Customer Reviews

Predator Concrete Jungle

5 star:		(14)
4 star:		(14)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

PLAYSTATION 2: This review is mostly for fans of the Predator franchise and not particularly to hardcore gamers who find this stuff a breeze. I bought this because a few people said there was a roaming feature which I wanted to just wizz away the time with one of my favorite monsters. I'm not a serious gamer, so I had hoped this sucker would be fun yet still challenging on easy/'unblooded' on the game. HELLO creators...some of us don't want to make a career out of playing these things, we just want to have a little fun, thank you very not. Anyhow, I can't seem to find a roaming feature yet...lol. But lotsa frustration came free of charge.

...Casual gamers take note. I'm literally stuck towards the last quarter of levels at "Ten Thousand Ways To Die" right before the you're sposed to kill the Hooker Boss Lady (Yes, you heard right)....where you start off with full health & energy and *some* weapons. But must progress through, oh five-ish sub-levels with mobs of soldiers with devastating firepower....Police Craft and hidden rocket launching Soldiers shooting at you on each....with only ONE power up (that I've been able to find so far before dying) and near impossible weapons upgrades that you can get to (tucked high up or near a pack of soldiers) if you plan your strategy right...if not...you get mobbed by bullets and die rather quickly. You'll find it takes little firepower from your enemies to bring you down. And as an added frustration: Your enemies many times when it's crucial, can see you WITH your Stealth camo on. That, plus it takes YOU...the Predator, what seems an INSANE amount of wacks to kill your opponents (those who watch the movies will quickly see *this* aspect is nearly ridiculous)...and this doesn't include the Bosses (remember: attack from behind;-)...plus your weapons are useless at the worst times. For example...you can shove your spear thru a person twice, whack them a few times with your arm blades, they'll fall and will soon get up (so don't walk off from Prey until their blip disappears or you'll be sorry). In many instances I'd wondered why the creators of this game made the Predator this weak in comparison to foes. For the challenge, I spose...but sometimes it seemed a bit overkill and really not fun after awhile. Really. And there's NO checkpoints...I haven't seen one yet through this game (nor can you save til a level completes). Plan on redoing a number of levels several times until you figure out how they're laid out. You'll need to especially take note of where the cameras are you're trying to avoid or you'll be redoing things quite often...so get used to using the green colored visor sensor thingy often or else...lol
On a good note...some levels are remarkably easy. Seriously....you'll be saying...'uh...that's it?' Then proceed onto the next level and be stuck there until you're ready to smash the disc into pieces (which is why I gave up for today and decided to write this review:-)
DIALOGUE: At some point your going to think some of the lines are incredibly stupid the fifteenth time around...wait til you here "Sacrifice my Bruddah" over and over in the Voodoo Posse part. You'll be repeating it in your sleep. In the Old Church-Goth-Punk-Concert level (yes, again, you heard right), wait til you hear the Boss dudes endlessly try their best Trent Reznor/Marilyn Manson lines on you. You'll be wanting to 'Kill the Pain (or whatever those lame laments were)" and slit *someone's* wrists if you don't die laughing first. The biggest beef with the dialogue is the amount of profanity. I have no problem with cussing. But on the Hooker/Porno Star-weapons dealer level (Yes...I'm not lying)....I think the schoolgirl looking gunwomen said f** more times than I've said it in my life! And that's pretty impressive cuz me and the F' word are nearly married.
TIMED MISSIONS: Oh...forgot about those. I also forgot about the jumping. Yes...jump around, jump around, jump up and up to get down . Really....it's endless. And I thought American McGee's Alice was a pain. PCJ makes her jumps seem like hopscotch. Remember: If you find you can't figure out where to go...look up...you'll probably hafta jump to get there (*if* you can see...yes...it's also a dark game...lol). If you like lotsa jumping, this is for you. If you're looking for lotsa combat....well...if you like to jump lots to engage in combat...this is for you.
Well...this sounds like such a ragfest on this game. But I like alot of it, but think it's so inconsistant. With no checkpoints, the levels just drag insanely, though many times you can breeze quickly thru them once they're mentally mapped out. The graphics are gorgeous by the way. The cutscenes are very well done.The Pred never looked better in a game. If you were looking for more free roaming/killing/hunting (the timed Bonus 'Rituals' don't count, as those are basically dash here/dash there before time runs out), then be warned. It's pretty linear so far.
OVERALL: Beautiful looking game. Some levels too easy. Some too hard and too long. And I haven't found a level yet that I'm just dying to replay. Which is sad for a Pred game......but I've replayed Return Of The King and Two Towers mega times....but all this jumping junk just seems to outweigh the combat options so far (Hello creators....Preds don't just jump and stalk for days.....eeeergh!) So dunno once done, how much replay value *this* bugger will have.
So that's it. If you've read this entire manifesto, I hope it's helped.

