The Alien Vs. Predator Games Are WAY Better Than The Movies
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- The Alien and Predator franchises are some of the most well known in movie history. Spawning several different Alien and Predator sequels, comics, video games and merchandise, it seems people can't get enough of their favorite monsters. So much so that we eventually got the crossover fans everywhere had been wanting for years, Alien vs Predator. But to many, this new installment didn't quite live up to expectations. Mainly because the Alien vs Predator video games that preceded the movie were far superior.
Written by Ash Mitrano
Edited by David Sadvari
While an RTS game and thus not similar in genre, I grew up loving AVP Extinction. Each playthrough has its own merits and could even be terrifying in their own ways. It also set the bar (for me) pretty high on what the PredAlien would look like, only to be completely disappointed in its movie appearance.
Great game, had it on PS2 and gave me my first real taste of RTS games
I would love a more polished remake or sequel for that game. I loved the multiplayer for the fps avp games but Extinction had some really creative gameplay for each species.
It surprised me he left this game out. I thought it was such a fun take on the genre.
Dude, that game set a standard for RTS games for me. To not see it on this list was disappointing.
Yeah unreal that it’s not listed, for me it opened up so much for the universe and hit all the rights tones
Bro, Aliens vs Predator 2 was an amazing game. The multi-player aspect was phenomenal, humans vs aliens vs predators was fun af
Hands down the multi-player game I've most had fun with during childhood. Honestly it would still hold up today.
Meh, single player was disappointing compared to the previous one.
How so?
Avp2 will always be the best but the first week release of avp 2010 multi-player for what it was, was really fun and had awesome moments imo lol
I really like how the last part of the audio sound like if it was recorded through a Xbox live party chat.
Glad it's not just me that thought that was weird haha.
The video was so nostalgic that he even went into 2005 mode with the Xbox live mic 😂
The game released in 2010 was really enjoyable for online play, teasing players when you were playing as the Alien was very fun
Yeah I had a lot of fun playing it. I bought it awhile back on Steam as well but haven't gotten around to really playing it.
I loved that game to no end, Especially playing as an Alien. Maybe in some ways I was 'lucky' in that I'd only ever played the RTS Extinction before then, thus I went in with no expectations since it was the first FPS style AvP game I'd played. But nothing thrilled me more than perfectly executing a plan to ambush every single pitiful human I could find without them ever knowing what was slaughtering their friends. It felt exactly how I imagined it would, and I'll never stop suggesting it to people.
If you own it on steam we could try to get people to play it
@@seawolf5153 sure, you use discord or guilded?
I still have nostalgia of playing AVP multiplayer in the middle school computer class when we were supposed to be doing work
Yall skipped the awesome surprise xenomorph levels in Predator Concrete Jungle! Maybe not AVP forefront, but I remember geeking out for reals when I reached that level!
Predator: Concrete Jungle was my favorite game out of any that came from the IP.
Once upon a time, I would have been super keen for Ubisoft to get the rights to make an open world game where you controlled the predator, something I'm less keen on nowadays.
Still, it's one of my "dream games" i wish someone would make.
AvP deserves another chance. It could be SO good and we all know it. Just needs the right people behind it
I still stand by the opinion that the first AVP film isn’t that bad. But, you are right. The games are superior.
Okay listen, I appreciate the attention given to the games but can we just stop and look at the first AVP movie by itself?
It's not scary, sure, but it's *fun*. Intricate shifting pyramid setting in Antarctica! Crazy predator tools against deadly xenomorph tactics against unaware and comparatively pitiful humans! Great practical effects! Awesome team up!
I swear it's like a love letter to 80s action movies without the twist the original Predator threw in of *becoming a horror film*. It's really a very good time and I'll never understand the hate it gets just because it's a different style, it's not really dumb or poorly made, it's just....fun.
Yeah, I've always been puzzled by the hate it gets too. It seems like it has everything going for it. The shifting pyramid is a fantastically creepy mechanic similar to Cube. And that queen is glorious. And I love all the ancient Yautja lore thrown in there. Great movie.
That 1994 Capcom beat-em-up is the absolute pinnacle of both series.
