New Alien First Person Shooter in development @ Cold Iron Studios

[Hudson]

Alien Game from FoxNext and Cold Iron Studios Confirmed to be "Massively Multiplayer Online Shooter"

Alien Destiny

$60 US Dollars base game
$20 Expansion
$20 Expansion
$40 Expansion
$30 'Annual Pass'

Destiny's the worst.
"MMO-shooter" structure.
It's narrative is a joke.
"That Wizard came from the Moon."
When it has a narrative.
"I could tell you about the Traveller."

Gameplay grindfest that manipulates
it's customers into paying for in-game items.

Please, please no.
Not that.

Hey, I need you to dial back this unhinged vitriol and be more supportive so I feel more secure about my personal fandom.

[Corporal Hicks]

It can be like AvP, but without Predators. AvE. Alien vs Engineer. Three factions: marines, aliens, engineers.

That is something I'd also be interested in seeing. I'd love to be able to rock an Engineer rifle like Galgo in Fire and Stone.

[The Old One]

I don't want the Engineers to be reduced to that.
One of the aspects that makes them successful IMO
Is the untouchable aura Ridley Scott grants them in Prometheus.
Walking art. Walking marble sculpture.

But any examination of an Engineer's character would be a mistake-
Like watching God use a machine gun, or "Engineer Rifle"
they don't need that- they're 'above' that kind of weaponry.

They should only be seen extremely sparsely, IMO.

[Local Trouble]

Maybe the Engineers should have biomechanical lightsabers.

[Corporal Hicks]

Even if not the Engineers as a playable faction, I'd like to be able to use some of their technology as a human character.

[Voodoo Magic]

Alien Game from FoxNext and Cold Iron Studios Confirmed to be "Massively Multiplayer Online Shooter"

Alien Destiny

$60 US Dollars base game
$20 Expansion
$20 Expansion
$40 Expansion
$30 'Annual Pass'

Destiny's the worst.
"MMO-shooter" structure.
It's narrative is a joke.
"That Wizard came from the Moon."
When it has a narrative.
"I could tell you about the Traveller."

Gameplay grindfest that manipulates
it's customers into paying for in-game items.

Please, please no.
Not that.

Hey, I need you to dial back this unhinged vitriol and be more supportive so I feel more secure about my personal fandom.

Sensing.... sarcasm....

[Richman678]

So I am a gamer, and I can tell you I have never heard of Cold Iron Studios.

An Open world MMO type game is a MAJOR type of game to develop.

I would be very hesitant to get excited for this regardless of how you feel about Destiny. Bungie is a major developer who puts out quality work.....and even they messed up Destiny.

I wouldn't start celebrating yet for this news.

[Vrastal]

I wouldnt be opposed to a giant engineer facility being examined and humans stumble across a hive

[The Old One]

Even if not the Engineers as a playable faction, I'd like to be able to use some of their technology as a human character.

So would I, but handheld weaponry just comes off as... wrong.
It's inelegant. Contrary to their design philosophy.

[426Buddy]

I stole this from BD comment section but I thought it was pretty funny.

Burke: "Look, those two games are worth millions to the mobile games/pc division. now, if you're smart, we can both come out of it as heroes and we'll be set up for life"

[Local Trouble]

Even if not the Engineers as a playable faction, I'd like to be able to use some of their technology as a human character.

So would I, but handheld weaponry just comes off as... wrong.
It's inelegant. Contrary to their design philosophy.

Didn't one of them kill a bunch of people with its bare hands in Prometheus?

[Hudson]

Even if not the Engineers as a playable faction, I'd like to be able to use some of their technology as a human character.

So would I, but handheld weaponry just comes off as... wrong.
It's inelegant. Contrary to their design philosophy.

At this point I would be less surprised to see the studio greenlight something bat shit crazy than to hold steadfast to the integrity of any design concepts or conventions. Cases in point: Prometheus. Alien Covenant.

The only people who believe there's any design philosophy behind the 'engineers' are the fans. The filmmakers and the studio couldn't care less what we think, least of all Ridley Scott himself. They just want to make something pretty to sell us.

Wait, this was too vitriolic. I'll try to dial back next time. Sorry everyone.

[The Old One]

@Local Trouble

Exactly.

Didn't need any weapons.
Shrugged off advanced human weaponry like it was nothing.
Which means, even if you wanted to put an "Engineer Rifle"
in the game, logically it should be obscenely overpowered.

@Hudson

https://youtu.be/KFuK6-dgIgM?t=86

[Hudson]

@Hudson

https://youtu.be/KFuK6-dgIgM?t=86

And he didn't work on Alien Covenant, which contributes to my point that the studio doesn't really care about standards or consistency. The engineers in Covenant are a pretty good example of Ridley Scott ignoring anything that Neville Page says in that interview when making the sequel.

[JokersWarPig]

@Local Trouble

Exactly.

Didn't need any weapons.
Shrugged off advanced human weaponry like it was nothing.
Which means, even if you wanted to put an "Engineer Rifle"
in the game, logically it should be obscenely overpowered.

@Hudson

https://youtu.be/KFuK6-dgIgM?t=86

I don't remember the guns in Prometheus being terribly advanced