Aliens v Predator 2 | |
Monolith Productions | |
Fox Interactive Sierra Entertainment | |
30th October 2001 | |
First-person shooter | |
singleplayer multiplayer | |
ELSPA: 15+, ESRB: M, OFLC: MA 15+, USK: 16+ 18+(uncut) | |
PC Mac OS X | |
Optical disc | |
Lithtech Talon | |
Contents
Release
Release date for the game Aliens vs Predator 2;
U.S 30th October 2001 Europe 30th October 2001
Plot
Unlike the preceding game, in which the storylines of the three player characters are independent
and do not affect one another, the three story lines in Aliens versus Predator 2 intersect each
other. The events of each storyline trigger events in the others.
The events of the game are set
fifty years after the events of the film Alien 3. Following the flight telemetry of the derelict
spacecraft found on LV-426 where the Nostromo crew first encountered the Alien eggs in the film Alien, the
Weyland-Yutani Corporation has discovered a planet with the ruins of an extraterrestrial civilization
infested with Aliens. A planet called LV-1201 and the Weyland-Yutani research station established
there, are the primary settings of the game.
The facility is supervised by Dr. Eisenberg and consists
of a Primary Operations Complex and a network of five Forward Observation Pods suspended over a canyon.
When the game begins Pod 5 has been destroyed, the cause of its destruction is revealed in the expansion
pack Aliens versus Predator 2: Primal Hunt.
Plot-Aliens versus Predator 2: Primal Hunt
The events of Aliens versus Predator 2: Primal Hunt are set on LV-1201 the same setting as the main game but take place in earlier time periods. The stories of the Alien and Predator characters begin five hundred years before the events of Aliens versus Predator 2 and continue in the year 2230, approximately five weeks before the events of the main game, this is also the time period of for the Corporate Mercenaries' story. Primal Hunt revisits the Forward Observation Pods of the research facility and explains the destruction of Pod 5.
Game modes
You can play in the following modes;
Easy
Normal
Hard
Hardcore
Single Player Maps
Predator
Hunt
Trap
Interloper
Unexpected Allies
Old Debts
New Target
Trophy
Alien
Birth
Surprise
Escape
Vengeance
Abduction
Pursuit
Freedom
Marine
Unwelcome Guests
Collateral Damage
Betrayal
A Long Detour
Price of Admission
Loose Ends
Savior
Multiplayer maps
A Lesser Fate
Bunker
Colony
Compound
Depot
Lucifer's Fate
Outpost 4
Reservoir
Verloc
Auriga
Quarantine
Leadworks
Aliens versus Predator 2: Primal Hunt Maps
Predalien
Corporate Mercenary
Predator
Game modes multiplayer
You can play in the following modes;
Deathmatch, Team death match, Hunt, Survivor, Overrun, and Evac.
Players
Ten characters to choose from in multiplayer;
Aliens
Predators
Predaliens
Marines
Corporate mercenaries
Multiplayer Maps
10 multiplayer maps in total (downloadable maps available);
Game modes
6 game modes including;
Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Hunt, Survivor, Overrun and Evacuation.
Multiplayer Classes
Each faction has four playable classes in multiplayer. Harrison Specialist, Jones Heavy Weapons, Johnson Demolitions and Ichiro Sniper, Rykov Heavy Weapons, Dimitri AT Officer, Ivan Specialist and Dunya Trooper, Runner, Predalien, Praetorian and Drone, Predator, Assault, Light and Heavy.
Alien
Class for aliens include Runner, Predalien, Praetorian, Drone.
Predator
Class for predators include Predator, Assault, Light and Heavy.
Marines
Class for marines include Specialist, Heavy Weapons, Demolitions, Sniper.
Corporates
Class for corporates include Heavy Weapons, AT Officer, Trooper, Specialist.
Walkthrough Predators
When playing as the Predator the player arrives on LV-1201 with two other Predators, and all three are soon captured by the human researchers. A former marine turned mercenary general named Rykov recognizes the player Predator as one which injured him twenty years earlier. The Predator is imprisoned for six weeks until being released through the actions of Corporal Harrison. The player must then recover the Predator's weapons and battle humans and Aliens through the research facility in pursuit of Rykov. After a climactic battle with Rykov in the Alien hive the Predator is recovered by others of his species and they pursue the Verloc into space.