"Like Godzilla movies or most monster movies in general, humans and the plot are the least important part of the story..." Yeah you've seen like two Godzilla movies, right?
Would love to see the Aztec AVP prequel of the first AVP movie. Prey did very well, just tie into that. May be?
Your channel didn’t just died, it was MURDERED
The answer is simple. The games weren't made by Hollywood.
I disagree that the humans are the least important in both Alien and Predator movies. So there is no reason to believe they should be the least important in a vs movie. These movies have never been like Godzilla, or other monster movies. The human element was always integral.
Yeah the AVP games and the first AVP movie are way better than Requiem
I feel that a big failing of the AVP movies was that they put the Alien in a Predator movie when they should have put the Predator in the Alien movie.
Yeah I was always confused as to why they set them on Earth in the present day, rather than in the Colonial Marines future of Alien.
...you have perfectly summed up what was wrong with them. Well said.
Love the Jaguar Alien vs. Predator game, one of the games that utilized the keypad the best. The lack of music adds so much atmosphere to the game which makes the predators taunting you a very suspenseful effect.
Well done. Love the comics getting the credit they deserve.
What I thought was missing is a word on each game on whether/how it can be played nowadays: availability in stores, source ports or reverse engineering projects, emulation, ... Even for those you can't get your hands on legally (for a sane price) it would be good to know that they are at least preserved.
3:54 either an alien, HM'N or predator to play as
Man I loved the '99 AvP. The first, and only time a well-done jumpscare has worked on me in a game.
"Wer're getting some weird signals... something's MOVING down there!" *bwee-weep*
The multiplayer in AvP '99 was such ludicrous fun.
Bro what?! Alien: Isolation is 8 YEARS OLD?!
9:40 is a nostalgia blast! That crew had me laughing my butt off!
I want a game based on Prey
And a movie. Prey was literally the perfect story.
I always laugh at the idea of Hollywood producers going, "no no, we need to subvert expectations!"
It's either they hate their audience or really have no idea what fans actually want.
The infuriating thing though is they never fucking learn!
The alien pounce mechanics in AvP 2 were incredible. And you could become a queen if you got a kill streak. (Before CoD:MW kill streaks). Genius!
I personally don't mind the first movie and I strangely find it as a companion movie piece towards Anaconda Hunt for the Blood Orchid for some reason.
The second movie is definitely just a useless Freddy vs Jason knock-off.
Although what's weird about the the movies is despite the hate they both received from certain movie makers, they've been very influential with certain events. like with the debriefing in Prometheus and the setting of "The Predator's" climax.
Great video and just a great distillation of the problem with AvP movies. I still remember losing my mind when they announced the first AvP movie and then dying a slow painful death as I watched it. I really hope with the success of Prey and Aliens Romulus, we can get a real AvP movie....with freaking Colonial Marines....not random people in a small town.
Random ending thought, I thought AvP2 was a huge step in story telling for the game. I love a good story in a movie/comic and AvP2 had one of the best imo. The way all three sides had unique story and it tied together, but this time with actual cut scenes and solid voice acting.
You didn't mention predator: concrete jungle it was basically a video game sequel to the movies, i also enjoy avp: extinction and the 2010 avp game.
I’m not sure when the last time you saw the movie AvP but we, but I watched it relatively recently I liked it so much more than I did when I saw it in the theater. Maybe it’s because the Alien movies that have come out since then have… not been great. But I’d argue AvP is the 3rd or 4th best Alien movie there is. It’s better than Resurrection, Prometheus, and Covenant. Possibly better than Alien 3.
AvP2 though is quite bad.
The comics are good too
The arcade game was always a favourite, but the second FPS was amazing! I remember being terrified when the motion detector went off
Aliens Vs Predator 2 2001 is still my favorite of the franchise, wish it was available for sale on pc and consoles. Not so much the expansion pack Primal Hunt though.
I did have fun playing AVP 2010 on Xbox 360, but it was definitely flawed. I'd like to see a new game, but Disney doesn't exactly make great games lately.
Don't play video games, but AvP was done right in the comics. The first mini was such a classic, all they had to do was adapt it as closely as possible for the screen and it would have been an instant blockbuster.
