Aliens vs Predator

Just got this today.

You can do missions as the marines, the aliens and the predators which I think is great!

Also there's something called 'single player survivor mode' which I've not tried yet - first guess would be you have to survive for as long as possible?

Network play is available too.

So far I've done the first mission for the marines.

Got some work to do now but I'll be back on it again later - probably trying out what it's like online!

Anybody else got it?

Enjoying it then Ross? Looks like a boss game, id consider getting it.

So far, so good mate!

At first I was unsure about the online play - at first I could only play as Alien and it's a little tricky at first but once you begin to get the hang of it it's great fun. You can climb the balls, jump wall to wall, light attack, heavy attack and square is a finishing move (loads of them).

I can tell it's one of those games that is a little hard at first but with practice you'll become great and it'll become more and more addictive.

Oh man, I haven't come onto this thread yet because I knew I'd be too jealous.

Not only will they never do this on the Wii, if they did it'd be the biggest pile of sh*te ever.

I love the Wii, but it's so outdated compared to the new generation of consoles.

The most impressive thing is definitely the aliens - no idea how they managed to create such a fluid way of movement allowing you to go pretty much anywhere including crawling along ceilings etc.

Damn! I needed you to say "It's sh*t, i can't believe i wasted some of my life on this!" so i wouldn't get jealous!

Have to wait for it to come down in price because, as much as i want to, im not spending premium on it. Good to hear ya enjoying it though!

Played one of these on the PC years ago, which was very impressive back then. I imagine this to be very very good.

The most impressive thing is definitely the aliens - no idea how they managed to create such a fluid way of movement allowing you to go pretty much anywhere including crawling along ceilings etc.

I know what you mean about that, the old one had something similar. You just walk up the walls, easy as!

Do you start off as a facehugger and then turn into the big fella?

Not played with anyone yet offline but the marines mate.

Just killed off some queen alien thing that was giving birth to loads. The weapons are quality. Makes you proper on the edge of your seat at time even though it's just a game. Something hisses or makes a noise and you sh*t it. You get really paranoid playing it but it's a weird thrill!

Seem to be in the jungle now - the aliens seem to have gone from black to beige and they seem much quicker. Plus they fire some kind of acid balls at you.

Facehuggers are a right b***ard. Come out of those shells and they can be tricky to spot and kill.

Got it on normal difficulty at the moment and even that is pretty challenging!

The more I play it though, the more I get into it.

Didn't even know about this. Sounds pretty good.

Pretty original actually.

Love the way it has 'trophy kills' when you play as an Alien - if you get into the right position you press square and there's loads of different animations where he will execute the marine.

Also there's some interesting game modes online, for example where there's one Predator and several marines. The marines have to hunt down whoever is the predator and kill them. Once you kill the predator, you become the predator, and you then get points for marine kills.

Saw a couple of videos about this and it looked pretty interesting, after what reading what you've said, I'm probably gonna get it

The Predators seem to be better than the other two though, that shoulder lazer thing seems to kill everyone in the videos!

Just completed another Marine mission - looks like I may be close to getting introduced to fighting Predators.

Gets better and better the more I play.

Great thing is too - if you're finding it too hard, you can just go to 'select mission' and it'll give you the option of what difficulty you want to play. So for example if you have been playing on normal and you're completely stuck - you can play out that mission on easy and then go back to normal afterwards again.

I've actually heard this game is terrible... Gamespot slated it ang gave it 55 out of 100 :S

Just had a go as playing as Predator.

Superb.

Go invisible, light attacks, heavy attacks, blocking, trophy kills (ripping the head off or fisting dagger through face), fast running, ability to jump, target system, targeting enemies and pacing onto them, distractions by pressing square, fast sprinting, plasma gun.

Just had the rip a marines head off and use it for an eye retina machine!

Itching to buy this game but might just wait until it's dropped in price a little bit.

Everyone will have stopped playing online then though. Catch 22.

Just had a go as playing as Predator.

Superb.

Go invisible, light attacks, heavy attacks, blocking, trophy kills (ripping the head off or fisting dagger through face), fast running, ability to jump, target system, targeting enemies and pacing onto them, distractions by pressing square, fast sprinting, plasma gun.

Just had the rip a marines head off and use it for an eye retina machine!

Just done that mission with the Predator, got the game the other day. It's a good game etc, but there just seems to be something missing with it for me, no real story-line to it I feel. Might get more into it as the game goes on.

