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[Anton Sugar]

He did; he was one of the team of artists in pre-production. It included Ron Cobb, Chris Foss too off the top of my head. Of course Giger gets almost all the pub because of his deliciously creepy design work but they all played their part. I've seen design sketches from Moebius for the space suit and uniforms the crew wear that were pretty closely followed in the actual designs used in the film.

Awesome--thanks for the information!

 

[Jaeger]

From the Official Playstation Magazine UK:

Either way, I still like what they did with the legs, reminds me alot of the redesign by Tom Woodruff, Jr. and Alec Gillis. The human shaped legs where always that one thing which bothered me in the original Xeno design. It was a very believable and scarry creature up until the final moments of the movie where you could see the Alien body in full, once you got a glimpse of the whole creature it became obvious that you were looking at a guy in a rubber suit and gone was the illusion. Jean-Pierre Jeunet got atleast this one thing right. He felt that a man in a suit is easy to distinguish when the full body is seen so he decided to use CGI Aliens rather than puppets or suited actors whenever the creatures' legs were in frame.

They still used practical special effects in alot of shots for legs. Youd don't need CGI to make convincing digit-grade legs on film. They did it in Alien 3, first.

 

[Dennis]

I think the immersion with this game will be off the charts.

Therefore, dear developers

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD INCLUDE A COMPLETELY HUD-LESS OPTION

 

[VindicatorZ]

This game needs VR support. Would be fantastic.

 

[The Cowboy]

This game needs VR support. Would be fantastic.

No it wouldn't, Emergency rooms can only accept so many people in at any one time.

 

[Dictator93]

I think the immersion with this game will be off the charts.

Therefore, dear developers

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD INCLUDE A COMPLETELY HUD-LESS OPTION

game already appears to be hudless unless I am mistaken.

 

[Dennis]

game already appears to be hudless unless I am mistaken.

I don't dare take it for granted.

 

[Axial]

They still used practical special effects in alot of shots for legs. Youd don't need CGI to make convincing digit-grade legs on film. They did it in Alien 3, first.

I'm not really arguing that, neither do I really care whether they were using CGI (Resurrection) or rod puppets filmed against bluescreen and optically composited into the live-action footage (Alien3). What I liked about both aproaches was that it gave a sense of believability to the creature as opposed to a guy trying to improvise movement in a rubber suit.

 

[Messypandas]

From the Official Playstation Magazine UK:

Either way, I still like what they did with the legs, reminds me alot of the redesign by Tom Woodruff, Jr. and Alec Gillis. The human shaped legs where always that one thing which bothered me in the original Xeno design. It was a very believable and scarry creature up until the final moments of the movie where you could see the Alien body in full, once you got a glimpse of the whole creature it became obvious that you were looking at a guy in a rubber suit and gone was the illusion. Jean-Pierre Jeunet got atleast this one thing right. He felt that a man in a suit is easy to distinguish when the full body is seen so he decided to use CGI Aliens rather than puppets or suited actors whenever the creatures' legs were in frame.

they better keep the crabwalk

 

[.la1n]

I swore I wouldn't get excited for another Alien game after Colonial Marines but I will be damned if this doesn't look amazing. If they can maintain the tension for the entirety of the campaign then we could have a winner. Love the design of the Alien and the ship, all the small details work so well.

 

[Anton Sugar]

they better keep the crabwalk

Yeah, I liked the concept of the xeno in Alien. It was almost like a terrifying newborn, despite its rapid development cycle. I forget where I read that they wanted it to appear sexually attracted to Lambert, as they had the idea of Kane/John Hurt's character being attracted to her, pre-xeno.

I just generally am more attracted to the idea of xenos being unique beings influence by the physiology and psychology of the previous host, rather than a race of creatures that has evolved specific instincts and mannerisms. I don't think the xenos SHOULD move naturally as animals that have evolved over thousands and millions of years.

We're getting super nerdy here, so I'll stop.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

I haven't read through the previous Isolation threads (only skimmed them for the pics), so I don't know if it's been mentioned before, but does this new Xeno not come from a human host?

It has digitigrade limbs, or cat/dog/bird like legs in contrast to the human-like legs of the original Xeno.

But that had more to do with budget and the fact they had a man in a suit rather than design choice.

