Alien: Isolation

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PCGamer hands-on preview:

http://www.pcgamer.com/previews/alien-i ... fi-horror/
I played Alien: Isolation for forty-five minutes, and in that time it did more to rehabilitate the alien in the part of my brain reserved for things that scare the shit out of me than any game since the original Aliens versus Predator. That's the highest praise I have to offer, and more than I'd thought to hope to get
Creative Assembly have gone and made an Alien game that is actually scary, the game that you have probably been asking for in comments threads since Colonial Marines disintegrated on launch
Creative Assembly claim to have ignored every development in the franchise that followed Ridley Scott's movie. That means no pulse rifles, no jarheads, no queens, Praetorians, predaliens, and so on.
Creative Assembly have tapped veteran comic book writer Dan Abnett for the story, who you may know from the Warhammer 40,000 novels or his work for Marvel.
Creative Assembly say that after your first encounter with the alien, it won't simply spring into each level at a pre-scripted moment. It'll show up if you make too much noise or give yourself away in other ways, making this a game-long hunt in addition to a stage-by-stage one.
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Hmm, this is making me want a PS4 far more than anything...
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Ack wrote:Hmm, this is making me want a PS4 far more than anything...
why? You already own a PC. Did I miss them saying that there will be something in the PS4 version that isn't on PC?
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noiseredux wrote:
Ack wrote:Hmm, this is making me want a PS4 far more than anything...
why? You already own a PC. Did I miss them saying that there will be something in the PS4 version that isn't on PC?
My PC isn't anywhere near powerful enough for this kind of thing.
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don't you know hipsters wear their computers on their persons nowadays? :lol:

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he can run crysis 4 :mrgreen:
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Yeah, but he only has half an Oculus Rift!
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I can actually vouch for a lot of Dan Abnett's work - it's really top-notch, especially in sci-fi. If he's involved with the story, this actually has a chance.
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noiseredux wrote: we do already have a pretty long thread about CM and am hoping that this one will serve to discuss Isolation...
You want us to discuss the games....in isolation?
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How does one define isolation in this context, Dave?

Isolated in terms of geography?
Isolated in terms of our thoughts?
Isolated from internet and cell-phone towers?

I could go outside and start yelling my thoughts about this game. BRB, y'all better stay tuned for the 11:00 news. Something along the lines of:

Barefoot man suffering from hypothermia convinced alien hunting him in space station.
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noiseredux wrote:
Ack wrote:Hmm, this is making me want a PS4 far more than anything...
why? You already own a PC. Did I miss them saying that there will be something in the PS4 version that isn't on PC?
Isn't coming to PS3-360 as well?
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