Everything that the Predator has done in movies, you can do in this game. And like the movies, there is GORE GALORE. Squeamish, beware! I don't know how young someone should be, to be playing this game, but if you're a parent and you want to know if your kid should play this or not, well a good way to judge is, would you let them go see the movies? Yes there's skinnings and beheadings and all that good stuff ~_^ in the game, and if you're adult like me and that's what you're looking for, it's awesome!

No it's not "free roaming" in the sense that Grand Theft Auto is, so don't expect that; but you certainly ARE allowed to freely ROAM the various levels and choose where to go and who to kill on your various missions. There are unlockables galore (like tons of different predator costumes), different levels of difficulty, a huge assortment of weaponry, etc. and the fun factor is awesome. People seem to be complaining about the graphics but I don't see anything wrong with them...they are sharp and crisp, and nothing is "blocky" (in other words, you don't notice the polygons). On occasion you might fall into a wall (yes, INTO it) or some other slightly glitchy area but nothing where you get stuck. I wasn't overjoyed with the camera angle situation but then again what game like this does have a perfect camera set-up? It's a little annoying but nothing that'll ruin your fun. You can always look around with the HUD-like mode.

If you want a game that gives you the "Yes! I'm a predator!" experience, this is it. It's got everything...even the Alien!! I would suggest (unless you're a major Predator fan and must have a minty copy for your "collection,") trying to find a nice used copy of this game, but it's definitely a keeper.

With an interesrsting storyline that will give you a chance to play as predator and restore your honor, 100 years in the future, the game is rather original for a predator on screen creation, but not without its so many flaws.

First, this game is NOT a free roaming game. And if it is, then forget grand theft auto, or Spiderman 2's deffinition of "free roaming" and think more like a small level that WILL actually let you go anywhere you can jump, or crawl to. Other than that, you can't go just ANYWHERE... And not only that, to make matters worse, you can't just kill anyone. Now let's think predator, that's pretty close to the real thing. But as far as sneakiness and staulking your pray is concerned, you just have to stay invisible, you don't have to watch your prey for very long before you can lock and flay, dismember, grab, punture, slam, burn, knock out, or even just completly destroy your victim into a heap of trembling flesh. With that said, this is a very violent game, more so than grandtheft auto in some respects.

I'll hand it to the creater's that they held true to predator style looking cut scenes, and did a great job at the first person vision viewers. But I take one star away just simply because, the graphics are beautiful... for a 1998 game! the graphics are horrible! Predator looks beautifully like predator, everything else looks like... an early playstation 1 game's graphics. The graphics are... horrible for a 2005 playstation2 game. The cut scenes are wonderful, but you have to get unshocked to really see it, since you notice your victims barly look like people sometimes.

The sounds aren't too much to hear either. There's more quiet than any actual car noise, or just city noise. And the score is on a ten second playback, it's almost like they pooled al their rescources into just making the story and left the quality of game play in the dust. The controls are easily mastered and most levels that don't involve you killing your prey are pretty challenging. And for the most part, the last 10 levels [of this 30 something level game], are very challenging indeed... on hard.

I'll hand it to the game, it is fun to play, once you realize there are new weapons, costumes and a host of other goodies hidden... mind you, HIDDEN, within each level, one finds himself going back just to find the goodies. The storyline is really good and played out, enough so that the mini clips could probably amount to a ten minute mini-movie; but don't worry, you get plenty of game play.
I'll take another star off for not letting predator swim... or for that matter, for just falling through the water as if it were an abyss [they do this for half of the barriers in this game], and with the exception of one level [the warf], you don't really have to apply yourself in the art of staulking [and in the movies, that's 2/3s of what predator does!], once you engage the enemy, he usually knows where you're at no matter what. Bosses can see through your cloak, which makes it more challenging, but takes away the feeling of predator... Since even Good old Arnold had trouble seeing him in the movie.

With all of that said, who needs combos? ... I do.
I like to keep games interesting with mixed attacks and creative killing capabilities... you can see all the combos and killing methods within 29 seconds flat. Then you have to resort to using tools [plasma mines, spears, shoulder mounted plasma gun, and so on]. But I will thank them for giving us three weapon choices [telescope stick, and the maul to name two]. But other than that killing your prey is very, very, very, very... repedative and mundane. So much so, ill take another star off for the sheer repedativness of attacks and kills. Once you've seen all the attacks twice... You rarly go looking for enemies to kill, and just try to finish the level. That's how boring the moves are.

