The following are quotes from reviews about the game mostly from the time of its release (1999 and 2000).
"[Aliens versus Predator] might have been the best first-person shooter ever."
- Andy Grieser, ESC Mag (June, 1999)
"Aliens versus Predator at this moment in time, is the FPS of the year, possibly even the game of the year. Don't miss this one."
- Tom Dillon, Happy Puppy (June 9, 1999)
"Aliens Versus Predator shares the trophy cabinet with Half-Life, above a gold-plated badge saying 'Games that truly advanced the first-person shooter'."
- Mat Bettinson, PC Gaming World (July 5, 1999)
"In many ways Aliens vs. Predator is a revolutionary game, the kind that curmudgeonly critics dream of when criticizing the genre as stale."
- Nathan Smith, CD Mag (June 6, 1999)
"[I]f AvP excels somewhere, it's innovation."
- Pseudo Nim, GameOver.NET (April 3, 1999)
"I simply cannot spit out enough kind words for Aliens vs. Predator."
"I absolutely love this game...it is quite possibly the best game I have played this year."
- "outtasync," FullOn3D Games (June 23, 1999)
"Great game design and excellent tone add up to make Fox's Aliens Versus Predator a rock solid game that must be played to be believed."
- Next-Generation Online (June 17, 1999)
"[O]ne of the finest first-person shooters ever made...it’s so good a game that it might hurt demand for the new game..."
- Alec Meer, Rock, Paper, Shotgun (January 18, 2010)
"Incredible visual effects, superior pacing, and the ability to play as one of three characters adds up to plenty of pulse-pounding action."
- Eric Conley, GameCenter (June 22, 1999)
"The graphics here are by far the best I’ve seen in a first-person shooter."
- Andy Grieser, ESC Mag (June, 1999)
"I nearly cried at the sheer beauty of the accelerated graphics."
- Sabumnim, GameVortex Communications (1999)
"I'll just say this right off the bat: Aliens vs. Predator is the most atmospheric game I have ever played."
"Buy it. Even if you hate the movies."
- Kevin Perko, The GamerZone (1999)
"[K]udos to Fox Interactive and Rebellion for putting out such a great single player game."
"[Aliens versus Predator is] a blastfest of action-packed combat, fuelled by innate hatred of one species toward another, locked in a deadly triangle of death, fear and despair and fighting to stay alive."
- Pseudo Nim, GameOver.NET (April 3, 1999)
"One word: awesome."
- "outtasync," FullOn3D Games (June 23, 1999)
"You will jump, no matter how hardened you think you might be."
- Andy Grieser, ESC Mag (June, 1999)
"I haven't been this frightened in a game since Half-Life or Thief!"
- Bob "Calbear" Colayco, Firing Squad (June 9, 1999)
"Aliens vs. Predator is a great game, and it is sure to scare the piss out of every last gamer out there."
- Shawn Rider, GamesFirst (2000)
"Aliens vs. Predator Gold is a fantastic game that's easily one of the most frightening and suspenseful first person shooters you'll ever play."
- Tom Chick, Sharkey Extreme (April 30, 2000)
"A great action game with immersive and intensive gameplay."
- Mikael Hagén, 3DsoundSurge (1999)
"...I felt a sense of I'm not going in there dread I have not experienced since playing the original Doom."
- David Laprad, The Adrenaline Vault (April 5, 1999)
"AvP seems to have some of the most intense close quarters one-on-one experiences seen in a first person shooter."
- "Belshy," Eurogamer (May 10, 2000)
"Where the game deviates from the norm, and succeeds beyond expectations, is in its rendering of three distinct viewpoints and its effective re-creation of the film series' unrelieved sense of dread."
- Erik Wolpaw, GameSpot US (June 7, 1999)
"Do not play this game at night. Well at least not unless you wanna have nightmares."
- Kevin Perko, The GamerZone (1999)
"AvP Gold is one scary game, made even more tense with the musical score."
