Instead, enemies come right at you, guns, claws or spear guns blazing. The AI seems fairly typical for a shooter, with no one really taking cover or backing each other up. It's a bit tricky to handle at first, though the main objectives for each campaign are fairly clear and easy to follow. The Alien campaign is truly unique and innovative in that you use both stealth and hand-to-hand fighting as you progress from a face hugger to a chest-burster to a full-grown drone, with the type of alien dictated by whose face you hug! The Predator seems to have the best of it, though, since unlike the other two characters, it has the full run of the floors, walls and ceilings. As the Predator, you can use its cloaking device to hide and set up some serious in-your-face close quarter combat with the Marines and Aliens. Without the strength of the Predator or the armor of an Alien, hit and run tactics and stealth are key ingredients to survival. The Marine relies on guns, goggles, special tech equipment, and a hacking device to get through doors. The overlapping storylines play very differently.

While the other campaigns are similar in intensity, the natural affinity is for the human character rather than a beast with two mouths and acid for blood. For example, playing as the Marine, your team members become quickly separated in true horror style, and the sounds and images leave you feeling totally alone and vulnerable.

As in a film, the intense atmosphere provides a series of startling events designed to make you jump out of your seat. The Marine's storyline is the most complete of the three, but all campaigns are very satisfying, and the cinematic aspect makes you feel like an actor in a big budget movie.

It's a nice piece of continuity that adds up to immersive and exciting gameplay. Although the scenarios are separate, you visit the same locations and see much of the same environments in each, seeing the other characters from unique perspectives. In Aliens Versus Predator 2, you play three overlapping scenarios as a Colonial Marine, the Predator, and the ultimate horrific killing monstrosity from Alien.

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