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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Saved me from Boredom, 11 Jul 2006
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
Ok, lets be honest, while the original films were great, the AVP film sucked. This game continues to link the two stories together.
Im not to familiar with the comics, but as far as i can tell from peoples reviews of them, like the AVP film it touches on some ideas to attempt to make a twisty cinematic plot. What they ended up with was a pretty lame story line which couldnt touch the films by a long shot. HOWEVER...the game play for me more than made up for it.
The controls are not for the faint hearted, and im sure many people who slagged this game off gave up by the end of the first mission. There is a basic set up and many different confihurations for you to try out in the training mode, which takes you through the usual tasks. Although tricky at first, you dont need to worry too much about mastering them before you try the main game. After a while the controls become second nature, and thanks to a large selection of combinations of attack and movements, you will find yourself doing someting new and impressive right up to the final levels, meaning you wont get bored, and you can have some FUN with them. Some people say they should hav ebeen simplified, but i think if they did you would have felt like they hadnt done the Predator films justice.
Game play resembles the ps2 Spiderman movie and Grand Theft Auto games in the sense that your set loose in a free roam city. However, unfortunatly in this game your only given a small section of the city at a time, which you occasionally revisit in later levels. Although this may sound dissapointing, you find that hunting down individuals is often hard enough as it is, and your familiarity with the surroundings means you ca show off that cool move you figured out earlier.
For stories sake i supose your also set more liniar but rarely confined indoor levels aswell, which deffinatly makes it more tricky as you cant leap over buidlings away from danger. Levels take place in 2030 Noenopolis and strangley enough 1910 Chicago (i think), and as fun as it ma be to slash up mobsters, there is a relevance to the story.
You get a broad selection of weapons, which you can upgrade by seeking out hidden secrets. You have to collect these as you go, which means you dont get bored of them too quickly. You also get all the gadgets, though not all from the start. There are three vision modes which you are often forced to use often, which is good, as well as the classic cloak, plasmacaster and spear guns, as well as some fun extras.
The game play is FUN, which could be why it dissapointed fans expecting stealth and horror, but remember, the films were mostly action oriontated. This film does not follow the Alien vs Predator game play, though obviously does tye in with the story line. Non the less, i was hooked on this game, and is one of the few games i own which has had me want to complete it instead of giving up and chucking it back into the cupbourd for six months. Good, gorey (VERY gorey) action packed fun with strategy often tyed in, all in great graphics. Unlimited enermies in the city levels means you cant just massacre everyone in silence and strol to your destination.
Only let down by its lame story line, but untill the 'climatic' battle at the end where it had to be wrapped up, it never interfied with the great missions up until then.
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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Finally, 15 April 2005
At last the predator gets a game of his own and what a game it is. The predator has long stood proud as one of Arnold Schwarzneggars greatest movie anti-heros, such a terrifying enemy with cloaking technology, an array of technologically advanced weapons and it lives for the thrill of the hunt. The game see's you playing the predator in 1930 who gets captured by the mafia and his technology stolen. You are then returned to your race, who for discracing them banish you to a savage planet for 100 years. They don't expect you to survive but you do and you return to earth in 2030 to regain your honour by hunting down the decendant of the mafia family's leader. In this time period the streets are crawling with scum and mafia who have taken hold of cloaking devices and weapons all derived from the technology stolen from you 100 years previous. This game doesn't shy away from showing you the predators true horrific nature. This game has an 18 certificate and believe me it use's it to the limit, for example the predator finds someone using a cloaking device made from his and he takes him to a billboard skins him and hangs him by his feet from it. This game has been eagerly awaited and hungered for by fans who will definitly not be disapointed and newcomers will also find this game absolutly awesome.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Turn Around, 19 April 2005
When you first start this game you think "My God Where's Arnold". The game goes through a small storyline to begin with giving you the gist of what you are dealing with. On the first mission, you have hardly any weapons and cloaking doesnt work which is a bit pants! After that the game in general is amazing,all the vision modes, weapons, cloaking and all the sounds from the movies make it a grade A game. if you pay attention to when you are using the the voice function you can hear the phrase from the films "Over Here", "Turn Around". At the end of the game you get a good surprise in the way of AVP. Overall a good game.
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