Aliens vs Predator vs Aliens vs Predator vs Aliens Colonial Marines

This video is a retrospective review and critique of the Aliens Vs. Predator shooters, from 1999's AvP Classic to the 2010 reboot. It also cover Aliens: Colonial Marines, and that game's DLC Stasis Interrupted. The idea is to look at how each game approaches translating what worked so well in the movies into the medium of gaming. It talk about the games as they compare to the movies, as they compare to each other, and what's unique about them as video games. It also briefly looks ahead to Alien: Isolation. If you enjoy this video, please post it where other may find it.
____TABLE OF CONTENTS_____
Aliens vs. Predator Classic 2000-- 1:17
Aliens vs. Predator 2 (2001)-- 10:17
Aliens vs. Predator 2: Primal Hunt-- 22:04
Aliens vs. Predator 2010-- 27:41
Aliens: Colonial Marines: Stasis Interrupted-- 41:01
Aliens: Colonial Marines-- 50:29

[@jimmyshousevideos]

"I may not always find a lot of pleasure in that, but I admire its purity" I see what you did there

[@andrewcampbell6860]

8y

[@galenlovejoy9316]

"At least they fucked up in HD." Love that quote.

[@JoseGarnelo]

I'm kinda amazed that your style was already so clear and solid 8 years ago. Excellent work, as always ❤

[@wakesake]

You sir need to get more views and publicity. Your videos are great and the reasons are: 1.The way you speak/read 2.The words you choose 3.The way you explain things 4.The footage you use & much more please make more videos like these , for me you are one of the best reviewers. I would love to see Deus Ex compared and explained like this video here

[@Skullkan6]

He needs to work on his editing. The videos are almost 100% him talking, and while that's fine, his style changes very little. The bare bones Errant Signal's videos are more fun to watch. Stimulating these are, but fun to watch hours on end maybe not. Oh god I'm typing like him now.

[@marcelcummings7418]

I think they're more made to be podcast like content, at least that's how I *ahem* "watch" them

[@rsunset327]

Marcel Cummings P.I I love these to drift off to sleep and to do 1-2 hr tasks at work

[@haydentravis3348]

I choose to believe upvotes for this comment correlate to Noah's subscribers.

[@NamelessBody]

Thank you for reminding me to subscribe, I enjoy this content very much but have simply forgotten to click the subscribe button. Done now.

[@ShootingStar1313]

Ahh AvP2, how I missed it. The retrospective doesn't mention it but it's multiplayer was great too, especially on large open maps when marines, aliens and predators duke it out in a battle royale.

[@redshirt49]

You mean on large open maps, where the smartgun was so overpowered every battle went in the marine's favor? Sometimes the predators too but never the aliens, and especially not if alien lifecycle was enabled.

[@ShootingStar1313]

smartgun-OP, grenade launcher-OP, invisibility+shoulder cannon-OP, my friends reactions when my alien suddenly pounces on them and they jump out of their seats-PRICELESS. My score was usually low but I won in the shock department ;)

[@ryanprice766]

I'd like to add that in AVP 2010 there is a shit load of stuff that is simply never seen in several campaigns. If you hand around long enough or run ahead in some spaces, particularly in the Marine and Alien campaigns, you can hear a lot of dialogue that you wouldn't hear normally. There's hidden Predator traps in the Alien campaign and in the first level of the marine campaign if you rush ahead you can actually see an alien stalking you.

[@Sp33ddialz]

"I Admire it's purity." ...well played, Noah. Well played.

[@Siledas]

21:00 re: the scriptwriters - the original script was actually quite different to what ended up being filmed. David Fincher was brought on as a replacement director and, to be fair, I think he did a good job with what he was given. Originally, the prison colony was supposed to be a space monastery made entirely of wood. I don't think the producers thought too deeply about the metaphor you're alluding to when they decided on the change; rather, they were probably just trying to ground the concept and bring it a little closer to reality than a giant wooden death-star filled with abstinent space-monks, and an isolated prison colony seems only a few logical steps away.

[@brendanmccabe8373]

Siledas it was a fantastic idea for a film and could have been incredible but then the producers thought fuck that we need money and made a shit movie

[@pseudogenesis]

Now THAT'S what I call a title!

