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Alien: Isolation captures the essence of what survival horror should be like, perhaps more so than The Evil Within. The player has access to gadgets, but they’re not very reliable. The main emphasis is on quick thinking and steering clear of potential threats until you can figure out if they’re friend or foe. The last thing you want to do is get into a combat situation.
Coping with being so helpless takes a strong mind. If you can steel yourself against a rapidly decreasing likelihood of making it through the day, then definitely check out Alien: Isolation when it releases when it releases on October 7 for the PC, PlayStation and Xbox consoles.
Too bad it's a 6-hour long play once and uninstall affair
reminds me kinds of that other "got-no-gun-gotta-run-and-hide-from-monster" game, Pig Machine?
There is no evidence of the alien in Alien being a fast runner. In fact, it's movements are quite slow, languid. Even the ones in Aliens weren't crazy fast, even though they bounded from walls rather quickly. The AvP games basically took the Alien from 3 and made a bunch of them, which is bullshit but worked for a shooting gallery And people were keeping ahead of the one in 3 for a bit too. So if you can't run from the alien in this, they fucked up.
From the steam page :I was afraid they'd do just this. Why make a new setting based on the Nostromo environment when they could just pander to the fans and recreate the Nostromo, crew and all?
Seems that someone thought just that and saw dollar signs everywhere. They REALLY are desperate for this to be a success, aren't they?
At least the crew looks normal... except for Ash. His head seems off somehow. Brett is also suspiciously absent.
EDIT: Brett isn't in the trailer, but he's in other promo material.
On the upside, this will be the first time that the Nostromo has been done in a video game since the Alien Quake mod back in 1996 (that I know of) so here's hoping they re-create the ship PERFECTLY and let us have a walk around it WITHOUT the xeno. You know, play as Parker, going around fixing this and that, nagging to Dallas and/or Ripley, etc.
From the steam page :
Nostromo Edition includes the Crew Expendable Bonus Content – Choose to play as one of three surviving crewmembers, only moments after Brett’s death at the jaws of the creature. As Ellen Ripley, Dallas or Parker, you can explore the Nostromo from habitation deck down through engineering, coordinating efforts with Lambert and Ash to lure the Alien into the ship’s airlock.
The second mission, 'Last Survivor', is a retailer exclusive (i.e. Gamestop) and allows you to play Ripley as she attempts to escape the ship.
Sir Ian Holm does not need to waste his talent on these lowly dubious things, what are they called?, video games.
It's not a waste of time. Sir Lee is metal as fuck, and as such these things are right up his alley.Sir Ian Holm does not need to waste his talent on these lowly dubious things, what are they called?, video games.
if Sir Christopher Lee can waste his time on lowly dubious things such as Italian power metal bands, then Sir Ian Holm can do the same with video games
From the steam page :
Nostromo Edition includes the Crew Expendable Bonus Content – Choose to play as one of three surviving crewmembers, only moments after Brett’s death at the jaws of the creature. As Ellen Ripley, Dallas or Parker, you can explore the Nostromo from habitation deck down through engineering, coordinating efforts with Lambert and Ash to lure the Alien into the ship’s airlock.
I went and looked further, and found this:
The second mission, 'Last Survivor', is a retailer exclusive (i.e. Gamestop) and allows you to play Ripley as she attempts to escape the ship.
Congratulations SEGA, you just guaranteed a large loss in sales. There are plenty of people that won't even consider buying this game now until an all-inclusive version of the game is released.
Also, John Hurt won't be part of this (as Kane is dead by this time) and Ian Holm will be replaced by a voice actor (too busy playing Bilbo Baggins I guess).
And already this sounds better than 90% of DLC out there.Jonesy DLC:
For $5.99, play as Jonesy the Cat. Run around Nostromos. Disrupt the crew's motion detector for fun. Create jump scares for the crew. Lure Brett to his certain death.
Add additional $1.99, you can enjoy being carried into the sleep pod by a half-naked Weaver. You can also nap on her boobs.
Place your pre-orders now!
Jonesy DLC:
For $5.99, play as Jonesy the Cat. Run around Nostromos. Disrupt the crew's motion detector for fun. Create jump scares for the crew. Lure Brett to his certain death.
Add additional $1.99, you can enjoy being carried into the sleep pod by a half-naked Weaver. You can also nap on her boobs.
Place your pre-orders now!
SHUT UP ANDTAKE MY MONEYSEED!