Should the Alien and predator be more equal in term of strength?

[The Cruentus]

A question would be how one alien would operate against Dutch and his team in the jungle setting from the original Predator film.

Jim Hopper's team would have killed it and Dutch's team would have never been sent in.  I think the Aliens are vastly overrated against well-armed soldiers with no reason not to shoot them.

The jungle terrain wouldn't be a great environment for an Alien. They need dark shafts and tunnels.

The Alien would lack the key tools Jungle Hunter had...ranged pressure and cloaking.

In fairness, the Alien could simply just make that enviroment for themselves by making webs and other hive structures between the trees. Of course, such a nest would stick out like soar thumb.

[razeak]

Jungle brush is a whole other world. Their visibility is mostly just a few meters. It's not the trees they would have to worry about with the Alien. Its the ground.

Even in West Virginia, the vegetation gets incredibly thick on the ground outside of game trails or off of managed land.