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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.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "OPP1 - Of Gods & Monsters". Map author: Windebieste Download: https://www.gamefront.com/games/aliens-vs-predator-2/file/opp1-of-gods-monsters-version-1-2 Map review: OPP1 was the first map for the Open Pyramid Project, a series of maps based on the original AvP movie. While there were other maps based on the AvP movie, none of them kept this OPP naming system. Like the AvP Movie, this map features the underground stone ruins with aliens running amok. The player controls the predator and starts with just the wristblades. There is a short period of time for the player to start gathering weapons before the aliens attack the player. Weapon selection is limited to non-tracking weapons (unless there are other weapons that are very hidden that I didn't spot) and the number of aliens attacking is high. This is a skirmish map and the aliens will continuously attack the player. Due to the predator taking a long time to heal between waves of alien attacks, the difficulty for this map is very high. The map's doors, as in the movie, periodically open and close every few minutes. The player can manage to survive a bit longer if the aliens find themselves stuck behind a door as the player navigates the ruins. Difficulty is still tough though. It should be noted that the map features custom electrovision skins for the aliens (not shown as I didn't use the vision modes). I found these skins to make the map more difficult to play, as the aliens appear as a dark green against a dark green background for the vision mode. They blend too well to easily spot enemies. Aside from the vision mode, this is a fun but tough map. Fans of the Under the Hunter's Moon campaign should give this map a shot as it has a similar experience. 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 "NekroSanktum". Map author: Phil 'Windebieste' Wlodarczyk Map review: NekroSanktum is somewhat of a spiritual successor to the map Morlock. Like its predecessor, it too is a marine based skirmish map sharing a hellish-lair look. However, NekroSanktum is a far more challenging map in that the player is placed above numerous lava pits and must navigate cramped corridors. This of course creates incredible difficulty in evading the enemy aliens attacking the player. It is very tough to survive long on this map, so quick save often. Those up for a challenge should definitely give it a try.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Nazi Zombies". Map author: Rasirez Story: "You are Harkman Ridiger, being employed by the 'company' for off-world engineering at special locations, it is your job to restore the power array and pipeline functionality at the NZ#03 base... but is that all?" Map review: Nazi Zombies is a tower defense/skirmish style map where the player must defend the base from attacking aliens. Friendly ai and turrets are present to help you out a bit, but it is extremely hard to survive for long periods of time as there is very limited health pick ups for the marine. The player can choose to play as a predator if they select the spear. The friendly ai will also transform into friendly predator ai. Health regeneration is even tougher as a predator as the enemy aliens are relentless. The author claims the map is version 0.2 alpha and intended to release a future update with the aliens attacking in waves instead of a non-stop attack as in this version of the map. Unfortunately, this was the last update of the map. Regardless of that, Nazi Zombies is a fun map for those who like skirmish style maps.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Morpheus Base". Map author: Necron Map review: This is an unfinished map with doom-styled narrow corridors that are filled with aliens. It's fun for a quick playthrough, but it is obvious that it needed a bit more polish and more rooms to be 100% completed. When the player reaches the "end" of the map, the player is stuck and is forced to quit to exit the game.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Morlock". Map author: Phil 'Windebieste' Wlodarczyk Map review: Morlock is a rather challenging human-based map, that can be played either as a skirmish map or with a mission objective of obtaining the exosuit. At the start of the map, the player needs to choose one of three difficulties by opening the ammo box corresponding to the entrance ladder to levels below ground. Harder difficulties have more aliens and less ammo. Once underground the player must puzzle solve in figuring out where the switches are to open the corresponding doors if they want to progress. Once the player reaches the surface, they will get the exosuit and fight a queen to the death. There is no real "ending" per say, so the player can either keep fighting the respawning aliens or quit at that point. Personally, I've found the map to be very difficult when not knowing where to go. Once I figured out where the switches and booby traps were, the map became far more manageable. Nevertheless, it's a fun map.