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Computer Gaming World's Review - created on August 08, 1999 by Jesse Hiatt "I make my way through the dark corridors of the abandoned space colony, the drone of the generators and the pulsing of my proximity detector my only company. A blip appears on the viewer, 30 yards away and getting closer, followed by two more. There is no available cover, nowhere to hide. The detector shows multiple signals right on top of me and I still don't see anything. Panic starts to set in." Rating: 9.0/10 GameSpot's Review - created on June 07, 1999 by Erik Wolpaw "If you're a typical game player, you already know the story and concept behind Aliens versus Predator. You've seen the movies, read the comic books, played with the toys, and maybe even helped Jesse Ventura become governor of Minnesota. In 1994, Rebellion software created what is generally considered to be one of the ill-fated Atari Jaguar's best games and the definitive use of the license to date, Alien versus Predator. Five years later, the company has remade the game for the PC, bringing half a decade of technology and gameplay advancements to bear on its previous effort, and the result is excellent." Rating: 8.3/10 Advertisement Thresh's Firing Squad's Review - created on June 16, 1999 by Calbear "Well, there's no movie out on this premise yet, but Fox Interactive and British developer Rebellion have delivered on a first person shooter for us - Aliens vs. Predator. Combining the two greatest sci-fi action movies of all time, Aliens and Predator, the game has received a huge amount of hype and anticipation over the last several months. And with good reason! The two films came out within a year of each other in the late eighties, and for over a decade, fans have clamored for Fox to bring to two together. 12 years after Predator and 3 bad sequels later (Predator 2, Alien3, and Alien Resurrection), we've got a first person game to play on the PC." Rating: 4/5 Stars The Adrenaline Vault's Review - created on June 09, 1999 by David Laprad "Remember Bill Paxton as the whimpering Private Hudson in the classic James Cameron film Aliens? "Game over, man! We're dead!" I have always scorned Hudson for not showing more courage against the Alien hordes. Until recently. Now that I have endured the same terrors and battled the same impossible odds as that notorious doomsayer, I have a newfound appreciation for the deep-rooted fear he was experiencing. I thought his overwhelming sense of dread would subside when I reversed into the role of the Alien, but found myself more unsettled than ever and battling even greater odds, despite the fact that I was now supposed to be the scary one." Rating: 4/5 Stars 3DActionPlanet's Review - created on May 16, 1999 by Mugwum "Fox really has spoiled itself down the years, hasn't it? A good selection of high-quality sci-fi films has made the big golden 20th Century Fox logo a recognised image at cinemas and in the home. So, it stands to reason that they would want to rub everybody's noses in it by combining two of their biggest hits into a computer game. But what is mildy surprising is the fact that they've actually done it rather well." Rating: 9/10 ActionXtreme.com's Review - created on June 04, 1999 by Red Baron "Like most of my reviews, I like to start off on a nostalgic foot. Remember watching Aliens and seeing that second jaw come out at Ripley in the shower scene? Or going to big Arnold in Predator with that oh-so-cool, state-of-the-art heart vision effects?" Rating: 9.5/10 3DGaming.net's Review - created on June 29, 1999 by Thomas Soles "Imagine if we lived in a world where every product we purchased was made with love and a keen eye toward functionality and design. Imagine it… every bed we slept on would be down and silk, every sheet of fake vomit would make our eyes roll deep into their sockets to shield themselves from the horror, and every videogame we bought would be better than the last. Life would be good. Sadly though, this is just an unrealized vision in a world that is not ideal. That fake vomit at the store is a poor imitation, and a good game is often hard to come by." Rating: A- 3D Sound Surge's Review - created on April 13, 1999 by Mikael "While the name indicates the game is an equal mix of alien and predator the actual game is more like Aliens with the option being a predator in the world where aliens and marines fight each other. If you play as a marine or an alien you meet only a few predators during the entire game and most of the environments come from the alien movies so don't expect any thick jungles or any environments from Los Angeles (Predator 2)." Rating: 9.0/10 Award: Surge of Approval GamePen's Review - created on May 28, 1999 by Jesse Hiatt "Aliens VS. Predator; the game concept alone has made grown men weep tears of joy. What fan of the films does not want to go on a trophy hunt for prey or sink their second set of jaws into their enemy? At one point, Activision was working on it… but alas, it never happened. The Atari Jaguar tried it, but have you heard of the Atari Jaguar? Now, Fox Interactive makes a noble stab into first-person territory but is it any better?" Rating: 4/5 3D GameForce's Review - created on September 28, 1999 by KILLZAT "Ever since I saw the first Alien film I have wanted to be thrusted into that cinematic dimension myself and become embroiled in the ever-expanding plot. When Aliens came I found myself wanting to strap into a pulse rifle and run along side my comrades laying waste to all that crossed my path. Then came Predator, a film that made us all want to wear infrared goggles and tout plasma cannons on our arms and quite make unusual clicking sounds. Since then there have only been two games that even came close to bringing that tense, frightening and unique atmosphere to our screens. That of Aliens vs Predator on the Atari Jaguar and 'Alien Trilogy' on the PC/PSX a couple of years back. Sadly technology wasn't enough at the time to truly bring you universe of AvP home, it was tense, but never were they realistic or did present the true atmosphere. Perhaps the closest we came to a true Aliens came was 'Alien Quake'. AQ was a modification to Quake, which was banned by Fox and the author was apparently employed by them (maybe he worked on AvP?). So now after many years, Rebellion and Fox bring us what many hope to be the definitive Aliens vs Predator universe game." Rating: 8.5/10 Make sure to check our AvP Information page for more AvP info.