Laslty, there is a level where you get to go up against your arche nemesis, ALIEN! And I wasn't thoroughly disapointed in that, in fact that was one of the more interesting levels, though if only it was a little bigger with more to do.

In the end if you just want a game you'll be entertained with for a few days, this is a good rent [39.99 is a bit too much to ask in the long run]. it will save you the embarassment of buying it and totally wishing you hadnt.
Don't get me wrong, I give it two stars just because it was so much fun to play. For it's funness alone I give it two stars, and with such a great story to follow, it really was that much more fun. But I am very disapointed in that it's not free roaming, the graphics are horrible, and once you've gotten all the little goodies hiding in all the levels [and you must finish the game to do so], there is ABSOLUTLY no reason... ABSOLUTLY NO REASON,
to play the game again [even on a more difficulty level it just isnt worth it].

This game is ruined by repedativeness, and riddled with unrelentingly bad graphics that made me laugh at the opening words [2005 trade mark] the second time i turned the game on. Very fun the first time around [first few levels], 0 replay value [unless you wait for 4 months to play it again, like i did[Midway through the game] Then at least you make it a little fun].

On a fun scale, this game is a 4, because you actually get t play as predator and he looks way better than spidy did in spiderman2 [the game]. You get to kill as him, and for the first 30 seconds of being him/it/she [whatever it is] i add two stars for that alone. Throughout the game [the begining] when things are simple and fairly realistic [and your enemies CANNOT see through the cloak] this game is very very very fun [hence two more stars]... when you get creative and come in at different angles, use your secondary weapons, grab your victims and make a sport of throwing them off rooftops [or kicking], and of course... just ripping them apart in a methodical rage. This game is so much fun in the first five minutes... But it's worth four stars for just those five minutes. The rest is... one star minus five.

Don't buy this game, rent it, you won't be as disapointed.

You guys must be joking. This game rules. I admit the graphics are very cheesy, but hey, graphics aren'y everything! Most of the attacks are pretty funny, but after the first few times they lose that sense. But they are still cool. The weopons are very cool. It has a better "hunting experiance" than my favorite PC game Aliens versus Predator 2: Gold Edition. It is fun, but the predator in first-person was kind of weird. However, Predator Concrete Jungle has a combination of third-person AND first-person is simply awesome. This game is worth the [...] I payed for it. The cloaking field generator and different visual spectrums are beyond those of Aliens versus Predator 2: Gold Edition. THIS GAME IS WORTH BUYING BY FAAARRR!!!!!

Predator Concrete Jungle is, as of late, the ONLY game where one can play exclusively as a Predator (there are the AvP games as well, but you play three different species). This something that makes it good, very good. The Predator details are FABULOUS, even for a PS-2... and let's not forget the various unlockable skins that you can use and re-use at your convenience.
The controls, although many seem to say the contrary, are quite deecent and easy to learn (maybe if people bothered to play the tutorials, it would come more easily)... even though there are a few things I still haven't figured out yet(What's a "Wall Kill" and how do you do it?). The actions you preform are everything you could expect a Predator to do (some moves are quite spectacular even),and his aresenal is quite extensive if you actually LOOK for upgrades (which make the game MUCH easier as you get closer to the end)... well, acutally not quite: you can't crouch (yeah... you read that right)
You also have these little time trial thingys (that's the technical term, yes), which are fun yet aggravating, because the times are rather hard to beat... but still rather fun to try your hand at.

Now for the bad news. My guess is that they had about 20 blokes working on the Predator model and maybe 4 or 5 working on NPCs (Non-Player Characters... ie bad guys to kill), because they all look the same and are not terribly well done. And (small spoiler) the Aliens you encounter are probably the exact same models from "Aliens vs Predator 2" with just different sound effects... or so it looks.
DO NOT be fooled by the Product Description going on about how extensive the game's world is... frankly, it's nonsense. If you were expecting a sprawling metropolis like in the GTA series... ahem, uh, sorry... wrong game. Each level is relatively small to medium size, about five city blocks... and you will replay at least two under a different label and time of day (the developpers hoped you wouldn't notice)... but you can still make the most of then if you have enough imagination. <evil, sinister laugh>
Oh, and no multiplayer... darn. No co-op hunts, no competitions, no Pred fights... nothing. Pure and simple single player.

