Hey! A game sequel that doesn't suck!

Let it be known throughout the lands that I've been looking forward to AVP2 for one hell of a long time.... Since the release of the first game actually. I've long been a fan of Dark Horse Comics Aliens Vs. Predator comic series, and the original game was positively amazing. Or would have been, except for one small thing. The whole "Sorry you can't save your damned game whenever you want" thing. Yes. Bad. Very bad, considering how big the damned levels are, and going ohhh and hour or so without saving, then having to do the whole map again because you got your ass kicked three quarters of the way through it tended to get a little bit old, even in my fanboy books.

Well, that's been solved. Aliens, humans and preds rejoice, you can now save whenever you want! Woot!

Anyhows, lets get on with the good stuff. Enough of my blathering.

The Playahs

For all you llamas out there who've never heard of AVP before, here's the deal. There's three malevolent known the in universe. (And if you've never seen the Alien and Predator movies, as llamaboys Red Leader and Richard confessed to me yesterday, while baring their souls, go do it. Trust me, this game will be MUCH cooler if you've seen the movies.)

Aliens are basically the ultimate bioweapon. They're mean as hell, strong, fast and can cling to and run along any surface, including walls and ceilings. They can see in the dark, and hunt by pheromones. Oh yeah, their blood is also acid, they have huge fangs and claws, and tend to lay eggs in people's chests. From there the eggs grow and eventually out pops a baby alien. (Killing the victim, naturally.) They're a very bad bunch to run into, especially up close. (Alien+ you+ short range=You dead.) Of course, humans (silly humans, why won't you ever learn?!) are busy experimenting on the aliens, and are always trying to turn them into a controllable military resource. It goes wrong. Every time... It seems the aliens are a smarter than anyone gives them credit for.

Predators are a high tech species that hunts other intelligent species for honor, and because when you're that high tech you've got to get bored alot. Preds have been hunting both humans and aliens for centuries, and use a variety of high tech weapons such as plasma caster (bye bye Jessie Ventura!), net caster, spear gun, and everyone's favorite weapon, the Frisbee of death. Predators are large, massively muscled humanoids who have the ability to cloak, and use various vision modes to track and eliminate their prey.

Humans are.. Well, humans. You know: wimpy little soft skinned alien food. Well they would be, except for their armor, night vision, motion sensors and huge guns. Humans charge into battle wielding such toys as flame throwers (You have to see the effects on this bad boy.), assault rifles, pistols, rocket launchers, and a plethora of other high tech, kaboomy gadgets. Of course, if a pred or alien gets anywhere near you, you're a dead man. So use those guns as they were intended to be used! The humans are the one's who've pissed everyone else off this time around, with their meddling and experimenting on other races ways.

Each race has advantages and disadvantages, and your game play style tends to reflect that, or you tend to get dead over and over and over again.