[@Deliverygirl]

Why does Colonial Marines look like a 2008 game?

[@broadcaststsatic]

Pretty much everyone who paid full price asked the same question, at differing volume levels.

[@xalener]

Deliverygirl Because it began development in 2006, was dropped in 2006, and outsourced to timegate studios a year before it ultimately ended up coming out. It was developed half way through, scrapped, then rushed through by a company too small to pull it off. It ultimately killed Timegate.

[@DerichndofCoomland]

+Noah Caldwell-Gervais Us suckers that did the preorder thing did it at a very high volume.

[@lambodriver2]

+Colonel Commissar that doesn't make the situation any better.

[@DSFARGEG00]

+Deliverygirl I recognize that avatar.

[@macrussell78]

Just found your channel and I like it. It's very simple, just you on the mic analyzing a game series. No obnoxious memes or cutaway gags. It's refreshing to be honest.

[@Furore2323]

10:18 "... I admire its purity." HURR HURR HURR. :P

[@williamdufort176]

I as well noticed this reference.

[@Neerus2007]

There was an RTS that came out i think in 2003 that I played as a kid that had a real impact on me. Aliens Vs Predator Extinction. It was really really good and completely overlooked and the nostalgia from playing it really gets me excited

[@Spooky799kil]

AVP2 is best aliens game hands down.

[@IncredibleFulk1]

Hell freaking YES!!!

[@serioush]

When I played AVP2 years ago I had the good fortune to have an amazing feature on my video card that the game actually supported: active shutter 3d glasses. (way before the current crappy 3d gimmicks) I was too young to appreciate what I had and facehuggers scared the shit out of me, more-so in 3d, but looking back it was amazing.

[@Spooky799kil]

***** Yes I play most aliens games but AVP2 has everything from Alien and Aliens to offer. Nothing can beat the game. My hope is Alien isolation comes in 2nd behind it. AVP3 is fun but it certainly not the best.

[@w0bbl3r]

Spooky799kil AvP 2 game is the best, for sure. Especially for the marine campaign. I preferred hunting humans in the 2010 AvP as the predator, but being an alien is awful in that game. The marine campaign in AvP 2010 was ok, but pretty generic and far too short, with most of the last half being against those bots, which was just terrible. AvP 2 was almost faultless in every way.

[@DGneoseeker1]

If AVP2 had the gun noises from Colonial Marines it would be even better.

[@nicholasward8042]

This is seriously a beautiful channel, thank you from the bottom of my heart and soul for what you do.

[@TheKnightofTheNorth]

A fundamentally insightful and indepth look at an iconic series of games. Shit, man, you're becoming quite the Gaming Academic.

[@cripplehawk]

AVP2 and Alien Isolation are the best of the bunch AVP2 is like a James Cameron/John McTierman action adventure. where as Alien Isolation is very much like a Ridley Scott' classic film.

[@MrDemonicDan]

True dat! AVP2 also taps into a lot of the expanded universe material in the various comics and graphic novels and feels right at home. One of my favourite games, especially as an aliens game. Nice to see it getting some love here as it was very much overlooked and generally under-appreciated.

[@MadsterV]

I still like AVP over AVP2. The Alien movement is much better and you can spend a lot more time on walls and ceilings, while AVP2 forces you down to the floor very often, and there are too many areas without a ceiling. AVP2 sacrificed the dynamism of lighting for image quality, and I think that was a mistake. I'd love to see a remake of classic AVP. Also, Isolation is a masterpiece and a love letter.

[@Vivec]

I've been waiting on this video for a long time and I can confidently say I was not disappointed with the quality! You're seriously one of my favourite KZbinrs, keep up the great work

[@Zeithri]