Walkthrough Predators Primal Hunt
When playing as the Predator the story begins five hundred years before the events of Aliens versus Predator 2. A Predator spacecraft encounters the planet LV-1201 for the first time and the player Predator is sent there to hunt. The player battles numerous creatures before discovering that Aliens also inhabit the planet. The player tracks the Aliens to their hive and activates an artifact which has the power to repel the Aliens. The game then shifts forward eight months, by which time the Predators have established a camp around the artifact. The player Predator descends into the hive in search of the Alien queen, but the artifact is deactivated and the camp is overrun by Aliens. While repairing a stasis field around a group of Alien eggs the Predator is attacked by a facehugger and the two are caught in the field and trapped in stasis for five hundred years. The Predator awakens when Dunya deactivates the artifact, and the player tracks her to the research facility's Forward Observation Pods and breaks into Pod 5, inadvertently allowing the Aliens into the pod. The player retrieves the artifact and sends a signal to other Predators who are nine weeks' distance away. The Predator is then killed by the Alien embryo bursting through his ribcage.
Weapons
Plasma pistol, plasma cannon, net gun, combi-stick, remote bomb, speargun, disc and wrist blades.
AvP 2: Primal Hunt
Energy Flechette, self-destruct.
Equipment
Medi comp, cloak generator, energy sift, charge emitter, vision modes thermal, tech, alien and zoom.
Walkthrough Aliens
As the Alien character the player first takes control of a facehugger , stalking a guard through the Primary Operations Complex and implanting an Alien embryo in him. The player then controls the resulting chestburster, finding food until it grows into an adult Alien. As the Alien the player battles through the complex, releasing other Aliens which infest the facility and cause it to lose contact with Earth. The game then shifts forward six weeks, when a security failure caused by Corporal Harrison allows the Alien to access the Forward Observation Pods. The player battles through the pods killing guards and scientists, releases an Alien/Predator hybrid, and liberates a captive Alien hive. The player must disable several explosives planted throughout the hive and then pursue Dr. Eisenberg, who is bent on capturing the Alien queen. The player catches up to Eisenberg and the queen, while sabotaging Eisenberg's extraction by dropship and defeating the scientist. Eisenberg is then cocooned in the hive and revealed to be an android.
Walkthrough Aliens Primal Hunt
The Alien character's story also begins five hundred years before the events of Aliens versus Predator 2. The player begins by controlling a facehugger , exploring the Alien hive and Predator camp in search of a host. The facehugger attacks the Predator, but both become trapped in the stasis field. The game then shifts forward five hundred years to the chestburster emerging from the Predator inside Pod 5. The creature is an Alien/Predator hybrid, called the "Predalien" in the game, and the player controls it and searches for food until it grows into an adult. The player then battles human guards in search of the artifact, but is interrupted when Rykov destroys the pod's supports. The player must then battle several android guards in armored exosuits in order to escape the pod with other Aliens before it falls into the valley below.
Weapons
Claw, tail, head bite and wall walk.
Equipment
Pounce, Navigate/Hunt vision modes. (Navigate for travelling in complete darkness, Hunt for seeing enemies, they will be outlined blue for marines, red for alien and green for predators).
Walkthrough Marines
When playing as the human character the player assumes the role of Corporal Andrew "Frosty" Harrison of the Colonial Marines, stationed aboard the spaceship USS Verloc en route to LV-1201. There has been no contact with the research facility there for six weeks and the marines are sent in to investigate. The landing goes awry and the player must battle Aliens, explore the research facility, and rescue the surviving marines. In the process the player causes a security breach which allows the Alien character access to the Forward Observation Pods, becomes temporarily imprisoned, unwittingly releases the Predator character from its cell, and battles an Alien/Predator hybrid creature. The player must then retrieve a data disk containing records of all the illegal activities taking place on the planet, regroup with his squad, battle the Alien queen, and escape the planet.
Walkthrough Marines Primal Hunt
When playing as the human character the player assumes the role of Major Dunya, a female member of the Weyland-Yutani private military contractor known as the "Iron Bears" who are stationed on LV-1201. She is ordered by her superior officer General Rykov to retrieve an artifact from an area known as "Zeta Site" which houses part of an Alien hive as well as technology from an alien race (the race of the "space jockey" found by the Nostromo crew in Alien). The player battles Aliens through Zeta Site, retrieves the artifact, and returns to find that Aliens have infiltrated Pod 5. A Predator steals the artifact and the player defends the cargo area from Aliens until the pod is evacuated. Rykov then destroys the pod's supports, sending it crashing to the valley floor below.
Weapons
Combat Knife, pistol, shotgun, smart gun, flame thrower, pulse rifle, sniper rifle, grenade launcher, grenades (timed grenade, proximity grenade, smart grenades and EMP grenade) minigun, rocket launcher.
