Zero Punctuation: Aliens vs Predator

[hcig]

lol, i kept trying to start it going "wtf is with this ad?!" i refreshed it, and almost gave up, but then i clicked to allow the ads video (click to flash blocks flash objects until i click them) and there was the video..

im kinda pissed though, yahtzee, when the hell are you gonna review heavy rain? its already out worldwide, and its begging for your critic goo all over her face

 

[cavannarose]

Aaaand... once again Yahtzee has stricken another piece of crap off my list before I caved and dished out the cash to buy it. I'm still getting Bioshock 2 though...

 

[KiKiweaky]

Agree with this finished the predator missions first then the alien ones and for once I actually preferred the alien missions. Stealthy litte arseholes the lot of em which is how they should be played, once you get the hang of the wall floor roof floor ceiling thingy the missions for them are really cool. Bit short though.

Was very disapointed with some of the weapons available to the predator, the melee combat was a nice touch makes the game slightly more interesting than mashing mouse 1 till whatever is in front of you dies. But the ranged weapons the predator has and the fact they can only be used with mouse 3 or was a pretty bad idea imo.

Marines well who cares their basicly cannon fodder for both 'aliens' arent they. Did try the missions but nearly fell asleep

Some of the things they tried I liked others kinda let me down. Not too sure what I think bout this game tbh, lets just say that I've stopped playing it for the moment.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Nice review. I'm glad he seemed to enjoy it at least a bit. There are good things to be had in this game, you just need to be patient, and play the game like its 1999.

 

[Ghostkai]

Why can't they just rerelease AvP2? In HD?

I'd be happy.

 

[hcig]

Pretty good but it seems like Yahtzee speaks slower than usual...or is it just me :/ I think it's losing its 'zero punctuation' aspect XD

not sure, i listened again to see, but really, i cant tell, its slower than it used to be, but not much slower than recent times

 

[Mr.Lucifer]

Why would anyone would want to play the generic human in a game called Alien vs. predator? This could have been better if they didn't focus on the human.

 

[F-I-D-O]

Great humorous review. I still love the game though, but I understand the flaws. The alien glisten makes survivor sooo much easier. I also wish you could have played as the Abomination/Queen in the campaign.

 

[AwesomeExpress]

I agree with Yahtzee on this one. Since when do humans have to get involved? I'm sick of humans always being in everything Aliens, Aliens Vs. Predator, or Predator. Do they always have to come to earth? Or do humans always have to be a part of it? Will we just not care if humans aren't involved? Are we going to cry about it?

 

[lozfoe444]

What IS the difference between atmospheric pacing and fuck all happening?

 

[CyanLink]

I gave up on this franchise when the movies came out. Something in the back of my mind told me that the "Hollywood perspective" would translate to the games.

 

[wiredk]

Waaaa, Marines are marines, Aliens crawl on walls, Predators are too stealthy and melee oriented.
Sounds just like the GI review.


I rate this Z.P. a 2/10. pretty metaphors but the lack of content leaves it...well lacking.

 

[Snowalker]

Ah, I'm glad he touched upon the point that there is only 1 predator encounter for both Alien and Marine campaign.

You see, people? Multiplayer can't be balanced because the game was designed to have the predator be overpowered!

Umm, have you played it? what makes is balanced is the fact the fact preds have to look for the weapons, also the pred in the marine campaign doesn't work like a regular pred, he has like shield thingy and then his regular health, so can't compare them. The preds in the alien campaign(Notice the s there, there is two, possibly three I was disoriented) And though they act like normal preds, you can't stealh kill them, and you can't do the two hit combo that works in online (They may possibly have more health, unsure) so yes, I would say it can be balanced.

 

[chozo_hybrid]

Isn't it funny how nobody seems to mention the multi-player on this game? I didn't expect that from him though since we all know he doesn't go for that, but still.

It's funny how Halo can be so highly rated review wise with the multi-player used as a critc defense shield while this game doesn't seem to get that at all.

 

[rembrandtqeinstein]

Maybe this is just nostalgia talking but the '99 one was WAY better. The whole engine was built from the ground up to grab the atmosphere of the movies and boy did it ever. The alien in this one moves sluggishly and there is a damn sprint button. Why wouldn't the alien be sprinting ALL the time?

The Alien can see in the dark but since you have no idea where the dark spots are you don't know where to hide. The attacks are slow and hard to aim, and blocking in an FPS is just stupid.

The whole "press E to hump your target to death" mechanic is boring and stupid. But I knew it would come to that because everyone wanted to emulate the lame Halo melee button. (and yes I know duke nukem 3d had a melee button but it didn't 1 shot people in multiplayer)

I was such a huge fanboi of the 99 version and wanted this one to not suck so bad. But alas the devs pushed out a bag of fail.

 

[Booze Zombie]

Gotta admit, it was pretty medicore.
Which is odd, because you're meant to be playing two of the most awesome alien species ever and a guy who took a giant metal brick to the face and is like "fuck that, I'm going to kill my way outta here".

*Sigh*

 

[zeratul123]

nice episode so funny

 

[PrimoThePro]

Another glorious review, quite hilarious, but if you don't mind I would like to give it a try myself before I jump to any conclusions.

 

[Guitar Gamer]

As I am a lazy tw@t who can't be bothered to read every comment I will assume I am the first to say that there was a game that was (more or less) what Yahtzee described near the end there.
"Predator: Concrete Jungle" it was called, good game I'd say.

 

[Kl4pp5tuhl]

Alien Vs Predator 2 (PC) was the only one I've ever played of this kind, and I stayed with it because it worked out best for me in multiplayer. If they'd ever worked out how to make the three campaigns work good, then there would be good AvP movies as well, which results in ending the universe.