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Alien: Isolation details surface on Xbox Games Store
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Sho_Nuff82
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I imagine the game designers have thought of this.
"Okay team, here's the situation. There's an unknown jam in the air vent that we need to maintenance, or we'll all die of CO2 asphyxiation in the next hour. Vents are only big enough for one person to fit at a time, and there are three 6-way intersections on the way. We also need someone in the sub basement to cycle the power off and on, so our vent hopper isn't killed as soon as the block is cleared. We also need someone to watch our supplies in the medical bay so those crazy hobos don't rob us, and someone to monitor the video feed for the whole group. Oh, and we only have one motion detector, one handgun, one crowbar, one flashlight, and one grenade. Want to draw straws?"
shinobi602
Member
The lone xenomorph has to be the source of unease and dread. It sounds like they're pushing it as the focal point of tension, and that would be perfect in my opinion.
They have to have other enemies in between sequences and time spent with the alien. The soldiers/clones would serve as obstacles and general baddies, while the xenomorph would be saved to give you those 'oh shit' moments.
They have to have other enemies in between sequences and time spent with the alien. The soldiers/clones would serve as obstacles and general baddies, while the xenomorph would be saved to give you those 'oh shit' moments.
Pops Maellard
Member
Have you seen Aliens?
Let's wait and see what it's all about first. Hard to tell the details from where we stand now.
Certainly looks pretty
Looks supremely supersampled. I thought the first two shots were from a movie.
childplease
Banned
Few but what I mean is creative assembly makes almost all of their games pc only.
They have been making the pc only fantastic total war series for years.
The Power Of Snap
Member
Take my 60$ if it's that good
Metalingus5150
Member
Not getting my hopes up.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
Its my most watched and beloved movie. That was a group of protagonists and believe it or not theres only four sequences with xenmorphs: the initial skirmish, the facehuggers, the ambush, and the whole queen sequence. Cameron also made it a point to never show them for too long. Tried to keep them in the shadows. The colonist massacre and the aliens trying to find ways into medical are left to the imagination.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Well the game's already off to a good start, I don't see Gearbox anywhere near it.
Nathan_Drake
Member
They are going to Beyonce it. Tell no one. Drop it out of no where. Millions sold! lol
brandonh83
Banned
I've got a bad feelin' about this drop.
Saving this just in case.
*Kotaku
DoubleTake
Member
Is this that 3rd Party Japanese developer exclusive that Cboat was referring to??
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
You always say that brandonh; you always say "I got a bad feelin' about this drop."
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
Oh shit!
Wait, the Alien games' cycle is getting to me once again...
Wait, the Alien games' cycle is getting to me once again...
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
Unless you watch the infinitely inferior Director's Cut
Seriously, only decent thing about the DC was learning a bit more about Amanda.
Beelzebubs
Member
I actually have high hopes for this game. Really like Creative Assembly as a dev and it's hopefully PC focused.
If it launches anything like Aliens: CM did though, I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
If it launches anything like Aliens: CM did though, I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Father_Brain
Banned
Well, I believe superannuation reported that the announcement was delayed from a scheduled E3 2013 reveal. Can't be a bad thing, really.
At the least Gearbox won't be developing it.
legacyzero
Banned
The Grim Heaper
Member
Oh man, I'm really hoping this isn't the GI cover. lol
Graphics Horse
Member
Apparently this is on the servers.
Do I see a transparent dome?
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
Thats faithful to original Ridley Scott alien, although some have theorized that Cameron aliens dont have that smooth dome because they are weeks, not hours, old.
ArkkAngel007
Member
Alien Trilogy seemed to do alright with including the synths and Company men. I think Alien Resurrection (the game) also showed that having a lot of Aliens doesn't remove the dread. Poor execution on all the elements in the game and a glitchy product however will.
brandonh83
Banned
At least Gearbox isn't making this. You don't see Creative Assembly fucking each other over for a percentage.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
A lot of the dread in Resurrection came from the controls and the unforgiving facehuggers. Fukin spooky game tho. One might even go so far as to call it 2spooky.
Graphics Horse
Member
There was a resurrection game? Not played that.
This is developed in the UK
No lol he said it was a Platinum game.
This is developed in the UK
DarkLiberator
Banned
Hopefully CA is up the the task, but after Rome Total War 2, I'm not even sure.
Pops Maellard
Member
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brandonh83
Banned
Hopefully Damon Lindelof helped with the scenario.
Oh man I hope this delivers what's described in the summary. It would solve the "problem" of aliens being reduced to swarming cannon fodder.
Get. Out.
Get. Out.
Chance Hale
Member
Aliens: Colonial Marines was revealed by gameinformer and then took 5 billion years to come out as the garbage it was. Using Ripley's daughter as the lead character is absurd but oh well.
ArkkAngel007
Member
It was pretty decent I suppose for a licensed game at the time (PS1). Had a great atmosphere, introduced facehuggers impregnation in gameplay to where you had to find surgical kits to remove the embryo before it killed you, and the Aliens were fairly tough to deal with given how the game sent them at you.
However, as Sub_Level noted, the controls weren't that great, and made everything far more difficult in a poor fashion. Still, if you like Aliens and have a PS1 or a PS2/PS3 capable of PS1 playback, I'd recommend it given what it tried to execute and almost succeeded at. More than what I can say for the last AvP and Colonial Marines.
To be fair, it was nearly an entirely different game back then from what I recall reading. The set-up was the same, but everything else...
They didn't make Colonial Marines either.....
brandonh83
Banned
Thought they did. Oh well, my bad.