What could have been done to make Concrete Jungle better? well, not much, but those things would have made this a GREAT game.
1) A LARGER CITY !! if not an all-out GTA-size city, then at least a "The Getaway": deecent-size chunks of the city, then a "free-roam" mode after completing the game with the whole city at your mercy, where you could re-visit your favorite hang-outs
2) Better, more varied, more detailed NPCs would have been nice, but not THAT important... after all you don't look at them that much hehe
3) The ability to choose what you say through your microphone. Something I found irritating was the randomized lines that you record on your journeys and that you can lure prey with. Some are fabulous, but you can't choose what you say... which would have been much more fun, especially in certain situations.

Now don't get me wrong, I like this game a LOT!! It's just, well, missing a few things, that's all. A pity.... In any case, it should tide most of us over for a while until a similar Predator or Alien game comes out.
Verdict: GET IT even if you've never heard of Predator, it should be entertaining.

I figured I would just put in my 2 cents worth on this one. I am a very big fan of the Predator & Alien series. I was impressed with this game from the start. The Narration is beautifully done. I am not a huge hardcore gamer, I have my collection of PS2 games and this one is a keeper. The graphics are pretty good(the Predator is well detailed, especially in his different array of costumes to choose from.)But the rest of the game is somewhat marred( I did like the nice touch of blood splashing realistically on the camera when you get to flay someone.)I was kinda of hoping the graphics would be a little better in the other environments though.
Game play is neat but lacks reality. The Pred is a powerful beast, but when you get to the later chapters, it seems that the soldiers are impossibly tough(even after taking 5 shots from your plasmacaster.) The bosses are pretty tough but not unbeatable. The chapters range from very easy to ungodly hard. I had to use a cheat code on my Action replay Max just to unlock the beginning of some of these chapters. I still haven't beaten every chapter. The chapter entitled "if it bleeds we can kill it," is an extremely hard level, but for all you Alien fans, they make a cameo appearance. THEY JUST KEEP COMING!!! So plan on doing this level a few times.HINT: use your mines sparingly!!
Dialogue is interesting,but repeats itself constantly. ALOT OF SWEARING! For me, the dialogue was good for a Pred game(Mature rating).Being that I am currently starting preproduction on a independant film, I found some of the dialogue great for certain parts. EXAMPLE: when in a "certain" chapter and confronting a certain boss, She cleverly retorts " say hello to my little FRIENDS."
Overall it is a fairly well done game, but not evened out enough to make it fair to your Predator( reminds me of that D**** AVP movie.) Game play is good in some parts but horrible in others. The controls I thought were good, but could of made it a little more player friendly in first person mode. The camera angles were just plain BAD. They need to work on those for future Pred games. Replay value is moderate, unless you like going around the city and beating up the Jamaican Vodoo Posse all day. It is fun but tires quickly.

many people are undecided on this game but i definatly give it at least 4 stars if not 5. its fun, its got an epic story line and great predator abilities, weapons and technology. its a real blast for all us predator fans. finally, a predator video game worth talking about.

Reviewed for Big Boss Games by: JLR

Who hasn't seen Predator? And for those who have, we all wonder why there hasn't been a great game made by now.

He's the ultimate hunter, able in both action and stealth. I mean let's face it, Dante would get waxed like a floor, and Sam Fisher would never see it coming.

So it is with great pleasure that there is FINALLY a game at least worthy of this character's truly game ready abilities. I'm not saying this game is better than the games hinted at above, but it does what it is meant to do very well. And that is, allow the player to be the hunter, and really feel like you are playing as the Predator.

To keep it short and sweet, if you ever wanted to be the Predator, buy this game, period.

A big 8.5 of 10.

This game is awsome. There is an optional training area in the game where you can learn to master all the weapons, abilities, and attacks. You can veiw trophies, and try extra challenges. Overall, a great game.

The Predator movies are by far my favorite sci-fi/horror movies
(even AVP...sorta), so I was really excited when I saw PREDATOR:CONCRETE JUNGLE at my local Blockbluster. Without a moment's notice, I rented it. After I played the game, I was extremely content. My expectations were mostly met and I enjoyed it immensely. You can use tons of weapons from the deadly Predator's arsonel, skin people and string them up on billboards, rip people in half, unlock lots of awesome Predator costumes, and TONS MORE. As far as graphics go, the ones seen here are alright. Nothing more, nothing less. The blood and gore looked rather convincing, though. Oh, and you can hunt down evil doers using widely varying modes of vision. The sound was decent, also. The city enviroments were milked to their full potential, complete with muggers, mob bosses, and homeless people. Basically, everything you loved about the Predator movies is seen here. I say, rent first. Or if you're a huge Predator junkie, buy first. It's well worth you're time.