Here's my thoughts quickly since this was a long video. 1. AvP Classic is one of my favorites. I played it so much, like every day, until the disc physically broke in the CD Driver. 2. AvP 2 was a worthy follow-up that improved upon AvP storywise, but I still prefer AvP classic. 3. Primal Hunt's, and likewise AvP2's best story was that of the Alien. As was AvP Classic. 4. While initially cool to have the LifeCycle, in the long run I didn't care much for it. It wasn't *fun* to be a worthless chestburster. 5. AvP3 ( _2010_ ) is essentially a remake of AvP1 but with a more sensical plot and I love AvP3's storyline. Another games I played a relative amount. Though we did have to complain on the forums because Predator's overpoweredness with the disc was just insane. Predator had never been more powerful than in that game and it went so far that it eventually just evolved into grudge matches online with Predators against Predators and whomever threw the first disc won like if they were from Tron. I personally think that the strongest story in all AvP games have always belonged to the Alien because it's always in the same lines: *Serve the Queen, further the Hive*. The Marine does as the Marine does in these games. The Alien hunts and furthers the hive's progress, saving it or creating a new. The Predator gains honor. But while the Marine ending is bleak, the Alien ending is terrifying, the Predator's ending is just fucking awesome. They really completely managed to capture the essence of the Predator and the Alien, Rebellion did. 6. Aliens Colonial Marines was crap, and I first saw the warning signs when we got to see the kamikaze aliens but no one would listen to me. Ironically, when the game was released and now affirmative shit, I cut the kamikaze aliens some slack because I felt they fit really well into the alien lore. And that whole segment was terrifying and fun, that combined with the " _King Alien_ " and the final figth against Alien Queen was the three legitimately good parts of the game. The rest was shit. 7. I never played Statis Interrupted but I did watch a playthrough of it, and just then, as now in your video ending, the death of Lisbeth still makes me physically ill to watch ( _Alien 3 on Amiga traumatized me so badly as a kid that I still have nightmares and pseudo-nightmares, 23-25 years later or so, as during that time, I had never seen anything quite like that_ ). 8. I love Alien 3 as I thought it was a great underrated movie, with a fantastic finale to Ripley's story. Not to mention the amazing orchestral score. Alien 3 just have a great feeling to it - Despair, bleak, hopelessness, *utter doom*. I think the biggest reason why so many don't like it is because they can't handle all that negative sensation. Final: Makes me wonder if you've ever played the PS2 / Xbox game, Predator Concrete Jungle. Another great Predator game that captures the essence of the Yautja.

[@nicholasward8042]

Zeithri I like you sir. :)

[@zeubersandvitch8882]

holy shit, I actually found someone who likes AVP 2010 other than me!

[@simonriley4131]

+zeubersandvitch I actually found someone who likes Alien 3 other than me!

[@Kiara-xm1ff]

+zeubersandvitch I like avp 2010

[@electricmiragemedia]

I really have no idea why you don't have hundreds of thousands of subs

[@Bishop38f8]

Low production value. His microphone sucks, editing etc. And very long videos. Most people prefer 5 - 15 minute long videos. Same reason reviews with scores will always be more popular than thought out, explanation ones without a score at the end.

[@insertnamehere3363]

He does now. I’ve been here since a couple videos before this and although he didn’t have a great mic or camera he had an almost nostalgic feeling to his videos. His videos now are an obvious evolution of his style here

[@Maxdepier]

pizza boy or not , you'r an absolute fucking joy to watch , both entertaining and informative and you'r the only youtuber/game critic that can make me watch a 1 hour video and still make me want to watch more ! oh , also , Noah , ever though of making a video about the dead space franchise or the F.E.A.R franchise ? :o would love to know your answear :)

[@bitcrusher1355]

Really like the fact you don't edit out tiny errors in pronunciation, refreshing in the day of constant cuts and over editing. Helps maintain the stream of conciousness.

[@Redders002]

Alien v predator 2 is one of my all time fave games, still play it today.

[@sangrin3229]

Seriously, my day is immediately made better when I see there's a new video from you. Thanks again for another great video =)

[@mats4563]

I've been watching your videos for over a year now & you just keep getting better. I've not even THOUGHT about this game franchise for a long time & you brought me right back to sitting in the dark room from my childhood in front of the monitor I used to have that made a quite distracting humming sound, yet not caring one bit 'cause I heard that Predator rattling sound somewhere. And get a Patreon, dude! It's entirely feasible for niche content creators with smaller audiences to make a some nice money on the side, perhaps even allowing for a few extra days per month dedicated to making videos.

