There's a genuine problem when the combat - the one thing in AVP: Evolution you have to engage in constantly - isn't fun at all.
Worse still, even when they do hit, the enemies can block your strikes, leaving you wide open to constant counter-attack (and don't even think about an 'execution' move if you're surrounded). Unfortunately the combat has no weight or flow, with both the Predator and Alien frantically swiping at the air, locked in to their animations when they fail to connect with an enemy. The basic gameplay takes on the guise of a third-person brawler, pitting you against locked room after locked room full of enemies of varying strength. And in case I was being ambiguous, by fight to survive, I mean you'll be fighting against the game itself. However, instead of a violent love letter to the sci-fi universe's deadliest hunters, players are handed a basic revenge plot where they'll have to fight to survive and defeat the Super Predators who seek to control the Xenomorphs and Jungle Predators. Predator title 'Evolution' was in the safe hands of Angry Mob Games, the boffins behind the brutally fun Predators for the App Store. With the Alien franchise in a bit of a slump thanks to the dramatic failure of the recently released 'Colonial Marines' it was a warm comfort to know that the new Alien vs.
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