Alien: isolation is the cover story of the January issue of the Italian magazine, Game Republic. The 10-page article features new images and details on the game by Sega & Creative Assembly. You can find the scans here. Some bullets from the interview:
- The expected gameplay length is “more than a dozen hours“.
- There will be no facehuggers. The Alien is fully grown when Amanda reaches the station.
- Amanda is the only playable character.
- Gameplay wise, the game will be the same across all platforms.
DIS!!!
It was far enough to not have been discovered by accident, but close enough to be destroyed when the AP went up.
The location of the Colony and the Location of the Direlect are pretty distant, if I have my measurements right.
Burk didn't have all the info on the Nostromo, it was lost.
Does it say that they're actively searching for it?
After a few millennia perhaps. But there's no planets or stars near where the Nostromo exploded.
...and now, dreams comes true
I may have not seen the movie in a while so correct me if I'm wrong here, but I don't think they have the flight recorder until AFTER Ripley gets rescued after 50 some years of sleep. The game takes place in the 15 years after the first movie, not taking place during the same time as ALIENS, or even close to it.
Really? When was your last viewing of the movie Aliens?
from the board of inquiry scene:
-VAN LEUWEN
The shuttle's flight recorder
corroborates some elements of
your account. That the Nostromo
set down on LV-426, an unsurveyed
planet, at that time. That
repairs were made. That it resumed
its course and was subsequently set
for self-destruct. By you. For
reasons unknown.
Mutherf**king XHANOID!
YOU OWE ME A MONITOR
Will buy 5 copies if this happens.
You know they just meant that in regards to the props, right? They're not literally setting it in the 1970s.
In the novel of aliens it is referenced that the black box was sabotaged before the inquest.....
Umm they just did. The content of the black box scroll behind Ripley when she's getting grilled, and the inquest asks her about the context of the actions it recorded.
Same as the Alien grabs Amanda and then uses a literal AvP2010 growl to threaten her.
This game won't be any more authentic or true than any of the other SEGA offerings. It will just look much prettier and grittier.
All respect to Mr. Abnett, his forte is writing about giant aryan ubermensch in giant shoulder pads who shoot all the things and don't not ever lose and stab literal gods themselves in the crotch for great justice in the edgiest egdy grimdarkdarkdark darkness of edgiest grimdarkery made by a company that has a stable of plot so over the top even the creators can't take it seriously with a straight face.
This game is as fanony as any other SEGA offering, it's just being allowed to be marketed as self aware, because of length and breadth of the f**kuppery present in their previous catalog.
Maybe a synthetic like what you describe was the first image that was leaked from this game?
https://www.avpgalaxy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/CA.jpg
Interesting stuff though, thanks for telling me what Seegson is.
EDIT: A quick google search tells me they "specialize" in synthetics? I hope Hyperdyne gets a mention in terms of robot manufacturers.
Remember, the movie came out in 1979. The black boxes in planes and whatnot still used magnetic tape until the 90s. The devs of this game stayed true to the tech that was available at the time the movie was made. They made it a point to not use technology in the game that could not have been made in the 70s.
The character uniforms I'm guessing are from the Weyland Yutani crew that Amanda goes with to retrieve the Black Box from whoever salvaged it. Also, if you're wondering about what Seegson is about, they're essentially a wannabe Weyland Yutani. They work with the same types of technology, except that Seegson is not at the same level of quality as Weyland Yutani is. I recall one quote from an article I read yesterday that said something about seeing a synthetic ripped in half, except that it looked more like a mannequin than what Ash (used as an example) looked like. It was then that the article mentioned Seegson.
Maybe. Really wonder what this Seegson Corporation is all about. I suppose they could have gotten the black box but the station and character uniforms (we've seen so far) look so blatantly Weyland-Yutani it's hard to say.
Possibly because the thing is never going to get retrieved. In the game Amanda is heading over to the ship or station that has the blackbox. They try to communicate with the crew, but they can't get a response. Shit obviously goes down from what we see, and remember, there's a corporate presence in the background known as Seegson that seems shady as hell to me that is also going to be involved. All in all, it's not hard to imagine the blackbox isn't going to get in the hands of Weyland Yutani.
I really hope they do not make a lot of plot holes. So much potential for a great in-canon storyline, in addition to a great game.
woor
TBH game sounds boring but it seems to be going in a better direction than ACM... but what wouldn't?
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