[@thescatologistcopromancer3936]

I had only watched your latest videos, and it's great seeing how far you've come. I can't imagine making multiple hour videos and not tripping over my words much more often

[@CMontgomeryBurns09]

I really enjoyed AVP 2010. Sure, it wasn't as reliable and ambitious for its time as AVP 2001, but I loved the presentation, the sound FX, and especially the upgraded animations of the Alien campaign. I even enjoyed the single player bonus mode where you fought waves of Aliens in one arena. If only they had focused on more sandbox type level designs for the Predator campaign...

[@reedawilliams3958]

This is actually the first review I’ve seen from you several years later and you are one of my favorite KZbins.

[@theguardian8317]

Colonial Marines didn't just have "graphical quality" reduced. The original trailer was a short either scripted or prerendered movie and then the developers tried to make a game based on that scene. You know: Your typical AAA publisher scam. I believe they call it "vertical slice"

[@LimboJimbo]

Thank you for the great video! This and your other productions are up there with the best you can find on KZbin. At least for people that appreciate the level of detail that you put in your analysis while nevertheless being absolutely entertaining (which I definetly do). Please keep up the good work!

[@GrubHuncher]

When I first started watching your videos I didn't think they were all that great. Now, having watched 8-10 hours of your channel, I've completely changed my mind. These are awesome analyses, and I really appreciate the huge amount of work you put into each video.

[@britneyfierce]

Noah you are honestly the best KZbinr I know and your content is incredibly good ! Please carry on.

[@Anemptybox]

Always a complete joy seeing a new video by you, Noah!

[@EU_Cafe]

Noah I think I rewatch your videos once a year, you're just amazing my dude

[@ReVVAdAUL]

An excellent and thorough overview of the series. Thank you.

[@belly-avrill]

having watched all of Noah's videos of games that I've played, it's time to go back and watch all of his videos of games I haven't or have never been interested in playing. it's really impressive to see how thoughtful and biting his analysis was even in his fledgling days as a KZbin critic.

[@DoctorShellbait]

As usual Noah, your videos are a delight to watch and listen to. I eagerly await your contribution. Your works are still my most favorite out of all the channels I follow.

[@nicolasrodriguez7899]

I just came across this video and I did not mean to watch it from beginning to end, but after going from one minute to another and hearing the analysis, I ended up doing just that. Loved it.

[@AudioCrossingVideos]

please dont stop making videos. i look forward to setting aside blocks of time to watch and rewatch your content.

[@nexusshark]

I'd give AVP 2010 some more credit, but it was definately not used to it's fullest potential. I think my main problem was that, aside from reusing maps over and over again, it was way too short. And it had barely any story going on. AVP classic had little to no story, but it balanced it out by having more variety in levels and it wasn't too damn short. The game could hold it's own without a story. It was a game first and story third. AVP 2 did put emphasis on story as well as the variety of the levels and the length. AVP 2010 had little emphasis on all those points. It's still a fun game though and it still uses the Xeno's way, WAY better than Colonial Marines does. The DLC Stasis Interrupted it pretty much the only good thing about the game, because it at least TRIED. The main game is almost worthless. It relies way too much on nostalgia to sell itself. Apparently it worked. Alien Isolation is like the polar opposite of Colonial Marines. If I would give Alien games a score then: Alien Isolation 10/10 AVP2 9/10 AVP classic 8/10 AVP 2010 7/10 Stasis Interrupted 5/10 Colonial Marines 4/10

[@cjware316]

+nexusshark I agree.. I actually played through that game more times then I should of.. I found it was the best game in that universe for me... I mean damn. We got 3 campaigns (Even if there mostly the same levels) as the 3 iconic creatures we know and love from the AVP universe, so I enjoined it.. But kept wishing it could of had an actual Poignant story and better more default helmet wielding marine. I liked the crazy gruesome deaths tho..! Overall a Ok game, but the property deserves so much more.

[@Bobman-ml5qf]

I LOVE Alien Isolation. But I hated the Working Joes part, where you had to power w generators to turn on the Space Stations "Mother"; also the Working Joez before and after the Alien Hive (also that Hive was a pain in the ass).

