15:29 I get around this problem by using the transformation cheats. I transform myself into a Predalien or Praetorian. And I transform myself into a Facehugger in order to "harvest" civilians. 😁
29:30 Sadly, Frosty never gets his iconic armor back. That is Iron Bear gear that he is getting. From then on, when you die, you will see Frosty wearing the same Blue suit that Ivan is wearing.
You can feel that this game was maded preaviously to the movies. They used original sounds from Predator 1 and 2 and Alien 1-4. They even have an alien resurrection map tribute. This is by far the best AVP.
Of course it was. If it was made then the only finished campaign was marine's game had to be always online, there would be useless cosmetics for the broken multiplayer. Battle pass out the ass, road maps, buggy alien campaign you have to PAY unless you want expirience ungodly amount of grind and abamdoned paid DLC for predator campaign
Man, I played this game since I was a kid all the time, custom maps, mods, hundreds of hours in multiplayer. As ya said, I hope they figure out the legal issues one day and get this game back on store, maybe even little remaster with options like Widescreen and FOV.
A nightdive port would slap. Rewatched the alien series sans avps and played isolation in anticipation of romulus and still need more alien in my life.
@19:53 - If you look up in the ceiling you can see the Predator cloaked and cycling his vision modes with the flashing eyes in his mask, great details added to this game indeed
Multiplayer on a 56k modem was pure chaos and fun in Team Deathmatch. Also, the voice of Tomiko is the voice of Cortana and the voice of Cate Archer. I still have the original CD ROM of the game.
Still one of the best multiplayer experiences of my life. AvP2 was a banger. Clan battles were epic. Higher level play and deep combat for all 3 races... classic. I was so mad when AVP film 1 came out, and they didn't just copy paste the story and feel of this game! Complete waste of source material. Instead we get a joke of a film set in Antarctica in present day?! WHY??
Great review with editing that must've taken ages. It's a travesty this hasn't got more views. I've subbed and liked anyway so hopefully that helps with the algorithm a little bit.
I also Played the AJLMod. Let me Brief for you all "AJL mod is one of the first mods for AvP2 that heavily edited the game's source code. By doing so, the mod introduces vastly different gameplay mechanics from the original game. Some players love the new gameplay mechanics, while others hate it. It definitely takes some getting used to after playing the original game. AJL mod attempts to be faithful to movies by introducing new weaponry from the source material and it does so rather well. If you can get past the learning curve on the new gameplay mechanics, there is fun to be had, but it is unfortunately a multiplayer only mod. It removes the single player aspect of the game altogether. AJL mod has had several updates over the years. Fans of AJL mod are split between playing AJL mod R2 and AJL mod R3, which are the different release candidates. Often times AJL mod fans will play both so keep that in mind."
I played this game a year after it came out and continued for the following few years. the player vs player online community stuck together and created many skin and maps to play above what the original game provided due to the publisher releasing the code along with the toolkits to edit things. a few years went by and the game announced pulling the plug for online servers. The comunity again rose up and made a downloadable patch that would allow the game to continue online. i have been away for a few years but i bet there still may be some servers left running the game.
This has to be the best Aliens game ever made because they nailed everything!!! I know it's probably nostalgia talking but I played this almost everyday back then when this cake out. Aside from the single player i also played multiplayer alot and i remember even in 2009 there were enoug people on the servers and it was so much fun. I know it probably won't happen but I still hope that one day Sega releases a remake of this even tho this is still playable thanks to the community patches.
I still have my orig CD case and dual discs for the game and the handbook and of course my cd key, man that was so fun in the golden age of AvP2. This game is lightyears head of those horrid movies although they were good in their own respect to some sense I suppose. I remember I was very fond of Alien Lifecycle servers or reverse infection, also had a blast with TDM with strictly just USCM and Corp factions.
Better than the movies? Yes. I have only the fondest memories of AvP 2 (the game). First game I ever played online with a 56k modem (my ping was never lower than 9999 and I never got a single kill, but I was 11, I didn't care, I had fun), first time I ever downloaded a mod for any game ever, all 3 campaigns were extremely well done, the graphics were amazing for their time, and AvP 2 was the best game in the Alien/Predator franchise until Alien Isolation came out 15 years later and in my opinion is STILL the second best game in either franchise (with Isolation being #1). Oh and I still have my original disk copy from 2001. Unfortunately the big cardboard box + manual is lost, but the disk in its jewel case remain.
