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[Timberwolf25]

Maybe I should finally play the first game.

I've been watching some of the vids posted earlier and I have a better understanding of how to play now.
Going to restart from the beginning because it's been so long since I played it last. I don't think I made it even quarter of the way through on my last attempt.

 

[Skitso]

I wonder why CA hasn't released a remaster of this for consoles. 4k/60fps with some slight visual face lift should be a quick and easy to do.

Remastering the original would also be a nice marketing tool for a franchise that has more than decade since it's last game...

 

[Fat Frog]

Alien: Isolation 2’s Director ‘Wanted To Match the Original and Go Beyond’, So the Sequel Is Still All About That Terrifying Game of Cat and Mouse

Alien: Isolation 2's director discusses the long wait for the sequel, and how the new game needs to "match the original and go beyond".

www.ign.com

 

[Arachnid]

The more I think about it, this may actually be my most hyped game. Even over the SH1 and Code Veronica remakes. Good god, the first was a god tier survival horror game. I still cant believe a movie game was so god tier.

 

[Alex11]

The more I think about it, this may actually be my most hyped game. Even over the SH1 and Code Veronica remakes. Good god, the first was a god tier survival horror game. I still cant believe a movie game was so god tier.

Yeah, I was skeptical when I first played Isolation, because there were mostly disappointing games and movies, but was proven wrong. Not so much in gameplay, which is fine, but more so in atmosphere, it was finally someone that understands the Xeno and the Alien universe.

 

[RAIDEN1]

Yeah, I was skeptical when I first played Isolation, because there were mostly disappointing games and movies, but was proven wrong. Not so much in gameplay, which is fine, but more so in atmosphere, it was finally someone that understands the Xeno and the Alien universe.

The game was better than the movie that followed it (not in terms of story..) but Alien Covenant wasn't all that great....it took the latest movie released 2 years back to set things straight

 

[Chuck Berry]

Wouldn't be surprised if the first game gets an upgrade a few months before release

 

[RCX]

The game was better than the movie that followed it (not in terms of story..) but Alien Covenant wasn't all that great....it took the latest movie released 2 years back to set things straight

 

[rsouzadk]

 

[EverydayBeast]

Loved Sevastopol, the "working joes", 80s aesthetics, the tight spaces against the Alien and using barebones weapons, I project a nice looking sequel.

 

[Alex11]

The game was better than the movie that followed it (not in terms of story..) but Alien Covenant wasn't all that great....it took the latest movie released 2 years back to set things straight

Well, for me everything from Aliens onward is either mediocre, somewhat decent/enjoyable or a big pile of shit. So this game was in a way the 1st good sequel to Alien/s and I'm looking forward to what they'll do with 2.

 

[MrCunningham]

Yeah, I was skeptical when I first played Isolation, because there were mostly disappointing games and movies, but was proven wrong. Not so much in gameplay, which is fine, but more so in atmosphere, it was finally someone that understands the Xeno and the Alien universe.

The thing with Alien licensed games in general are that they tend to fall under two sub licenses almost exclusively. James Cameron's Aliens, which is the easiest of the Alien licenses to turn into a game, as it involves space marines horror and hordes of Xenomorphs. The second sub license is Alien vs Predator. AvP gives developers quite a bit more creative freedom as it revolves around the Xenomorphs, Colonial Space Marines and Predator franchise pretty liberally.

Alien Isolation was a real attempt to make an alien game around the first movie's concept and ascetic design choices and move away from the James Cameron Aliens cliches. The gameplay goes more stealth survival, with primarily one Xenomorph (OK, more get added in the end), and the lower tier Working Joe robots.

I give Alien Isolation credit for going in a different direction from the Colonial Marines. It tries to play out as a more direct sequel to Alien (1979) movie. Ripley was revealed to have a daughter. The game coincidentally runs with that concept.

 

[Alex11]

The thing with Alien licensed games in general are that they tend to fall under two sub licenses almost exclusively. James Cameron's Aliens, which is the easiest of the Alien licenses to turn into a game, as it involves space marines horror and hordes of Xenomorphs. The second sub license is Alien vs Predator. AvP gives developers quite a bit more creative freedom as it revolves around the Xenomorphs, Colonial Space Marines and Predator franchise pretty liberally.

