The new AVP videogame is out after numerous poor attempts at Alien, Predator and AVP games, begging the question have producers Rebellion at last fashioned a game to satisfy the serious AVP followers?

The verdict in short is yes. Launched for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC the new AVP videogame comprises three campaigns, permitting the gamer to control the hunter, survivor or prey. Starting on the Colonial Marines missions, you start as the new recruit of the team on a small ship that witnesses a gigantic Predator ship eradicate your mothership. Of course the only choice available is for your ship to dock on an unchartered planet.
The Various Campaigns And Aliens Offered Within The New AVP Videogame.

The following cutscene features your character coming to after blacking out from the drop, and being advised by Tequila (remarkably resembling Vasquez from Aliens) that this mission will turn into a “bug hunt”. The following few stages are just for the gamer to become familiar with the controls, which might be familiar to most FPS users. Players will be warding off hordes of xenomorphs whilst waiting for an elevator to deliver you to safety.

It’s throughout this instance users will discover how impressive the lighting of the new AVP videogame is; was that a vent falling down? or was it a xenomorph on the wall? The answer is that you just won’t know until it might be too late! Lighting has been employed to master effect in crafting tense and uncertain gameplay. The weapons look and sound genuine to the Alien saga.

While the Marines campaign is the closest to an FPS as possible on this AVP videogame, then the Aliens campaign is the most different from that. The story begins with an Alien breeding laboratory with test specimens being harvested for their bioweapons research. However your Alien is special, as you resolve to make your escape via your surrogate parent’s throat, this signifies you’re a more intelligent breed of Alien. A power failure offers you the perfect distraction to make your escape. Mission objectives are supplied to you telepathically from the Alien Queen, and your Alien itself is a moving weapon, armed with razor tipped tail. Alien gameplay favours stealth and shock attacks from the shadows, and it is the most versatile of the three.

The Predator campaign is a mixture of the Marine and Alien campaigns. Being a Predator you rely closely on your advanced technology and use of stealth to eradicate your prey. The predator campaign on this AVP videogame is to locate and retrieve the remains of numerous “youngbloods”; Predators that have gone missing. The Predator is probably the most popular of the three campaigns in this AVP videogame, on account of all its weaponry and utterly grotesque steath takedowns.

In all, the new AVP videogame will satisfy the hardcore followers because it remains devoted to each the Alien and Predator franchises. The graphics could have been enhanced slightly yet the lighting and sound work far make up for any graphical problems. Fusing these elements with an excellent multiplayer mode has created the very best AVP videogame to date.