Buy Aliens vs. Predator Classic 2000

The average day on AVP.

Predator - WOAH WOAH WOAH SLOW DOWN

Alien - WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH SLOW DOWN - Wait where am I supposed to go again?

Marine - AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH WHAT IS THAT ON THE RADAR?!?

And that concludes an average day on AVP.

Easily one of the best purchases! If, of course, you know the game and played it a long time ago.

Why? Because it is still working and playing multipayer on modern PCs is feasible with this release! It certainly aged quite a lot but it is one of those gems we cannot avoid. You can now relive the experience you had a long time ago via Steam!

Rather than contrived and predictable scripting, the enemy can come at any time at any direction.
Giving the player a sense of the overwhelming as opposed to a theme park ride.


Unlike the many inferior aliens titles that follows specifically designed for console in mind
The xenomorphs (aliens) at a pace, on wall, floor or ceiling that it makes them difficult to hit.

The levels themselves, rather than a mainstream designed simplistic A to B are maze like, tight, dark and
Incredibly easy to get lost in.

When you couple all of the mentioned above with a vulnerable human player who can die within 1-2 hits
You get a game that successfully understands and implements what made the movies great.

Not only does the game successfully capture the aspects of the aliens, it amazingly manages to capture the predator movies.
With humans aimlessly wondering around having the player stalk and butcher them using very fun toys used exactly as they are
in the movie franchise.

Regardless of the ♥♥♥♥ Rebellion has done or how face down in the ground the aliens franchise of games have become, this is a classic.

I haven't even mentioned the multiplayer, which is also for many a classic.

Great game, stop being knob head and buy it.

Aliens versus Predator Classic 2000 is an example of how to do First-Person-Shooters right. The fast gameplay requires more skill and focus than most modern First-Person-Shooters. Instead of trying to level up your character to get OP weapons, most weapons have a legitimate purpose, and most of them don't feel too overpowered (except Disc, Pred Pistol, Skeeter, and Sadar. Not to forget Mines). Instead of grinding to get perks to power yourself up, Aliens versus Predator requires skill from the start.

Aliens versus Predator Classic 2000 [Which I will be calling 'AvP' through out the rest of this review] allows the player to take control of three species, Aliens, Predators, or the human Marines. Each have their advantages and disadvantages.

The Alien is a melee only species, a hurtful disadvantage, but is patched up by the speed and wallcrawling ability that the Aliens have. Aliens also can smell the scents of other beings, allowing it to see its victims in the dark. The Alien regains health by headbiting Predators and Humans, you can do this on both the living and the dead. Obviously headbiting live beings is harder than dead ones, but gains back more health.

The Predator is a mix of Melee and ranged weapons, the majority of his weapons, Medicomp, and cloak are powered by 'Field Charge'. This will auto-recharge if you are not using anything that uses charge, or you can find field-charge items around the map which will give you full energy. The only weapons that don't use energy are the Wristblades, and Disc (Unless you use the recall ability, that will use a small amount of energy), as well as the Speargun. But this uses ammo, which only replenishes upon death. The Predator can heal using his Medicomp, this will use a large amount of energy, but puts you back to full health everytime (TIP: Secondary fire of Medicomp will put out fires). In some of the bonus levels the Predator gains a new gadget, the grappling hook, which can pull him to higher heights. The Predator also has three vision modes, which can help him spot enemies. The first vision mode can help spot humans, the second aliens, and the third other Predators and field-charges (Of course you have the default normal vision).

The Marine is a ranged only species, guns guns and more guns. The Marine replenishes health with medkits, found about through-out levels. Armor, which can protect against Alien acid and absorbs small amounts of damage. The Marine has a Motion Tracker, if anything moves, a small dot and a beep sound will appear on it. But it isn't always reliable, if ANYTHING moves it will beep. In some of the bonus levels the Marines get a jetpack, allowing them to fly to spaaaaace! In multiplayer Marines can select a specialist sub-class, this will allow them to pick from any of the weapons in the game (unless game host restricted it), and you will always spawn with the selected weapon, but you can only use that weapon (and the pistol).

Each species can unlock bonus missions after you complete the main game, (you will unlock more if you beat it on a higher difficulty) these levels are the levels from other species singleplayer, for example: You can unlock a backwards version of the Predator's first level as Marine if you beat the Marine SP on Director's cut [Hard]. Pretty cool!

Not to forget, you can unlock cheat options in the game by completing certain objectives through-out the levels. These can be things like slow-mo whenever you are near enemies. Or unlimited speargun ammo and more spears per shot as Predator.

The music will change depending on what species you are playing as, Predator will recall images of the jungle, Marines have a very militaristic beat, while Aliens have a slow and creepy tone. The music really sets the tone well, but I wouldn't find myself listening to it outside the game.

The Multiplayer is where this game shines most. Fast gameplay and the different play-styles of each species make for very fun and memorable experience. This is one of the fastest games ever, you will die, fast, and a lot. It is extremly well balanced, and I almost never feel like a player is winning because of the species they are playing as. But, unfortunatly, this game has a small player base, so at times you may not be able to find a game. Because of this the community doesn't play competitively (most of the time), anymore. Servers will also usually have a small amount of players, 8-player games are kinda rare, but when they happen, it is sooooo fun!

Aliens versus Predator Classic 2000 is easily one of the fastest games, and one of the best, ever made.

You would be doing yourself a disservice by not playing this game!

Why are you still reading this review, go buy it and play it?!