[@nomadjensen8276]

Noah. I wish i found your channel years ago. You are hilariously witty and have great statements that describe the situation perfectly. and the best part is that you are one of those guys who is funny an it seema like your not trying. Awesome stuff dude

[@deltahalo241]

They do actually explain the lower ammo count in the Pulse Rifle in Colonial Marines. They mention that it is the Mk 2 which has a lower ammo count but has a higher damage output. It is said right in the weapons customization menu.

[@Andlekin]

I created an AvP2 community of about 10 in my high school. Played this game weekly through 2007. Good days. The infection mode was always our favorite.

[@M1SF0RTUNE]

I really enjoyed this. It takes a very thought-provoking look through the series. You should definitely make more of these kinds of videos! Loved the Bioshock one too by the way.

[@valentinseleznyov3906]

I actually like Alien 3. Thematically at least. Its take on the theme of incorruptability is actually pretty clever, with its religious overtones and Elliot Goldenthal's masterpiece of a score. In terms of action, tension and drama it's not quite so good, admittedly. Also, dance music and disco-lighting make any scene better. See the fist fight with the velocirapter in Telltale's Jurrasic Park, and Karma's capture in Black Ops 2. Finally, Colonial Marines did get one thing right. The way the blue hue of the screen mirrored the helmet cams in Aliens was pretty smart.

[@alexblackmore7744]

RE: Alien 3 the workprint cut is also much, much better than the theatrical cut. It's genuinely good, albeit not on par with Alien or Aliens. I do like how it dials things back from Aliens though. In fact, thinking about it, Alien 3 is to Alien what Alien Resurrection is to Aliens. Both are flawed re-interpretations of the style of a former film in the series.

[@McHaven07]

I'm really glad you keep making these! :)

[@Neb30925]

This has got to be the most comprehensive comparison of these AVP games. Marvellous!

[@Spectans1]

Excellent video, enjoyed every second of it! Thank you.

[@arhidumistul]

I love watching your videos! It combines 2 things i enjjoy a lot:really well done documentaries and video games. Please keep them comming!

[@KingdomOfAnElephant]

as a huge alien- and predator fan (especially the avp games), i really enjoyed this video. not only do you really competently explain what’s great and what’s not about the avp games, you also made me aware that there actually is a story dlc for colonial marines that i had in my steam library for years and didn’t even know about 😂

[@schiegirl]

Found you linked on a few different sites. You are fantastic at articulating and proving a point. Truly you have a talent. Please keep making videos they are both informative and entertaining and I really do mean that.

[@DarkOblivion09]

Glad to see you uploading again! Keep going!

[@londonfoto]

Great detailing on the series. Charming & eloquent voiceover

[@HailAnts]

Realize this was made a while ago, but it would be neat to add the Doom: Aliens TC to the beginning...

[@Darkernorakeln]

Thanks for making this!

[@cirrbagel430]

Some of the best analysis on KZbin

[@theechothief5594]

Noah, I'm convinced you're the best part of the gaming youtube community. Thanks for being awesome.

[@mrboogyman4888]

EXCELLENT VIDEO loved every minute of it

[@bradleysspirit8500]

I'm really enjoying these. Thanks!

[@jorgetroublemaker8265]

Amazing rewievs! It is great to listen to someone that knows about this stuff.

[@jpthefisherman]

"Really Hicks, did you happen to find the last seven hours of my life in there, too?"

[@user-qc6pg6ef6h]

Excellent, as always. Also, there is noticable improvement on your barration and writing, so kudos on that.

[@makesyouaweapon]

You know, if Hick's only dialogue was gonna be "No..." you'd figure they could have spent the extra money to get the actual actor to do one take of the line.

[@Paralax1624]

This was a great video. I agreed with all points and found it to be very insightful. The only criticism I can come up with was its length, but that is unavoidable given the amount of material you had to cover. Liked, and subscribed! Good work.

[@unclepatrick2]

You always do great analysis of the games . Also I love your choices of classic country music at the start of your videos

[@Lassulus1]

nice, finally a new one. Keep up the good work.

