Started by Corporal Hicks, Apr 03, 2019, 11:27:02 PM
QuoteIn my personal view, the lack of a playable Alien campaign was what majorly hurt the sales.
Quote from: SM on Sep 09, 2019, 12:13:21 PMAll entirely possible. However my point is it's not really relevant to use Isolation as an argument against 'the beast is cooked', when it was really just re-heating the original beast.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Sep 12, 2019, 09:48:37 AMQuote from: SM on Sep 09, 2019, 12:13:21 PMAll entirely possible. However my point is it's not really relevant to use Isolation as an argument against 'the beast is cooked', when it was really just re-heating the original beast.I've got to disagree there. While sales wise, it disappointed Sega, it still proved that the Alien itself was an effective tool, even if it wasn't a massive departure from Alien. Unless the argument is "beast is cooked" = doesn't sell as well, opposed to not effective.
Quote from: SM on Sep 12, 2019, 08:31:36 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Sep 12, 2019, 09:48:37 AMQuote from: SM on Sep 09, 2019, 12:13:21 PMAll entirely possible. However my point is it's not really relevant to use Isolation as an argument against 'the beast is cooked', when it was really just re-heating the original beast.I've got to disagree there. While sales wise, it disappointed Sega, it still proved that the Alien itself was an effective tool, even if it wasn't a massive departure from Alien. Unless the argument is "beast is cooked" = doesn't sell as well, opposed to not effective.It's effective because it copied the first film. If Ridley had done that, people would be complaining about that instead.Sales is just an aside.
Quote from: Xiggz456 on Sep 13, 2019, 01:21:32 AMQuote from: SM on Sep 12, 2019, 08:31:36 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Sep 12, 2019, 09:48:37 AMQuote from: SM on Sep 09, 2019, 12:13:21 PMAll entirely possible. However my point is it's not really relevant to use Isolation as an argument against 'the beast is cooked', when it was really just re-heating the original beast.I've got to disagree there. While sales wise, it disappointed Sega, it still proved that the Alien itself was an effective tool, even if it wasn't a massive departure from Alien. Unless the argument is "beast is cooked" = doesn't sell as well, opposed to not effective.It's effective because it copied the first film. If Ridley had done that, people would be complaining about that instead.Sales is just an aside.Isolation is effective because of its atmosphere, tension, and presentation which are traits that it obviously shares with the original film; but this same combination is missing from the prequels. Sure the presentation is there but there's very little tension and the atmosphere isn't exactly consistent with the previous films. Isolation showcased what works with the franchise and therefore is absolutely relevant to "the beast is cooked" argument, let alone that it made the alien scary again. It's one of the few entries that the fandom can actually agree on favorably unlike Ridley's last two entries.