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The Story of Aliens Vs. Predator

Lance Henriksen explains why this gentleman is one unhappy customer.

Jan. 4 2010

Posted by: Brad

In This Episode:

Aliens vs. Predator

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I can tell that this story is STUPID.

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this game better not be a waste of money though it does look awesome. 

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Graphics and environments look good but I'm finding it a bit hard to get excited about.

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This looks promising, i hope it's good :D

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My fav Rebellion game is still AVP on Atari Jaguar due to its nostalgic value.  This game looks like it will top that.  Here's hoping a return to their roots will help them overcome the last couple junk games they made cause they used to be a top tier dev.  Yes I know about the 9 months to dev Rouge Warrior so im not really holding that against them too much.

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The graphics and animation are definitely looking good and the story seems decent but I dunno the lack of actual gameplay footage since E3 has me a bit worried.  Here's hoping we get a GB quicklook soon.
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The Predator and Alien models look spot-on! If nothing else, that impressed me atleast.

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can't wait for this

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@RobotHamster said:
" Either this is gonna be a awesome surprise hit like batman, or it will utterly fail and be terrible.  "
Agreed. Although the trailer has excellent production value.
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Being a space marine must be the worst job in the world.

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This will kick ass.

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Looks sharp!

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Why can´t they just call it AVP 3 as it is. To Cheat the new generation?

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Edited By DuhQbnSiLo

They better not screw this up!

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Please oh please oh please be good. I've waited for this far too long.

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Edited By F_14_D_TOMCAT
 
This just reminded me what Arnie said to the Predator,  
 
"You are one UGLY FUCK !" 
 
I think the Predator said Arnie is also one ugly fuck.
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73rd post Yes!

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Somehow I feel this game is gonna be flawed.

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 Woah. That was one awesome trailer. I fear the game wont be as good though.

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i like it when he say at least not by our personal.

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The game looks pretty scary, which is nice. I hope they can get the atmosphere right.

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@Lind_L_Taylor said:
"The AVP movie (the first one) was Excellent AND it had Henricksen in it.  However, AVP 2 movie was a complete shit hole & I sometimes think that whoever made AVP 2 was on a misson to destroy the AVP franchise! "
Lol. I wouldn't say the first one is "excellent". At all. It's very much crap. Both films "destroy" the franchise.
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The start of the trailer reminded me of some of the old Dark Horse Comics issues of Aliens vs Predator that I read a decade ago.  But, other parts looked more like they drew from the films.  
 
I've seen footage of the single-player campaign involving the Predator and the space marines on the web, but nothing of playing as an Alien yet, though. 
 
Still, I am interested in this and hope the multiplayer gets things right, because that was a problem with the original in 1999.

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Wow this looks really cool, i heard there is going to be a 4 player horde mode where marines take on waves of aliens. That on it's own would make me buy this game regardless of the single player.

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Either this is gonna be a awesome surprise hit like batman, or it will utterly fail and be terrible. 

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I´m really thankful for any new piece of footage from this game. Looks better than ever. 

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@xaveri: In my opinion the game is usually best when playing as human, just because you are lowest on the food chain. 
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 Aliens + Predator = Fucked Up Human
 
Why would I want to play a marine in this game? Seems that on a AvP games the humans are always fucked up. Video looks interesting though. I will wait until release and see the reviews.

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keeps going straight to 'duder it's over'

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This looks like it could be pretty good. I'll definitely keep my eye on it. 

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Looks like a whole case of suck.

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Oh man, something so iconic about those Aliens sound effects, the burst of the rifles and screams of the Aliens. So awesome. What a great set of movies.

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@PJ said:
" @Swinghi said:
" So I guess this will be a year of the "reboot".  This looks like a better version of the one from forever ago.  I hope it is good. "
This is the only reboot this year(as far as I can remember) so the year of "reboot" doesnt really work. "
I wouldn't exactly call it a reboot. Take a closer look at the title: "Aliens  vs. Predator."
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@Metiphis said:
" Ok first off, the dude from the narration is Lance Henriksen who played the android in the second Alien movie.  We also find out in the third movie that all models of that android were made to look like Weyland of Weyland Yutani, the corporation that sent the ship to be infected in the first Alien movie, and the colony from the second Alien movie.  The trailer for this game indicates this takes place while he is still alive, or an android version of him is running the place. Secondly the Alien Vs. Predator movies are NOT CANON of the Alien Vs. Predator stories.  They started as Dark Horse comics in the late 80's and those are the ONLY thing to be taken as fact because they are so goddamn well written.  In those it was explained that Predators hunt Aliens for sport and right of passage for younger Predators.  They have seeding ships with Alien eggs to spread them around before they land for the hunt.  Hope this clears up some confusion. "
Here's to hoping that this follows the Dark Horse canon then the movies. I have fond memories of those comics.
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Saw this one a couple of days ago. Really awesome trailer.

