The core Predator formula was largely unchanged, though.

It couldn’t take much punishment but could dish out an unrivaled amount of damage in melee, it could replenish health with well-placed headbites, but most importantly, it had unmatched mobility, as it could move extremely fast and crawl on all surfaces. The Alien became an agile, stealth-oriented character. Like its predecessor, it featured three separate campaigns, one for each character, although the formula was changed and adapted to advancing technology. A 3D first-person shooter with CGI/live-action cinematics that looked quite amazing for the time, Aliens versus Predator won players over both when it came to the visuals and the actual gameplay. Next, we have the iconic Aliens versus Predator from 1999, and as mentioned before, it is often seen as the “first” game in the modern Alien vs Predator video game franchise. Ultimately, the game was met with critical acclaim and was a commercial success, although it is largely overshadowed by Rebellion’s next game that it helped lay the groundwork for. On top of that, since Marines were also unable to carry medkits, it made the Marine campaign feel less like an action-packed, Doom-esque power fantasy and more like a survival horror scenario. It can avoid enemies using its signature cloaking technology, all the while having access to powerful melee and ranged weapons, as well as healing kits, making it a formidable and versatile fighter.įinally, the Marine plays more or less like your usual FPS from the 90s, although unlike in Wolfenstein 3D or Doom, the player had to conserve their ammunition. The Predator is a character balanced between combat and stealth. The Alien is a melee-only character that cannot heal wounds but can instead “cocoon” enemies and thus essentially turn them into checkpoints that the player could continue playing from if they died. While it wasn’t as impressive as Doom was from a technical standpoint, Aliens vs Predator was unique in that it allowed the player to experience the game as three different characters: the Alien, the Predator, and the Colonial Marine, each with different mechanics and playstyles tied to them. Arcade beat ‘em ups weren’t the only thing that the gaming scene had going for it in the 90s, and with the immense popularity of Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, seeing a first-person shooter based on Aliens vs Predator was by no means strange. The next Aliens vs Predator game came a few months after the arcade title, and it was the Alien vs Predator for the Atari Jaguar.

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