Multiplat Alien: Isolation sequel announced

[wh4tttt]

Playing this with some good headphones or home theater is anxiety inducing.

Great game.

 

[Adamant]

Playing this with some good headphones or home theater is anxiety inducing.

Great game.

The first time I played this game it was just on a normal TV, no headphones or VR or theater or anything special, and my ass was clinched so tight it could have crushed a walnut. I can't even imagine the first playthrough being with headphones, home theater, VR, volume turned up real loud, etc.

I played it for the first time a few weeks ago, it had been in my backlog for years. Was really good. Honestly was more creeped out by the androids than by the alien. There was a lot of brilliant environmental design, they did a great job with the Sevastopol

The first time walking over a "dead" android and it suddenly comes alive and grabs you without warning........

 

[GtehMVP]

I played it for the first time a few weeks ago, it had been in my backlog for years. Was really good. Honestly was more creeped out by the androids than by the alien. There was a lot of brilliant environmental design, they did a great job with the Sevastopol

Me too, they scared me just as much, if not more with their persistent terminator/Friday the 13th Jason stride. Their becoming unstable killing machines fits in so well with the shady Seegson corp that makes them if you read the terminals.

"Is something amiss, don't run, I will catch you".

The first time I played this game it was just on a normal TV, no headphones or VR or theater or anything special, and my ass was clinched so tight it could have crushed a walnut. I can't even imagine the first playthrough being with headphones, home theater, VR, volume turned up real loud, etc.


The first time walking over a "dead" android and it suddenly comes alive and grabs you without warning........

I don't think my heart could take this in VR. Imagine crawling where the face huggers are!

 

[Krimzon]

The first time walking over a "dead" android and it suddenly comes alive and grabs you without warning........

the first sleeping android is number 1 bullshit. when I walked into the room, I called out that the homie was playing dead and was going to pull my leg. So I try to use the electric baton to bash the homie but none of the hits connect. Realizing it was futile, I continue on my business, when I walk away, the homie wakes up and grabs my foot

#1 bullshit

i didn't want to spend any bullets

 

[Bob Gray]

I played it for the first time a few weeks ago, it had been in my backlog for years. Was really good. Honestly was more creeped out by the androids than by the alien. There was a lot of brilliant environmental design, they did a great job with the Sevastopol

Yeah, thats a great point about something that isn't really brought up when praising the game. It isn't just the xeno tbat makes things creepy. Those working Joe's make Ash seem trite in comparison.

 

[Halifax]

The best horror game ever.

This is good news

 

[Adamant]

My wishlist for AI2:

1) A lot of crybabies bitched about how long the first game was. Fuck'em. I want AI2 to be just as long, if not longer than AI1.

2) Some underwater missions, but make it ominous and spooky as hell.

3) Working Joes are able to crawl into the vents and come after you. Could you fucking imagine?

4) Multiple xenos from the get-go. No need to hide it again. Sometimes you have to navigate a location with 3-5 xenos roaming around. Yikes!

5) Auto Locking Pulse Rifles - (With the ability to actually kill xenos; though ammo is fairly limited and "battle" missions are few and far between. Most of the game should be like AI1.... hide and seek from the alien/s; survival horror).

6) The Queen HAS to be the final boss of the game. It would be so damn epic. I'm imagining it like you are armed to the teeth Rambo-style vs Queen + 15 evil Joes + 20 xenos + 100 facehuggers....AT THE SAME TIME. Make it chaotic as fuck. But to give us a chance, allow us to wield TWO auto-locking pulse rifles simultaneously; one in each hand and let us go HAM with them.

7) Overall try and make the game as scary as possible. Focus on mood and atmosphere and tension and dread above all else. The first game did this well but I feel like it can be pushed significantly further. Scarier environments, scarier xenos, scarier joes, more intense score (more often), longer missions with more on the line, more horror and gore, significantly more brutal and horrific death scenes, etc.

8) Multiple major locations. 2 or 3. Spend 1/2 of the game on a space station, 1/2 of the game on a distant planet, and then maybe end it back on Earth with a solid epilogue. Make it epic and sprawling. ~35 hours on the station and another ~35 hours on the planet, with the epilogue getting a solid 5 hours.

9) I like Amanda Ripley but maybe we can switch to a guy this time. Hear me out.......

10) - Pie in the sky idea: I would love to continue with Amanda, but if her story is over, lets bring in a new character that would REALLY get people talking. Go all out........ hire Arnold Schwarzenegger for his voice and likeness to play the main character.

(but make the character ~30 years younger than Arnold's real age).

I don't see why it couldn't be done. He's been in a few modern video games thus far so why not this one too? (If he's too expensive for the whole shebang, buy his likeness and hire a voice actor that can mimic his voice and inflection as perfectly as possible; exactly like they did with the new Indiana Jones game..... Harrison Ford's likeness and a voice actor that sounds super close to him). The alternative would be to go with Sly. Or Chuck Norris. Or JCVD. The hype would be absolutely OFF THE CHARTS!

lol, pie in the sky indeed.

 

[GtehMVP]

My wishlist for AI2:

1) A lot of crybabies bitched about how long the first game was. Fuck'em. I want AI2 to be just as long, if not longer than AI1.

2) Some underwater missions, but make it ominous and spooky as hell.

3) Working Joes are able to crawl into the vents and come after you. Could you fucking imagine?

4) Multiple xenos from the get-go. No need to hide it again. Sometimes you have to navigate a location with 3-5 xenos roaming around. Yikes!