Surprised to not see a Primal Hunt review which was my immediate glance to the recommendeds on the right after I watched this. Streamed this last year, but couldn't get the expansion to work. But what I do remember of it, is that you find out why the Pod has fallen to the ground as it goes over that incident in detail.
AVP2 is definitely my favorite of the franchise. Dang shame it is not available on any current console and pc platforms. I'd 100% buy a solid remaster like Turok 1&2 got. 2001 was such an excellent year for FPS games: Halo CE, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, AVP2, Red Faction, Operation Flashpoint Cold War Crisis, and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon all in one year. Dang...
I purchased my first laptop in 2002 just to play this game! Didnt understand why it wasn't released on console back then. Played the crap out of it. Good times.
Now you can hate me for this, but in my head canon: The Xenos are a bio weapon, because no biosphere would create or survive these things naturally. The Yautja have stolen their tech and adapted it, but never truly costructed any of it. And maybe the engineers is what brings these together.
This game was so much better than the first game. It's also better than all of the movies. This game took the best of every franchise and put it together. You can't hate on the graphics too much, because it came it in 2001. The graphics were not an issue when it was released.
The only flaw with this game is graphics. Lithtech engine was a bit downgraded compared to other engines at the time so this game feels like a 98/99 game instead of 2001/2002. The use of the lights of AVP 1 was better. BTW this game is the best of the series.
My favorite AvP game is still Aliens versus Predator: Gold Edition from 1999/2000. I got the initial release and then got Gold later. AvP 2 was a disappointment for me with how slow and plodding it was. I also didn't care about the story. The graphics were also better in my opinion in 1999/2000. Watching your video reminds me that the flashlight graphics are terrible as it's a fake lighting engine with fake shadows. The AvP 2010 was fine too. Multiplayer was fun for a bit although it would often end up as an endless conga line of long kill animations.
I wonder if Frosty was modeled after some relative the Marine campaign's writer hated, maybe some bully from their childhood, or someone who hooked up with a person the writer was attracted to? They really seem to hate him for some reason.
My personal chronology of the franchise: Predator, 1987 Predator 2, 1990 Alien, 1979 Alien: Isolation (video game), 2014 Aliens, 1986 Alien 3, 1992 (Assembly Cut) Aliens Versus Predator 2 (video game), 2001 (I also love the first game, but don't know where it fits in the timeline). I've read some of the original comics as well, but they were ret-conned when Alien 3 came out. Still, they are an entertaining (alternate) continuation from Aliens. All the other films (including Resurrection) are just non-canonical "what-if" stories, imo. Don't get me started on "Prometheus," "Covenant," or the upcoming "Romulus." 🤮
I'm so glad I experienced the first movies and games before all those nonsense movies came out. I remember renting a Jaguar from the video store just to play the Alient vs Predator game, which was lackluster and a big let down as a kid. But when AvP came out in 2000 again on PC, it was pretty fun, even if it was just mindless frantic gameplay mostly, which wasn't as fun as playing No One Lives Forever or even Soldier of Fortune around that time. But when the same people behind No One Lives Forever made the sequel, AvP 2 - I was so excited, I even reserved it at Electronics Boutique. Hell, I still keep AvP2 and all the old Monolith games on an SSD that I have all my favorite classics archived in a playable state with any widescreen and FOV fixes preinstalled.
.... Pretty sure I could make an AvP story somewhere on the level of the game. It's not really hard. Create a believable scenario why all 3 groups, Humans, Aliens and Predators, are on the planet and create a Story that matters to the Protagonists of all 3 Species. Edit.: I really wish AvP 2010 had the graphics and gameplay of itself but the level design and story of AvP 2.
I mean given enough time. This game had hundreds of notes/pages/logs that supplemented the main story. There are several subplots explored in these notes. For example the last stand of the survivors of the POC (Blaney). Subplot around the Iron Bears smuggling artifacts on the black market. Murder of scientists who asks questions. Snippets of everyday life in the pods. Logs from Eisenburg's first expedition to the planet. The fate of the White Team Marines who stayed at the POC. Those are just what I can remember off the top of my head.