[@kryrimstercat]

I adore your appreciation of old shit. It pleases me. Seriously though how are you not bigger on this platform? Your stuff is just rootin tootin amazing

[@Terenin]

AVP2's MP is legendary to me. I still recall with absolute clarity 3 things. I was playing with a friend of mine, a 1 vs 1 match, I as marine, he as predator. Of the many back-and-forth battles we had his best moment was when he freaked me out by nailing my head to the wall from across one of the more open maps with the combi-stick, or whatever it's called. It was so sudden and out of the blue, I freaked out completely. Later on a different map, my best come-back was teaching him why he should not fuck around with nets. I tailored my loadouts for anti-Predator work ofc, and when he netted me and cam over to collect my head, I got him back by shooting him in the mask and then his face with my pistol. He wasn't expecting that. The last moment was a massive LAN party in a school-hall in Norway, we had traveled a long way to take part in this event and one of the games we played was AVP2 MP with filled-out roosters. I was an alien, and on the full-cycle type of play tried to get my poor facehugger up a flight of stairs. I bounced to hard and flew up the stairs from the mid-way point, PERFECTLY connecting with the face of a marine player who was running down the hall. The sudden change made the both of us yell out in surprise, where we found out we were playing from right behind each other. Everyone around us got a good laugh out of that. AVP2 was awesome for it's time, and it's such a shame it's so hard to get a hold of today, I would love to play it again, even though I've beaten it enough times to know the whole thing by default.

[@brodyhill]

Great video. I fired it up thinking "i'll watch a few minutes of this, no way I'm going to sit through the whole hour".... an hour later. It was fun to relive playing all the aliens games, and I'm glad to see we agreed on a lot of the same points. My side note addition: AVP2's multiplayer survival mode was hella awesome with coop buddies. Thanks for making the video.

[@VaciliNikoMavich]

Very excellent review an commentary, I really enjoyed that :)

[@CplDwayneHicks11]

Aliens: Colonial Marines and Stasis Interrupted were fantastic. 20th Century FOX and Ridley Scott should make Stasis Interrupted a TV mini series. Lisbeth, Samwell and Rick Levy are really great characters.

[@Axetwin]

Subbed and I know what I'll be spending the rest of the day watching. How I'd never heard of you before now is beyond me.

[@MrMatu2t]

we need a AVP 4....

[@nicholasward8042]

MrMatu2t we do, but only like the originals (just not as straight forward maybe) only with the graphics of 2010, but on fucking crack.

[@nicholasward8042]

MrMatu2t oh, and the alien gameplay needs to be much much better. I can see them making a new game. Even more so if another movie comes out by chance, but that'd mean the game would probably be shit. Idk. We're in different times, really now anything can happen

[@tezwoacz]

I would pay lots of money for AVP2 2017 remake =)

[@ight_of_heart]

I'm just 20 minutes in and I love this video to death. These are the games and... facets of our nature, that rarely end up in a spotlight.

[@GoldStandardPunk66]

Niiiice, always a pleasure to see your videos.

[@cm2208]

youre the man. please keep churning vids out

[@Zack_S-M_89]

Great video man, summed up the games perfectly. AVP2 is also my personal favorite, and yes I still have my copy :D

[@Pooggle]

Finally! great work.

[@NavyAlphaGamer]

These are amazing videos dude, if you get more time i would love watch more. Its super rare that we get these types of videos

[@MiscName]

Great video, I really enjoyed watching this. Probably because I agree with every single thing you said!

[@morningnapalm9963]

KZbin's finest video-game reviewer and informant.

[@doltBmB]

Also Colonial Marines might've been shite. But the soundtrack was amazing. It slots directly into the 1986 original Aliens score. Kevin Riepl was born to write Aliens, his previous works echoing major themes and styles from it. Waste of good music really. I did like the HUD too, going for a a more 8-bit green text era of computing look to it than the modernistic HUD's of the other games. The separate motion tracker was also a nice touch, where having one at all times like the Halo or Call of Duty radars was perhaps a bit untrue to the source material.

[@thejourney2point0]

Riepl, he is the guy who made the music for Gears of War right?

[@doltBmB]

theroadie451 That's correct. He's done a lot of music for Epic games.

[@Harry_S._Plinkett]

Love this video. One of your best. Any plans on ever doing a video on the Halo franchise? I always felt the story was really well done, and there is so much lore to look at, that a video on it would be really interesting to see.

[@genuinesaucy]

Welp, you talked me into getting AVP classic. I'll check that out and then get the second one, which I have very fond memories of playing as a kid.

