because this is like reviewing 3 separate games. Please keep in mind a few things : 1) I am a HUGE fan of both the Aliens and Predator movies (well, the good ones at least!), with `Alien' being my favorite movie of all time. 2) I played through each campaign on hard mode, so I fully realize some of the beefs I have may be due to difficulty level. 3) Despite the MANY issues I had with the game, I did enjoy it overall. See #1??

The Game In General
THE GOOD : A fair amount. First off, the simple fact that you can play as either a marine, a predator, or an alien is very cool. It's nice to be able to step into the 2 iconic monsters' skins and see the world through their eyes. Additionally, the settings and environments for each level all look very good and are different enough from each other so that it doesn't make them all monotonous. Even though you play through each of these levels in each campaign, you experience them from different perspectives and methods of moving around which also helps keep things fairly fresh. Normally I don't pay too terribly much attention to the story in a video game because I'm not playing a game for the literary value. If a story is horrendously bad, it won't stop me one bit from enjoying the heck out of a game (see `BAYONETTA' which possibly has the worst story ever, but is also my favorite game ever). However in the case of AvP, the story was actually quite good and when seen from the 3 different perspectives, it's even better. As well, all of the sounds, weapons and even `ol Carl Bishop Weyland himself (voiced by the actor from the movies, Lance Henriksen - definitely a nice touch!) are straight out of the movies. And all of the weapons, ammo and health are scattered about appropriately enough so you never really run out, but at the same time, you have to be careful to conserve your resources. Another point of interest that I realize some might find irritating, but I found refreshing, was the sense of realism when it came to `special interactions', as I call them. For instance, when you harvest a civilian as an alien, reload as a marine or recharge your weapons as a predator, you're still very vulnerable to attack and can even die during these brief interludes. There are other examples in each campaign, but many of the games I've played give you a bit of an `invulnerability window' while doing things like this. Not AvP. Sure, it ticked me off every now and then, but in hindsight, I actually respect this design choice. It just makes logical sense. As one last thought for the good in general about this game, in addition to the 3 different campaigns, you can also play a survivor mode where you're a lone marine fighting off ever-increasing waves of aliens and there's also various online modes to play as well. In fact, it's the online modes that are really the strong point of this game. They're a blast to play and it's especially fun considering, again, you can be and be facing off against 3 different species.

THE BAD : Also a fair amount here, too. The biggest glaring weakness is the entire Alien campaign, but we'll deal with that soon enough. Otherwise I'd have to say the controls are for crap. I played this game after playing a few other first person shooters (RESISTANCE 2 for instance) and AvP was a stark contrast against them in terms of ease of control. To be fair, I don't know how else I would have done it because there's a lot to take into consideration across 3 different species (although the marine and predator are similar), but I still found it problematic. As I mentioned above, all of the weapons and sound effects seen in the movies also appear in the game, but there were a few things I found myself asking "was this really necessary?" For instance, were androids REALLY necessary in this game? Wouldn't human stoolies for the company have been just as purposeful without cramming these artificial soldiers in? And I don't recall ever using the Predator's mines other than just to see how they worked. Plus, his heat visor was absolutely useless (though cool) except in one or two spots. As for the sound effects, it was absolutely laughable (and grating) to hear the marines utter pretty much only 3 different sentences throughout the campaigns, unless there was a specific programmed conversation or line relating directly to what you were doing. Something else that was laughable was the AI. It was astoundingly bad. You could literally kill a marine standing right next to another marine and they just might not notice! And talk about stupid - some of the characters would actually run and hide in a corner with their faces in their hands, if you approached them! I mean, really!?!? It was almost refreshing when some of them chose suicide over whatever you had in store for them. Tacking right on to the blisteringly dumb AI, was also a severe lack of logic on things. For instance, why can the predator jump 20-30 feet in some areas but not 2 feet in others?? Why do marines and others go TOWARDS the sound of an alien hissing? There were many other things like this throughout each campaign but I'll leave it to you to discover them. Something else that should be noted, though I don't know whether it was a good or bad thing, is each of the campaigns is relatively short, with each having only about 5 or 6 different levels and each level taking about an hour or more to play, depending on your skill level. As one last thought for this `bad' section, (and I realize this depends on your gaming style) the PS3 trophies / Xbox achievements can be VERY tough to complete 100%. The lack of checkpoints in Nightmare difficulty and a few of the online trophies (anyone who has read my other reviews knows I hate online trophies) can make this a really difficult game to get a Platinum Trophy or 100% completion on. Just something to consider if that's your thing....