AvP 2: Primal Hunt
Dual pistols, turret gun, and deployable sentry guns.
Equipment
Flares, motion tracker, image intensifier, welding torch and terminals.
Enemies
Alien queen, chestbuster, drone, runner, face hugger, aliens, praetorian, androids, predators and predalien.
Vehicles
Exosuit
APCs
USS Verloc
Predator's Ship
Aurora (spacecraft)
UD4L Cheyennes
Publishers
Fox Interactive was formed in December 1994 (with the release of The Pagemaster: The Video Game) and was an operating unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a News Corporation company. The company published, developed and produced games mainly for titles based on 20th Century Fox film and movie properties.
Sierra Entertainment Inc. (formerly Sierra On-Line) was an American video-game developer and publisher founded in 1979 as On-Line Systems by Ken and Roberta Williams. Based in Fresno, California, the company was last owned by Activision, a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard. Sierra is best known today for its multiple lines of seminal graphic adventure games started in the 1980s, many of which proved influential in the history of video games. The Sierra label was absorbed by its parent company. Some franchises that were published by Sierra will be published by Activision, which also announced in 2008 that it may sell the Sierra brand.
Developers
Monolith Productions (or simply Monolith) is a Kirkland, Washington-based computer game developer. Monolith is also known for the development of the graphical game engine Lithtech, which has been used for most of their games. Between 1997 and 1999, Monolith also published games, some developed by the studio, some by third parties. Monolith's internally developed technology is currently available to be licensed to 3rd-parties through the company Touchdown Entertainment. In 2004, Monolith Productions was acquired by Warner Bros., a subsidiary of Time Warner.
Third Law Entertainment Established in late 1998, Third Law Interactive is an independently owned and operated computer game developer located in Dallas, Texas. Specializing in 3D gaming titles, its goal is to create fun, challenging, and graphically impressive products.
Achievements
Codes
Morph
Use 'enter' mpmorph queen.
Queen
apesuit
bloody_eisenberg
chestburster
combatsynth
convict
convict2
corporate
drone
droppilot
drunkardtechmale
dunya_ai
eisenberg
Mods
Alien v Predator 2 Pilot Project.(new charaters, sounds).
Alien v Predator 2 Assassin.(Tweeted system).
Alien v Predator 2 Under the Hunter's Moon.(Whaling Station from AvP (film))
Alien v Predator 2 Evilution.
Alien v Predator 2 L.A.B. Mod AvP2.
Future Releases
Aliens versus Predator 2: Primal Hunt.
Aliens versus Predator 2: Gold Edition.
DLC
Ultimate Mappack 2.
Aliens Versus Predator 2 Fear 2 Map.
Aliens Versus Predator 2 All In One Sound Pack.
Mods
Aliens Versus Predator 2 AJL v1.0 Mod
Aliens Versus Predator 2 Survival of the Fittest Mod
Patches
Aliens vs Predator 2 Single Player Map Update 1
Installing this patch will make several changes to the single-player maps. While some saved games may be incompatible, all of the species' mission select screens will carry over correctly. Therefore it's recommended you finish a mission first before applying the update.
Aliens Versus Predator 2 v1.0.9.2 Patch
This download will update the retail version of AvP2 to v1.0.9.2. It fixes a few issues in the game and adds a handful of server list keys.
Aliens Versus Predator 2 v1.0.9.3 Patch
The v1.0.9.3 patch fixes six general issues and makes thirteen changes to the multiplayer mode. Please see the readme file for more details.
Aliens Versus Predator 2 v1.0.9.4 Patch
The v1.0.9.4 patch fixes some gameplay issues, makes some multiplayer tweaks, and adds the Queen and Exosuit to multiplayer.
Aliens Versus Predator 2 v1.0.9.5 Patch
The v1.0.9.5 patch primarily fixes multiplayer issues such as server crashes and some bugs. The patch will update any previous version, and a list of changes can be found in the changes.txt file provided after installation.
Aliens Versus Predator 2 v1.0.9.6 Patch
The v1.0.9.6 patch makes even more multiplayer changes and includes additional mod support options.
Reception
Rating: 8.2/10 - IGN 6 Nov 2001.
Rating: 4.0/10 - Gamerevolution 1 Nov 2001.
Rating: 8.7/10 - GameSpot - 9 Nov 2001.
Rating: 9.0/10 - Gamershell - 1 Nov 2001.
References
Citations
Alien Queen
Aliens v Predator 2 (video game)
Prima's offical guide.
Footnotes
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