Aliens vs Predator 2

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

Engine

Atmospheric/environmental effects

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

Weather

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

Other

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

Lighting

• lighting::dynamic, lighting::colored
• lighting::coronas, lighting::flickering
• lighting examples::fire, lighting examples::flares, lighting examples::flashlights

Particle effects

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

Physics

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

Texture

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

Other

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

Player character

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

Level/world design

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

NPCs

• NPC::aliens, NPC::humans, NPC::predators

Other

• inventory: inventory::weapons/inventory::ammo
• sound: sound::stereo