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9:32 What game is this?
12:48 Wrong, the cloak doesn't work with Combat-Synthetics, or Androids. The rocket you were shot with was fired by an Android.
15:29 I get around this problem by using the transformation cheats. I transform myself into a Predalien or Praetorian. And I transform myself into a Facehugger in order to "harvest" civilians. 😁
21:15 I don't know why, but the latest patch that game had made it impossible to mercy-kill poor Hall.
29:30 Sadly, Frosty never gets his iconic armor back. That is Iron Bear gear that he is getting. From then on, when you die, you will see Frosty wearing the same Blue suit that Ivan is wearing.
You can feel that this game was maded preaviously to the movies. They used original sounds from Predator 1 and 2 and Alien 1-4. They even have an alien resurrection map tribute. This is by far the best AVP.
They also called it "Pilot technology" instead of "Engineer technology".
Of course it was. If it was made then the only finished campaign was marine's game had to be always online, there would be useless cosmetics for the broken multiplayer. Battle pass out the ass, road maps, buggy alien campaign you have to PAY unless you want expirience ungodly amount of grind and abamdoned paid DLC for predator campaign
Eh, the previous one from 1999/2000 was better in my opinion. At least it was more fun.
I'll be installing this again soon, as getting a new 85 inch display. Been over 20 plus years since I last played avp2.
where do you get the game now adays?@@ADreamPC
Man, I played this game since I was a kid all the time, custom maps, mods, hundreds of hours in multiplayer. As ya said, I hope they figure out the legal issues one day and get this game back on store, maybe even little remaster with options like Widescreen and FOV.
I've wanted this for years. One of the best games I ever played. Such good memories
I love the game as a teen. Great review too, lots of attention to detail! The story was quite good for this type of game.
One of the best reviews i've ever seen. Really enjoy the comedic relief as well
I hosted lan parties of this game back in high school it was so much fun even the the snipers were op
Cheers for showing the Master Server Patch 2.4 🙂
As a game, I'd love to see it remasters remastered with today's graphics, like the quality we saw with Alien Isolation.
Good god yes
A nightdive port would slap.
Rewatched the alien series sans avps and played isolation in anticipation of romulus and still need more alien in my life.
Agreed
@19:53 - If you look up in the ceiling you can see the Predator cloaked and cycling his vision modes with the flashing eyes in his mask, great details added to this game indeed
Multiplayer on a 56k modem was pure chaos and fun in Team Deathmatch. Also, the voice of Tomiko is the voice of Cortana and the voice of Cate Archer. I still have the original CD ROM of the game.
This channel deserves more subs. Great video on a great game. 👍
This game was part of my childhood 😢 it brings back good memories, installing it on my dads work computer back in 2001
I agree with all of your takes on this game. Nice review dude!
I still have my physical copy, man the hoops you need to jump just to get it working on windows 10 :S
This is my favorite AvP game of them all! I would have been happy to fork over money for this game almost intact but remade with a new game engine.
8:32 i remember running out of ammo in this level because there were so many aliens
Still one of the best multiplayer experiences of my life. AvP2 was a banger. Clan battles were epic. Higher level play and deep combat for all 3 races... classic. I was so mad when AVP film 1 came out, and they didn't just copy paste the story and feel of this game! Complete waste of source material. Instead we get a joke of a film set in Antarctica in present day?! WHY??
AVP: R was even worse. LOL
@ripperrex7883 the Predator in that film was miles better at least
I had hundreds upon hundreds of hours in the AvP2 multiplayer scene. Still the best multiplayer experience I've had.
One of my favourite games. Still install it once a year and play through. Great story and atmosphere. Even with old graphics it's scary as fuck!
I used to mod it. 😊😏
Great review with editing that must've taken ages. It's a travesty this hasn't got more views. I've subbed and liked anyway so hopefully that helps with the algorithm a little bit.
