Game over man review: Aliens vs Predator 2010

So Colonial Marines came out and it was a big let down but truth be told we got the game that should of been in 2010. Aliens vs Predator 2010 does not hold a candle to P.C games but still is a pretty wicked game. Like the P.C games its an FPS with put you in three different perspective of the xenomorph, Yautja hunter and Colonial Marine and like the P.C game its requires you the way you play to suit the character....Aliens have no weapons and armor so running into an enemy fray will get you killed. For the xeno stealth is the order of the day. The Predator can be 50/50. Its weapons are good but to get the best use is when its combined with the stealth Element. My only nag with that is there is a very small selection, wrist blades, Shoulder Canon, Spear, disc and mines...I think the Predator is none for its vast array of gear and this game is set in the future surely the hunters have a bit more weapons or gear. Like with the Alien you can have very cool and very very graphic stealth kills.
Buy far the marine is the most enjoyable and exciting character cause everything wants you dead. The marine is hunted from the get go. That said one thing I wish was you face the predator more then twice as the marine I mean it is Aliens vs Predator. But mainly your going to dusting Xenos and and Weyland Yuntai andriods.
Your weapons include classic U.S.C.M hardware like the Pulse-Rifle, Smartgun and the Flamethrower and some new gear a double barrel pump action shotgun much like Vriess's shotgun in Alien Resurrection. You also get  a sniper rifle that kinda shit granted its handy for taking out those facehuggers that are hard to spot.

The plot is pretty good much in the vain of Dark Horse comics. Set on the colony Freya prospect which has the shit luck of been set up buy Karl Bishop Weyland on a Predator Hunting planet. Wayland opens the Yautja temple causing a mass infestation. The Marines and Predators arrive at the same time and the Predator vessel destroys the marines ship stranding everyone on the planet. So its Up to the Rookie to take Weyland down, The Dark Predator has to Kill the Prealien and avenge is comrades and number 6 xeno is trying to kill all who get in her way which is very cool.

At the end of the day its a fairly solid FPS for none fans but if your a fan of the franchise you'll really enjoy this. Agien it aint no where near as fast paced or fluid as the P.C version but still a solid Alien vs Predator Game.

Why I think Alien 5 is not such a good idea.

I love the Alien franchise with a passion. To me its my Star Wars/Star trek basically my space opera movie.
I love the Universe the spin offs including the books,comics and games.

I also love Neill Blomkamp...his movies are like the dark sci-fi action movies of the 80s so surely at match made in heaven right. Indeed his style would suit the movie down to the ground....if the movie was made maybe 10 to 12 years ago. The the fact he intends to do the film ignoring the events of Alien3 and Resurrection which indeed the latter being a woeful movie dosent sit right for me. A franchise should at least respect the contributions of others even if their not the best. Ignoring them just dosent seem right with me.
Also saying that another thing is with those less them desirable entries it feels like the franchise is being dragged through the shit and it battered and bruised. Its like a car crash victim being kept on life support.
Sure you wanna keep it going but it becomes more causing more harm then good.

As I said but I loved the franchise and will be first to buy the ticket for the movie but at this very moment I just dont feel its the best idea. Maybe its just me but the likes of Alien Isolation seems like the more natural progression.

R.I.P James Horner.

Sad news folks the fantastic man who scored Aliens along with with a hole host of awesome movies died today. He's music will live on.

Predator: Dark Age

Check out this wicked fan film that put the Predator in the Dark ages and fighting a rag tag bunch of knights.

For more info on its creator check out this page. http://www.jamesbushe.co.uk/

Decker Shado reviews

Im a big fan of internet reviewers like AVGN and That guy with the Glass's but for me this is the guy who stands out. He's fun and witty and is a guy's guy with great hair. The Best as he puts it. Best of All he's an Alien and Predator fan.

You can check out more of his stuff here.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsxn3qKFpbnD-8f1d9F5ipA

Book Review: Alien:River of Pain.

Alien River of Pain is for me the final insult in a series of unadulterated fan wank like novels....if they were written buy fans who never watched the movies. Sloppy writing and shoe horning like your trying to fit a square block  into a saxophone. Christ this book is bad on so many levels.

Christopher Golden story centers around the fall of the colony Lv-426....cool, cool only got to see a bit of that in the Dark horse comic Newts tale and the faith of the Marine Unit stationed there!...Wait what?
What fucking marine unit. There was no mention of marine unit at the Colony. Did it slip Bruke or Gormans mind to mention it and get this there was also a research vessel there which with to escape. Right so heres the big issues with this added plot point.