Scott has said many times that the scene at the end when the Alien is shot out the airlock and you finally see it's whole body and it's basically just a man in a suit is his most regrettable thing about the whole film.

 

[Savitar]

This will be glorious.

Nothing anyone can say will convince me otherwise.

 

[Detox]

I don't dare take it for granted.

Iirc The edge preview mentioned the only HUD is the motion sensor

 

[Dennis]

Iirc The edge preview mentioned the only HUD is the motion sensor

That would be great.

 

[maquiladora]

I said wow.

 

[Sloane_Ranger]

They got me with the EXIT photo ... I'm in.

 

[shaowebb]

I cannot wait to have a Clocktower moment of running and hiding and knowing full well that I have no way to defeat this thing. I want that stalked feeling of being hunted. Dont make the Aliens worthless like the last game. Scare me. Make it actually feel like survival moments. Make me earn it and be clever and have to outmaneuver but dont let me overpower these creatures. Make. This. COUNT.

 

[INCUBA3E]

The 70'd atmosphere is amazing

 

[gabbo]

So did they keep the human-esque skull in the dome? The screenshots don't really make it seem so, but there is definitely something in there.

 

[clutch.as.it.gets.]

Looks great and very promising.

I feel this can be a surprise hit just like Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay back then.

 

[Levito]

So has it been confirmed whether or not there's shootbangs in this game?

 

[INCUBA3E]

As someone already said. It xeno needs more slime

 

[Ingueferroque]

Why has the guy got white blood and guts.

Are you serious? Dude.

 

[INCUBA3E]

Are you serious? Dude.

Haha Indeed

What next, whys it called a xenomorph

 

[Chettlar]

Oh my goodness this is amazing.

Why can't every game look this good?

 

[knerlington]

So did they keep the human-esque skull in the dome? The screenshots don't really make it seem so, but there is definitely something in there.

They did in fact keep it. It's clearly visible in a screenshot I saw over at kotaku.com. In most screens though it's not visible or hardly visible.

 

[Kilau]

Right down to the woman in the calendar wearing the same panties as Ripley did in Alien. I can't be the only one who noticed that right? <_< >_> <_<

Game looks amazing.

You are not alone, first thing I noticed.

Spoiler

I am a perv I guess

Game looks really good, can't wait.

 

[RoboPlato]

So has it been confirmed whether or not there's shootbangs in this game?

They called out Dead Space and RE for being reskinned Gears games so I doubt there will be much, if any. The press demo only had a wrench as a weapon, which was completely useless against the xeno.

 

[INCUBA3E]

They called out Dead Space and RE for being reskinned Gears games so I doubt there will be much, if any. The press demo only had a wrench as a weapon, which was completely useless against the xeno.

Maybe shock sticks and blow torches for a distraction?

 

[cascardian]

Reeeeeally doing all I can to hold my expectations in place.

God damn that Alien IS big, though!

Same here, Jim. Damn. We've been burned so hard before, but... but... damn. Hnnnnnggh...

 

[Wanny]

A bit strong on the CA, otherwise very great!

CA can be great in horror sci-fi games, just not too much.

 

[Savitar]

As someone already said. It xeno needs more slime

Not much, they went over board with all the drool in later movies that made it come out like a water fountain half the time. That was bad.

Also trivia fact: The webbing jaw parts were made with melted condoms.

 

[INCUBA3E]

Not much, they went over board with all the drool in later movies that made it come out like a water fountain half the time. That was bad.

Also trivia fact: The webbing jaw parts were made with melted condoms.

Agreed. But the wet look is a must

 

[Kikarian]

This game looks amazing.

Day 1.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Haha Indeed

What next, whys it called a xenomorph

It's not called a Xenomorph. People calling these things a Xenomorph is one of the biggest crimes in cinema history. Fans saying they've seen Aliens multiple times and then calling the beasts Xenomorphs.

 

[shinobi602]

Are you serious? Dude.

Not everyone's seen the movies

 

[Zombie James]

they better keep the crabwalk

So glad this shot got cut.

 

[Dictator93]

So glad this shot got cut.

as am I. It looks like a dood in a suit walking on the floor.

Pretty much everyother alien shot in the movie obscures this fact.

 

[INCUBA3E]

It's not called a Xenomorph. People calling these things a Xenomorph is one of the biggest crimes in cinema history. Fans saying they've seen Aliens multiple times and then calling the beasts Xenomorphs.

