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Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Survival" predator campaign. Map author: Claudiusz "ARCHITECT" Dudek. Map review: Survival is actually one big mod consisting of three singleplayer campaigns for the alien, marine and predator. In this video I play the predator campaign which has three long maps. The campaign can be completed in just under an hour for a first time play. The predator campaign is pretty good and perhaps the most polished campaign in the entire "Survival" mod in that it is the least buggy despite being a beta. The only real bug I noticed is that the vision modes don't display correctly. Fortunately, the maps are still playable without them. Speaking of the maps, there are only three maps, but each map is quite long. Unfortunately there is no predator vs humans gameplay in the campaign as it is strictly predator vs aliens. I prefer predator vs humans personally, but as far as predator vs aliens maps go, this is one of the best. As the predator, the player must enter deep into a hive to hunt aliens with his two npc predator teammates. The cutscenes for the predators are quite good as they use a lot of rarely used animations and help shape the story of the hunt. Along the way the predator will unlock new weapons as rewards and eventually attempt to take down multiple queens in an egg filled lair. Overall, the predator campaign in Survival is pretty good.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Survival" marine campaign. Map author: Claudiusz "ARCHITECT" Dudek. Map review: Survival is actually one big mod consisting of three singleplayer campaigns for the alien, marine and predator. In this video I play the marine campaign which has five maps. The campaign can be completed in about under an hour for a first time play. The marine campaign is pretty much fantastic. The player will go from investigating a facility, to a convoy mission (similar to the map a friendly welcome), to an apc escort mission, to ultimately a hive rescue mission. Each of these maps are done very well even though Survival was released as a final beta. The facility has the usual investigating rooms scenario, with enemy aliens popping out of no where to attack you. Interestingly enough, the player is given choices right from the start as to what route they want to take on the map. Thus, there are two objective paths. The player must also replenish health, armor and ammo from friendly npcs by selecting on them. Thus, the player is encouraged to stick close to allies. On the convoy truck mission, the player must protect the vehicles. Otherwise, the player must repair them via the torch to continue the drive. Furthermore, the player must clear the path of broken down trucks and escort allies to rescue. This trucks on this map are far less dangerous to ride on as in a friendly welcome, but the player character still gets shifted off on turns so be careful. The apc escort mission is one of the more unique additions to campaign that hasn't really been done before or since. It's awesome. Probably my favorite moment of the whole campaign is trying to escape the hive with two queens chasing the player down. It's one of the most tense moments in AvP2 ever. This moment alone makes the campaign a must play. Yes, Survival is a beta that has some bugs (first hacking panel is wonky, your player model changes in each map, maybe a bit of lag after the apc explodes, etc) but it's still great. Survival marine campaign is highly recommended.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Survival" alien campaign. Map author: Claudiusz "ARCHITECT" Dudek. Map review: Survival is actually one big mod consisting of three singleplayer campaigns for the alien, marine and predator. In this video I play the alien campaign which has five maps. The campaign can be completed in about an hour or more for a first time play. I found the alien campaign to be both excellent and extremely frustrating at times. The alien campaign follows a similar structure to Monolith's default alien campaign, in that you will start as a facehugger, become a chest burster and then finally become a full grown alien. The level design and cinematics are done really well. The problem with the campaign is that you are frequently restricted in what you can do. The restrictions include time limits, low ceiling restrictions that kill you and alarms that result in a game over. The author really pushes the player to play a stealth approach to combating enemies, but the alien really excels at hack and slash tactics. In my playthrough, I had to frequently quick-load to retry over and over because I was detected even if I was destroying all the ai. Some parts of the maps started to feel more like work than fun when I ran into these moments. I cut out probably an additional 15-20 minutes from the video where I experienced this because it was too repetitive to watch. It should be noted that Survival was released as a beta, so some of these moments probably needed a bit more polish to tidy everything up. I'm not sure if there is a real ending to the campaign or if the alien just dies in the predator's self-destruct because I couldn't find anywhere to get out the blast, even with frequent restarts. All in all, Survival's alien campaign is fun, but frustrating.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Subway Redux". This is version 1.1 of the map. Map author: Phil 'Windebieste' Wlodarczyk Map review: Subway Redux is a very faithful recreation of the original AvP classic multiplayer map by Rebellion. Like many other singleplayer maps made by Windebieste, Subway Redux is a skirmish map and has the player surviving against endless hordes of aliens. The difficulty is fairly low when compared to many of the authors other skirmish maps, unless you come across a facehugger or get cornered inside the main building. Some areas of the building are actually inaccessible to the npc aliens, which allows the player to survive indefinitely. In my playthrough I chose to keep moving even though I could have permanently stopped at the computer area/front desk for safety. Overall this is a fun map and definitely worth playing. Note: I'm using some HD textures via Yaji's High Quality Resolution Textures v2 and my Blood n' Guts mod for the gore.