Alien: Isolation

[sexbad?]

Ban Curious_Tongue

 

[Caim]

*watches video*

THAT is one of YouTube's greatest gaming personalities?

Fuck, I can do better than that.

Not just *one of* the "greatest", but *the* "greatest": Over 31 million subscribers and 6.2 billion total views.

 

[Echo Mirage]

And what he did to get that number. Let alone retain it is one of the great mysteries of the digital age for me.

 

[Caim]

And what he did to get that number. Let alone retain it is one of the great mysteries of the digital age for me.

Making faces at a camera while playing scary games. Laughing at someone being scared is an easy and low-brow pasttime.

 

[J_C]

*watches video*

THAT is one of YouTube's greatest gaming personalities?

Fuck, I can do better than that.

As for the game - While I am feeling much better about this game now that I see it in action, there are lots of little things nagging at me. The feet look kinda silly when they move, that's the only game-related issue I have. Everything else is lore-related, like how the station looks almost EXACTLY like the rig that the Nostromo was hauling in the Alien film.

Yep, the one and only. He is a phenomenon. Nobody knows how an awful show can be Youtube's greatest gaming hit.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

I'll give him one thing: He looks better than I do. Beyond that...

 

[Morgoth]

That stupid android got me there.

 

[Ebonsword]

Wow, I think both of those previews made me less likely to buy the game.

It makes it seem like a puzzle game. Go here, do this, die. Go back, do that instead, die. Go back, try something else, survive to go to the next puzzle which will kill you the first time you try it.


Looks kind of annoying.

 

[Morgoth]

There's always A:CM for people like you.

 

[dnf]

:BUTTHURT:

 

[shihonage]

Wow, I think both of those previews made me less likely to buy the game.

It makes it seem like a puzzle game. Go here, do this, die. Go back, do that instead, die. Go back, try something else, survive to go to the next puzzle which will kill you the first time you try it.


Looks kind of annoying.

The more people get to play it, the more they will see it for what it is.

 

[Morgoth]

There's always mindless shit like DOOM for people like you.

 

[Gregz]

It makes it seem like a puzzle game. Go here, do this, die. Go back, do that instead, die. Go back, try something else, survive to go to the next puzzle which will kill you the first time you try it.

You just described Dark Souls, which is apparently quite popular around here.

 

[Psquit]

There's always mindless shit like DOOM for people like you.

Spoiler

 

[shihonage]

There's always mindless shit like DOOM for people like you.

It'd be fascinating to know what exactly you think Alien: Isolation is going to be.

 

[Morgoth]

Not a mindless shooter, for starters?

 

[shihonage]

Go on.

 

[dnf]

A mindless Amnesia Clone perharps?

 

[Derek Larp]

I hope. Amnesia was fun, despite being fairly linear and scripted.

 

[Morgoth]

Go on.

Don't need to further go on, the game already proved enough quality to spike my interest. You know, this isn't like DOOM where you already figured everything out in advance before you even have played it. Where's the fun in that?

 

[Unkillable Cat]

So far Alien: Isolation has done nothing for me except show me that they REALLY went the distance in recreating the Nostromo and similar environments. That places the game on a level with Gone Home, which features an awesome level layout.

It also has jump scares and an invincible antagonist that can, at best, be driven back. That places the game on a level with Amnesia, which I found to be dull to play, frankly.

Will it do better than that? Can it do better than that? For $15 more people get the Nostromo scenario which re-enacts the source film directly, that's a plus at too great a cost.

 

[Morgoth]

Jeff van Dyck is doing the soundtrack, and I already listened into some leaks. It's heaven.

 

[shihonage]

Go on.

Don't need to further go on, the game already proved enough quality to spike my interest. You know, this isn't like DOOM where you already figured everything out in advance before you even have played it. Where's the fun in that?

So, you have absolutely no clue what you expect from the game, and this fuels your excitement for it.

Who am I to judge. Perhaps you're at a point in your life where you really need to be excited about something in order to keep ticking.

So be it.

 

[Grunker]

This man is lying about DOOM. DOOM for christ sakes. Is there no justice to be had anymore? Is nothing sacred?

 

[shihonage]