We recently spoke with developer WayForward (with some fantastic contributions from our community) regarding the upcoming game, Aliens Infestation. Click here for the whole interview.
“The primary locations are the Sulaco, LV-426, the Derelict ship, the Phobos research facility, and a few other minor locations. But believe me when I say they’re pretty massive, especially the Sulaco. We worked off schematics of that ship from James Cameron’s film to make a full 1:1 scale Sulaco, with every inch of it explorable (including the exterior).“
Aliens Infestation will be in stores on October 11th in the US and on September 30th in Europe for the Nintendo DS. Special thanks to Sega and WayForward for taking the time to chat with us.
I can only imagine that they're doing it because they're just huge fans and have absolutely no care about making a profit on this game. Because despite their supposed "low budget", that's what will end up happening.
A cool little homebrew fps (only one level long) for the DS came out a few years ago and used the Alien theme. It's not much of a game but it does give you a hint of what a proper Alien fps for the DS would be like.
You don't see actual gameplay until about 3 mins in and the review, in general, can be slightly annoying but you'll get the idea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9tvjGN3RwY#ws
I know - I'm just refuting the claim from the dude that Mead did Sulaco "schematics" back in 1985, which they're using.
I'd give you the youtube link, but I need to get a haircut
It'd be cool if Mead really did do schematics of the Sulaco, but if he'd done any for the film they woulda shown up in a book or on a DVD sometime in the last 25 years with all the other artwork he did.
I don't judge any game with film accuracy. Alien3 - The Gun would suck if it was accurate.
But does it even matter??? This is a Nintendo DS game, afterall. The game had a small budget and was made for a screen that is smaller than a business card. The game will be fun but I don't think it needs to be judged against too much accuracy from the films. You guys all saw the pic with the "gorilla alien," right? LOL.
Assuming that two companies aren't cooperating and that GBX paid some sort of consultation fee to Mead for his time, I don't think GBX would easily give up the design to WayForward. But I really don't know if these two companies are cooperating or not.
On the other hand I will very likely buy the game.
Edit-- if Colonial Marines has you exploring the Sulaco, and so does Infestation, I wonder how well their two depictions of essentially the same exact setting will match up. I mean sure they'll be different since one is a 3D first-person-shooter and the other is a 2D side-scroller, but I wonder if they'll share common design/placement elements.
https://www.avpgalaxy.net/gallery/albums/games/alienscm/conceptart/concept07.jpg
https://www.avpgalaxy.net/gallery/albums/games/alienscm/conceptart/normal_concept15.jpg
Phobos (Moon of Mars):
https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fapod.nasa.gov%2Fapod%2Fimage%2F0108%2Fphobos_vik1_r1.jpg&hash=4482bc166d9d59fd1c6dbf4d688b7fe8cd43ee1b
Now I'm wondering if the ending will be different based on which marines survive and which ones die.