Aliens Versus Predator 2

German version

In Germany, the game was released both as original English and censored German version. Most differences are removed blood and splatter effects; including level decor and cutscenes. Also changed are the animations of the scientists the player encounters. A detailed list of changes can be found on schnittberichte.com (German).

Inaccuracies

When the Alien-episode is selected, an intro movie will play and show us some nasty happenings in a Weyland Yutani-base somewhere. However, we see Eisenberg lying and shaking in fear on the floor in some nasty looking room. Note that he has red blood around his mouth. But in outro movie when his arms and legs are ripped off, we see that he is an synthetic judging by the the white blood-looking liquid that is stained on his clothes and the wires from where the limbs should be. Did Monolith forget how they created the Eisenberg-character?

Multiplayer servers

The official multiplayer servers (which were hosted on GameSpy) were shut down on 1 November 2008, but a community master server has been online since late 2008. (Available here)

Save feature

The original Aliens vs. Predator was universally criticized for having extremely long and difficult levels and no in-mission save feature (eventually, Fox and Rebellion released a corrective patch). The back cover ad-blurb on AvP2 includes a statement that would seem silly on any other game:

Save your progress at any point during the mission

Awards

• Computer Gaming World
  • April 2002 (Issue #213) - Best Action Game of the Year
  • April 2002 (Issue #213) - Best Multiplayer Game of the Year
  • April 2002 (Issue #213) - Best Gaming Moment of the Year (being a fledgling alien)
• GameStar (Germany)
  • Issue 12/2008 - Named as having one of the "10 Coolest Levels" (for "Unwelcome Guests" because it manages to scare the player without confronting him with enemies for a long time.

Additional information contributed by ClydeFrog, Ghostbreed and Sciere