Aliens vs Predator 2

3D Game Comparison - Game vs. game. No hype; just facts.™

Engine

Atmospheric/environmental effects

• sparks: hacking, flares, impacts (alien claws, knives)
• steam: dead aliens, pipes

weather

• clouds: moving, rotating
• wind: cable hooks, curtains/drapes, streamers, trees

Other

• explosions, fire, shaking, smoke (fire)
• see particle effects

lighting

• dynamic, colored
• coronas, flickering
• fire, flares, flashlights

particle effects

• blood spray, debris, fire, gas, glass shards, smoke, sparks, steam

physics

• gravity: player character, NPCs
• friction, inertia, momentum

texture

• 16-/32-bit depth
• filtering: bi-/trilinear
• mapping: environmental (desks, glass, walls), mip
• decals: blood, bullet holes, guts

Other

• lens flare
• reflection: see environmental texture mapping
• shadows: vertical angle adjustment, ovalular masks; animals, pickupable objects
• skeletal animation
• transparency: clouds, fire, glass, light beams (laser, sun), pheremone auras, smoke, steam, water

player character

• character: alien, human, or predator
• facial animation
• impact dust: feet jump-land
• footsteps: dirt, water
• actions: pickup object, hit/kick, run, walk
• view: 1st-person (3rd-person with cheats)
  • view pan: keyboard/mouse
• other: alien grows

environment

• location: other planets
• cutscenes: yes
• level editor: no
• traps/hazards: damage::acid, damage::electricity, damage::fire, damage::gas (effect gas::plants), damage::steam

NPCs

• aliens, humans, predators

Other

• inventory: weapons/ammo
• sound: stereo