Yeah, totally agree it's easier to make an Alien game based on Aliens or AVP and more fun? for the general audience.

And I'm sure that a 3rd person shooter in the spirit of Aliens with tons of set pieces and mayhem and also heavy on the story will sell the most. I mean like a very high-quality game made by a big top studio.

Alien Isolation was a real attempt to make an alien game around the first movie's concept and ascetic design choices and move away from the James Cameron Aliens cliches. The gameplay goes more stealth survival, with primarily one Xenomorph (OK, more get added in the end), and the lower tier Working Joe robots.

I give Alien Isolation credit for going in a different direction from the Colonial Marines. It tries to play out as a more direct sequel to Alien (1979) movie. Ripley was revealed to have a daughter. The game coincidentally runs with that concept.

I think the game leans a bit towards Aliens there at the end with a more bombastic actiony sequence, but yeah, it's based on the 1st movie, it's the most sequel out of all sequels.

 

[forsakkenSoul]

Helmed by the same director and many developers of the original

'Convinced me that it's in the right hands'

Press demo takes place in on colony planet LV-921 in a remote Weyland-Yutani outpost surrounded by the woods

The level is in the middle of a storm, lots of rain, 'soupy mist', angry winds that set the mood

You play as Blake, a manager working for Weyland-Yutani searching for the lab

You regularly move between interior sections on Kurosaki Station and the "distressed, eerie" outdoors

There will be an 'interesting dynamic' between interior and exterior spaces

Like the first game, Xenomorph can't be killed

Taken aback by how good everything looks, very detailed, xenomorph 'exceptionally' well rendered

Retains the creepy cat-and-mouse pillar of the IP

 

[IbizaPocholo]

https://www.techradar.com/gaming/alien-isolation-2-creative-director-confirms-the-sequel-will-draw-inspiration-from-the-original-movie-authenticity-is-the-lens-we-do-everything-through

 

[ValiantInstance]

I wonder if they'll utilise an AI agent this time to react to the player instead of having pre-coded checks that respond to certain actions in the first game like hiding in lockers too often.

 

[MrCunningham]

I think the game leans a bit towards Aliens there at the end with a more bombastic actiony sequence, but yeah, it's based on the 1st movie, it's the most sequel out of all sequels.

Yeah, it still goes in the direction of 'aliens' in the final act. The Alien stalker AI, is really a sophisticated scripting system that tracks the player and spawns the xenomorph accordingly in the map somewhere near by. But I think it has its limitations.

The working joe maintenance bots always seemed like a bit of a distraction from the main Alien. The working Joe bots were a nice addition. But become overused. These can stalk better than the alien and just lock onto the player.

The final end game throws in other aliens. Just to action it up.

The plot itself with Amanda Ripley tracking her mother down, or to where ever the place that the Space Jockeys' ship was hauled off to... Sure? OK.

I think the sneaking sections against the Xenomorph were probably the things that people liked the most about Isolation. It is the rare Alien 1 styled game that first movie's spin-off universe.

It's like how Ghostbusters 2009 is the third movie. Alien Isolation is that fictional Alien 2 that still had to follow the plot of Aliens, and goes with the fact that Ripley has a daughter named Amanda Ripley (which were restored scenes in various cuts of Aliens). The designs follow the look of the first movie.

It has been a couple years since I last played Isolation. I should give it another playthrough. For a 2014 horror survival styled game, it was great.

 

[Alex11]

https://www.techradar.com/gaming/alien-isolation-2-creative-director-confirms-the-sequel-will-draw-inspiration-from-the-original-movie-authenticity-is-the-lens-we-do-everything-through

For me this is good news, that they're still taking inspiration more from Alien, it means they're going to steer away from too much action.

 

[Alex11]

Yeah, it still goes in the direction of 'aliens' in the final act. The Alien stalker AI, is really a sophisticated scripting system that tracks the player and spawns the xenomorph accordingly in the map somewhere near by. But I think it has its limitations.

The working joe maintenance bots always seemed like a bit of a distraction from the main Alien. The working Joe bots were a nice addition. But become overused. These can stalk better than the alien and just lock onto the player.