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Metrostation". Map author: {AERO} Gps (with unfinished maps from The Flying Scotman and Hevoc) Map review: Metrostation is a huge map consisting of at least two maps joined together. The major sections of the map consist of a subway, a sewer, a temple, an industrial area and a hive. While the map looks cool, it feels very lifeless. Sound is almost non-existent unless you run into enemies. There are no ambient sounds, music, etc. This made the experience of the map feel very dull. There are plenty of enemies to combat though. The aliens will typically spawn as you approach every corner. This becomes quickly repetitive. The predator ai spawns are much more interesting and difficult to combat. This map is supposed to include various mission objectives as indicated in the readme, such as rescuing your fellow marines. The primary objective is to eliminate the queen and escape on the apc. These objectives never showed up for me during my playthrough. Furthermore, the other marines and apc never spawned. I know other players have received the mission objectives and had the marines and apc spawn. I don't know if this map is glitched or if there is a non-glitched version of the map as well. I tried replaying the map and I still experienced the glitched version each time. So if you play this map, maybe you will experience a slightly better experience if it loads correctly? Metrostation is not a terrible map by any means. The map comes off as lacking some polish and maybe a bit of bug testing. Give it a try.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Maze2". Map author: HHO. Map review: "Maze2" is the second of the few maze maps included with HHO's Frosty Aliens Predators - Special Edition (aka FAP_SE). Once again the player spawns as a marine and must navigate the maze to find the exit. While the "Maze1" map had a hedge maze style to it, "Maze2" comes off as a maze/obstacle course hybrid. At the start and end of the map, the player will navigate very narrow tunnels that force the player to conquer various obstacles that immediately kill the player upon failure. Thus, it is recommended to quick save often. The middle section of the map has an alien hive maze, a glass floor maze and a few rooms require the player to teleport via warps. The majority of the maze has very little npcs to deal with. The majority of them are facehuggers that come from eggs that can be avoided if they are destroyed. The remaining npcs are predators (a few of which sneak attack the player), a few drone aliens and a few corporates. One of these corporates is invincible as he can regenerate health and chase the player after he gets back up from falling. The biggest difficulty hurdle is easily clearing some obstacles. While I played this map previously, I had forgotten how to clear some of the jumps over acid pools. Therefore, I took many attempts to get it right. It should be noted that a few sections of Maze2 (the spike wall trap, the hive and predator cage with Jones) are reused in the POD expansion levels of the map FAP_SE. Overall Maze2 is a lot of fun. There aren't many maps that present obstacles to the player and force the player to think of their approach. More maps like this are needed. Download link: https://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 "Maze1". Map author: HHO. Map review: "Maze1" is the first of a few maze maps included with HHO's Frosty Aliens Predators - Special Edition (aka FAP_SE). In this map player spawns as a marine and is placed into a maze with the entrance closed off (perhaps by a predator?). The goal, like most mazes, is to reach the exit. The maze is really a hedge maze with various arrow signs posted around the hedges. These arrows actually point the correct path the player should take, so it is not hard to get lost. The real challenge here are the enemies. There are a few corporates and facehuggers which are easy pickings. There is one drone alien that can instantly kill the player if spawned. The predators can sometimes get the jump on the player at times too. However, there are two infinitely regenerating npcs that can't be killed. One is a beat up-looking marine and the other is a synthetic with a rocket launcher. These two are nightmares to beat. Once they are "killed" they will fall to the floor and slowly get back up to chase the player as if nothing happened. The marine will normally chase the player through most of the hedge maze once he is free from his cell. For whatever reason, he lightly followed me and wasn't much of a problem in my playthrough. The synthetic was another story though, as he was ruthless. To finish the map, the player must use the blowtorch on a keypad and exit the big cell doors that he entered. This part is a little bit confusing but that's the ending. It should be noted that there is a second version of this map called "Maze1Keep". It is basically the same exact map with minor props, like crates and boxes moved around and a few different facehugger spawns. Since it is really the same map I will not record it as it's 99% identical. Maze1 is a bit of challenge and is worth a look at it if the player is looking for more difficult ai to face. There is enjoyment to be had here.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Marine's Endgame". Map author: Osiris Map review: Marine's Endgame is one third of the three Endgame missions; the others being for alien and predator. The marine version of the map is a pretty standard map. Your goal is to make it to the evacuation point, which is at the end of the map. Along the way you will encounter a variety of enemies, but primarily aliens and some POC guards. A synth with a sniper rifle may be the toughest part in the map to get past. Fun map.