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OK, Alien: Isolation Looks Terrifying

Please don't be terrible. Please don't be terrible. Please don't be terrible.

Jan. 7 2014

Posted by: Patrick

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Alien: Isolation

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ffs this game looks like shit

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@flaboere: who told Ripley that Amanda died of old age? Who says that photo of an old woman given to Ripley after she was rescued by the Weyland-Yutani Corp was Amanda and not a fake or some other lady? CONSPIRACY!

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@neozeon said:

"The Trailer Footage Shown Uses The In-Game Engine, And Represents A Work In Progress"

Where have I heard this before? Think dammit, think! Oh no...no! It's Colonial Marines all over again!

You've heard it in every trailer for games in development.

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"The Trailer Footage Shown Uses The In-Game Engine, And Represents A Work In Progress"

Where have I heard this before? Think dammit, think! Oh no...no! It's Colonial Marines all over again!

In all seriousness though, it looked impressive. If Creative Assembly can keep that atmosphere going, then Isolation has some good times ahead of it. Here's hoping that, should it turn out to be a good game, the ill will from the last Aliens game doesn't kill it before it has a chance to prove itself.

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I don't need this game to be good, Alien is already the best Alien experience possible. It's a nigh-on perfect film.

But, uh, I would take a good Alien game.

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at least it looks like a proper Alien game, we'll see what happens though.

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They....they....that entire trailer FELT like it was Alien more than any Aliens game I've ever soon. Holy shit.

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Gahhh! I thought I swore off Aliens games... But.... NEED. THIS.

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@robopengy: its the trailer music from Alien 1, go watch the original Alien 1 trailer, same music. It just also happens to be in prometheus

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Review first, then we'll talk.

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I think that as good as trailers can get for crap games (Dead Island), this trailer for Alien: Isolation is phenomenal. However, we're way past buying games sight unseen, especially for the "Alien/Aliens" franchise. Too many games have exploited our love for this franchise. I'll await the reviews.

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This is kind of familiar, wasn't this the reaction to Colonial Marines' demo? ;p

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Trailer gives an Amnesia Dark Descent vibe. If it plays like it, I'm on board!

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I'll pass on this unless I hear good things about it

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Ugh, another game forcing you to play as a woman. Let us choose please!

Ugh, another dude forgetting that games forced women to play as men 99% of the time up to now. If that's such a sticking point with you, then sorry, but you should figure that out, because that's not a normal reaction.

Besides, this is Alien we're talking about. A woman being the protagonist is the ONLY right choice. Beyond it being the only thematically right choice for a thematic successor to Alien, it is especially fitting if you're trying to appeal to the human "reptile brain" (Y'know, the part that manages your fight-or-flight reactions) which perceives females as physically weaker and more in need of protection.

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This looks like a potentially good game, but I wish it wasn't licensed. I think the Alien franchise is played out. It's harder to be afraid of a mysterious beast if everyone already knows what it is. I would prefer a game inspired by, but not based on, Alien. But I suppose that a licensed game is guaranteed to sell more than a new title would, though it makes me far less likely to play it myself.

Agreed. Not saying it can`t be scary, but it definitely won`t have the same effect as not knowing what`s going to bust out of an air vent and maul your face off.

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I am setting my expectations as low as they can be, yet hoping that this game is good. That way, I can only be pleasantly surprised.

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Is it an Aliens game? Is it on the 3DO? No? Then, it's going to be terrible.

I will always defend Alien Resurrection for PlayStation.

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@senrat: We just want an Aliens game thats good! Is that too much to ask?

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Intriguing. This could have some potential.

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@senrat said:

So few people have any optimisim about this game despite it being the alien game almost everybody wants. Typical internet.

Don't we just smell? Ya gotta love us anyways! :^)

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So few people have any optimisim about this game despite it being the alien game almost everybody wants. Typical internet.

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My therapist said I'm allowed to get cautiously optimistic this time...

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they need to let gearbox take over this game that way we have assurance this game will be top quality.

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@johnbakosh said:

Ugh, another game forcing you to play as a woman. Let us choose please!

That might be included as an option in the limited Generation Remix: Millenial Edition.

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Also what? Could they not get Sigourney Weaver to voice her character. It's only set 15 years later. I want to play as Ellen!!!

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Finally, a game based on the Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror Masterpiece "Alien" and not any of it's shitty sequels. I'm looking at you "Aliens." Fuck off.

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@discoman said:

Well lets see what this game has going for it.

- Aliens game

Against it

- Creative Assembly is making it (Extra points for their console games being mediocre at best)

- Aliens game

Game over, man. Game over.

Alien game. Not Aliens. There's only one, this is more like the original movie.

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Thus begins Sega's annualization of that hot Alien franchise?

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This looks like it could be an Amnesia like game, but with an Alien (or more than one?). I hope this turns out to be good. I really wanted to get CM, but the way it looked when it came out and how Gearbox pretty much sold the game on lies turned me off of it. I hope the dev team on this one can do the franchise good, but I'm not holding my breath.

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Remember to keep your expectations low.

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Well lets see what this game has going for it.

- Aliens game

Against it

- Creative Assembly is making it (Extra points for their console games being mediocre at best)

- Aliens game

Game over, man. Game over.

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I don't think it looks terrible. No where near as terrible as Aliens: CM looked. The graphics looks so so, but it's early and some parts do look good. It looks like a pretty good horror game to me if they nail the atmosphere.

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This looks fucking great... fuck... please don't be total horse shit.

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@robopengy: definitely the iconic sound from the Prometheus trailer (that wasn't in the actual film)

I love that sound, but it's associated with inflated hopes and disappointment. If I were designing the sound for that trailer, and I had the rights, I'd be tempted to use it to.

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@robopengy: Which was sampled from the original Alien film trailer.

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