Exactly, of course it has limitations and spawns the Xeno AI, just like any other game. But it's interesting, it keeps you on your toes rather than say making it have a set path, and more importantly, it fits into the Alien and Xeno mythos.

Agree on the working joes, a bit overused and a bit too bland maybe after a while. The human enemies as well, they were ok when used at the same time as the Xeno, but completely unnecessary for that level where the Xeno is gone.

I think the sneaking sections against the Xenomorph were probably the things that people liked the most about Isolation. It is the rare Alien 1 styled game that first movie's spin-off universe.

Totally, especially for fans of the 1st movie. There are way more fans of the 1st one and consider it the best than people realise.

The plot itself with Amanda Ripley tracking her mother down, or to where ever the place that the Space Jockeys' ship was hauled off to... Sure? OK.
It's like how Ghostbusters 2009 is the third movie. Alien Isolation is that fictional Alien 2 that still had to follow the plot of Aliens, and goes with the fact that Ripley has a daughter named Amanda Ripley (which were restored scenes in various cuts of Aliens). The designs follow the look of the first movie.

It has been a couple years since I last played Isolation. I should give it another playthrough. For a 2014 horror survival styled game, it was great.

The story was serviceable, it has those cliches in writing and action, but in a video game I can be more forgiving than in a movie.

I liked that they kept it simple, they didn't try to over-explain the Xeno and whatnot, it's how it should be, mysterious, eerie horror.

 

[MiguelItUp]

For me this is good news, that they're still taking inspiration more from Alien, it means they're going to steer away from too much action.

No kidding. That's what the game needs, I would hate for it to shift and take more of an action route. The way the first game did everything was perfect. Just lean into that more.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Little concerned about the talk of open areas and all that but maybe unfounded. Very much looking forward to this game I loved the hell out of Alien Isolation, such an awesome game.

 

[Puscifer]

You're trying to outdo me in neogafs retard of the year award and it's working

Honestly your best post this year

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

They have to flesh out the movement of Amanda because she controlled like an office chair from temu.

 

[Skitso]

They have to flesh out the movement of Amanda because she controlled like an office chair from temu.

Controlling her is going to be really difficult in this game. - impossible even.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

And put her on a chicken diet.

 

[Alex11]

No kidding. That's what the game needs, I would hate for it to shift and take more of an action route. The way the first game did everything was perfect. Just lean into that more.

Yeah, I wouldn't like it either, but I expected that they would make it more actiony, after all, it would sell more. As I said, great for fans of the 1st movie. Probably the gameplay will be the same, slow, fit for the atmosphere and movie lore.

 

[Uncle Moe]

Sorry to pile on but.... wait, no, I'm not sorry at all. You deserve your demerit badges.

no wonder the first game was shit. the devs seemingly didn't even know the genre of their game.

they legit called the first one a survival horror game during the announcement of this lol. it's just a stealth game, there were zero survival game mechanics

 

[Dr.Morris79]

I don't want to hide in fucking cabinets anymore, and you know Fire team 2 will shit the bed and have pink Forza 5 emotes

 

[Chuck Berry]

I'm avoiding most info about this, but are you back to playing Amanda or are you a Weyland-Yutani guy?

Edit - Amanda Ripley* another female main character no one had an issue with or complained about. Underrated, just like the game.

And CA actually had the decency to make her look pretty damn close to her model, Kezia Burrows

 

[Snowdonhoffen]

I'm avoiding most info about this, but are you back to playing Amanda or are you a Weyland-Yutani guy?

Edit - Amanda Ripley* another female main character no one had an issue with or complained about. Underrated, just like the game.

And CA actually had the decency to make her look pretty damn close to her model, Kezia Burrows

Nope, you are a brand new protagonist with the last name Blake. If you want to avoid getting into more details I won't say more, but there is a good (but kinda convenient) reason why there is a new protagonist. But still, I think we will see or hear Amanda in one way or another.

 

[Shmunter]

no wonder the first game was shit. the devs seemingly didn't even know the genre of their game.

they legit called the first one a survival horror game during the announcement of this lol. it's just a stealth game, there were zero survival game mechanics

Sounds to me, you didn't survive.