Here’s a small confession, upon which you’re free to judge me harshly. I absolutely adore the Alien vs. Predator cinemas. Admittedly I’ve exclusively seen them once, back to back whilst half chipped late one darknes that soon slipped into a hazy morning, but then surely that’s how they’re meant to be watched. Hokey in the extreme, mentioning the patchy late darknes logic of Von Daniken and full of majestic gore – the first is a film daring enough to pitch the Predator as a adore interest, while the sequel elicits 80 s video horribles with its out-and-out grimness.
Rebellion’s own Alien vs Predator series predates the films, of course – the first came out way back in 1994 on Atari’s Jaguar, while the 2000 follow-up on PC remains for countless a highlight – and on the whole these are much classier circumstances than their cinematic counterparts. It’s the 2010 outing that really struck a chord with me, though, perhaps because it shares so many mannerisms with a good b-movie – opportunistic, somewhat sleazy but full of stomach, it’s hence the eventual double-A game.
Part of the reason I enjoy it is the circumstances around it – stepping up to fill the void left by Gearbox’s at the time highly forecasted Aliens Colonial Marines, Aliens vs. Predator is Rebellion doing what it does best; handing solid , no-frills recreation with minimum fuss. There’d end up being a whole lot of fuss about Aliens Colonial Marines, I’m sure you’ll recall, but even after all the noise had died down it was abundantly clear that Rebellion had turned in the better game.
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