Fan Reviews

[Porkus Maximus]

most people  bitching  are  CODers

Lol no.

[cabbageheat]

Lol.  Every retort or critique on this game, is almost immediately lambasted by "they must be COD'ers, so f**k'em".

Real subjective.  No, many of us are just generally let down by this antiquated gameplay.  I still feel that Rebellion seems to create in a vacuum, and is stuck in 1999.  Very little innovation, and a lackluster game overall.  could have been so much more.  I am enjoying it, but can plainly see its shortcomings.  Stop raking people over the coals, and subjecting them to some kind of COD cult, and just realize these are peoples opinions, good ones at that, and hopefully Rebellion is listening.

[Davjo]

Love the game!

Just wanna see the dedicated servers up! Thats all 

[DrHobo]

I'd give the game a 7/10

Atmosphere gets shredded by the really lousy voice acting. Someone smack Tequila because she's monotone and therefore annoying. Unlike Tequila the Audio Diaries were very entertaining. Didn't find all

And what's up with the AI? The aliens just run around, hopping mindlessly through the map which is quite embarresing.

The escort marines are far from smart. "Watch my back" "Pay Attention" "blabla" while 2 Xenomorphs attack me, the other marine standing right beside me doing nothing.

Rebellion should have made this game SLI functional. With SLI there's massive stutter (I'm apparently not the only one). "Made for PC" my ass.

And I thought the statement of a reviewer (was that the one from GI?) was dumb: "the game isn't good because you only shoot Xenos more or less". Well, he's right in a way. The game lacked more diversification. I was absolutely thrilled fighting

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the predator, the praetorians (really liked these guys!!) and the queen

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. Should have been more of that.

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Especially more Predator-sequences

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I thought the game wasn't as scary as the last ones. Or not scary at all. There were only 3 veeery frightning scenes (non scripted) that I can remember of. Or it's because I'm getting old. Could also be the melee system. Aliens can't bother you even if they're infront of you. So you always have a sence of security.

The music was ok, level design's very well made. But I understand the low ratings.

MP is a blast. No dumb AI there

[Corporate Merc]

Pretty awsome game, just finished the predator campaign on "nightmare" needless to say it was pretty intense and I only died twice. The only thing difficult about nightmare mode is that there are no checkpoints so if you die halfway threw then you gotta start from the beginning of the level.

[SteaminStephen]

I agree with most
this games great
but really needs those servers
multiplayers a blast. But really needs host migration etc to make it perfect.

[SpacemanCarl]

So far it's had it moments but quite a few things are dragging it down. I'm not going to dwell on MP as that should be fixed with the dedicated server patch. Still think Preds should not show as a separate dot on tracker and be the only only one pinged by it. Ruins Hunt mode. Gone are the days of AVP2 were stalking you're prey was possible.
Single player Marine Campaign was ruined with the idiot voice over Michelle Rodriguez lady who has to ruin any immersion and atmosphere the game was trying to build. Why she has to spout out everything I don't know. I can just about forgive the down right ludicrous night club rave at the very start but I was just hoping this idiot would die very soon and leave me be.
BUT NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Then She's replace by dodgy European accent lady who calls out who's lying in wait for you.
WHAT THE HELL!!!!! " Cannot make PC user scared or jumpy, they may sue us" must've thought the dev team.
AI is ok on Hard. They do need plenty of room to move.
Had its moments that I'm not going to spoil and I'm impressed with the length of the campaign as well
but not s single patch on AVP2. Rebellion vs Monolith. I know who my money is on. In fact have Monolith made a bad game? They've all been great in their own way.

[-mimic-]

"have Monolith made a bad game"

Contract Jack.

But even that one scored higher then most of rebellions games 

But I think Contrack Jack was just monolith giving a big F U, to all the people that didn't support good old Cate Archers adventures.

[thecool444]

Just finished the alien campaign. Easily the weakest of the 3. I found it way to short and the ending felt stupidly rushed. As someone else said, it was a tease of what could of been. On the positive side it was fun at times and I would probaly give the *alien* campaign a 6/10 and thats only because i am a fan of the aliens hehe.

[Fujimaster]

I havent finished SP yet but I have been playing the campaign bits of each species at a time. Started with Alien first mission then with predator and then Marine. It really ties together well and gives the SP mode a sense of continuous length. The way it was designed so that you can hop between species at the end of each mission was really well thought out. After I did one part as the marine I followed with the predator and the story flowed perfectly. However had I dont it with the predator first and then the marine it would have been like WTF??? Theres a defineate combo to basically follow but fairly well presented. So play the story through broken between species, I recommend in this order Alien - Marine - Predator. After each mission go on to the next species.