Instead we got crap. The 2nd had it's moments but like most of current entertainment, writers, who have no interest in the source material, are hired. Then the producers wonder why it flops.
I played the SNES, Arcade and Jaguar games, and of the three, the SNES game was my favorite. The music, the atmosphere and the art-style were amazing in 1993 and the next few years. It looks ugly now because we see it in a modern screen, but find a CRT tv and you'll see, it's awesome.
Prey sucked balls. Stupid CG-fest that had zero respect for the source (which is still a step up from previous attempt), the franchise won't survive on half-assed attempts like that. It's one of "those" movies that everyone praises and afraids to criticize, and then no one ever remembers it existed like in a week.
AvP2010 wasn't any bad, marine campaign was a top-tier Aliens content, club scene is the most memorable in whole series. And multiplayer was a blast and was active for a decade, second only to AvP2.
I love AVP:Requium. If you are a fan of Predator and just want to see a Predator do badass shit, watch AVP2. As a film it sucks, but as a predator murdering everything movie it's perfect.
I used to play that good game alone in the dark with headphones and easiest difficulty setting as the marine. Why? Because the encounters would be so infrequent and random that it was actually really spooky. The thing you can’t see is always the scariest.
Capcom made a CPS2 game that could've been on the Sega Saturn. However, the film based on THAT idea was put on development hell. That draft was made on the basis of one of the movies until it was a lost gem, so the game company behind Street Fighter and Megaman didn't make any effort of it onto there, specifically on the poor statuses of arcades and the Saturn in the late 1990s. It was very cool when I was playing it for the first time.
9:21 Have you seen the original Godzilla, or Shin Godzilla even my dude??? 😅🤣
So sad that AvP: Extinction wasn't included here. Such a great game on my OG Xbox!
I played the arcade game a couple time as a kid and bought the SNES game thinking it was the same thing. Sorely disappointed.
The AvP Arcade was an amazing game back then. Still worth getting the emulator.
Yes YES these games were fucking AWESOME
Avp 2010 is dead last I checked but that doesn't mean we can't play it, if anyone owns it on steam and is interested in playing just say
They didn't even mention Aliens Versus Predator: Extinction for the PS2/Xbox. I loved that game growing up.
I’ve never played an Alien vs Predator game, but I can only hope the Aliens present more of a challenge & threat to the Predators than they do in the movies, or the comics for that matter.
Well, when the bar is laying on the ground, preety much anything is better than the movies.
1:51 - "this game doesn't attempt to recreate the atmosphere of the film franchise" and for good reason considering the first film came out almost 10 years afterwards. Off to a great start here.
There is also Aliens VS Predator Requiem for PSP. But its sorta stale.
I do hope The Movie will get remade like they did with Mortal Kombat 2021
Even tough the AVP movies aren't as good as the games, we can't deny that WOLF is the most Bad Ass Predator in the entire franchise.
Nope. It is Broken Tusk from AvP comic or Scarface from Predator: Concrete Jungle game.
They really should've given titles to the AvP games.
Man I loved that predator arcade beat them up game it was at my local mall as a kid and never saw it again when the arcade closed down
AVP arcade game is one of my favorite classic beat em ups.
Everytime a human gets in the way of a AvP fight .
Me- let them fight.
This is actually the only movie that I ever went to see the opening night of in my local theatre.
AVP:Extinction was my fav.
I can't be the only one who copped the Capcom beat em up collection and was pissed that there WASN'T Alien VS Predator on there...
I knew it wasn't gonna be on there, due to IP license (now owned by Disney) and all
this feels like it was written and voiced by ai
The AVP Arcade Game is the best
The Capcom AVP Arcade game has actually had a home release. The problem is it is only on the Capcom Home Arcade console so it's a very high entry level especially given how pretty much everything else on it is easily available elsewhere.
Mame 4 andriod app play on phone and andriod tv. Have to get the ROM separate though.
@@boeingnz Yes, it is emulated for over 20 years now but it is likely tied by contract to arcade devices for official releases.