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Stranded Redux". Map author: Phil 'Windebieste' Wlodarczyk Map review: Stranded Redux is an AvP2 remake of the original Aliens vs Predator map. While there is another Stranded remake for AvP2, the other map is an objective based map with a beginning and an ending. Stranded Redux keeps the map a marine vs alien skirmish. It is one of the bigger skirmish maps in that the player must navigate quite a bit before getting to the main bunker. As the player progresses and picks up new guns, new alien types will begin to spawn. In this playthrough I made it up to the queen spawning but I have defeated the queen in previous unrecorded attempts. It is definitely hard though with all the alien npcs attacking the player. Stranded Redux is a cool map and recommended.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Stranded 2 - Return To Stranded". Map author: Coty. Map review: The scenario from the author: "You have landed back on Stranded to check out why the colonist have not responded in weeks. Landing the dropship some distance from the colony, you investigate what appeared from above to be some sort of swamp. The vibration from the dropship must have weakened some rocks and they give way blocking you off from the ship. There are no survivors on Stranded, and neither spider colonies have enough power to pilot the ship. A windmill shaft is broken on one spider station, and a radar disk is out of alignment on the other. The radar base will also need to be tack welded into place. Both stations must be running in order to support the power needed to communicate to the dropship because the signal has to travel to a relay station some distance away. Once repairing the above mentioned and hacking into the spiders control panels to get the power back on, you will be able to remote pilot the dropship to another safe landing place. (Keep your eye on the computer screen until the dropship safely lands. The camera will exit you after it lands.) Fight your way back to the dropship and you're home free..." Stranded 2 is a fairly good, objective based map. You play as a marine trying to repair some equipment to evac. As usual, you will be under duress as you are being chased down by aliens in the process. Every time I play this map, I get a bit confused as to how to repair the radar disk. The areas that need to be weld by the torch are not always completely obvious. Coty has included screenshots with the map, as a guide to do your repairs and beat the map. I recommend viewing them first before playing to help.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "sp_nuclear". Map author: Cyburk. Map review: Nuclear is a very short map in which the player plays as the marine. Level design is largely a mountainous hive landscape with a few buildings and a dropship landing pad. The player spawns next to the apc and aliens will continue to attack off of timed spawn points. There are several turrets that can be activated on the map to help keep the aliens off of you. While there aren't any mission objectives, the goal is to get the hacking tool and activate a switch that seems to set off a nuclear bomb (hence the map name). This nuclear bomb will kill off the aliens and prevent them from spawning again. After that, there isn't much else to do and there isn't a real ending. It's a rather short but decent map for 5-10 minutes.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Snoball Pred 2". Map author: Sno Ball Map review: Snoball Pred 2 is the sequel/continuation to Snoball Pred 1. Once again the player takes the role as a predator with the goal being to get to the end of the map. The sequel is far more difficult than the original map mainly due to trying to get the main doors open. I probably replayed this map about five times only to realize that two of the hacked panels open up another panel that has a tiny switch that needs to be activated. These switches are very easy to miss so make sure you activate them if you decide to play the map. The map difficulty is also ramped up due to the many synthetics armed with sniper rifles. The synths can instantly take down the predator. As for level design, the map consists of mostly long corridors with a few large open rooms. It's nothing fancy but pretty straight forward as it works. As previously stated, the player will encounter synths, but also some aliens, poc guards, turrets and an exosuit. To complete the map, the player must regroup with the other predators. Snoball Pred 2 was initially very frustrating with getting the doors open, but once you know what to do it can fun as it's a bit more challenging than other predator maps.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Snoball Pred 1". Map author: Sno Ball Map review: An ok predator map. Some of the ai spawns are a bit cheap but most of the map is pretty fair. There is no real ending in this map as you just walk into the room with predators and that's it. This is the first of two Snoball Pred maps.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Skirmish Alesserfate". Map author: Unknown. Map review: Skirmish Alesserfate is exactly what it sounds like; a skirmish version of the multiplayer map alesserfate. When the map starts, there are no enemies. You then have to choose whether or not you want to play the map on "easy" or "hard" by shooting the corresponding panels (they look cool in-game by the way). I gave it a round on both easy and hard and I honestly didn't notice much change in the difficulty. In both difficulties, the drone aliens will swarm the player. I found that as long as you keep backpedaling around the map and grabbing the health, armor and ammo pickups, the aliens won't ever be able to stop you. I accidentally killed myself on the easy mode with the rocket launcher. In the hard mode I started to get bored and rocketed myself to end the map. It should be noted that the player hud has an added skull and crossbones icon. This is an enemies killed tracker, which is a great addition to give you a sense of your "high score". As simple as it is, it's a fun map. It's a shame more maps didn't get the skirmish treatment. Actual multiplayer on this map is still more fun than facing alien ai, but this is a welcome change of pace.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "SK_Royal_Flesh". Map author: Unknown Map review: This is a decent skirmish map where you play as a human fending off respawning aliens in a hive. If you stay on the upper levels the aliens can't get to you at all unless you lead them there. There are some turrets propped about which help a bit, but it if you venture down into the lower levels, or into the water, it is a death sentence. Stick to the walls and run across the platforms to survive!

