Prefered another design?

[Stalker]

They obviously need to have more variety in the game than just fighting warriors the entire time...still, the one in that screenshot looks awesome nonetheless.

[gameoverman]

If it's an established hive it should be the Aliens warriors - in keeping with tradition.  Has more of the classic 'Alien trilogy' feel.  I hope we don't see any aliens post-Alien 3.

[xenomorph36]

i'm sure they will throw in some other aliens like alien queen , facehuggers(confirmed) , chestbuster, and maybe a pretorian.

[The Necronoir]

Where be thou domed beastie?

http://www.avpgalaxy.net/images/news/2008/20080214.jpg

Right above the close-up warrior's shoulder 'crest', silhouetted against the light source in the background. In other words right under the 'AM' in GAMEINFORMER.

What can I say, I have excellent vision...

[gameoverman]

Where be thou domed beastie?

http://www.avpgalaxy.net/images/news/2008/20080214.jpg

Right above the close-up warrior's shoulder 'crest', silhouetted against the light source in the background. In other words right under the 'AM' in GAMEINFORMER.

What can I say, I have excellent vision...

Yeah, you're right.  Looks like Giger's alien.  Wouldn't that be awesome, to see all the different alien designs in there.

[War Wager]

Oh I see it now. It would be great if it's Gigers Alien, but if you look at one of the in game shots you can see the ridges aren't actually raised from the head.

[Purebreedalien]

I'm loving seeing my favourite Alien design in a brand new game with shiny new graphics!

[gameoverman]

Oh I see it now. It would be great if it's Gigers Alien, but if you look at one of the in game shots you can see the ridges aren't actually raised from the head.

But it has the back spike as well which is missing from the cameron-aliens (some are supposed to have it but I've never seen it).

[Huol]

The domed alien is just the mcfarlane alien figure.

I can tell. I'm holding it right now.

The mouth is the exact same pose and everything.

[Spaghetti]

Domed heads over ridged heads any day.

[Private Hudson]

Ridged over domed anyday!!

[arachnophilia]

we're nitpicking the hell out of it over at the gearbox boards, trying to help them get it dead on film-accurate. cause i can point out a few things right now they've messed up:

for instance, the ridges on the head are collapsed in, not convex. bad bad bad. they've also kept the ADI shoulders and hands, which is just awful.

personally, i'd like to see just the aliens from cameron's film in this game, and very little else. not over bias towards that design, but just to completely reproduce the film as best as possible. but i hear they're including giger's alien, too. and a possibility of egg-carrying workers, as intended to be in aliens.

[Private Hudson]

If there was anything other than Facehuggers, Adults, a Queen, bursters, or Runners, then it would have to be a Preatorian, at least they make a little sence.

we're nitpicking the hell out of it over at the gearbox boards, trying to help them get it dead on film-accurate. cause i can point out a few things right now they've messed up:

for instance, the ridges on the head are collapsed in, not convex. bad bad bad. they've also kept the ADI shoulders and hands, which is just awful.

personally, i'd like to see just the aliens from cameron's film in this game, and very little else. not over bias towards that design, but just to completely reproduce the film as best as possible. but i hear they're including giger's alien, too. and a possibility of egg-carrying workers, as intended to be in aliens.

Also, Hadleys Hope was destroyed, this looks just like it did when the First squad of marines came.

[DoomRulz]

Wasn't there an article on the web somewhere about the Aliens' design changing from film to film? I can't seem to find it. If anyone knows what I'm referring to, any help would be appreciated.

[gameoverman]

they've also kept the ADI shoulders and hands, which is just awful.

The hands look weird - looks like they have 5 fingers.  The alien hands should look like this (note the conjoined fingers):



The shoulders are hard to make out, though, hopefully they are not llike the hideous ADI ones.

If there was anything other than Facehuggers, Adults, a Queen, bursters, or Runners, then it would have to be a Preatorian, at least they make a little sence.

we're nitpicking the hell out of it over at the gearbox boards, trying to help them get it dead on film-accurate. cause i can point out a few things right now they've messed up:

for instance, the ridges on the head are collapsed in, not convex. bad bad bad. they've also kept the ADI shoulders and hands, which is just awful.

personally, i'd like to see just the aliens from cameron's film in this game, and very little else. not over bias towards that design, but just to completely reproduce the film as best as possible. but i hear they're including giger's alien, too. and a possibility of egg-carrying workers, as intended to be in aliens.

Also, Hadleys Hope was destroyed, this looks just like it did when the First squad of marines came.

No mention of Hadley's Hope.  Some of the screenshots look like it, but it may be a different place.  The derelict is implied to still be intact, though.