If they succeed, all life will succumb to the crawling dark.".Īliens fight in close-quarters combat with their claws and tails, getting as close as possible to their prey as quickly as possible. They must not be allowed to find the crucible that spawned our most respected prey. They have discovered a trophy long locked away. The humans are still children, creatures of desire and hubris, with no comprehension of the long hunt.
A quote from the intro states: "We are old, my brother. The Predator campaign explains how their species considers the war tactics of the human Marines juvenile. But it's what the Predator does in the movies." I remember the first time I saw it, one of the particular Predator kills, everyone went 'Oooh'. That's very clear and within that context, I think the violence is part of the character and the world– so we're talking about a fantasy world here and fantasy creatures and we're talking about trying to build up a mythos. It's an issue for me some computer games are for kids– we're not making a computer game here for anyone other than adults. Jason Kingsley, the CEO of Rebellion, defended the brutality of the trophy-kill system, stating "This is obviously a game based on adult-rated movies, and we want to make sure it’s very clearly an adult-rated game. Even after this, the marine is still alive for a short period of time, "gasping his last, with nothing but bloodied, glistening vertebral column beneath his chin." Ī screenshot showing a player being attacked by a group of Aliens The neck broken, the Predator cuts the marine's head, a "sizeable portion" of the spinal cord following. There are several animations, one of which is a "terrified" marine dragged into the center of the screen by his or her throat, which the Predator then snaps effortlessly with the accompanying sound of "someone biting into raw celery". OXM labeled the trophy kill mechanic as "spectacularly violent" and it has been partially censored to avoid an Adults Only rating in the United States as it was "several measures more graphic" than any other recent games. The wrist blades allow for the Predator to perform a "trophy kill", a nod to the movies in which the Predators take trophies, usually skulls, from their defeated enemies to show their prowess in the hunt. For close-range combat, the Predator has four retractable wristblades on its arms. For long-range weaponry, the Predator can use a shoulder-mounted plasma cannon in addition to a glaive-like disc and a combi stick (or throwing spear). The player has to be aware of Aliens, which have the ability to see through a Predator's cloaking device, that may climb up a tree and attack from below as well as taking care not to reveal themselves to marines too early as the marines’ weaponry and numbers are more than a match for the Predator. The Predator's gameplay is more based on stealth and tactics than the average first-person shooter.
Regular vision allows one to see the environment and other Predators better than the former two visions, making battles between two or all three species a tactical juggle to prioritize enemies based on their threat to the player. For example, the Heat Vision mode allows the player to see Marines very clearly, while it renders Aliens nearly invisible the Alien vision works in reverse, making aliens appear clearly and Marines nearly invisible. The Predator has different vision modes, the most recognizable from the films being a thermal imaging scanner, but the player also has different vision modes for spotting Aliens (only accessible from a special mask the player picks up in-game) and viewing the world normally. To help navigate the surroundings, marines are equipped with shoulder-mounted lamps, surveying flares to briefly illuminate darkened areas, and motion trackers, capable of providing info on hostile positioning as they move.Īs in the films, the Predator prefers to stalk its prey from the safety of treetops and the gameplay reflects this, the player leaping from branch to branch automatically with the help of a "focus jumping" game mechanic. Marines carry a wide arsenal including pulse rifles, flamethrowers, and auto-tracking smartguns. The Colonial Marine campaign is far closer to that of a standard first-person shooter. In this Multiplayer section of the game, players face off in various game types in various ways. Following the storyline of the campaign modes comes the multiplayer aspect of the game. There are three campaigns in the game, one for each race/faction (the Colonial Marines, the Aliens, and the Predators), that, while separate in terms of individual plot and gameplay, form one overarching storyline.
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