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "SK_Core". Map author: Joao Alves aka JP54 Map review: This is a skirmish map where you play in an exosuit trying to survive endless hordes of alien (drone and runner) enemies. Unfortunately, the map isn't too playable as there are major fps drops. Thus, shooting a single drone with an exosuit mini-gun is harder than it looks. Furthermore, the map is a bit buggy. As demonstrated in the first round, there is only one drone that keeps respawning. On the second round, the same drone gets stuck in the elevator lift, but this time all the other aliens spawn at once. Fortunately, you can fix the lift by jumping back on the platform and jumping out. The difficulty is also worth mentioning. If you run around in a circle, you pretty much never get hurt. I destroyed my exosuit both times to end the round out of boredom. The map had potential, but it could have been better.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Shafts". Map author: Phil 'Windebieste' Wlodarczyk Map review: Shafts is a marine based skirmish map that takes place in a Giger-looking skyscraper environment. The player must evade enemy aliens while scaling across the chasms between the the skyscraper/shafts. This is one of the most frustratingly hard skirmish maps because player movement is severely limited. The player is mostly forced to go in one of two directions on most platforms. Furthermore, many of the spawning aliens land right on top or near the player. They can easily gang up and corner the player, making survival very difficult. I actually love the multiplayer version of this map as it is fun to watch players falling down the chasm. The skirmish version is a bit too frustrating for me personally. Perhaps if the npcs were changed to humans or predators that could easily fall off platforms it would be much better.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Rod Serling's Giant Infested Scrotum Hangs Heavilly Over The Sacrificial Altar of Stonehenge" aka "Scrotumhenge". Map author: Windebieste Map review: This is another skirmish map from the twisted mind of Windebieste, who claims he had the flu when he came up with the idea for this map. It's a circular map with respawning aliens chasing you. You can climb up the ladder to the stone platforms for some cover, but occasionally aliens will drop down on your head. Overall, this is a small but funny skirmish map.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Saving Private Redclaw". Map author: Redclaw Map review: This cool map was inspired by the map "Saving Private Frosty", the movie Saving Private Ryan and obviously WW2. In this map, you play as a Marine storming a hill off the coast of a beach. You will encounter landmines, tank blockers, barbed wire and extremely tough corporate ai. Your goal is to reach the communications center and remote detonate the bombs. Saving Private Redclaw is one of the toughest singleplayer maps ever built, if not the toughest due to corporate ai being very deadly and relentless. I kept dying numerous times trying to storm the hill guns blazing at first playthrough. This recording is my second attempt to try and beat the map. In order to win this map, you must take a strategic approach, quick-save and be willing to retreat to regain health and ammo pickups.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Ruinous". Map author: Phil 'Windebieste' Wlodarczyk Map review: Ruinous is a marine based skirmish map, in which the player is placed in a dm_compound looking map that is filled with ancient pillars. Ruinous is one of the best skirmish maps for AvP2 in that it has a good balance between not being too difficult, yet still providing a challenge. As long as the player keeps moving, they will probably stay alive. However, if the player is cornered, grabbed by a facehugger or falls off a cliff, it can spell certain doom for them. In the video above, I replayed the map a second time just to grab the exosuit. It's not too hard to get once you know where the torch is. Overall, Ruinous is a good map.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Revenge of the Malevolent Monkey". Map author: Phil 'Windebieste' Wlodarczyk. Map review: This is another one of those oddball maps. In "Revenge of the Malevolent Monkey" a monkey rides around on a hybrid, flying creature, with a giant eyeball and syringes. Yeah... It encircles the map and repeatedly blows up some marines shooting at a predator in a tree. The player on the other hand, is elsewhere, as the player spawns in a small observation room filled with monitors. The player can choose to observe action through various camera angles via the monitors. That is all there is to the map. It's more of a joke than a full fledged singleplayer experience, but this is some of that twisted AvP2 humor Windebieste is known for. It should be noted that this is version 1.1 of the map which has some minor improvements.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Refuge". Map author: pythondude11 Map review: Refuge is an extremely short map. It is basically one corridor of large rooms, each containing enemies. The enemies are poc guards, exosuits and strikers (mosquito-looking bugs). The player can choose to run through the whole map or via the exosuit pickup. The author states in his readme that you are doomed at the end of the map if you don't grab the exosuit early on. You can beat the map without it, but the final two guards have near pinpoint accuracy with rocket launchers. If you're quick enough they can be beaten. Not a great map by an means, but it's fun for 5 minutes or so. I run through the map twice in the video; once with and once without the exosuit.