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The latest AVP videogame is out after several poor attempts at Alien, Predator and AVP titles, begging the query have developers Rebellion finally fashioned a game to fulfill the serious AVP fans?

The verdict in brief is yes. Released for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC the fresh AVP videogame accommodates three campaigns, allowing the gamer to play as the hunter, survivor or prey. Starting on the Colonial Marines missions, you start as the rookie of the group on a small spacecraft that witnesses a huge Predator vessel demolish your baseship. Of course the only choice out there is for your vessel to land on an unchartered planet.
The Various Campaigns And Aliens Offered Within The New AVP Videogame.

The next scene features your character waking up after blacking out from the drop, and being informed by Tequila (closely resembling Vasquez from Aliens) that this job will turn into a “bug hunt”. The next few stages are only for the gamer to become familiar with the controls, which shall be familiar to most FPS players. Gamers will be fending off hordes of xenomorphs while hoping for an elevator to deliver you to safe ground.

It is during this gameplay gamers will notice how revolutionary the lighting of the latest AVP videogame is; was that a grate falling down? or was it an alien on the wall? The reply is that you simply will not know until it might be too late! Lighting has been used to genius effect in creating tense and uncertain gameplay. The weapons look and sound authentic to the Alien films.

If the Marines mission is the closest to an FPS as possible in this AVP videogame, then the Aliens mission is the most different from that. The scene begins with a xenomorph breeding laboratory with test specimens being harvested for their bioweapons research. But your Alien is different, as you resolve to make your escape via your surrogate host’s throat, this signifies you are a more canny breed of Alien. An energy failure provides you the perfect chance to make your escape. Mission objectives are supplied to you telepathically from the Alien Queen, and your Alien itself is a living weapon, fitted with razor tipped tail. Alien play style favours stealth and shock assaults from the shadows, and it is the most versatile of the three.

The Predator mission is a mixture of the Marine and Alien campaigns. Being a Predator you rely closely on your superior weaponry and use of stealth to best your prey. The predator mission in this AVP videogame is to find and retrieve the bodies of several “youngbloods”; Predators that have gone missing. The Predator will be the favourite of the three campaigns in this AVP videogame, attributable to all its weaponry and totally grotesque steath kills.

Overall, the latest AVP videogame will fulfill the hardcore fans because it remains faithful to both the Alien and Predator films. The graphics should have been enhanced slightly but the lighting and sound work far make up for any graphical problems. Combining these aspects with a brilliant multiplayer mode has created the best AVP videogame ever produced.