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[UberTag]

Looks good but I'm unclear as to whether the pervasive controller screwups these Let's Play guys are having where they select the wrong thing repeatedly is due to poor gameplay design, thier nerves being shot or them sucking at games in general. I'm going to pretend it's the 3rd option.

 

[Krejlooc]

I seriously hope I give myself a heart attack with this

 

[thesuperfunk]

So hype!

 

[Sub_Level]

That player sucked! Didn't even accomplish a single one of the additional objectives.

 

[Mr E.]

Any Xbone footage in web land anywheres? Haven't seen a ting.

 

[Icefire1424]

Outlast did it successfully

And Amnesia. I need to get around to finishing that one day. Need to put on my big boy pants.

 

[GodParticle]

I dunno. The atmosphere looks nice, but the gameplay looks uninteresting. Plus, I picture aliens more slinking around in corners than lumbering around hallways like a patrolling guard

 

[Cthulhu_Steev]

so if its one alien stalking you the entire time, what if you kill it?

You get to play Omega Race on one of the computer consoles while you wait to be rescued.

I really, really hope I can disable Depth of Field blur.

It's the tension-inducing equivalent of raking through your bag in ZombiU, it has to have a cost to use it.

 

[SlasherJPC]

Looks great to me. Though I can already see the folks looking for action, coming into this game and walking away saying it's some boring hiding simulator.

 

[cripterion]

I dunno. The atmosphere looks nice, but the gameplay looks uninteresting. Plus, I picture aliens more slinking around in corners than lumbering around hallways like a patrolling guard

Indeed, I thought the footage looked stupid. As someone else said, this screams bomba.

 

[NoirVisage]

first of all, I don't think alien isolation is a zero combat game. you get weapons and gadgets and stuff and there are things you fight against. I've seen videos where you get a gun, FPS style, and friggin shoot a synthetic man, and then throw a bomb at him and light him on fire. It's already well beyond Outlast.

second of all, Outlast sucked shit. I hate Outlast. I hate Outlast deeply. I don't hate the people who made Outlast, and I recognize their skill and talent, but the game design is BROKEN. it's FLAWED. A game like this brings tension from a FIGHT or FLIGHT decision. A choice. Should I try to fight? Maybe this will be a hard fight, or maybe I don't have enough ammo, maybe I should run instead. This choice -- This is the SOURCE of fear and suspense. A game like Outlast is just a carnival ride. It's scary for a bit, but after you realize there's nothing to it and the outcome of everything is the same and there are no actual choices, it becomes a boring, pointless, routine snore. The scares were 100% gone for me by hour 2. 100%.

you've "seen videos".*snicker*

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

It's the tension-inducing equivalent of raking through your bag in ZombiU, it has to have a cost to use it.

well said. you can't have players running around freely with the tracker, it would kill the tension.

 

[Comfort Jones]

first of all, I don't think alien isolation is a zero combat game. you get weapons and gadgets and stuff and there are things you fight against. I've seen videos where you get a gun, FPS style, and friggin shoot a synthetic man, and then throw a bomb at him and light him on fire. It's already well beyond Outlast.

second of all, Outlast sucked shit. I hate Outlast. I hate Outlast deeply. I don't hate the people who made Outlast, and I recognize their skill and talent, but the game design is BROKEN. it's FLAWED. A game like this brings tension from a FIGHT or FLIGHT decision. A choice. Should I try to fight? Maybe this will be a hard fight, or maybe I don't have enough ammo, maybe I should run instead. This choice -- This is the SOURCE of fear and suspense. A game like Outlast is just a carnival ride. It's scary for a bit, but after you realize there's nothing to it and the outcome of everything is the same and there are no actual choices, it becomes a boring, pointless, routine snore. The scares were 100% gone for me by hour 2. 100%.

I agree with this post quite a bit. So many horror games that are basically just a haunted house trip, really fuckin tired of it.

Sadly most people eat that shit up. People like pure "horror" over actual survival horror because they can roleplay and get all caught up in being scared without actually feeling any fear of not being able to beat something. If it was actually scary, that would imply some real challenge, and if you got real challenge ehhh might be a turn off!

 

[DieH@rd]

I seriously hope I give myself a heart attack with this

Retail game will not have Oculus support. Dev team just qickly prepared VR support for trade show promotions, and they said that there is no plan to officially support it.

Also, game needs to change few things before it can be VR friendly. Hand with radar is stuck in one position [in front of camera ALL THE TIME when you call it], which totally breaks immersion in VR. They need to decouple hands so that radar can be controlled via Hydra/Move controller.

 

[Krejlooc]

Retail game will not have Oculus support. Dev team just qickly prepared VR support for trade show promotions, and they said that there is no plan to officially support it.

Also, game needs to change few things before it can be VR friendly. Hand with radar is stuck in one position [in front of camera ALL THE TIME when you call it], which totally breaks immersion in VR. They need to decouple hands so that radar can be controlled via Hydra/Move controller.

The demo they prepared never had positional hand tracking in the first place, it simply mapped headtracking to the camera. I can easily replicate that with vorpx. Unlike most first person shooters, alien isolation is slow paced and doesnt benefit from decoupled controls. Its one of those rare games I feel confident recommending an injection driver for.

 

[Orochinagis]

Looks amazing but I don't want to play a game when I'm crawling around on my hands and knees for the most part. It's not for me.

Feels like another amnesia game for me.

 

[Vincent4756]

does anybody know if there are doing a psn digital preorder or at least a day 1 digital for this game? I saw something on tuesday that had it at 99.99 so i figured that was the game + season pass but I ran into an error when I clicked it.

game looks great though, cant wait for the 7th!

 

[Audible]

I wish there was a way to turn off commentary as it ruins the video for me, but I hope this game is good and does well.

