Quote from: MrSpaceJockey on Dec 13, 2013, 08:28:42 PM
I don't see why it would be any less emotional for her to realize the alien she is fighting is the same thing that got to her mom, if the story is about Amanda finding her mom (I hope that will in fact be the route theyre going with because thats the most logical way to justify Amanda's encounter with the alien).
Personally, with the premise already given, i like the idea most of Amanda uncovering some sort of Weyland Yutani conspiracy in her efforts to follow the footprints of the Nostromo. Maybe there could be themes of accepting death through Amanda's acceptance of her mother's disappearance. It could still be touching, assuming they don't f**k it up, which is a big worry of all of us I think.
I didn't mean less emotional.
The Alien games are full of flat, unchanging characters, and for me it's becoming a turn off. I'd like to see Amanda encounter the alien, then later realize it had something to do with her mom, I don't care how. That way there can be some dynamic emotional progression with the character, we could see her become depressed, even more afraid, shocked, angry, something...
Think of Hudson, complete badass, right? Until he actually encountered the alien, then his attitude changed. That's the sort of thing I want to see happen in the games.
So I think that Amanda searching for her mom and knowing about the alien at the start is a wasted opportunity. The games have never been strong with their stories, emotional overtones and such (I remember watching an interview withe the writer for ACM, that guy seemed more concerned with selling the story rather than letting it sell itself. I've been in the publishing business, and I've met enough of his type to know they are trying to protect themselves because they know their work isn't up to par, and isn't going to earn them recognition, or worse, receive bad reviews. Across all board, novels, magazines, movies, ect, there's a strong standard of 'Get better or get out', everyone is replaceable, and I think that's what the ACM writer was protecting himself against).
In ACM, the guy and his girlfriend, when she died, he did change some, his motivation changed, but his emotions and attitude was basically the same prior to when it happened. A wasted opportunity. I just don't want to see that happen again.