Now for the individual campaigns.....

The Marine Campaign
THE GOOD : This was overall the best of the 3 campaigns and the one you really should start off with. The familiarity of a `human' FPS is a nice way to ease into the game and the first 2 levels, especially, contain some genuinely creepy moments that will make you feel like you're watching the better of the `Aliens' movies. All of the weapons are fun to use (especially the smart-gun) and each has their place in the story. Even the motion tracker with it's constant clicking and pinging added to the atmosphere, even though I know may others just found it annoying. I guess, for me, what made this the best campaign was the ratio of good versus bad in the campaign. It's just not as pronounced as it is in the others. All in all, it's a pretty standard FPS that has some great moments and a few under-whelming ones...

THE BAD : Unfortunately, like all the other campaigns in the game, the marine campaign has its' problems. Beyond some of the general problems with the game that I've already mentioned, and that apply here, the most glaring problem with this FPS campaign was..... the shooting. Your main weapon tends to be the pulse rifle. And its' sight / target is not easily visible like some of the other weapons are and it requires absolute pinpoint accuracy. All in all not bad if you're going for realism, but try shooting an alien as it jumps from floor, to wall, to ceiling, to wall, to floor, to wall, to.....well, you get the idea. Not exactly easy. Now try it with a swarm of them! And for all the good the bullets seem to do against either the aliens or the predators, you may as well be shooting rock salt. It's not that they don't die eventually but you'd certainly expect them to die a little faster against a rapid-fire barrage of hot metal. Good thing there's a `wash-rinse-repeat' tactic that works fairly well against them: hit `em to knock `em backwards and shoot `em. Too bad this needs to be used as much as it does - it just makes it unnecessarily repetitive.

The Alien Campaign
THE GOOD : Barely anything. Seriously. Other than being able to control (if you really can call it that) this iconic creature, there just isn't much good here. I suppose it's kind of cool to be able to walk on any surface and through vents, etc., but that in and of itself becomes a problem, which we'll deal with shortly. It was fairly fun to play this campaign because it's definitely something different from both a standard FPS and from the other 2 campaigns in the game, but there was so much frustration involved here, it just sucked a lot of the fun right out of it. It was nice though to be able to absolutely haul @$$ when needed because the marine and predator, even at a sprint, aren't anywhere close to as fast as the alien at a sprint. It's just too bad you'll need to retreat from danger as much as you will. This is supposedly a pretty tough critter, right? At least that's the way the movies make it look. The game has other ideas. Then again, the alien, is a big space insect, so maybe its' strength is really it's numbers?? ...One last good thing about the alien campaign is the `finishing moves'. They are brutal, bloody and just what they should be. Whether it's harvesting a human by putting a face-hugger on them, spearing your tail through their chest or mouth, or giving their cranium the `ol run-through w/ your second set of jaws, the aliens finishers are quite satisfying indeed. At least they got something right here.

THE BAD : Oh, so much. So much so, it made me wonder why they even had this campaign in the game other than they had to, because, well, it's AvP. The most glaring problem... Read more ›

23 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you liked the first one..., February 17, 2010

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rafter (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Aliens vs Predator (Video Game)

If you liked the first AVP that came out back in the day then your in for a treat. I picked up this game not knowing what to expect. I just finished the marine campaign, which has a dead space feel, and then the Alien campaign which was loads of fun. Where this game really shines is in the Predator campaign, which so far is fantastic. Stealth, lots of cool weapons and a completly redesigned control system from the first give the Predator campaign an awesome feel.

Great game, awesome fun. Don't believe the negative fuss in IGN and Gamespot who for the most part wouldn't know a good game if it hit them in the face.

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