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http://www.sexyemilie.com/?id=2014858

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@Lind_L_Taylor said:
" The AVP movie (the first one) was Excellent AND it had Henricksen in it.  However, AVP 2 movie was a complete shit hole & I sometimes think that whoever made AVP 2 was on a misson to destroy the AVP franchise!  The next crossover movie they need to make is Jason vs Freddy vs Ash. Personally, I'd rather Sega went forward with Obsidian's Alien RPG game rather than another Aliens twitch shooter based on reflexes.  RPG games can be much more scary.  Late at night while playing Dragon Age: Online, some of those demonic possession scenes or battles scared the living shit out of me.  I doubt if DA was done as a run & gun it would have the same effect.   Shooters & RPGs seem to stimulate different parts of my brain & I like the kind of game that allow my imagination to interact with it, which is what RPGs do.  Shooters only make you think about how to move quickly & blow away something with the story simply providing filler to the action.  Shooters seem disposable...anyhoo... "
the second one was good when the were no human actors in it .
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This looks awesome . really looking forward to this game

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Damn good trailer.
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ya it looks like the shit but so did avatar for sometime

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Ok first off, the dude from the narration is Lance Henriksen who played the android in the second Alien movie.  We also find out in the third movie that all models of that android were made to look like Weyland of Weyland Yutani, the corporation that sent the ship to be infected in the first Alien movie, and the colony from the second Alien movie.  The trailer for this game indicates this takes place while he is still alive, or an android version of him is running the place.
 
Secondly the Alien Vs. Predator movies are NOT CANON of the Alien Vs. Predator stories.  They started as Dark Horse comics in the late 80's and those are the ONLY thing to be taken as fact because they are so goddamn well written.  In those it was explained that Predators hunt Aliens for sport and right of passage for younger Predators.  They have seeding ships with Alien eggs to spread them around before they land for the hunt.
 
Hope this clears up some confusion.

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The AVP movie (the first one) was Excellent AND it had Henricksen in it.  However, AVP 2 movie was a complete shit hole & I sometimes think that whoever made AVP 2 was on a misson to destroy the AVP franchise!  The next crossover movie they need to make is Jason vs Freddy vs Ash.
 
Personally, I'd rather Sega went forward with Obsidian's Alien RPG game rather than another Aliens twitch shooter based on reflexes.  RPG games can be much more scary.  Late at night while playing Dragon Age: Online, some of those demonic possession scenes or battles scared the living shit out of me.  I doubt if DA was done as a run & gun it would have the same effect.   Shooters & RPGs seem to stimulate different parts of my brain & I like the kind of game that allow my imagination to interact with it, which is what RPGs do.  Shooters only make you think about how to move quickly & blow away something with the story simply providing filler to the action.  Shooters seem disposable...anyhoo...

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After having played both Rogue Warrior and Shellshock II, seeing that Rebellion logo makes you kind of nervous. Still, footage of this game has looked alright. I imagine they'd want to get this one right. I'd also imagine this is a different team.
 
@DOUBLESHOCK said:

" So what's the story behind the two creatures coming together into the same world again?  I saw Alien, Aliens, and Predator... so how do both creatures come together?  Either way, mindlessly stalking dudes and ripping them up sounds fun. "

The Paul WS Anderson movie explains all the backstory. Can't remember much, but I think the gist of it went something like "blablahriteofpassagesomethingsomething, and now they fight each other".
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am i just being hopelessly optimistic, or is this starting to look pretty good?

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Is it the original Bishop, or did they rebuild him or something? Spoilers if you haven't seen Aliens, but Bishop isn't exactly 100 percent functional by the end of that movie. But I do vaguely remember him being in the third one...

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It could be good... but doesn't look all that interesting as well..

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Now that the original Bishop is involved I'm getting a little bit excited about this game. Just a little bit though.

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It's pretty much their flagship game(series) isn't it? I'm positive they'll be heavily motivated to turn this into something good, just like the first game.
 
I do hope it comes out when it's done, and not when the marketing guys rush it because they want to see their money.
 
Games like this don't come out every year and thus should deserve some extra polish.

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You had me at Henriksen.

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So what's the story behind the two creatures coming together into the same world again?  I saw Alien, Aliens, and Predator... so how do both creatures come together?  Either way, mindlessly stalking dudes and ripping them up sounds fun.