Here's my take on a new AVP- every "level" consists of a decent-sized "open world" map (like predator: hunting grounds) in which all three factions have specific goals to complete in order to advance the plot and move on to the next map. There'd be six maps arranged in a ring (two for each faction to be most "comfortable" in): Colony (H), Refinery (H), Caves (A), Hive (A), Temple (P), Jungle (P). Additionally there would be smaller "home base" maps for each faction where players can respawn, change class selection, or fast-travel (more on those later) which would double as "Boss Maps" for the other two factions (Humans with a base of operations and a mech suit, Predators with the hunter's camp and an elder predator, Aliens with the throne room and the queen). At the center of the ring would be the final "boss battle" map on an Engineer ship, with all three factions fighting a xenomorph empress, an ancient predator, and an engineer.
When players die, their current mission progress is saved and they respawn at their "home base" map where they can choose a new class (light/medium/heavy) and fast travel to any map they've unlocked. The game can be played online or offline, with online play consisting of several game modes (story, death match, team death match, hunt, swarm, capture the flag, etc.) played on any of the 10 single-player maps.
There's a lot more in my head, but I'm just rambling into the void, so there's that.
There were many other scripts for the AVP films that would've been better than the 1 we ended up getting. People said (years later) Paul WS Anderson was NOT as big of a fan as he said he was, and being a co-writer himself got MANY elements wrong about the Alien & Predator characters. So if they had people who were TRUE fans of both franchises it probably would've been better. Plus many of those AVP games were based off of movie-scripts.
What about the RTS game?
The audio at the end of the video is scuffed
Thank you for showing the AvP games prior to the classic AvP first person games, i was glad to learn they exist.
I personally love the first AvP movie, but i understand if other fans are not liking it. But the second movie is.... beyond any salvation.
7:56 slipped a colonial marines clip in there
I actually think there are no bad AVP games.
Sure some of them are better than others (AVP2) but they are all enjoyable.
The movies...not so much.
I still think the first one is fun tho
I NEED a proper alien shooter (no fireteam elite does not count) or Isolation 2...
It's pronounced "versus"
what happened to the audio at the end?
The first stage of the AvP marine campaign is possibly the most tense, atmospheric and ultimately, frightening piece of video gaming I e ever experienced. I remember feeling sorry for console players as for the time there was just no hope of the contemporary generation being able to deliver, it really did look and sound that good
AVP2, the height of gaming
The arcade game was my absolute favourite as a kid in the 90s. Shame we never got more as the 2D graphics got progressively better.
Alien games are better then alien
Really love that nostalgia of the game especially AVP evolution, the sound effect are so recognized, really hope they can put more efforts on the series.
What about the newest game why wasn't that one talked about
What newest game? Do you mean AvP: Evolution on Android and iOS?
@@kordelas2514 Aliens: Fireteam Elite it came out last year. No one really played it bit I'm surprised it wasn't brought up in the vid
@@styxbazz6099 It was not brought up because it is not the AvP game. It is the Alien/Aliens game. And people (including myself) played it on PC, PS4/5 and XboxOne/Series.
@@kordelas2514 that's fine but alien isolation was talked about briefly so I figured that the newest game in the franchise would be mentioned too.
@@styxbazz6099 Alien Isolation was not mentioned as the AvP game and it is not even a part of AvP franchise. The same goes to Predator games.
Alien/Aliens, Predator and AvP are separate franchises.
Can't disagree
w vid
He says AVP I think CS:GO
The coin op game was great. Memory awoken
With wokeness only getting worse AVP has no chance in hell of making a new and good game.
...wokeness....
....all right, I'll bite. What about 'wokeness' is preventing a good AVP game?
@@johnmccarron7066 wokeness has no logic. We'll just have to wait and see what they cry about. None of their claims ever have any merit or logic to them.
Who knows what they will say, maybe:
• Not enough gay aliens
• Not enough characters have the right skin color
• it's too violent
• it's too toxicly male
• not enough female characters
• where's the trans representation
• one of the alien races represents black people and that's a problem
• why do the black marine soldiers not have afros?
Literally could be anything 🤷♂️
@@johnmccarron7066 All these damn libtards are just letting the illegal aliens in without a fight!!!
@@johnmccarron7066 he means women and colors
That AVP arcade is just a Ninja Turtles reskin. It's literally Donatello/Predator
AVP got ways more moves and weapons pick up.
@@boeingnzand more art details to.