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Frictional Games' Dev On Alien: Isolation: "Game Suffers From Two Major Horror Design Issues"

SEGA and IGN have recently released a video showing the reactions of IGN’s journalists while playing the game. Naturally, this video went viral and Frictional Games’ Thomas Grip felt the need to mention a couple of things about this upcoming horror title. After all, Frictional Games was behind the amazing Amnesia game – and is currently working on SOMA – so who better than Thomas to comment on that recent footage?

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nidhogg4416d ago

frankly, when I was watching the game "scaring the sh*t" out of IGN guys, I really thought they were just acting just to please the watchers of the video. Alien Isolation did not really scare me when I was watching it on YT. We'll see if we can play the game itself. It wasn't really that promising to be frank. Just another game were someone or something is gonna chase you when they see you.

ShugaCane4416d ago

Yes, like Amnesia our Outlast, and those games are scary as hell. Isolation looks promising, and just because I want to forget about Colonial Marines, I will be supporting that game.

avengers19784416d ago

Outlast is by far one of the scariest games I ever played. When that big guy is stalking you, the atmosphere, and the mangled bodies all make it amazing

Neonridr4416d ago

@avengers1978 - or when that crazy doctor is chasing you around. That part had me going for a while.

RyanShutup4416d ago

Agree... most terrifying game I've ever played to date as well.

randomass1714416d ago

Did you ever consider the game would scare you more when you actually played it? It's a pretty different experience when you watch someone else do it for you. :/

nidhogg4416d ago

Yes I considered that. That's why I said, "we'll see if we can play the game itself".

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nidhogg4416d ago

Just to please all the people who disagreed with me. No, I wasn't saying the game is not gonna be a success. My comment was just an opinion on what the game looked like when played by the folks in IGN and their "scared" reactions. That said, I have also finished Amnesia 1 and 2 and Outlast which, by the way, were a bunch of top notch horror games. This game, however, will raise my expectation: It is fully budgeted, held by a well known developer, and is from a franchise loved by many. I hope that this game will live up to our expectations.

Azfargh4416d ago

Strange... Amnesia wasn´t scary for me.

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Revolver_X_4416d ago

Outlast doesnt look scary on YT either. It has to be experienced. Not saying AI is or isnt, but YT videos are nothing to go by.

Mankey4416d ago

True, true.

Sometimes trailers are deceiving.

Everyone thought Arkham Asylum was going to be terrible, and look how that turned out.

randomass1714416d ago

People thought Arkham Asylum was going to be terrible? Well, that's news to me. o.o

NarooN4416d ago

Yeah, best to experience it for yourself before writing it off. It's like saying Silent Hill isn't creepy while you're playing it in the daylight with all the lights on in your room with the volume low (without headphones, lol.)

AnotherProGamer4416d ago

He forgot another reason: you see the same monster for the whole game, recently I played Cry of Fear and I didn't get scared of the same monsters after a couple of hours but then they introduce a new monster and I get scared again

randomass1714416d ago

That's pretty different. Isolation has a single alien, sure. But this alien is basically stalking you throughout the game and its appearances are supposed to be randomly generated. And it's a creature that sci-fi fans are familiar with, which can further add to the tension.

gameDevWannaBe4416d ago (Edited 4416d ago )

Love scary games in the dark! We Need a horror rpg the size of witcher 3 lol

off topic: Big bang theory re runs come on 2morrow yes!!!

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The Best Alien Games (To Play After Watching Alien: Earth)

An opinion piece on the best Alien games. From arcade Alien vs Predator action to a terrifying Xenomorph stalker, these are the best Alien video games starring Ridley Scott’s chestbursting, acid-blooded nightmare.

FTLmaster290d ago

Got a soft spot for AvP (2010) but solid list nonetheless.

Abnor_Mal289d ago

My favorite Aliens game also, having the three campaigns to play was great. Scaling walls as an alien waiting to ambush anyone that came too close.

Only played a little of the horde mode but was still fun.

Nittdarko289d ago

Aliens Fireteam Elite was my GotY in 2021, single player was kinda bad but playing that game 3 player with friends was so good and really challenging on higher difficulties

Massive shout out to Aliens Vs predator 2 (2001), a dialup lag filled fun mess in multiplayer and 3 great campaigns

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True Alien Isolation VR is finally here with immersive motion controls and much more

Alien Isolation Grand Mother VR is an all new virtual reality experience for Creative Assembly’s best ever horror game.

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DivineHand125367d ago

I played through most of the PS4 version of the game but stopped because another game came out. I bought it last year for PC with the intention of using the VR mod but haven't gotten around to setting it up. I am glad I waited.

Neonridr367d ago

Great game, even better in VR. A little drawn out by the end, but I hope we see CA do something a little different with the sequel.

OtterX367d ago (Edited 367d ago )

Sweet. I also rebought this game on Steam for the purpose of VR. I'll have to give it another shot w full immersive controls. I had only tried it out briefly before.

It's funny this was never officially released at retail as a VR game, bc it feels so perfect for it!

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10 Years Ago, Alien: Isolation Came Close to Being The Perfect Organism

The Alien franchise has had a long history in video games, but few games have come quite as close to being perfect as Alien: Isolation.

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