Good catch on the Newt's grandmother thing, SM. Not out of the realms of possibility, but, eh... Unnecessary.
Also, it just struck me: Didn't her mother call her 'Rebecca'? I seem to remember Newt saying only her brother ever called her that.
Quote from: predxeno on Feb 04, 2013, 06:28:30 AM
I wonder how we're going to retcon this "official sequel" to the film?
Right now, even going just by the Alien mutants = caste system definitive statement we've now got, I'm thinking my prediction is going to turn out right: In one or two years (possibly less, if Sega and co end up not supporting it, like the 2010 AVP game), fandom won't be remembering it any more fondly than any of the other games.
Some of the dialogue is nice, but the characters seem forgettable. If it's a '
Left 4 Dead' clone, then the writing for Zoe, Coach and co have them beaten, hands down, for likeability. It's like Valaquen says - a retread of the '
Doom' formula. Fun to blow things up for a few minutes, but if you want to do that, there are
much cheaper alternatives already out there - including the L4D games, themselves.
Loaded AVP 2010 back up, earlier on, incidentally. My earlier comparisons with the Marine campaign of that one really do feel dead on. It's just that you have a bit more squad support here.
Seriously, for non-fans, what reason is there to purchase this over just reloading one of the L4D titles? The Aliens act
exactly like the zombies from those do. A run-and-gun thing like this needs to either have some kind of innovative new gameplay mechanics/features or a
hugely immersive sense of atmosphere, beyond just nice visuals. Easiest ways to have achieved something unique would be a dropship/APC pilot/gunner sequence (obviously, as a different character) or, obviously, an Alien campaign, but neither of those are included on here - unless they've had a last-minute change of heart.