- Dustin "Silencer" Roberts, GameSpy (May 1, 2000)
"The sound effects of AvP are just perfect."
- Jon "Hardnose" Simon, Sharky Extreme (October 8, 1999)
"The lighting is some of the best I have ever seen in a game."
- Kevin Perko, The GamerZone (1999)
"This could be the toughest first-person shooter I've ever played."
- Eric Conley, GameCenter (June 22, 1999)
"Be prepared for one of the most challenging first person shooters to ever cross your monitor in a long time."
- Chris Logan, VG Central (1999)
"Other than Jedi Knight, we haven’t really seen any real great movie-to-first-person-shooter game translations—until now, that is."
"AvP does actually do the films and comic books justice, unlike the god-awful Alien Trilogy."
- Chris McMullen, GamesDomain (July, 1999)
"AvP may seem to have it all--and it nearly does...Ultimately, this is a vicious, gory, murderous sci-fi horror simulation on a realism scale never before seen."
- Tom Dillon, Happy Puppy (June 9, 1999)
"It is all about level immersion. And it does a wonderful job."
- "outtasync," FullOn3D Games (June 23, 1999)
"As fun as the solo experience is, Rebellion and Fox Interactive at long last did something 20th Century Fox never resolved to do: Toss the characters into a fetid deathmatch stew and let them pore over the entrails. Multiplayer is where Aliens vs. Predator truly earns its appellation."
- David Laprad, The Adrenaline Vault (June 9, 1999)
"The game's multiplayer modes complete this work of art."
- Mat Bettinson, PC Gaming World (July 5, 1999)
"...oh does the multiplayer game shine!"
- Eric "Scoop" Eckstein, GamePen (May 28, 1999)
"This has to rank as the most immersive fragathon at the moment."
- "Belshy," Eurogamer (May 10, 2000)
"If you have seen any of the films associated with this game then the fun is priceless."
- Lee Cummings, GA-Source (June 14, 1999)
"...Aliens versus Predator is a real kick ass game...Don't expect another Quake clone, expect an engrossing, difficult, intense and varied FPS experience."
- Jon "Hardnose" Simon, Sharky Extreme (October 8, 1999)
"...Fox Interactive has captured the look and feel of the three playable characters painstakingly enough that you will be convinced you are a Predator, Alien or Marine. The game is so evocative of the movies that you'll spend the first few levels leaning back in your chair and saying 'wow'."
- Nathan Smith, CD Mag (June 6, 1999)
"Finally, a first person shooter offers characters that are truly unique."
- Eric "Scoop" Eckstein, GamePen (May 28, 1999)
"...such diverse characters haven't been seen in a one player game before."
- Lee Cummings, GA-Source (June 14, 1999)
"Gameplay [is] good, good, good, said three times because each race is really a different play experience."
"Aliens Versus Predator is thus claimed to be three games rolled into one. Does it play like that? Damn right it does."
- Mat Bettinson, PC Gaming World (July 5, 1999)
"This variety of characters and gameplay is incredibly refreshing in a genre that is flooded with clones and remakes that are hardly worth the shelf space they occupy."
- Tal Blevins, IGN (June 11, 1999)
"Aliens versus Predator takes the traditional first-person shooter and, instead of attempting to advance the art of interactive storytelling, simply augments the form with new effects and features that affect gameplay in deep, satisfying ways."
- Erik Wolpaw, GameSpot US (June 7, 1999)
"All three characters blend into the game-play perfectly, the strengths of each character are off-played by their weaknesses which made for well balanced and thoroughly enjoyable scenarios...All elements combined, AvP comes together as a well planned and enjoyable game."
- Daniel R, MGONetwork (May 31, 1999)
"It makes excellent use of its source material in terms of graphics, sound, atmosphere, and gameplay. As games come and go, this is one of the few that will burn impressions into your memory."
