The sprite issue leads to them being super-fast and also incredibly difficult to kill when you first play the game. But they all look, for the want of a better word, crap. The level selections range from the mundane (hit those city streets/sewers) to the absolutely Sonic-inspired mental (zany spaceport anyone?).

I mean, come on! It’s capable of so much more than slight variations of the same horrible tune (which is sure to haunt me in my dreams as well as anyone who touches it). It’s been a long time since I’ve heard music this bad on a SNES game. Players will grow wary of the same “thud” after every punch/kick/throw. The sound effects are limited to say the least. The colour choices for the backgrounds are also interesting with splotches of blue hither and dither, to brighten up their innate dullness perhaps? The sprites don’t have many frames of animation, so when they’re hurtling towards you (and my do they hurtle) everything looks a bit silly. AvP suffers from the same sprite problem as the first Final Fight on the SNES, meaning that you can only tackle two enemies at once (I’ll explain this repercussions of this later on). Shame everything moves like a Benny Hill episode. Even the Predator in his weird bronze/blue getup looks the business.

On the one hand we have the shocking intro sequence and cut scenes and on the other hand we have some of the biggest, baddest sprites you’ll see on the 16-bit. Graphics-wise, AvP has me extremely confused. More like have us for dessert after his Alien bloodbath… Aliens are causing havoc on earth or something and there’s only one (other) alien than can help us. Sounds like a great concept, shame about the execution. So what have Activision opted for? Final Fight with aliens. Which would be fine if this was an arcade game you’d put 50p into but no, this is a SNES game you’d have paid around £50 for. Straight away AvP (as I’m going to moniker it) feels rushed, especially with its title screen containing zero options. Bar a few stills of the alien, it looks 8-bit good/16-bit bad and with it some of the most repetitive mundane music the SNES has ever seen. The intro starts and things don’t look great. Hmmm, where do I start with Alien vs Predator on the SNES? The in-play music is still in my head two hours since I stopped playing it which isn’t a good sign…

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