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map campaign titled "LV-666_Infestation". Map author: Hamm3R Map review: Infestation is one of the more unique campaigns in that it uses completely new voice acting from AvP2 players. The voice acting is a bit hit and miss, but I find it amusing how the accents are applied to certain characters such as poc guards and corporates. The player, is also given new voice dialogue, plays as a corporate/merc. The level design is very reminiscent of depot, alesserfate and some of the early singleplayer missions, albeit more open. However, it is not the voice acting that stands out for me, but it is the difficulty of the enemy ai. The aliens all appeared beefed up in health, able to withstand extra gunfire. Hamm3r, as in his Limpboy map, makes the aliens here extra aggressive in that they are very prone to head-biting upon pouncing. The predator ai is insanely absurd in how strong they are and immune to de-cloaking with emp attacks. It felt like it took ages to defeat many of the predators, especially the heavy predator. The ally npcs are essentially useless as they hardly harm any enemies and usually can't shoot straight. Despite the absurd health boosts of some of the enemies, Infestation is a fun campaign that is worthy of a play. Just make sure you quick save often.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Limpboy". Map author: Hammer aka Hamm3r. Map review: Limpboy is an ok corporate-based map. In Limpboy, you play as Ivan. There are no missions as you just have to get to end of the level. This is fine, but it is a very short map. Limpboy is really a preview of what Hamm3r was experimenting with at the time in his lead up to his Infestation campaign. The level layout is the typical Weyland-Yutani style corridors and rooms. Just be sure to not pass the ammo box at the start of the map as it contains the hacking tool. It's a really odd place for the ammo box to be. Hamm3r is known for scripting highly aggressive alien ai which pounce at you often with lots of sneak attacks. In replaying this map I had forgotten where the aliens strike. At 2:14 I saw a grate and thought, hmm I bet an alien would jump out there. Even with my suspicion, I still jumped when the runner pounced out. I recommend playing this map before Infestation as a warmup.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled Leadworks Alien aka LeadworksAI. Map author: Unknown. Map review: I don't recall where I found the map LeadworksAI, but it was probably some obscure AvP2 website; maybe even a clan website. LeadworksAI is barely a singleplayer map. Whoever made it, they took the leadworks prefab, blocked off some tunnels, added about a dozen stationary corporate enemies and called it complete. So yes, it is leadworks with ai. While its not a lot of fun, it is definitely challenging to try and get through a long corridor with a dozen enemies or so without dieing. I would recommend this map to those who are into rom hacks that make the game extra difficult.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Ivan3". Map author: OO-Edds Map review: This is the third and final map of OO-Edds' Ivan maps. This time around, the player is on his own with no ai to help him take on the enemy marines. Ivan 3 has improved level design, more varied enemy types with different weapon loadouts and is generally the hardest map to beat of the three maps. Overall, Ivan 3 is a good map.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Ivan2". Map author: OO-Edds Map review: The second of OO-Edds' Ivan maps. Ivan 2 is very much a corporate vs marine set up, with the player once again playing on the side of the corporates. The Harrison enemy character seems to be used as somewhat of a boss with his increased health. Overall the map is short, but sweet.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map titled "Ivan1". Map author: OO-Edds Map review: The first of OO-Edds' Ivan maps. Some of the level design is a bit boxy, but it is overall good. The map is primarily human vs human with only a tiny bit of predator fighting. Make sure you crouch when crossing the bridge at the start of the map. I also blow myself up by accident in this playthrough lol.

Aliens vs Predator 2 singleplayer custom map campaign titled "Island of the Dead". Map author: Artalavista. Story: "'Island of the Dead' is a homage to the five paintings of Arnold Böcklin called 'TOTENINSEL' (German, that means Isle of the dead), he did between 1880 and 1886. This campaign contents one story in five chapters." Map review: Island of the Dead is one of the most fan favorited AvP2 campaigns/maps. The maps in this campaign are extremely unique, unlike any other AvP2 maps. While they are indeed horror-based, the author, Artalavista, chose to create an extremely artistic campaign based upon a series of eerie paintings. He clearly took great liberties with the campaign to tie it to the AvP universe, but in doing so, he also added paranormal elements to the maps. The level design of each map consists of solving small puzzles and navigating blocked pathways until eventually finding the right path. Most of the maps are filled with booby traps that can eliminate the player immediately. Thus, it is recommended to quick save often. The maps are tied together via cutscenes, sporadic dialogue and events detailing a haunted submarine (ghost ship if you will) and the actual island of the dead. This campaign is actually a bit of a mod, in that in features new textures, skins, sounds, hud, etc. All of these are geared towards fitting the dead theme and they work quite well. In my first time playing this campaign, I jumped quite badly with the appearance of the first ghost which took me off guard when it appeared. This playthrough is my second playthrough of the campaign, although years after I first played it. While I didn't jump this time, I had largely forgotten much of the campaign and was pleased to replay it. Island of the dead is by far the creepiest campaign and maps ever released for AvP2. While it doesn't have the dark and spooky corridors influenced by the Alien film, it has tons of paranormal and Silent Hill type influences that are very unnerving at times. The final level (epilogue) is so far out there in terms of what you would expect from an AvP2 game, yet it succeeds greatly. Island of the Dead is highly recommended.