Sega hints at a VR Release of Alien: Isolation! Talking to Market for Computer & Video Games, Sega Europe’s President Jurgen Post has been hinting at the possibility of Alien: Isolation seeing a virtual reality release!
“VR has caught the whole company’s attention,” Post explains. “We have a lot of VR kits in the office and people are playing with it. We are exploring ways to release games. We’ve not announced anything, but we are very close to making an announcement. We did Alien: Isolation about three years ago on Oculus Rift, it was a demo that was bloody scary. To bring that back to VR would be a dream and dreams can come true.”
Sega hints at a VR Release of Alien: Isolation in a new interview with MCV!
The Oculus Rift demo that Jurgen mentioned went viral last year, with quite a few outlets posting their experiences on YouTube. If you thought Alien: Isolation was scary sat back from the screen, imagine how terrifying it would be in virtual reality.
While I have not had the chance to play Alien: Isolation on the Oculus Rift, I’ve had the pleasure (I use that word liberally) of experiencing the game using the HTC Vive and it was certainly intense. I couldn’t think of a more fitting candidate for a VR release than Alien: Isolation!
Thanks to Bughunter S. Thomson for the news.
If anything it at least shows Sega still has some enthusiasm for the game.
If you haven't experience the game all the way through..here is a guy who recorded a complete play through..not a lot of talking..SPOILERS
Lol!! This made my spill my drink.
Exactly the same here
Now one last thing... Don't smoke Cannabis and play Horror Games in VR you will literally shit bricks.
instead of making this expensive pointless gimmick make isolation 2 instead.
Reading the line "we are very close to making an announcement" has me very excited!
I am surprised we haven't heard of a new Alien game to launch around the time of Alien: Covenant.
RE Isolation, I wouldn't imagine it's Creative Assembly working on a VR update. Although Al Hope hinted at it last year, I've spoken to a couple of devs that worked on the game and they've both said they haven't heard anything about new content. There is that mystery DLC on Steam though, and a massive calling for a VR patch, so perhaps you'd be allowed to play in VR if you purchased an add-on?
I'd just be happy to see any new content for the game. What I'd like most is Mod Tools but for some reason Sega don't want that to become a reality.
I thought SEGA still had the license? When talking to the Isolation devs I asked what the exact license was and they said that they were never told, it's only known by SEGA (and Fox, etc) execs - although the rumour was that it was based on the number of games they released. E.G. SEGA are allowed to release 5 Alien games within whatever timespan they feel like.
I guess that's why they haven't announced anything new yet. They want to perfect any new releases so they don't waste any more uses of their license like they did on A:CM. Perhaps that's also why they're planning a VR patch to Isolation - it doesn't count as a new game but will encourage more people to buy it.
It was only the one Survivor map IIRC. To be honest, I've not clue how much work it would take to do true VR. The Isolation I played on the Vive amounted to playing the game on a virtual cinema screen that was just so close to your eyes. I'd imagine it'd take a little more work to make it true VR.
I'm dying for a sequel too. Or an Aliens game. Or a free-roaming Predator game. Or a new AvP with modding support. Give them all to me!
If they do this, it'd be a great opportunity for them to implement player character shadows, and more object interaction animations. Those have always been my two pet peeves with A:I.
I'm in the same boat. I never really cared for VR, having tried out the Rift about 3/4 years back. I really wasn't impressed. I tried the Vive (and Isolation on the Vive) recently and I thought it was fantastic. Isolation was just...I thought the game was amazing and intense already, having it literally right in front of your eyes was just incredible.
My wife unintentionally scared the crap out of me late one night when I was playing with the headset on. I was trying to be super quiet around the androids in the Seegson Comms area, and she came into the office to check on me. She put her hand on my shoulder while I was hiding behind a table (in-game!), and I almost shat myself.
It's super-immersive, but you can tell it's not quite optimized, though. For one, the darks are very, very dark and can make it hard to see. Also, you have to kind of squint to read the text on the access terminals, and you have to use an xbox controller, because you can't craft with keyboard/mouse.
But I highly recommend trying it if you get a chance.