5) Auto Locking Pulse Rifles - (With the ability to actually kill xenos; though ammo is fairly limited and "battle" missions are few and far between. Most of the game should be like AI1.... hide and seek from the alien/s; survival horror).

6) The Queen HAS to be the final boss of the game. It would be so damn epic. I'm imagining it like you are armed to the teeth Rambo-style vs Queen + 15 evil Joes + 20 xenos + 100 facehuggers....AT THE SAME TIME. Make it chaotic as fuck. But to give us a chance, allow us to wield TWO auto-locking pulse rifles simultaneously; one in each hand and let us go HAM with them.

7) Overall try and make the game as scary as possible. Focus on mood and atmosphere and tension and dread above all else. The first game did this well but I feel like it can be pushed significantly further. Scarier environments, scarier xenos, scarier joes, more intense score (more often), longer missions with more on the line, more horror and gore, significantly more brutal and horrific death scenes, etc.

8) Multiple major locations. 2 or 3. Spend 1/2 of the game on a space station, 1/2 of the game on a distant planet, and then maybe end it back on Earth with a solid epilogue. Make it epic and sprawling. ~35 hours on the station and another ~35 hours on the planet, with the epilogue getting a solid 5 hours.

9) I like Amanda Ripley but maybe we can switch to a guy this time. Hear me out.......

10) - Pie in the sky idea: I would love to continue with Amanda, but if her story is over, lets bring in a new character that would REALLY get people talking. Go all out........ hire Arnold Schwarzenegger for his voice and likeness to play the main character.

(but make the character ~30 years younger than Arnold's real age).

I don't see why it couldn't be done. He's been in a few modern video games thus far so why not this one too? (If he's too expensive for the whole shebang, buy his likeness and hire a voice actor that can mimic his voice and inflection as perfectly as possible; exactly like they did with the new Indiana Jones game..... Harrison Ford's likeness and a voice actor that sounds super close to him). The alternative would be to go with Sly. Or Chuck Norris. Or JCVD. The hype would be absolutely OFF THE CHARTS!

lol, pie in the sky indeed.

Yeah, the "it was too long" thing baffled me. How could more of a great thing be bad? It wasn't like it was filled with useless padding.

I thought it built to an epic crescendo where you're now dealing with not only two aliens, but face huggers, working Joe's and humans, requiring you to put everything you've learned into action.

They left things on a cliffhanger so Amanda's story needs to continue, but I'd like another playable character to be added to the mix with a parallel story that intersects at times, much like Resident Evil 1/2.

Bring in the Colonial Marines and let us play as one. Have his team get wiped out or something. This gives us access to some better hardware.

Along with Weyland Utani being everyone's fav evil megacorp, I def want more of Seegson Corp and the working Joe's.

I'm currently reading Into Charybdis, a direct sequel to the Cold Forge (latter has one of the best villains). Seegson is involved along with Weyland Utani. They take place just as Aliens is happening and shortly after. Like Isolation, these books are considered canon.

Isolation (2137) and Romulus (2142) take place around 40 years before Aliens (2179) so if Seegson (their pharma branch in this case) is still a big enough player by 2179, including them is all but a given.

They have to stick close to the survival horror of the first game, as that's what it's known for, but they can follow the success of RE2 over RE1 with bigger and more varied set pieces/locations.

I'd love to see them expand on the survival DLC. There's so much they can add there, including MP/Coop.

I can't wait to see what they do!

 

[Burd]

Best news I’ve heard all year, but after Jurassic park survival looking dead I’ll believe it once available

 

[Lycandroid]

I would like to see the second one lean into the resident evil side of things

 

[Bob Gray]

I would like to see the second one lean into the resident evil side of things

What does that mean?

 

[Lycandroid]

What does that mean?

survival horror like the last game. but with more weapons, ammo conservation, variety of enemies. Would like to see some of the crazier xenomorph variants in the game.

 

[Bob Gray]

survival horror like the last game. but with more weapons, ammo conservation, variety of enemies. Would like to see some of the crazier xenomorph variants in the game.

I feel like its a logical step to lean a bit more in that direction, but I would say not to overdue it. Every xeno should still be a nearly insurmountable obstacle, and any kill should in and of itself feel like overcoming a huge boss fight, imo.

 

[Lycandroid]

I feel like its a logical step to lean a bit more in that direction, but I would say not to overdue it. Every xeno should still be a nearly insurmountable obstacle, and any kill should in and of itself feel like overcoming a huge boss fight, imo.

yes exactly !! an re2 remake clone in the aliens universe, you essentially have a pack of nemesis/mr x running around at all times. Id like to have a feature where if you start to make noise they show up and the longer you draw out a gun battle the more xenos you attract so early game before you find gear firing off your starter pistol could be suicide

 

[Bob Gray]

yes exactly !! an re2 remake clone in the aliens universe, you essentially have a pack of nemesis/mr x running around at all times. Id like to have a feature where if you start to make noise they show up and the longer you draw out a gun battle the more xenos you attract so early game before you find gear firing off your starter pistol could be suicide

I feel like it has to go that direction a bit. The novelty of a single xeno won't work twice. But I certainly don't want too much "action".

I'm hoping for making some rag-tag, improvised weaponry that more or less accomplishes what the equipment did in the first game. Then maybe some environmental areas/multi objective set-upd where it's possible to kill the xenos. We'll see though

 

[HHJ]

They need to make a version w 3d glasses