• If there was marines on LV-426 already how come the Marine squad sent there didnt seem to know anything about it. Hicks or Aphone were never like maybe we could check to see if any of the jarheads stationed there are alive. For that matter how come when the got stranded and are low on ammo they never go "hay lets check the unit that was stationed here's barracks for more Pulse-rifle ammo and weapons. 
• Frost states that most of the damage done to the colony was small arms fire and explosives used for mining not USCM weaponery which these guys seemed to have.
• The Hero Captain Brackett manages to escape with some of the colonists and while the story states he's trying to avoid contacting Wayland-Yutani the jerk never bothered to send out a transmission saying "yeah the planets fucked....dont risk your lives trying to save people cause their dead and you will be two if you land there!"
• Agien when shit hit the fan with the dropship gone and the reactor going to blow how come no one bothered to check the colony logs to see...holy shit theres a ship stationed here. Fuck it I know it was gone at this stage but surely some one might have gone...yeah the colony might have a ship maybe we should double check.
• They told Ripley that it might be nothing only a downed transmitter then why send more fucking marines if you had ones there already....sure those ones had their own communications unit. You could argue Bruke knew what went done but still wouldnt Wayland-Yuntani want keep the USCM outta its shit as much as possible.

Also the story has this fucking god aweful subplot involving Newts moms relationship with this Marine Captain Brackett which hits ever so slightly he might be Newts real father. Golden also gets lazey and pulls segements straight from the movie but not just Aliens but Alien also...and word for word....thats not writing thats dictating a fucking script to a novel. Then agien I should have seen how bad this books was when the slogan was The prequal story of the Doomed Colony Hardlys Hope from the blockbuster movie Alien!. 
They couldnt even get the fucking movie right. Sweet christ this book is indeed a river of pain and a lake of shit. I rather get facehugged then have to read another one of these fucking books agien.  Aviod this book like the smallpox.

Game over man Review: Alien Isolation

Well Im back after a long break  during which  I finished Alien Isolation and let me tell you Ellen Ripley had a walk on the park compared to her daughter Amanda.

This game makes you sing for your supper. I had to restart at an easier difficulty setting cause it was so damn hard. The Story is set 15 years after the events of Alien and Ellen Ripley daughter Amanda decides to join a team of Wayland-Yutani representatives to a station called Servastopol where the Nostromo's black box has turned up. When they get there the station is in ruin and people are fighting to survive a lone xenomorph which was cause of all the mayhem.

The story is full of twists and turns and has allies and foes alike dropping like flies to the xenomorph. Despite the games pants browning atmosphere and difficultly  the story is so compelling it brings you back for more and more. The most standout parts of the game which there are many is the first encounter with the Alien where your unarmed and under prepared. The other is the perspective part of Marlowe the Captain of the ship which tracked the Nostromo to LV-426 and enters the Jockey ship. I've played many many games where you see the dead pilots chamber and this buy far is the best representation of it.

The A.I on the Alien while not as good as the Xbox one and PS4 is still pretty clever and it feels like its hunting you.  The graphics are stunning for the 360 and the detail if you'v time to take it in while your not hiding under desks or in lockers is amazing.
Sound design and music wickedly lends to the tension of the game making it nail biting hearing the pounding footsteps of the xenomorph and chilling music as your being stalked through dim corridors.

On the station the Alien is not your only foe. Human survivors will kill you if you confront them outta fear of attracting the xeno or if they think your trying to steal their loot. You can either take them on with weapons and risk attacting the Alien or sneak past them and avoid a dangerous situation. The Worker-Joes on the other hand are a hole other kettle of fish. These creepy window dummy looking synthetics will track you down and beat you to death with ease. Your only course of action is to either stun them with the baton and bash their brains in or use fire arms which agein risks drawing out the Alien either way their big trouble.

You do get weapons and you'll want to use them sparingly. You get a pistol and shotgun which is good taking out humans but the shotgun is only one along with the blot gun to take out the Worker-Joes. As I siad before these fire arms will only lure the Xeno and does nothing to him ((which I have a slight problem with))
The only real effective weapon to use on the xeno is the flamethrower. It scares it off and is a sure fire way ((pun intended)) to keep the star beast off your back....aleast for a while. You can also craft weapons such as explosives and distractions. Speaking of which the crafting system takes a while to get used to but when you do its a must to progress in the game.

With all those pro's there are a few cons. The Puzzels can be a pain in the arse as the last thing you wanna do is figure which shape matchs to which or is this grid in the right place while that things hunting you. Hell some of the puzzels confused the hell outta me and in the finish I just randonly bashed some buttons to sort it.
Also this game is bastard hard I mean I repect its trying to push the player to their limits but there were times my foot wanted to go into the Tv set and its a long ass game....maybe over staying it welcome slightly but hay who wants to play game that ends before you can really enjoy it.

All in all Creative Assembly have made a wonderful Alien game that does the franchise justice and with sprawling station to explore play through after play through and a wicked selection of DLC such as the amazing Crew expendable where you can play is Ripley, Parker or Dallas this games life span is limitless.
So if your a fan of the Alien franchise like me theres no question buy this game....and sleep with the lights on.