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "RAS_Outpost_Defence_Survival". Map author: Rasirez Map review: This outpost map is somewhat of a tower defense and skirmish style map. The player spawns in a tower as the base is immediately overrun by aliens. There are turrets and guards located all over the base, but the aliens can easily gets past them most of the time. There is no real mission objective or ending to the map, but you'll probably want to get to high ground and get to the helicopter for safety. The map has somewhat of a Left 4 Dead feel with the rush to the helicopter. The difficulty is fair, but you can be easily killed if swarmed. There are some bugs in the map such as rain coming through the ceiling and a filter over the whole screen that makes everything look a bit blurry at times. These bugs aren't too bad though. The map is very short but fun for a quick playthrough.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Prop Stuff New". Map author: HHO. Map review: This is a short run through a prop test map made by HHO. There are no real missions here, just an exhibit of props. Some props are placed in rather unusual positions. To my surprise there is an enemy Predator in the level at 3:27. The map is pretty cool for testing and just checking out AvP2 props. It is bundled in HHO's Frosty Aliens Predators Special Edition (FAP_SE). For those who want to try the map themselves, you can get it here: http://www.moddb.com/games/aliens-vs-predator-2/addons/frosty-a-l-i-e-n-s-predators-se

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Primaeval". Map author: Phil 'Windebieste' Wlodarczyk Map review: Primaeval is one of the biggest and easiest skirmish maps in AvP2. In the map, the player plays as a marine that crash landed his dropship into a big swamp. The swamp is pretty big, all green and mostly flat. Due to the terrain being so large and flat, the player can easily spot enemy aliens and shoot them while back-pedaling. In my playthrough of skirmish maps, I typically try to survive as long as I can. As I played Primaeval, I began to realize I was surviving too easily, so I blew myself up to end the game. The map is fun, but it could use more of a challenge to keep it interesting.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Predator's Endgame". Map author: Osiris Map review: Predator's Endgame is one third of the three Endgame missions; the others being for alien and marine. The predator version of the map is probably the worst of the three simply because there are not many opportunities for stealth in the map design layout and you have very limited weapons at your disposal. Your goal as the predator is to reach the end of the map and defeat the queen. Once at the end of the map, you will get your other weapons, but for the first 90% of the map you won't even get to use those weapons. Overall, it's not terrible, but the limited weapons hinders the enjoyment of the map. This of course, can be remedied with cheat codes if you choose to use them.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Predator Adventure Full Map". Map author: AmirTech Download link: https://www.moddb.com/games/aliens-vs-predator-2/addons/predatoradventurefullmap Map review: In this map, the player takes control as a predator going through a series of boxy-looking outdoor areas. Throughout the map, the player encounters several aliens and human enemies. Unfortunately, the enemies are all stationary and don't really move much even when shot at. The map looks like a first attempt at map making (which it is). Thus, it lacks all polish. There are several texture issues going on in the map, as well as a lack of a true sky box. I actually "hit" the sky at the start of the map. There is also no real ending or exit trigger to the map. I found myself coming across a ship in the final room with nothing else to do, so I exited out the game.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Precipice". Map author: Phil 'Windebieste' Wlodarczyk Map review: Precipice is one of the smallest skirmish maps one can play in AvP2. In the map, the player spawns as a human on a small island floating in the sky. The island has some vegetation, crumbling ruins and a bunch of aliens attacking the player. The difficulty is rather high due to the player being in such close quarters with a swarm of aliens. To make it more difficult, ammo and weapons are very limited. There is a smartgun in the center of the map, but it immediately spawns a facehugger which makes it not worth retrieving. It's definitely a fun map, but tough to survive long on.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Place of Death". Map author: Corporal Hicks. Map review: Place of Death is a map that is included in "Custom Map Pack 4". The map comes in two versions; one being a multiplayer skirmish and the other being a singleplayer skirmish. Both versions of the map are identical except for one crucial difference, that being there are no weapons, ammo or pickups of any kind in the singleplayer version. The map is obviously a skirmish version of alesserfate, but it doesn't matter because the moment you spawn you are doomed to lose. I don't know if the author of the map forgot to place the power ups and pickups on the map, or if AcidGlow (the person who put the map pack together) screwed up by adding a multiplayer map to the singleplayer maps. Regardless, avoid this map completely and get the map "Skirmish Alesserfate" if you want this type of map to actually function correctly.