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[Shmunter]

Just look at this….from Alien Isolation to this….



There is no god and gaming is dead…..

 

[Craig of War]

Rest In Peace: Alien Isolation 2

 

[Husky]

Ow, fuck. Sorry this happened to us, guys

 

[NinjaBoiX]

I think it looks good tbh, I like the painterly art style.

 

[jigglet]

Why did they go the Ubi route and name this xHyenaZ

 

[Evolved1]

I couldn't even make it through their fake trailer earlier today. Didn't know the pedigree either... makes it even worse.

Hey maybe this will land for some people -- just didn't for me, all I'm saying.

 

[Elginer]

Yeah … umm no thank you but good luck

 

[Robb]

Looks pretty great but I’m a bit fatigued on all the multiplayer shooters. Would have preferred a new singleplayer game. Might give it a try if it happens to appear on GamePass though.

 

[Majormaxxx]

Kids play games. Kids like fortnite. This is a logical choice for the devs.

 

[emivita]

 

[Beer Baelly]

 

[sircaw]

 

[01011001]

I mean, it can't be as bad as Alien Isolation

 

[NinjaBoiX]

I mean, it can't be as bad as Alien Isolation

Yeah, I was thinking that!

Even the art in AI was someone else’s work, don’t get the big deal with that game.

 

[Shmunter]

I mean, it can't be as bad as Alien Isolation

Yeah, I was thinking that!

Even the art in AI was someone else’s work, don’t get the big deal with that game.

Philistines!

 

[Spaceman292]

I mean, it can't be as bad as Alien Isolation

Do you work for IGN?

 

[Wohc]

Not even for free on Game Pass, but good luck with that one.

 

[Ywap]

 

[Roberts]

I'm old as fuck and zoomers could be my kids but I don't think it looks bad. Then again I am a sad loser who played Bleeding Edge for two weeks or so and enjoyed every minute of it.

 

[Haggard]

Like overwatch, valorant and fortnight had a child and then dropped it....

 

[STARSBarry]

So there chasing the hero shooter trend... several years after everyone else is pretty much done with it.

The only thing they could have done to make it less intresting is announced it was battle royale, but God does it feel so generic at this point.

 

[niilokin]

reminds me of those 90s hyperactive toy ads and also the weird experimental super sweet /sour/ slimy/ radioactive/ psychedelic half candy half plastic contraptions that would color your tongue and or explode in your mouth and I got a bad case of projectile vomiting from those so no thanks

 

[FunkMiller]

Fucking hell. Talk about an encapsulation of everything that’s wrong with the video games industry, right here.

A developer goes from making a tight, story focused single player experience, that proved to be critically and commercially successful…

…to making yet another bullshit, ADHD, shooty bang bang game for morons.

 

[01011001]

Do you work for IGN?

no, but I don't care much for games with really bland stealth mechanics and awful puzzles that are meant to break the monotony

 

[SNPlayen]

no, but I don't care much for games with really bland stealth mechanics and awful puzzles that are meant to break the monotony

Boourns

 

[01011001]

Fucking hell. Talk about an encapsulation of everything that’s right with the video games industry, right here.

A developer goes from making a bland, story focused single player experience, that proved to be critically and commercially ssuccessful…

…to making yet another possibly fun, ADHD, shooty bang bang game for people who like gameplay.

Alien Isolation was a braindead game with a fake "always active" AI that in reality just randomly teleported around the map with sometimes unrealistic outcomes (the Alien could literally teleport behind you even tho you just saw it walk the other way)
and the only real gameplay elements besides the really simple stealthing were what can only be described as puzzles for preschoolers

 

[dDoc]

Too much focus on MP games. Sad.

 

[DukeNukem00]

Fucking hell. Talk about an encapsulation of everything that’s wrong with the video games industry, right here.

A developer goes from making a tight, story focused single player experience, that proved to be critically and commercially successful…

…to making yet another bullshit, ADHD, shooty bang bang game for morons.

I think you might have some wrong info. Alien Isolation is a 78 MC on xbox and 79 on playstation. It was 81 only on PC. And it was a commercial failure. The reason they are actively not doing a sequel is because it failed on all fronts. Why would a developer make a continuation for a game that failed in all areas ?

 

[DerivedDataCache]

I think you might have some wrong info. Alien Isolation is a 78 MC on xbox and 79 on playstation. It was 81 only on PC. And it was a commercial failure. The reason they are actively not doing a sequel is because it failed on all fronts. Why would a developer make a continuation for a game that failed in all areas ?

It released a year after Aliens Colonial Marines. Thats what probably get it such low reviews.
I played AI this year and it holds up amazingly well.

 

[Shmunter]

This will be such a massive disaster, don't need to be Nostradamus to see it.