[@daviddelossantos6075]

AVP Classic really zinged me with its trilogy of campaigns and unique playing styles. The levels are definitely labyrinthine and I got frustrated often but I'll never forget the experience.

[@extrememark13]

I liked AvP 2010 as many people did I believe, but all in all very good and accurate reviews. Well done

[@FrogmortonHotchkiss]

10:15 "...I admire its purity" - hee hee!

[@MediHusky]

I admire it's purity. You thought, you could just sneak that in? And nobody would notice?

[@SlabMangrave]

Great video but I'm most delighted by the idea the intro spawned in my head of Alien and Predator singing about their dysfunctional but loving relationship

[@jordandrummerdavis]

Great video. The original AVP still is my favorite and the scariest. The marine weapon sounds were spot on. For some reason they changed that in AVP 2. They got the predator sounds spot on in AVP2 though and had a fantastic multiplayer. Alien Isolation has left us hope for more great games to come.

[@HeyFella]

Alien 3 works for me as a film about human misery. The Theatrical Cut is a huge mess but the Assembly Cut I'd argue is better than Aliens but still nowhere near as good as the original.

[@poopydoodie11]

As a huge fan of the franchise I'm always interested to hear different takes. What specifically in your mind makes it better than Aliens? Just curious :)

[@HeyFella]

+poopydoodie11 Aliens is loved by a lot of people but to me it lacks any of the emotion or thematic imagery of the original film or even Alien 3. It's an 80's action film and it really doesn't go beyond that. Yes there's some themes of Motherhood but they are pretty surface level and there's nothing interesting or impressive about its visual design. I personally think the decision to introduce a Queen Alien was a huge mistake. It takes the mysterious biological weapon approach from the first film and disregards it for Space Bugs essentially. It's a fun film, I enjoy Aliens but I prefer Alien 3 for its darker artistic approach.

[@poopydoodie11]

Thanks for the reply :) I prefer Aliens, but I definitely enjoy the third one a great deal. I really think the ending was the perfect way to end the series, but they had to go and do a fourth one. I personally thought the theatrical release was a little better. Ripley being found washed ashore never made sense to me lol

[@HeyFella]

her escape pod landed in the ocean of that world.

[@Kardia_of_Rhodes]

My beef with Aliens is that they made the Xenomorphs "Killable". For me what made Alien so scary was that you didn't know if you could actually kill it. I also like Alien 3 for expanding on the biology of the Xenomorphs by showing us that it could use other lifeforms as hosts and that whatever it chose would reflect the abilities it may have.

[@panchri]

Very well made in-depth video. I kinda missed mentioning the Alien: Resurrection PS1 game though, since it played kinda like Dead Space long before Dead Space was released with amazing graphics for PS1.

[@clydegerano1228]

Exquisite entertainment. Videos like this are why I haven't watched cable in 4 years.

[@orchid9]

AvP10 was soooo sooooo beautiful. I mean visually IT STILL HOLDS UP and looks amazing even beside modern games. It's HOW it looks, not even the tech itself - tech allowed artists to create that beauty. And back in the day those visuals were out of this world, stuff from the future that never came. And them Aliens never ever looked this good even in the Alien Isolation game (that one fittingly looked more like rubbery big serpent from Alien than them wall crawling bugs from Aliens).

[@cjware316]

Hey Noah, is there any chance on you doing a video on Novalogic series of games. Like Delta Force Black Hawk Down, Joint Operation Typhoon Rising etc. etc.?

[@Nazzul]

You might use editing software from 1999, but your voice and retrospectives are top notch!

[@Kiryutka22]

AvP 1999 was AMAZING! ! ! !

[@ChibiWes101]

Noah, man, I fucking love you. This is the best thing to show up in my feed since your last Retrospective. I'm curious if you're going to make a possible update for Alien Isolation since its actually coming out in a week?

[@Nergalsama01]

I really liked the detailed look at the AVP series. Thumbs up to you, sir! :) BTW, Kotaku mentioned a Fallout analysis video that you did a year ago. Unfortunately, the video is no longer available. :(

[@thepowerofIandI]

Your show is fantastic for research projects.