Monday 3 August 2015

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.


Sunday 2 August 2015

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.