[TheBATMAN]

Would anyone who has completed all three campaigns be good enough to post the levels in chronological story order so I can have a mixed playthrough when I get it later?

Cheers!

[redxavier]

Yes, I would really appreciate that as well - it was great seeing a place I had destroyed as the marine from the perspective of the Predator.

Some of the Alien missions should probably be played before you start the marine campaign.

[John_Kimble]

Ok i might as well post my impressions too. There will be SPOILERS so dont go on if you dont like them.
I'm loving this game, especially the MP which i think will be incredibley awesome (when we get the Dedicated servers which are a MUST). However i know it's not perfect.
Starting from the SP: I love the fact that the stories interwine but, in my opinion, AvP2 did it way better. I loved how, in that game, you would see the different characters you played from the different POV's. This didnt happen in this game and it was a little bit of a let down for me. The story also didnt really impress me: it just looked exactly like AVP1 movie (+ CM). Of course it had its awesome moments, and overall enjoyable game play. I was just expecting a somewhat more interesting story. Im not even a big fan of Preds being some kind of a Rescue Team (i liked how in AVP2 they went there for the sake of hunting.. if i remember correctly). Killing the queen so early, and figthing Bishop as the last marine boss was just meh...Im not even a fan of the Predalien vs Pred final battle. Also, didnt like how the developers defined him as the Preds nemesis, but we only saw him like once during the campagin?(twice with the cutscene). On the other hand i love all the Praetorian fights, especially the marine one.
I had a feeling that the SP would've been pretty short, and i wasnt wrong. The marine was ok in lenght i guess, the pred could've been a little bit longer. But the alien... wow that was short. Intense, but short. The levels just flew by without me even noticing (and why does it have one level less than the others??). Oh and, please, only 2 harvest animations?
The alien AI kinda surprised me. I think, as a whole, it worked pretty well. They flanked, ambushed, hit-run.  On the other hand, the marine AI was pretty silly. And one thing that really annoyed me was how they kept repeating the same 3-4 phrases. That was embarassing... cmon. Overall, i gotta say i enjoyed the AVP2 SP more.
The graphics i think are really nice. Dunno why its getting a lot of criticism. Of course they aren't not top notch, but they're still great. The models i really love. In my opinion, they are very detalied and well made. The lighting is very nice too, so are the sound effects.
With a little more effort and originality, i think the SP could've been awesome. It was not horrible, but i wasnt really that impressed in the end. It just felt a little bit rushed. And yea, i agree crouch in SP would've been pretty useful.

The MP, on the other hand, is extremely fun. I knew it woudl've been, and i wasnt wrong (of course thats just my opinion).  The various modes are all pretty awesome (except Deathmatch of course). Suprisingly, i found mix-species DM quite enjoyable. Infestation is just great, so is TDM. Domination is also a nice addition (is it just on one map with aliens vs humans?). Survivor is great fun. I was looking forward to Pred Hunt, but i wasnt really satisfied. The timer just makes people rush and die quickly. You dont really feel like the hunter or hunted (as marine). I probably just need to play it more and get used to it.
I kinda miss the class system (loved Heavy pred), but i can perfectly live without it.
Of course it has its problems (im on PC): The biggest of all is the matchmaking. It looks so much like the MW2 sytem which was an utter fail. Many times the game is unplayable due to the ridiculous pings (im in Italy). And no host migration is just stupid. And also, lobby closing after each match?...But then, on the other hand, we have Dedicated Servers coming soon. Hopefully, they will solve most of the problems and make this game justice (because its has great potential).
Another things is, obviously, the lack of maps. Hopefully we'll get lots of DLC, but imo, they could've given us more maps to start with. Also i agree with the review saying most are jungle maps, which are indeed nice, but not really alien friendly. We need more industrial maps. Aliens are already lacking vents (but i gotta say shadows work very well).
Overall, i think this MP has greater potential than AVP2. Im already liking it more. It feels a lot more skill based (now dont bash me.. i know AVP2 had its moments but most of the time it was just a spamfest)
Oh and, yea, Evac would make this even better 

[Corporal Hicks]

I just finished Predator. Enjoyed that one quite a bit. *heads back to his review*

[EatWheat]

After looking at this thread for a while it seems that people are mostly held back by patchable problems like host migration and dedicated severs so wait and see what happens the game just came out .