GoldenRivet
11-22-14, 02:36 PM
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Alien isolation is the newest addition to the line of video games for 20th Century Fox's ultimate Sci-Fi Bad guy.... and i am beyond impressed with what Sega has done with this entry into the series.
Some back story: Fans of the series and films will recall that Ellen Ripley initialized the self destruct mechanism on the Nostromo and escaped into deep space on the shuttle craft. In the sequel Aliens, her craft is discovered 57 years later. In the sequel, James Cameron had hoped to paint Ellen Ripley in a "motherly" light lending to the relationship between Ripley and Newt in the second film, thus she was given a daughter "Amanda Ripley" who had lived a long life and died before ellen was discovered in deep space. What James Cameron didnt realize is that in creating the Amanda Ripley Character from Aliens, he created a plot opening for arguably the best video game adaptation of the entire series; Alien Isolation.
Alien Isolation takes place in the span of time between the two films, when Amanda Ripley is a grown woman, working for the company following in her mother's footsteps in the hopes that she can find closure and perhaps solve the mystery of her mother Ellen Ripley and her ship the Nostromo's dissapearance years before. (unbeknownst to Amanda, her mother Ellen is still alive in hypersleep adrift in deep space)
One day she is approached by a Company Employee with the news of a lifetime. The flight data recorder from the Nostromo has been found on a planet near where the ship was last heard from, a salvage crew located it and has transported it to Sevastopol station, a massive deep space transit hub where it waits for the company to retrieve it and finally determine what happened to the Nostromo and it's crew.
Naturally, Amanda Ripley jumps at the offer to ride along to Sevastopol Station and be there for the collection of the flight data recorder, she sets out with a trio of company representatives.
Upon their arrival it becomes obvious that things arent right on Sevastopol station, The docking port is non responsive and damaged forcing the trio to space walk to the air lock, but an accident separates them.
Upon arrival, it becomes immediately obvious that the salvage crew brought more to the space station than a flight data recorder. among a rash of killings, and sightings of a "killer beast", civil unrest has ensued and Sevastopol Station is reduced to a ruin of broken down systems, cordoned off areas and dead bodies. Your attempts to find help produce mixed results, as the social order aboard Sevastopol station has broken down into cliques and gangs bent on killing anyone or anything that threatens another day of survival. To make matters worse, APOLLO, the master computer that runs Sevastopol Station has re-tasked the worker androids with rounding up or killing humans that resist or threaten APOLLO's secretive plot.
Alien Isolation almost perfectly recreates the feel of the original alien movie, sneaking around, experiencing close calls with the Alien as it passes by that locker your hiding in. The tension in the game is palpable, and even as a grown man playing Alien Isolation in the dark of my home office i find myself physically holding my breath when the alien is right upon discovering my hiding place. The game is also mixed with its share of jump at you moments with the sudden falling debris or busted hose typical of the series.
Personally, Having played virtually every alien game since he original AVP, i can say beyond any doubt that this is the very best the series has to offer, and scores above and beyond any of its predecessors.
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkPajk8Z61U
IGN Employees play to see how scary it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EWe69vP1pA
Alien isolation is the newest addition to the line of video games for 20th Century Fox's ultimate Sci-Fi Bad guy.... and i am beyond impressed with what Sega has done with this entry into the series.
Some back story: Fans of the series and films will recall that Ellen Ripley initialized the self destruct mechanism on the Nostromo and escaped into deep space on the shuttle craft. In the sequel Aliens, her craft is discovered 57 years later. In the sequel, James Cameron had hoped to paint Ellen Ripley in a "motherly" light lending to the relationship between Ripley and Newt in the second film, thus she was given a daughter "Amanda Ripley" who had lived a long life and died before ellen was discovered in deep space. What James Cameron didnt realize is that in creating the Amanda Ripley Character from Aliens, he created a plot opening for arguably the best video game adaptation of the entire series; Alien Isolation.
Alien Isolation takes place in the span of time between the two films, when Amanda Ripley is a grown woman, working for the company following in her mother's footsteps in the hopes that she can find closure and perhaps solve the mystery of her mother Ellen Ripley and her ship the Nostromo's dissapearance years before. (unbeknownst to Amanda, her mother Ellen is still alive in hypersleep adrift in deep space)
One day she is approached by a Company Employee with the news of a lifetime. The flight data recorder from the Nostromo has been found on a planet near where the ship was last heard from, a salvage crew located it and has transported it to Sevastopol station, a massive deep space transit hub where it waits for the company to retrieve it and finally determine what happened to the Nostromo and it's crew.
Naturally, Amanda Ripley jumps at the offer to ride along to Sevastopol Station and be there for the collection of the flight data recorder, she sets out with a trio of company representatives.
Upon their arrival it becomes obvious that things arent right on Sevastopol station, The docking port is non responsive and damaged forcing the trio to space walk to the air lock, but an accident separates them.
Upon arrival, it becomes immediately obvious that the salvage crew brought more to the space station than a flight data recorder. among a rash of killings, and sightings of a "killer beast", civil unrest has ensued and Sevastopol Station is reduced to a ruin of broken down systems, cordoned off areas and dead bodies. Your attempts to find help produce mixed results, as the social order aboard Sevastopol station has broken down into cliques and gangs bent on killing anyone or anything that threatens another day of survival. To make matters worse, APOLLO, the master computer that runs Sevastopol Station has re-tasked the worker androids with rounding up or killing humans that resist or threaten APOLLO's secretive plot.
Alien Isolation almost perfectly recreates the feel of the original alien movie, sneaking around, experiencing close calls with the Alien as it passes by that locker your hiding in. The tension in the game is palpable, and even as a grown man playing Alien Isolation in the dark of my home office i find myself physically holding my breath when the alien is right upon discovering my hiding place. The game is also mixed with its share of jump at you moments with the sudden falling debris or busted hose typical of the series.
Personally, Having played virtually every alien game since he original AVP, i can say beyond any doubt that this is the very best the series has to offer, and scores above and beyond any of its predecessors.
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkPajk8Z61U
IGN Employees play to see how scary it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EWe69vP1pA