That's true - about the storyline.

Feel most of the work has gone into the alien movement/predator movement myself.

Nevertheless fun to play.

Got this Saturday. Christ it's good.

As a shooting game, it (like every other shooting game known to man) doesn't hold a candle to COD. But it would be unfair to compare. That would be like saying Leicester City aren't as good as the Redmen. It's a no brainer.

What I do like about AvP though, is the way they have made the Marine campaign just as enjoyable and playable as the Alien and Predator campaigns. I think I've near finished the marine one on normal, and am about halfway through the other two.

The trophy kills for the two creatures are a joy to behold I reckon. And the movement of the Alien and the jumping about of the Predator is class, although the invisibility cloak isn't worth a w*nk. They still see you!!

I'm liking it though. Hope it isn't too short, but I definitely fancy going right through on hard and nightmare. Can imagine it to be impossible.

Knew you'd like it mate!

Pleased!

Finished the Marine and Predator missions on normal. Nearly at the end of the Alien missions. Quite short I think but the online gives it a little more longevity, plus there's downloadable content out soon apparently.

Definitely going for the extra Trophies, finishing it on Hard and Nightmare. Can imagine it to be impossible.

EDIT: Finished the Alien bit too.

I haven't played in a little while - got really into UT on FIFA.

Probably come back to it at some point.

Started playing this again recently, on the Alien missions, the Alien is definately the best, see what you mean now about the movement Ross!

The alien missions made me a bit dizzy I've gotta be honest also slightly repetitive after a while , I much prefer the Predator missions, more tactical and the variety of weapons is so much better!

Traded this in! Lashed it towards Final Fantasy XIII in Gamestation. Ended up paying odds for it as they had an offer on towards FF13.

The game itself has a good story line, especially for fans of Alien or Predator. I felt like going through it again on a harder difficulty but it doesn't have that replay feel to it. And the online mode, while quite good and original, doesn't hold a candle to COD. Which is slightly unfair but when it comes to it, you're always going to pick COD.

Anyway. Well worth the £4 odd I lost on buying it and then trading it in.

I played the demo and didn't like it.

Thought it was very tacky, but hey not my type of game

I played the demo and didn't like it.

Same here, though the demo's are quite often pretty bad IMO.

Same here, though the demo's are quite often pretty bad IMO.

I know what you mean.

A lot of my friends played Battlefield 2 and said it was terrible. The game came out and it was awesome!

I've played the full game of AVP, Predator mode is good and the marine mode is ok but the alien mode is really poor, the controls are frustrating and annoying and it just doesn't work.

It made me turn it off and I've not gone back to it since (mainly donw to playing Just Cause 2 though )

Must admit - not played it in a good while now.

Gone back to FIFA and COD. I could get by with those two games only.

Must admit - not played it in a good while now.

Gone back to FIFA and COD. I could get by with those two games only.

FIFA, Fallout, Fight Night, Final Fantasy and F*cking COD for me mate.

Starting to think trading this in for Final Fantasy was a grand old idea. Nothing against the game, it just doesn't have any replay factor and I completed it in a weekend on a relatively normal setting without playing it constantly. I didn't feel the urge to go through it again on a harder setting. Something COD is made for.

In the film... who wins?

In the film... who wins?

Haven't seen Requiem. And in the first one, I'm not too sure.

Must admit - not played it in a good while now.

Gone back to FIFA and COD. I could get by with those two games only.

I sold all my games and only have COD and FIFA now anyway.

I sold all my games and only have COD and FIFA now anyway.

The only games a man needs

Has anyone got the extra maps? Are they any good?

Oh man, I haven't come onto this thread yet because I knew I'd be too jealous.

Not only will they never do this on the Wii, if they did it'd be the biggest pile of sh*te ever.

I love the Wii, but it's so outdated compared to the new generation of consoles.

Two and a half years after posting this, I've got it!

Downloaded it cheaply and just started the Marine missions today, loving it so far!

I can understand the criticism it has received, there are plenty of flaws, plus being able to "fight" with an alien and just knock it down over and over is absurd. But having loved the films (not the AvP films, the originals) I was clearly going to enjoy entering this universe!

Plus, after playing Skyrim to death, I needed some cheap thrills and linear gameplay to chill out!

This is perfect, go from A to B, fight a bunch of aliens, watch a bunch of Marines get killed, awesome stuff!