Aliens versus Predator Classic 2000

I bought the game at launch and played for a while with the marines (I've never played something so tense and psychotic - But It was quite hard to play with the Predators and impossible with the aliens) Now I bought it again on GOG and tried, just for fun, to play with the aliens (without long-range shooting or anything). advantage). This takes you to a new game, stealth, tactical, very hard... I recommend.

How closely this aligns itself with the movies varies between being a strength and a weakness of it. It is definitely the former in how much this feels like playing one of them, and the latter in how much it just recreates visuals from them without getting to a point where they particularly make sense. Without a doubt it is fun to get to play as one of the three sides, and they do a remarkable job of making the three of them feel even, considering one has no ranged attack and another is a human facing extraterrestrials. It does mean the Predator moves slowly and the Marine spends a lot of time getting his hand on guns that frequently boil down to different ones that fire bullets it just varies how fast, accurate and powerful they are. There is no story here, just a series of levels. I will say they did a good job choosing who goes where of the three. The Predator goes through a jungle and caverns. The Alien a temple. The Marine a colony. And all three, various human facilities for research and the like. This is incredibly intense. The replayability is increased by three things: the randomization where you won't know exactly where enemies are placed or if you're facing three Marines each wielding pulse rifles or one wielding a smart gun. Second is the bonus levels, where you get to go through a level as a different species than normally, and the Predator may have a grappling hook and the Marine a jet pack. And finally cheats. A bunch of them feel like it's just that developers playing around with code until they found something they wanted us to experience as well but then you do have stuff like sniper munch which enables the Alien to head bite at a wonderfully ridiculous distance. Graphics, music and sound design are very good for the time. Skirmish/coop mode are a ton of fun. Basically there is an endless stream of Aliens and one or multiple players are Marines or Predators fending them off. Being facehugged is appropriately terrifying, You'll never forget that!

This a truly great game. It captures the feeling of the movies perfectly. It was ahead of its time with things like destroyable lights and multiple vision modes. I included it as the 2nd best Alien game ever in my list: https://www.avpcentral.com/top-alien-games

If the answer is yes, then its a must buy! Back when it came out I had bought it and finished it with every race. Afterwards I started it all over again at a higher difficulty (Bonus missions if you finish a campaign on Director's Cut difficulty). Ever wanted to feel like Hicks or Vasquez? This game gives you all the fun of wielding a smart-gun with minimal requirements. The Predator is overpowered, just as it should be! Finally the xenomorphs posses blinding speed that can't be matched. On the downside, it's a bit old but to me it's more like vintage. If you're not into the movies then this might just get you started. 5/5

I have few copies of this classic avp from the era when it was new. I have hard time to figure out why it needs galaxy client. This production decision does not allow it to be run on legacy systems which I personally use as much as possible. If you are using Windows 98 or XP get a used copy from some where else if you're going to pwn your friend(s) in lan =/