Hudson: this gonna be a stand up fight sir, or another bug hunt

Gorman: all we know is theres still no contact with the colony, and that a Xenomorph maybe involved

Frost: excuse me sir a what?

Gorman: xenomorph

Hudson: its a bug hunt

Yeh you're right the script writer's are criminals

 

[rashbeep]

Some of those screenshots are awful..

Really?? Other than the excessive use of CA I think the game looks great.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Hudson: this gonna be a stand up fight sir, or another bug hunt

Gorman: all we know is theres still no contact with the colony, and that a Xenomorph maybe involved

Frost: excuse me sir a what?

Gorman: xenomorph

Hudson: its a bug hunt

Yeh you're right the script writer's are criminals

Xenomorph is a classification, branch or clade. Like calling us Mammals.
Xeno - Foreign/Alien
Morph - Changing

How can it have a name when they don't even know they exist?

To be perfectly frank, we've surveyed over three hundred worlds and no one's ever reported a creature which, using your words......'gestates in a living human host' and has 'concentrated molecular acid for blood.'

 

[DracoBlade]

Has there even been an expanded fiction-esque scenario where a synthetic plays host to an alien and successfully produces an alien-android hybrid?

I'm not an alien expert in any sense of the term but I'd have to assume Aliens (as the "perfect predator/lifeform') could potentially meld with synthetics/anything beyond organic material.

If not I smell future fanfic all over it

 

[SmokedMeat]

Crossing my fingers this turns out great.

 

[INCUBA3E]

Xenomorph is a classification, branch or clade. Like calling us Mammals.
Xeno - Foreign/Alien
Morph - Changing

How can it have a name when they don't even know they exist?

To be perfectly frank, we've surveyed over three hundred worlds and no one's ever reported a creature which, using your words......'gestates in a living human host' and has 'concentrated molecular acid for blood.'

Jeez dude. Theyre called xenomorphs. They say it multiple times. Get off you high horse

What do u super elite fans call them then? U must be on a first name basis I take it

 

[Anton Sugar]

Xenomorph is a classification, branch or clade. Like calling us Mammals.
Xeno - Foreign/Alien
Morph - Changing

How can it have a name when they don't even know they exist?

To be perfectly frank, we've surveyed over three hundred worlds and no one's ever reported a creature which, using your words......'gestates in a living human host' and has 'concentrated molecular acid for blood.'

I get what you're saying, but what else are we supposed to call them? They're never given a name proper in the movies, to my knowledge, and using "alien"...just no.

 

[bloodforge]

Xenomorph is a classification, branch or clade. Like calling us Mammals.
Xeno - Foreign/Alien
Morph - Changing

How can it have a name when they don't even know they exist?

To be perfectly frank, we've surveyed over three hundred worlds and no one's ever reported a creature which, using your words......'gestates in a living human host' and has 'concentrated molecular acid for blood.'

Of course they know they exist. They want the aliens as weapons, they're not going to admit their existence to everybody.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

How can it have a name when they don't even know they exist?

that's some deep shit, man..

 

[samueljustice00]

Is it just me or does this calendar bear an uncanny resemblance to Ripley from Aliens? I seem to vaguely recall her being dressed/wake up in a similar dressed fashion in Aliens in her appartment (somewhere near the beginning of the movie).

Also, the screenshots look so much ahead of anything out now, that I simply can't believe them being real. Besides, how often have we been shown awesome looking graphics, only to be presented with a horrible looking product (relatively speaking)?

Spoiler

Having said, I want, nay, NEED to believe...

Well there's an easy answer to that - the smaller the space the more expense can be spent on graphics. Remember these games are running on the same systems that allowed for an entire open world to work on 7 yr old machines (GTAV) when you put all that rendering effort and prowess into small rooms and corridors - you'd be hard pressed to make a bad looking game.

 

[Anton Sugar]

Has there even been an expanded fiction-esque scenario where a synthetic plays host to an alien and successfully produces an alien-android hybrid?

I'm not an alien expert in any sense of the term but I'd have to assume Aliens (as the "perfect predator/lifeform') could potentially meld with synthetics/anything beyond organic material.

If not I smell future fanfic all over it

I thought the original concept for xenos was something biomechanical, but I could be wrong.