AvP review/rant - Candyman5's Blog

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AvP review/rant

Posted on February 20, 2010 at 04:42 AM.

For those of you who dont know, AvP is Aliens vs Predator. In this gameyou basically get to control one of 3 factions:
Marines
Aliens
Predator

Multiplayer:
While fun, finding people that actually stay in the game after they die is challenging and if the host quits, the game ends. There are a variety of game modes like Species TDM, Mixed Species TDM, Predator Hunt, Infestation, FFA and Survival.

Species TDM is exactly how it sounds, Aliens vs Predator vs Marines.

Mixed Species TDM is like TDM bu you can choose what ever class you want. For example: 2 Marines and 1 Alien vs 1 Predator and 2 Marines.

Predator Hunt is really neat. You basically all start off as Marines but then it randomly selects a Predator. The person that becomes the Predator has 40 secounds to kill any of the Marines, if he kills one, his time he an use stealth goes up. If a Marine kills him, that Marine then becomes the Predator. The person that gets the most kills as the Predator wins.

Infestation is like the Predator Hunt mode only now you re an Alien. You hunt the Marines and every Marine you kill, they turn into a Alien.

FFA is Free for All. Select a species and fight other species. You have no friends in this mode.

Survival is you and up to 3 other people working together to keep swarms of Aliens from whiping you out. Good luck.

The single player has 3 different campaigns you can do:
Aliens
Predators
Marines

I havent really dug deep into these but from what I have played in the Alien Campaign it is pretty cool, but only in short spurts. It can get a little repetitive.

My score would be an 7.0/7.5 out of 10.
-Fun online modes but dont know how long people will pla it.
-Campaign can get repetitive
-No host Migration
+Fun and diverse characters to play as
+Fun online modes.

Buy or Rent or Run: