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Description

Aliens Versus Predator is a sci-fi first-person shooter based on the associated film series. The game has three playable species, each bearing different missions and plotlines.
  • Aliens... their armor is quite strong and they have self-healing abilities. Their only weapons are their own body parts: claws for close combat, their deadly tail, and their inner mouth that can crack through an enemy skull if close enough. They can't be hurt through falls, and can generate enough light to see clearly ahead through darkness. Their strength lies in flexibility and speed.


  • Humans... US Marines, as portrayed by Michael Biehn in the film 'Aliens'. You can have rather strong firepower that ranges from the fast-shooting and self-locating target piercing miniguns all the way to the rocket launchers, and even more powerful weapons. The marines are the most horror-centric species to play as, being designed to seem the most vulnerable, despite included night-vision and radar modes.


  • Predators... Their power is their strength, and their sight. They have at least four ways of seeing a picture - self-locating aliens, self-recognizing humans, night-vision, and more... Their weapons are the most precise, deadly, and ranged of those in the game, being ideally suited to stealth-based gameplay. Predators also have the ability to zoom an image in and out when seeking someone, thus preventing the need to close with an enemy.
There are several multiplayer modes. For a difficult game, you can pit all the players against the horde of computer creatures (which includes Alienators and Predaliens that are like stronger mutants and look rather different). Alternatively, you can choose species and an arena to pit human players against each other.

Alternate Titles

  • "异形对铁血战士" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
  • "AVP" -- Abbreviated title used on the internet
  • "Aliens vs. Predator" -- Informal shortened title

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User Reviews

A truly pulse-pounding gaming experience. Steelysama (106) 4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars
Get past the message-boardish title, and you'll find possibly the best movie-to-game conversion ever. Ben Swan (3) 4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars
Great capture of each movie's feel, but get the sequel if you want a solid game. Zovni (9139) unrated
Near Great FPS Terrence Bosky Bronze Star Contributing Member (5237) 3.6 Stars3.6 Stars3.6 Stars3.6 Stars3.6 Stars

The Press Says

Gry Onet Aug 10, 1999 10 out of 10 100
FileFactory Games / Gameworld Network May 04, 2002 95 out of 100 95
PC Zone Aug 13, 2001 9.1 out of 10 91
Game Captain Jul 04, 1999 90 out of 100 90
Svenska PC Gamer Apr, 1999 90 out of 100 90
Power Unlimited Apr, 1999 8.8 out of 10 88
Gamer's Pulse 1999 85 out of 100 85
GameSpot Jun 07, 1999 8.3 out of 10 83
FiringSquad Jun 09, 1999 80 out of 100 80
ESC Magazine Jun 15, 1999 8 out of 10 80

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Trivia

Unlike most modern First person Shooters, Aliens vs. Predator uses a peer to peer system for multiplayer instead of a client / server system. This particularity has been known to cause quite a lot of problem with online gaming, even if the game played fine on a LAN.


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by MAT Bronze Star Contributing Member (35183) on Mar 23, 2000.
 

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