Aliens Vs. Predator 2010

When Rebellion first unleashed AvP 1994 upon us, I must admit that movie lore alone carried me through the marines campaign. The dark shadows and the jump out of your seat thrill of playing a lone marine in an LV-426-like complex getting jumped by a facehugger or xenomorph is plenty fun, but the same control bugs and recycled level design problems that existed back then, carry forward to it’s modern day HD cousin.

True, it’s a delight to track and target hapless marines as the shoulder plasma gun toting Yautja leaps from roof to roof, ripping spines out of napping Colonial marines, however the clumsiness, poor controls and arbitary surface design ruins an otherwise immersive game experience. After awhile, gruesome kills just aren’t enough anymore.

Understand that AvP2010 is a three campaign game like it’s pre-pubescent cousin, however the thrill of playing stealthy xenomorph wears out pretty quickly when poor level design and tedious game play bless you with the nausea of motion sickness. As an alien, you can crawl on walls and ceilings, however the system decides willy-nilly which wall or outcropping specifically whether you intended to or not. This makes you feel like you’re some Dustin Hoffman Rain Man Xenomorph who was dropped on the head as an egg.

Bottomline I won’t give too much away, it’s a fun game IF you’re a fan of the Predator and Alien flicks. A competent shooter and a decent thriller, the game aspires to brillance but falls short. You won’t come away inspired but you certainly won’t leave feeling as if you wasted money on this game. It’s a trip down nostalgia lane.