-MandatoryAlcatraz

I used to play this as a child and my perspective then is as it is now: The alien campaign is tricky, confusing and ridiculously easy to die on. The marine campaign is so ♥♥♥♥ your pants scary and tense that I have a mini stroke and is darker than my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. The predator is the coolest what with all the vison modes and the I AM IMMORTAL YOU PATHETIC MEAT SACK feel that you get when you turn the corner and watch a marine ♥♥♥♥ himself as his head hits the wall, impaled by a spear. In conclusion, if you don't play this game at least once, you are missing out on an absolute gem.

Unscripted and hardcore. One of my all time favourites along with Alien Vs Predator on the Jaguar 64.

Arguably the beginning of asymmetrical online FPS.

Each class is varied and very different to play.

The marine is a glass cannon, the Predator has to make smart choices about when and where to expend energy and is not as invulnerable as one would think and the Alien is nothing but a Tazmanian Devil of claws and teeth on speed.

This game is hard...as it should be. If a Xeno gets within 5 feet of you, you're done. The way it should be.

No meleeing the Predator or Alien...you just die quickly and pitifuly.

The graphics do detract somewhat from the experience...but everything else was done very very well.

Fans of the series...this is a no-brainer.

Colonial Marines, are you listening? This is how you do it.

Now if only they'll put out AVP2 on Steam...

A great game! I bought it originally when it came out in 1999. I thought it was a great game then and still do today, a classic.

great game with great graphics and gameplay
i only played skirmish yet for 18 minutes and i aproximately pee'd my pants 36 times after wildly throwing all of my flares onto one dark spot to make it brighter than the sun and blindly unloading all the bullets i carried into the darkness.
when i was done with that, i sat down into a fetal position in a corner and mumbled to myself while slowly rocking back and forth. tears were flowing down my cheeks and i believe a trace of fecal matter was found in my underwear.

8/10 scariest and hardest game i ever played

It's been more than ten years since I last touched this game and I'm glad to notice it hasn't aged much; in fact, it's still clearly better than Colonial Marines. The game's map design seems bland at times in terms of details but the game relies so much on lighting and ambient sounds that often you don't even notice the blocky design. All three species are well represented: The Marine is a weakling facing overwhelming odds, the Predator a seasoned (but slow) veteran capable of one-hit killing Xenomorphs with his wristblades, and the Xenomorph (Alien) opens up routes beyond the reaches of humans & predators. The game's incredible speed may disorient at first but it really fits and makes the game more intense. One thing I particularly liked is how in those Marine & Predator maps where you face aliens you can never rely on being absolutely safe; waste too much time doing nothing and more aliens will spawn to come and get you. The game has its drawbacks such as its often confusing map layouts, especially in some of the Alien campaign maps, and the lack of a relevant story, but these are rather minor issues. Beaware; the game is harder on normal than the vast majority of games are on hard, and it's only made harder by the limited number of saves (four on normal) you get per level.

I like this game, it's a bit old now but it's still good! Infact it has made me jump more than once and let me tell you...the whole premise of the Alien Franchise still chills me to the bone!

It's a great game and would highly recommend!

This is the original scare game (for me atleast).
playing as the alien or the pred is extremely fun, hunting and killing scores of colonial marines...playing as the marine however is one of the most scarring experiences of my life. every blip on the motion detector makes you poo a little bit

I love this game and i recommend it to anyone who likes FPS, horror games that requires a lot or practice..

This game is HARD....very very hard

A fantastic game that has 3 campaigns, 1 for each species. If you're a fan of horror, Aliens, or Predator, get this game regardless of what you think about graphics; it's a classic.

Be warned, Marine campaign is most intense. :P

Il gioco è fantastico, ci sono tre campagne, lunghe (quella del colonial marine mi sembra la più epica), scene adrenaliniche, molta azione e sei in pericolo ogni secondo perchè gli alieni sono tantissimi, arrivano da ogni parte, anche dal soffitto, poi è anche molto buio nelle ambientazioni perciò bisogna lanciare i flare o usare il visore notturno (usare solo se è completamente buio, se no le lucette ti fanno diventare cieco), poi le 3 campagne hanno 3 diversi gameplay (E un altro punto in favore), è del 2000 (e ciò mi fa ancor più piacere, forse perchè mi piacciono i vecchi FPS, non Coddino ♥♥♥♥ warfare 9000) e Siiii, i salvataggi sono limitati, quindi cercate di fare molta attenzione...cavolo compratelo, vi costa solo 3 pizzette al pomodoro e 4 al formaggio :D ed è un must have, un capolavoro! Ciao ciao, comunque i soldi dateli a me...lo compro io per voi (No, non è vero xD)

Hands down this is the best Aliens versus Predator game. It was fun back in 1999 and is still fun today. For die hard fans only, just wish there where online servers.

Well, what to say about this classic? First off, it is really AWESOME to have been given the chance of playing as a Xenomorph (that is, the spooky Alien race). Beside that, there are two other factions to play with: the Predators and the Colonial Marines (it is the most uneasing for you are surrounded by extra-fast enemies who, evidently, want you dead).
Excluding the dated graphics for clear reasons, it is close to other shooters of that time (say more a Quake than a Doom).

Do you want to become a world-class painter in only 10 minutes? All you need is a grenade laucher and a few friends.

Even with today's standards in gaming this game holds up as one of the most intense first-person experiences to date.

Three campaigns: Alien, Predator, & Marine - each varying greatly in gameplay.

The sound to this game is worth it alone.

This game is a classic. The graphics are a bit clunky but for the time that this game was released they were great. I am a die hard alien fan and I was not disappointed with the alien gameplay and levels. However, I did feel that the marine levels offered more entertainment as far as gameplay goes. There is just something about walking down a dark corridor and hearing that rythmic beep from your motion tracker. 4/5 stars for this gem!

the best 5 shooter out there