I also Played the AJLMod. Let me Brief for you all
"AJL mod is one of the first mods for AvP2 that heavily edited the game's source code. By doing so, the mod introduces vastly different gameplay mechanics from the original game. Some players love the new gameplay mechanics, while others hate it. It definitely takes some getting used to after playing the original game. AJL mod attempts to be faithful to movies by introducing new weaponry from the source material and it does so rather well. If you can get past the learning curve on the new gameplay mechanics, there is fun to be had, but it is unfortunately a multiplayer only mod. It removes the single player aspect of the game altogether. AJL mod has had several updates over the years. Fans of AJL mod are split between playing AJL mod R2 and AJL mod R3, which are the different release candidates. Often times AJL mod fans will play both so keep that in mind."
good stuff mate!entertaining and made me want to play AVP2
I played this game a year after it came out and continued for the following few years. the player vs player online community stuck together and created many skin and maps to play above what the original game provided due to the publisher releasing the code along with the toolkits to edit things. a few years went by and the game announced pulling the plug for online servers. The comunity again rose up and made a downloadable patch that would allow the game to continue online. i have been away for a few years but i bet there still may be some servers left running the game.
This has to be the best Aliens game ever made because they nailed everything!!! I know it's probably nostalgia talking but I played this almost everyday back then when this cake out. Aside from the single player i also played multiplayer alot and i remember even in 2009 there were enoug people on the servers and it was so much fun. I know it probably won't happen but I still hope that one day Sega releases a remake of this even tho this is still playable thanks to the community patches.
I still have my orig CD case and dual discs for the game and the handbook and of course my cd key, man that was so fun in the golden age of AvP2. This game is lightyears head of those horrid movies although they were good in their own respect to some sense I suppose. I remember I was very fond of Alien Lifecycle servers or reverse infection, also had a blast with TDM with strictly just USCM and Corp factions.
Better than the movies? Yes. I have only the fondest memories of AvP 2 (the game). First game I ever played online with a 56k modem (my ping was never lower than 9999 and I never got a single kill, but I was 11, I didn't care, I had fun), first time I ever downloaded a mod for any game ever, all 3 campaigns were extremely well done, the graphics were amazing for their time, and AvP 2 was the best game in the Alien/Predator franchise until Alien Isolation came out 15 years later and in my opinion is STILL the second best game in either franchise (with Isolation being #1).
Oh and I still have my original disk copy from 2001. Unfortunately the big cardboard box + manual is lost, but the disk in its jewel case remain.
0:01 ACKTHUALLY, the alien skull was the very reason why they came up with the AVP comic book.
Surprised to not see a Primal Hunt review which was my immediate glance to the recommendeds on the right after I watched this.
Streamed this last year, but couldn't get the expansion to work. But what I do remember of it, is that you find out why the Pod has fallen to the ground as it goes over that incident in detail.
I've heard mixed things about it, might have a look at it one day.
I hope Nightdive Studios are seeing this.
I love how in every other shooter after you've killed half of the planet your commander still thinks you won't make it.
I would have liked to have seen a sequel to this story, whether in another game or even a novel.
AVP2 is definitely my favorite of the franchise. Dang shame it is not available on any current console and pc platforms. I'd 100% buy a solid remaster like Turok 1&2 got.
2001 was such an excellent year for FPS games: Halo CE, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, AVP2, Red Faction, Operation Flashpoint Cold War Crisis, and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon all in one year. Dang...
Yeah was a pretty good year for FPS and so much variety in the style of gameplay.
It is available on PC and still playable online.
I purchased my first laptop in 2002 just to play this game! Didnt understand why it wasn't released on console back then. Played the crap out of it. Good times.
Now you can hate me for this, but in my head canon:
The Xenos are a bio weapon, because no biosphere would create or survive these things naturally.
The Yautja have stolen their tech and adapted it, but never truly costructed any of it.
And maybe the engineers is what brings these together.
This game was so much better than the first game. It's also better than all of the movies. This game took the best of every franchise and put it together. You can't hate on the graphics too much, because it came it in 2001. The graphics were not an issue when it was released.
I wish the movies had been more along these lines.
This was my first game i played online and i was have the OG CD and expansion. I wish for a remaster
Yes it is better. Plus there’s multiple ways to get it running on Windows 10 now
i really want a cool predator campaign in the style of hunting grounds but with some insane story
That ending had me LMAO
The only flaw with this game is graphics. Lithtech engine was a bit downgraded compared to other engines at the time so this game feels like a 98/99 game instead of 2001/2002. The use of the lights of AVP 1 was better. BTW this game is the best of the series.