THey could do a low cost next gen rez and frame bump of AI for next gen and actually make money. This will close the studio.

 

[Star-Lord]

I think it looks good tbh, I like the painterly art style.

It reminds me vaguely of Brink, which is no bad thing, but to go from Alien Isolation to this?

It breaks my heart.

 

[Team Andromeda]

I was hoping for a game more like Isolation myself, but got to give the team credit for trying something new and different in the FPS genre

 

[Pakoe]

This trash will probably be dead in 6 months.

 

[rsouzadk]

I mean, it can't be as bad as Alien Isolation

It can be too hard, right? I remember that from IGN, lol.

 

[Spaceman292]

no, but I don't care much for games with really bland stealth mechanics and awful puzzles that are meant to break the monotony

Alien Isolation was a braindead game with a fake "always active" AI that in reality just randomly teleported around the map with sometimes unrealistic outcomes (the Alien could literally teleport behind you even tho you just saw it walk the other way)
and the only real gameplay elements besides the really simple stealthing were what can only be described as puzzles for preschoolers

Sounds like you guys have been watching the same influencers. Maybe you should actually play the game.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

Alien isolation was a commercial flop no? I mean I loved it but did it make $€...

 

[mrMUR_96]

The art style is quite cool, looks like that love death and robots episode or watch dogs legion trailer.

 

[Josemayuste]

 

[Spaceman292]

The art style is quite cool, looks like that love death and robots episode or watch dogs legion trailer.

I wish Watchdogs Legion was anything like as cool as that trailer.

 

[Lord Panda]

I’m assuming the devs were held at gunpoint and forced to make this game.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Alien isolation was a commercial flop no? I mean I loved it but did it make $€...

It actually did pretty well, but Sega had much higher expectations, unfortunately.

 

[Salz01]

There is no real gameplay to see or judge. So it’s really hard to tell just how shit it is.

 

[Alebrije]

They fucked it , moving from space horror where are few competitors to a segment filled of options is a Bad idea.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

I think you might have some wrong info. Alien Isolation is a 78 MC on xbox and 79 on playstation. It was 81 only on PC. And it was a commercial failure. The reason they are actively not doing a sequel is because it failed on all fronts. Why would a developer make a continuation for a game that failed in all areas ?

Oh, well, this game looks fucking winning on the other hand. Game of the year right here

 

[MagiusNecros]

I don't think there will be another game like Alien Isolation for a loooong time. It's that good. It makes current horror games look like garbage. They don't have the same sense of dread and powerlessness you have in Isolation. As well as the 2 AI' systems working against you and how the Alien reacts to everything you do down to the noise you make, the sounds your character makes and even being programmed to hear your mic if you have one on. Really cool stuff.

The hopes of a Isolation 2 went down the drain once the mobile sequel Alien: Blackout came to fruition.

 

[CatLady]

This looks awful, I hate the art style and character models. Why this garbage instead of Alien Isolation 2?

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

Graphics? Nice.
Art? Nice.
Sci-Fi? Nice.
Shooter? Nice.
Made by Aliens Isolation Team? Nice.
Game about making heists on spaceships? Fuck yeah!
MP only?.... i'm out.. fuck that.

 

[VN1X]

I have faith in Creative Assembly.

Gamers never know what they want anyway lol. One year it's "I hate muddy grey brown games" and the next they are all over it. As soon as the "enthusiast crowd" sees stylized characters or visuals these days they go "microtransactions durrr" because only games with stylized visuals sell skins apparently. Right.

Anywho I do wish they had shown some actual gameplay though. The screenshots here and there made it look like the business but I think a better announcement would have been to just show off gameplay of a bunch of testers who have already been playing it for a while, to showcase what it's actually like. I'm interested in the concept anyway but we'll have to wait a bit longer for further details...

 

[YeulEmeralda]

I don't think there will be another game like Alien Isolation for a loooong time. It's that good. It makes current horror games look like garbage. They don't have the same sense of dread and powerlessness you have in Isolation. As well as the 2 AI' systems working against you and how the Alien reacts to everything you do down to the noise you make, the sounds your character makes and even being programmed to hear your mic if you have one on. Really cool stuff.

The hopes of a Isolation 2 went down the drain once the mobile sequel Alien: Blackout came to fruition.

Alien isolation really captured the spirit of the franchise. But how much does your average under 25 gamer care about said franchise?

 

[MagiusNecros]

Alien isolation really captured the spirit of the franchise. But how much does your average under 25 gamer care about said franchise?

They don't. It's why it won't happen. Most devs and the companies they work for are going to chase the money instead of their vision. That's just how it is.

Alien Isolation is just going to be that rare game that does what it does well that very few if any other games out there can provide as opposed to the plethora of Michael Bay horror games out there.