Thirith on 10/9/2014 at 05:05
The main thing I'm worried about is that it'll work extremely well for an hour or two, but then it'll have exhausted its bag of tricks. Alien is a great film, but it's also a *lean* film, and that accounts for some of its greatness. Stretch that sort of experience over 6-10 hours? That's a much trickier proposition. Amnesia, for all its effectiveness, didn't really keep up the tension all the way, and that's probably the game I've seen come up most as a point of comparison.
Renault on 10/9/2014 at 05:45
They should insert some Quick Time Events and 3rd person climbing sequences to add a little variety to the gameplay.
gkkiller on 10/9/2014 at 06:22
Quote Posted by Brethren
They should insert some Quick Time Events and 3rd person climbing sequences to add a little variety to the gameplay.
Blasphemy!
.. None of that would work without linear corridor progression to bolster the narrative. :P
Slasher on 10/9/2014 at 06:27
Well, the movies are no stranger to linear corridors. Those poor convicts...
gunsmoke on 10/9/2014 at 22:28
Quote Posted by Thirith
The main thing I'm worried about is that it'll work extremely well for an hour or two, but then it'll have exhausted its bag of tricks.
Alien is a great film, but it's also a *lean* film, and that accounts for some of its greatness. Stretch that sort of experience over 6-10 hours? That's a much trickier proposition.
Amnesia, for all its effectiveness, didn't really keep up the tension all the way, and that's probably the game I've seen come up most as a point of comparison.
I have the same apprehensions, my friend.
Neb on 3/10/2014 at 14:49
Holy crap. The reviews are out before the game is released? I thought that was a thing of the past.
So far they're mostly positive. Going to keep reading. As is the case with any game/movie/ideology/etc it's best to read the most negative criticism first, and IGN were (
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/10/03/alien-isolation-review) unimpressed with it for being repetitive, unfair, and stressful.
Thirith on 3/10/2014 at 16:11
Does anyone know whether it's supposed to work with Oculus Rift (perhaps with a later patch)? I've heard contradictory information on that one and whether the OR demo of the game was going to remain a demo only.
I could imagine that this one runs out of steam before it's over, but even if I'll just get a couple of hours of Alieny goodness out of it, I'm going to be happy with that. (I'll only buy it in a few months, mind you, since I'm battling a big backlog.) Doubly so if, once the OR is out, you can play in VR... which may just remove a few years from my life expectancy in one fell swoop.
Jason Moyer on 3/10/2014 at 17:08
AFAIK there's been no official confirmation on Oculus Rift support yet.