 

[rand0mZer0]

It looks really good. Probably pick it up during Black Friday.

 

[Hyun Sai]

Great atmosphere, but the Alien not sensing somebody that close to him ruined it.

 

[Jackson]

Man I hope this is good. I'm stoked for it.

 

[Superflat]

I'm so in love with the visuals and atmosphere. I really really hope they make the gameplay feel fun and fair. This is the most hope I've had for an Alien game (still keeping it tempered of course).

 

[Miguel81]

That Enemy Zero flashback that I just had, it was glorious. I'm really looking forward to playing this on Horror month. Couldn't watch the whole video, but it was enough to jazz me up.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

There was a moment where the player was just screwing up with the controller, but he survived so I didn't mind. Until, of course he had the alien right in front of him and thought of not hiding.

This stresses me a lot haha.

 

[Shmeagatory94]

Was it just me or did the guy say something about switching focus back to the motion detector as if there is a button for switching your focus? Pretty cool to me if true!

 

[Danthrax]

The graphics in this game look so good.

 

[wanderingprostheyltite]

Good lord...dat lighting and IQ. Day one jabronis.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

Was it just me or did the guy say something about switching focus back to the motion detector as if there is a button for switching your focus? Pretty cool to me if true!

It seemed to me that you bring out the motion detector with the left trigger? I guess you can easily adjust focus with that.

 

[inm8num2]

Definitely atmospheric and creepy.

 

[ProvenDeadly]

When is the review embargo for this?

 

[jfoul]

Wow, do you have a link please ?

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[Bust Nak]

You guys watched the dev session from EGX yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZuDsrDNl58

 

[Steve McQueen]

You guys watched the dev session from EGX yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZuDsrDNl58

Great watch. Thought I was gonna skip this, but I probably end up buying it. I also wonder ( like someone asked in the last part of the vid )...how they will keep the tension without being exhausted as a player.

 

[TheIdleMiner]

You guys watched the dev session from EGX yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZuDsrDNl58

This was amazing! Thank you.

 

[TheChewyWaffles]

I don't know there is something about the alien just casually walking around in the open that bothers me.

Yah, kind of ruins the mystique it had in Alien just showing up out of nowhere.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

the creative assembly has my money- bring it on nostromo edition

 

[Sojgat]

Yeah, this vid sold me. Going to pre-order it today.

Same date as Shadow of Mordor here... No games, then too many at once.

 

[Insane Metal]

The game looks gorgeous, but am I the only one who thinks it's just ridiculous to be hiding from the Alien and look at him from like 5 feet, run, open doors and etc when he's so close to you? This kills the gameplay for me, feels really dumb.

 

[BashNasty]

The game looks gorgeous, but am I the only one who thinks it's just ridiculous to be hiding from the Alien and look at him from like 5 feet, run, open doors and etc when he's so close to you? This kills the gameplay for me, feels really dumb.

I agree to some degree. I'm still very much looking forward to this, but that video undermines some of the "mystique" of the alien for me. Hopefully that's more of a challenge mode thing and less of a campaign thing.

 

[DieH@rd]

You guys watched the dev session from EGX yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZuDsrDNl58

Amazing. Can't wait to play it.

 

[LowParry]

You guys watched the dev session from EGX yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZuDsrDNl58

Everyone really should watch this. Man, this gets me very hyped for the game now and it really shows that this game is very authentic. Love love love it.

The game looks gorgeous, but am I the only one who thinks it's just ridiculous to be hiding from the Alien and look at him from like 5 feet, run, open doors and etc when he's so close to you? This kills the gameplay for me, feels really dumb.

Kinda. Maybe they could of gone the route of if it spots you from a close distance, it'd sit there staring at you ready to leap out once you moved but we'd probably get stuck in a game where we'd end up doing this over and over again. Or maybe just come right after you and you're forced to run. I think it will be fine.

 

[Rogue_element]

I fail to see how you can make a whole game out of the whole hide and flee aspect.

Yep. Me too. Interested to see the final release

 

[TheGameChanger]

Looks really intense.

 

[DieH@rd]

The game looks gorgeous, but am I the only one who thinks it's just ridiculous to be hiding from the Alien and look at him from like 5 feet, run, open doors and etc when he's so close to you? This kills the gameplay for me, feels really dumb.

Maybe alien is ignoring doors because they open and close too many times. He is more attuned on hunting for "biological" sounds. Machines are of no interest for him.

Hopefully we will see few scenes of alien attacking those androids.

 

[Insane Metal]

Maybe alien is ignoring doors because they open and close too many times. He is more attuned on hunting for "biological" sounds. Machines are of no interest for him.

Hopefully we will see few scenes of alien attacking those androids.

Come on. In the movies that creature is a freaking beast, there's no way he would be in the same room as a person and ignore it. Never.

 

[DieH@rd]

Come on. In the movies that creature is a freaking beast, there's no way he would be in the same room as a person and ignore it. Never.

Play on hard and he won't ignore you.

 

[TomRL]

They have done an excellent job with the level aesthetic and sound design. Looks like you're actually in the original film. About time a game tried to do an Alien game based on the isolation and horror, not the action.

Really hope this turns out to be a gem.

 

[Lrrr]

This game was on my radar because I'm a big fan of Alien, but I didn't know what to think of it. So many past games based on the IP contained potential, but none of them could truly capture the feeling of the films. That seems to have changed.

 

[clutch.as.it.gets.]

First 20 min of Alien Isolation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU5JJraK7jQ&list=UU-lHJZR3Gqxm24_Vd_AJ5Yw

 

[Chance Hale]

First 20 min of Alien Isolation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU5JJraK7jQ&list=UU-lHJZR3Gqxm24_Vd_AJ5Yw

Technically true, but you should have included a warning