- Tom Chick, Sharkey Extreme (April 30, 2000)
"If you turn out the lights, and crank up the speakers, it's almost better than the movies."
"Aliens vs. Predator also uses another feature that hasn't been done very convincingly before now—true dynamic lighting...The game engine also features rain, in-game full-motion video, reflective surfaces, and some of the most realistic water ever seen in a 3D game. Simply put, this game looks as good as it plays." - Nathan Smith, CD Mag (June 6, 1999)
"Emerging from a cramped hallway into total darkness, scattering a few flares around to discover that you've entered a five-story hangar containing a huge alien ship, then hearing your motion detector scream to life as something starts to move in the pitch blackness is an experience in horror unrivaled in gaming."
- Erik Wolpaw, GameSpot US (June 7, 1999)
"The game captures the mood, dread, and perspective of no less than three 'top of the food chain' beings...The graphics are almost perfect...The game also wins on the sound front...Lastly we have multiplayer, which is fantastic...Aliens vs Predator has moving monsters that make you fear at every turn, and the online ones are even scarier."
- Andrew Bub, GamesDomain (July, 1999)
"[T]his is a game about survival and observation, a claustrophobic odyssey of fear and strange abilities. Add to this multiplayer and skirmish modes that deftly realised the fantasy of the titular What If? and have you a smart, wonderfully asymmetrical remix of first-person shooters which somehow manages to be scary even when you’re playing an otherworldly death-machine."
Alec Meer, Rock, Paper, Shotgun (January 13, 2017)
"[O]verall the game is amazing."
- Michael Yanovich, InsideMacGames (November 29, 2001)
"What we have here is a fantastic game that fans of the genre should buy immediately..."
"For anyone who has seen the films, the gaming experience is fantastic...the atmosphere in this game is superb...Graphically, the game is really good...AVP is a great game."
- Michael Yanovich, InsideMacGames (November 29, 2001)
"Aliens vs Predator is a rather spooky and playable game, and easily one of the scariest games you're likely to play for ages."
- Chris McMullen, GamesDomain (July, 1999)
"I've played many tense games and AvP is the scariest game I've ever survived."
"Overall Aliens Vs. Predator kicks some major video game butt. It will surprise and awe players with its great look and sound."
- Chris Logan, VG Central (1999)
"Rekindling one of the coolest crossovers of the decade, Fox Interactive's Aliens vs. Predator has all the trappings of a great first-person shooter, combining the tension of the films, the action of the comic, and three characters to play."
"While the game certainly breaks new ground when it comes to gameplay...[w]hat this game is overflowing with is atmosphere. In the Alien and Marine missions you'll feel like you're in the middle of the Alien movies."
- Tal Blevins, IGN (June 11, 1999)
"Rebellion has crafted a game truly worthy of the license and your notice."
"It's masterful...AVP at its finest...there's nothing like this in gaming since..."
- John Walker, Eurogame (February 14, 2010)
"...the only thing since Aliens to really feel like Aliens."
- Alec Meer, Rock, Paper, Shotgun (September 11, 2007)
And the following is my personal favorite quote:
"There was a moment late in the Marine campaign when I was down to 15 percent health and between me and the one health bundle left on the map was an Alien. As I raced down the corridor, it darted from around a corner and lashed out with its tail. Game over? Not a chance. I sped past on the good fortune of all the film heroes and heroines who had been there before me, grabbed the health, spun and showered death with bullets. It went down screaming and spitting enough acid to effect an ecological disaster. This genre is also about immersion and atmosphere. I will never forget the moment I peered into the gloom as something imperceptible scurried through the shadows. With fingers cinched around the mouse in a caged grip, instinct forced me to squint and lean closer to the screen to see what it was I was about to slay. My throat is still raw from the scream that escaped me when the face hugger leapt up and latched on.
In these moments, Aliens vs. Predator was the greatest game I had ever played."