What Went Wrong: Aliens Vs. Predator 2010

"Aliens vs. Predator (AvP) bore the weight of heavy expectations, despite following two very poor attempts at AvP movies. News of the upcoming movie, Predators, had anticipation building, and then AvP had been banned in Australia for being far too violent. Ever the morbid kind, gamers everywhere took this as good news. If the game was violent enough to get banned, developer Rebellion must have pulled out all the stops to make up for the travesties of the teen-friendly movies." -Tom Dann, GameZone

[RedDead]

Campaign ---- Defend this spot from a horde. The was the campaign.

Online ---- Animated kills from behind. The game appears to be somewat fast paced. Kills from behind make you vunerable. I would much prefere to have a kill that doesn't hinder your abilty to play, it leaves you open, sometimes you would have 5 or 6 kill in a row from behind, it was rediculous, it's all for the cool factor though right?

[evrfighter]

Sounds like a classic case of consolitus.

[phntom]

Totally true. Multiplatform games that comes from a former PC exclusivity never are as good as expected.

[distorted_reality]

I know what went wrong - it was fucking terrible.

Having an absolute fail demo didn't help the cause. I was somewhat on the fence before that - quickly fell off of the fence and went back to another ME2 playthrough.

[thebudgetgamer]

the game.

[Pandamobile]

Me and some friend bought it when it was $6 on Steam. I gotta say, it's funny as hell when you're playing with just your friends.

[Kon]

I only played this game once, it was an average game for me. The controls were very clumsy, and it was too generic.

[R_aVe_N]

The better question is what DIDN'T go wrong with it. You will have an easier time answering the question.

[VenomProject]

The servers were POO-POO.

I was seriously expecting a lot more from Rebellion.

[jbiz320]

what went wrong was that anyone fell for this crap game from Rebellion, especially when less than a year prior they released Rogue Warrior.. Shit Developer = Shit Game.. no real surprise.

[SonyRep]

speak of the devil they are working on a new multiplayer game "unnanounced" for the NGP apprently heres the link http://www.vg247.com/2011/0...

[ASSASSYN 36o]

Campaign was severly restricting in movement. Jump jere but not there. Aiming was horrible. And I never felt powerful as the alien, or predator. Or vulnerable as the human.

Multiplayer was a hot ass mess. Weak map designs that barely catered to the alien and not at all to the predator. And the assassination kills had to be the longest drawn out pointless event in gps history. My biggest complaint. Why did auto aim increase significantly when an enemy countered in close combat!? So frustrating when trying to attack multiple targets.

Nothing beats aliens versus predator classic (2000) and it's sequel. Those were epic battles and a truly worthy avp game!

[rumplstilts]

I had some fun with it. However I have massive bias and am likely to enjoy any game with the "Alien"'s mug plastered on the cover.

[gman_297]

I liked the game and didn't really have many problems with it. It wasn't 10 worthy, but closer to an 8 or something. Seriously, it wasn't really all that bad. People say Shellshock 2 was bad as well, but that was also a good game with some flaws.

@ jbiz320
IW made MW2... Shit Developer = Shit Game... no real surprise.
IO Interactive made Hitman: Codname 47... Shit Developer = Shit game... no real surprise.
Ubisoft made the bad Wii Ghost Recon Game... Shit Developer = Shit Game... no real surprise.

SO... because a developer made one bad game, they're a shit developer? Sure...

[OC_MurphysLaw]

For me personally the game just felt very dated in its play style. It felt very Unreal Tournament like in its pacing for online. It didnt have any real hooks for the online gamer to keep coming back beyond the norm... it just felt average at a time when there were better options for a shooter game. The Aliens vs Predator license alone is not enough to sustain a game. It needed more than it offered.

[violent80sarcade82]

I actually enjoyed the 90s aliens vs predators better then this last 1 they made there was so much stuff wrong like how the predators laser would supposedly lock on to your opponent then when u shoot it would go right pass the target countless times!

[CryWolf]

The real reason Aliens vs. Predator didn't do well is because it went back to the first games and there wasn't barely any innovation on the gameplay mechanics.

[Belasco]

Where shall I start? How about the whole franchise being run into the ground? And thats before adding in the fact that the game just didnt offer anything new, and at best it was average at what it did offer.

[IHateYouFanboys]

eh, i thoroughly enjoyed it.

yes, it had its problems, but what did it for me was the immersion. you really felt like you were in one of the movies of the respective franchises. and multiplayer, when you could get a room with decent ping and people who knew what they were doing, was great. i loved stalking people with the alien, hiding in the shadows and seeing them turn around when their motion sensor goes off only for me to stop and disappear again, then when they turn around again, drop down on them and shove my tail through their chest, then make a quick exit.

nothing was cooler than taking out 3-4 marines who are all huddled together one at a time without them knowing where you are or how you got them.

[Leonesaurus]

Pros:

-Good character models for the Aliens and Predators
-Excellent sound effects from the films adapted to the game
-Fun co-op survival mode
-Unique multiplayer classes to choose from (Aliens/Predator)
-Creative use of death animations and attacks from the monsters
-Some Marine levels feel like "Aliens" the game
-Fun to play as the Alien in "Aliens" themed levels

_____________________________ _______________________________

Cons
-Horrible online servers for both PS3 and 360 (console vers.)
-Poor controls for Aliens in some encounters
-Repeating dialogue
-Repetitive animations (Death Animations too long)
-Too many death animations going on during multiplayer
-Lame single-player design for Predators
-Story is forgettable, recycled stages are lame (blah)
-No Nostromo or LV461 ("Aliens" colony facility) stages?
-Queen is poorly used in the story (Not even playable)
-Predalien is not exploited enough or even playable
-Disconnects from online matches is annoying
-Predators are WAY over powered on the online (console vers.)
-No more support from the developers on the console version
_____________________________ _____________________________

Overall, Aliens vs Predator is a good (or fun) game for Alien, Predator, or AVP fans. It's not utter garbage in my opinion, but it's nothing worth spending $60 ASAP either.

If you want something unique and worth a weekend rental, check it out. If you want something of AAA status quality, and all your money's worth, search elsewhere and save up.

[MARKUS_MAX1MUS]

It was utter turd compared to the old games but was refreshing compared to the other games out at the time, it actually took a bit of skill and had a learning curve.

THAT I appreciatted and it probably makes me think it is a better game than i should.

one thing stood out to me in this article........the comment made about iron sights. right lets put this in perspective here, why does every fucking game that comes out need some form of iron sights? its not like its any kind of revoloution in gaming.

i liked the old school aiming system, by fuck at least they kept that. so what does this guy want? Call of duty with aliens?

imagine trying to aim down your sights at something zipping along a wall at high speed at any moment ready to pounce and slice your face off and not to mention to ADS you have to slow down. so why on earth would you ever want to slow yourself down on this game with black wall crawling death machines everywhere?

he probably wanted prone aswell and sounds like a complete retard when it comes to games, predators shoulder cannon was overpowered? you lost energy and couldnt heal yourself if you fired it to much and the recharge points were pretty fucking obvious and took a good 4 seconds to recharge and you respawn in 3 usually right next to the person who just killed you.

[RogueCheddar]

This game being made is what went wrong. Bam.

[TomFG]

Just about still worth the Steam sale price from last year, though.