3:33 Awww, I thought Captain Claw was a forgotten game.
LOVE AVP2! I can proudly say I have an original copy (uh, somewhere in this mess)
My favorite AvP game is still Aliens versus Predator: Gold Edition from 1999/2000. I got the initial release and then got Gold later.
AvP 2 was a disappointment for me with how slow and plodding it was. I also didn't care about the story. The graphics were also better in my opinion in 1999/2000. Watching your video reminds me that the flashlight graphics are terrible as it's a fake lighting engine with fake shadows.
The AvP 2010 was fine too. Multiplayer was fun for a bit although it would often end up as an endless conga line of long kill animations.
I really hope night dive remasteres it
I wonder if Frosty was modeled after some relative the Marine campaign's writer hated, maybe some bully from their childhood, or someone who hooked up with a person the writer was attracted to? They really seem to hate him for some reason.
I missed the expansion Primal hunt
Nice video, recently caught up on the game too. Any plans on looking into the expansion Primal Hunt?
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it, probably not as I kinda don't want to tarnish my memory of this game.
I think you can speargun Rhykov's head in his fight too.
Need a remaster now
My Favorite Game for PC, Alongside Predator Concrete Jungle
What is that beautiful music thats in the last section of the review?
It's Madder Sky from Code Geass or maybe the one right at the end which is Baka Mitai from Yakuza. :)
Does anyone have a clue what this guy's first sentence was?
Otherwise cool video 😏
That big pilot is a engineer
Amazing game, spent hours and hours on it...
3:01 Snape?
The energy sift should have just been outright removed, it makes things far too easy.
GOG has a release..
4:58 no Pirates of the Caribbean music? I'm disappointed
My personal chronology of the franchise:
Predator, 1987
Predator 2, 1990
Alien, 1979
Alien: Isolation (video game), 2014
Aliens, 1986
Alien 3, 1992 (Assembly Cut)
Aliens Versus Predator 2 (video game), 2001 (I also love the first game, but don't know where it fits in the timeline).
I've read some of the original comics as well, but they were ret-conned when Alien 3 came out.
Still, they are an entertaining (alternate) continuation from Aliens.
All the other films (including Resurrection) are just non-canonical "what-if" stories, imo.
Don't get me started on "Prometheus," "Covenant," or the upcoming "Romulus." 🤮
Disney owns the alien and predator franchise had been a bad idea from the start
I'm so glad I experienced the first movies and games before all those nonsense movies came out. I remember renting a Jaguar from the video store just to play the Alient vs Predator game, which was lackluster and a big let down as a kid. But when AvP came out in 2000 again on PC, it was pretty fun, even if it was just mindless frantic gameplay mostly, which wasn't as fun as playing No One Lives Forever or even Soldier of Fortune around that time. But when the same people behind No One Lives Forever made the sequel, AvP 2 - I was so excited, I even reserved it at Electronics Boutique. Hell, I still keep AvP2 and all the old Monolith games on an SSD that I have all my favorite classics archived in a playable state with any widescreen and FOV fixes preinstalled.
.... Pretty sure I could make an AvP story somewhere on the level of the game. It's not really hard. Create a believable scenario why all 3 groups, Humans, Aliens and Predators, are on the planet and create a Story that matters to the Protagonists of all 3 Species.
Edit.: I really wish AvP 2010 had the graphics and gameplay of itself but the level design and story of AvP 2.
I mean given enough time. This game had hundreds of notes/pages/logs that supplemented the main story. There are several subplots explored in these notes. For example the last stand of the survivors of the POC (Blaney). Subplot around the Iron Bears smuggling artifacts on the black market. Murder of scientists who asks questions. Snippets of everyday life in the pods. Logs from Eisenburg's first expedition to the planet. The fate of the White Team Marines who stayed at the POC. Those are just what I can remember off the top of my head.
hadeda jumpscare
Watched this at 0.25 times speed to boost your watchtime :)
A fan of The Spiffing Brit I see.
@@InfoGuyGaming ah so you to enjoy his videos
Its free in my abandonware
3:15 - "Know better from their" -- I go "Blood" and he says "F.E.A.R and Middle Earth games".
Oh. Yes, that would be more recent. 🧓