Rebellion struck gold in 1999 with the release of their highly regarded Alien vs. Predator game which at the time stood as proof that a movie property can be well translated into video games with the right developers behind it.
Many properties ripe for a solid movie to video game translation have come and gone with only half baked results – Terminator being a perfect example. With such awesome source material to draw from there's no good reason why we still don't have anything worth playing on that front.
Fast approaching retail the Alien vs Predator reboot has a pretty stunning legacy to live up to. Having spent some time with the demo do things appear to be on the right track with Rebellion's latest efforts or will this space bug have hatched too soon?
In the first part of our series we took a look at the inception of horror games. Now we delve deeper and see how they evolved throughout the decades.
"Ever since Xbox One backward compatibility was announced, gamers have been asking for a few high-profile games. While the majority of requests revolve around the Call of Duty franchise, the Aliens and Sonic franchises have been other hot series. Today, Microsoft announced that Aliens vs. Predator, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, and Sonic Unleashed are now backward compatible."
Kingdoms of Amalur was brilliant. Never did get a sequel because all the crap that happened after with the IP.
It looks as though the 2010 first person shooter, Aliens vs Predator might become a Xbox Backwards Compatible title soon based on its revamped Xbox Store product page.
Been playing the shit out of it on PS3. Hopefully this gives the game another lease of life. Such an underrated game imho.
I didn't like the 360 demo....but I'm hoping the full game is much more robust.
The PC demo feels like they took the 1999 game and put a fresh coat of paint on it. It was good back then but doesn't hold up well now.
if the demo didnt have cod matchmaking and had dedicated servers and more modes it would be freaking awesome (pc version)