Alien: Isolation is less than two weeks away, consequently early copies of the game have started to slowly make their way to the surface including what appears to be a Russian version of the game on PS3. Alien: Isolation has yet to be officially shown on PS3 or X360, making these fan screenshots the first images of the game in any last gen consoles. Be sure to check them below:
PS3 is looking fine for some features but this needs to be played at full res, full sounds and no lights.
Considering the quality of the footage I've seen so far and that the game would cost me £400 instead of £40 to play it with slightly better graphics I'd have to agree with you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmMDq0Bkd4A#ws
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4jGqdDg4qA
You secure that sh*t, WinterActual.
Good news.
Stunt Hicks ftw
Yeah, decent game, but perhaps lazy. I mean it completely trashes ACM in retrospect, but it was released alongside the likes of Mass Effect 2 and Red Dead Redemption. I haven't played it for a while, and coming back to it, other than the Predator missions, has actually been pretty fun today.
Just finished the marine's second mission. Pretty tense actually. The thing I like is that the game doesn't throw unlimited, non-stop hoards at you. It's balanced by the fact that they're way harder to kill in this game than in AvP '99, where there were so many, but a burst from a pulse rifle had a really high chance of killing them outright. Plus, back then the AI had them pretty much just running straight for you. I've always been impressed by the Alien AI in the 2010 game. They hide in the shadows and they don't bunch up if they're all out in the open together. Makes it pretty tough. It took me several tries to get past the bridge section at the early part of the level. Getting bum rushed and having to resort to the pistol for the last three or four was really tough.
The sequence going through the hive with Major Van Zandt or whatever his name is. The flamethrower was my best friend. It was a really quiet, tense playthrough and I was doing it on a big TV in a totally dark room. Really tense. Definitely getting fired up to do it with Isolation.
Some of the marine missions weren't bad. Letdown game, but it had some moments.
I had the season pass for ACM on 360. I hated the game so much I didn't even bother downloading anything after the first DLC release.
But who knows, the game is so cheap now I might get it again and play it through for the trophies.
I still haven't finished Stasis Interrupted for A:CM. That will be my "quick fix" until Tuesday.
Even though they haven't all been great, I feel really good that we've had a steady flow of Alien-based games over the last couple of years. I recall a time (more than a few years ago) when nothing was coming out at all. This has been refreshing.
Now I got my quick fix till next Tuesday.
It's only $10 at GameStop if you have one close
A 7 is a victory by ACM standards. If it gets an 8-9, forget it. Sales will be off the charts.
As excited for this game as I am, I was also excited for A:CM, AvP '10, both AvP movies, Predators, Prometheus, etc. I'll be safely assuming the game is going to get rated somewhere around a 6 or 7 by IGN and the likes of other press sources.
The last time I wasn't let down by an Aliens related game was Infestation. AvP '10 was decent at BEST, at worst it was really underwhelming. I feel like buying it again though just because I have a PS3 and no longer an Xbox, which I had it on before.
EDIT:
Or maybe not: It's over $70 for PS3 on Amazon.
This game is good. Let's just say that.
If you don't eventually see it, just know it was solid. The PS3 screenshots weren't that great looking, but this footage looked fine. What I'd expect from a really good looking game for that generation.
Does anybody have links to another video or some pics of the 360 version???
The first hour of gameplay?
I watched parts of that first hour. No real spoilers. Tutorial/intro stuff. I wasn't even playing and I could FEEL the tension. Loved it.
Oh , and just saying :
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr14VuukFak
Because ironically enough, you need to be online in order to switch it to offline mode. Fortunately, thereafter it will automatically stay in offline mode even if you switch off or reboot your PC.
Great, looks like I'll be buying the PC version then (there's a nifty looking steel book on Amazon).
Thanks for the information, you've been most helpful.
If you want to update the game with the latest patch or if you want to re-install the game then you'll of course need to go online again.
Thank you kindly for the speedy response. If I buy the PC version and use Steam to activate it, do I need an Internet connection to keep playing? I ask because I don't have an Internet connection at my flat. I could take my PC to my parents place to activate the game online after an initial install but I need to know whether I'm required to be online every time I boot the game up?
Sorry for the (probably quite) stupid questions but I'm not very knowledgeable about newer technology.
Damn it, those kids are back again my front lawn AGAIN!
You're going to need Steam in order to activate the game on PC even if you buy the physical version. The Nostromo DLC will most likely be included on the game disc (as was the case with ACM's pre-order DLC incentives). The rest of the forthcoming DLC will probably have to be downloaded from Steam.
The PC version will no doubt be the superior version (as was the case with ACM) so if your PC has the horsepower then definitely go for that version. Steam ain't that bad.
I'm getting mine for the 360 and hoping that the overall experience is something that produces challenge, tension, responsive controls, and an immersive storyline to boot.
Every system that Alien Isolation is being released for has that capability to deliver those things.
I'm computer illiterate.
but if you can get it for pc you might as well.