Aliens vs predator prey comic pdf full#
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The writing and characters are solid, the action sequences and serious moments are well-balanced and I'd label this as one of Steve Perry's best. If you want something more, there are, as I've mentioned, better books out there in the Aliens / Predator / Prometheus universe.Įasily the best of the AVP Trilogy. If you're looking for mindless AVP action, and a totally forgettable but enjoyable enough story set in this universe, this is the book for you. The shots were deafening in the closed area. The book also has no sense of dread whatsoever, which is usually a staple for films set in this universe, and the action, composed of mindless shooting of Xenos over and over again, was so repetitive the characters in the book even reflected on it:

Aliens vs predator prey comic pdf full#

With the Yautja it's more understandable, because most of the ones in this book are still in training, they're not full blooded warriors, but I'd still expect them to be smarter than this. And the Yautja appear for the most part to be lobotomized morons, getting stampeded to death by animals and similarly dying off easily. In complete contrast with the movies, the Xeno drones of this book are incredibly dumb, getting killed off by the dozen and basically running right into the metaphorical meat grinder they employ no strategy at all and act like mindless cockroaches. This, by the way, brings up potentially the biggest question I could ever have about AVP: why the hell did Sigourney Weaver and Arnold Schwarzenegger never appear together in an AVP film?! But I digress. Similarly, in the film Predator, a single Yautja is able to systematically kill off an entire elite special forces team, minus, of course, Arnie ( 'Get to the choppa!'). The Xeno hides, adapts, and is clearly intelligent.

In the film Alien, a single Xenomorph is able to kill off an entire ship's crew of adept and armed individuals, minus, of course, Ripley. I also didn't like the inconsistent portrayal of the Xenomorphs and Yautja compared to the Alien and Predator films. This added little value, I found it weird as hell, and it felt more and more like a way to add pages to the book to get it to a publishable length as time went on. One thing that really grated on me as the book went on was how the authors would tell the exact same event from one character's point of view, and then immediately afterward they'd replay that same event, but from another character's perspective. Maybe he felt an AVP book needed to read more like a mindless action movie, I'm not sure. This is especially surprising given that both books were written by the same author.

Aliens vs predator prey comic pdf series#

Earth Hive absolutely and spectacularly nailed the gritty, tense, hardcore atmosphere a book in the Aliens series demands (the same atmosphere all the Alien movies had), while this AVP entry was written like an ordinary novel and lacked this atmosphere completely. I've only read one other book in this universe so far, Aliens: Earth Hive, but found that to be infinitely better than this AVP entry. Overall I liked this book, but it was definitely disappointing, given it is often cited as one of the best books in the Aliens / Predator / Prometheus universe. The Predators breed the Xenomorphs on random planets and then hunt them as the ultimate prey, and the humans, as often happens in the AVP universe, get caught in the crossfire.

Predator: Prey, Machiko Noguchi, the leader of the colony on the planet Ryushi, teams up with a Yautja (Predator) warrior to help defend the colony against a Xenomorph (Alien) attack.