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Post by Ex on Sept 16, 2022 21:14:59 GMT -5
Thanks for the in-depth breakdown. I'll be honest, it still sounds like arena paint ball, just with an unusual movement mechanic. But if that's something someone enjoys, more power to them. I don't care for online gaming in general, so this kind of gameplay wouldn't be for me anyway. I was hoping there might be a strong single player campaign in these Splatoons with clever levels and difficult bosses, but it doesn't seem so. Regardless I hope you enjoy the third game in this series, and hopefully there's some innovation to refresh the experience.
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Post by Xeogred on Sept 21, 2022 23:01:46 GMT -5
Lights off, headphones in... definitely playing this one. HR Giger THE GAME!
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Post by Ex on Sept 22, 2022 0:42:00 GMT -5
They definitely captured Giger's aesthetic. This will be good to introduce a whole new generation to his work.
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Post by Xeogred on Sept 22, 2022 11:13:00 GMT -5
Keep wishing we'd get another Alien Isolation. I'm still flabbergasted by how good it was for a bit of an unknown developer and it so perfectly captured the late 70's/early 80's sci-fi aesthetic with some Giger in the mix. There's probably some good Alien novels out there (read a few AvP ones back in the day), but for my money Isolation is the best Alien thing since the first two movies. It's really high bar.
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Post by Ex on Sept 22, 2022 11:49:01 GMT -5
but for my money Isolation is the best Alien thing since the first two movies. It's really high bar. I've not played Isolation yet (own a copy on PS4 though), but it would be interesting to play an actually great Alien video game. I've played a lot of old Alien franchise related games, and they're always just mediocre. With the exception of the one Alien game I have beaten which was terrible: I remember back in the SNES days review zines swore this one was great: I played it and it didn't seem great to me, though. The same deal with these: Zines swore they were great, but I was just bored. I imagine there's got to be some old Alien games that are good somewhere.
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Post by Xeogred on Sept 22, 2022 13:30:59 GMT -5
Same. I've played all those and was bored enough to not finish any of them.
AvP2 there is probably the best of that selection, but I mainly just remember thinking the Predator campaign was cool.
I did beat the newer reboot AvP game on the 360... I remember something about the end having slow mo and finishing off like a Call of Duty finale, lol. Like before, I want to say only the Predator campaign was the real standout.
Alien Isolation is maybe the closest thing to System Shock 2 in a lot of ways, before Arkane's Prey came around. But it's also heavy on the stealth throughout most of it. You can never really kill the alien. But it has human enemies and androids to deal with throughout. It's a rare time where you don't totally feel like a soldier guns blazing. It's a huge game for its style and can run like 15-20 hours, which some people complain about... but I thought the pacing and variety was fine. Loved all of it.
I'm almost immune to horror games but it did have some section where I felt I had to get out -immediately- and didn't care to fully explore it. So kudos to them getting under my skin.
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Post by Ex on Sept 22, 2022 14:18:03 GMT -5
kudos to them getting under my skin A big part of that is you couldn't kill your aggressor. I don't tend to find "horror" games where you are armed and completely capable of slaying the monsters to be frightening (with the exception of System Shock 2). That means series like Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Fatal Frame and Dead Space while fun aren't frightening. Hard to be scared of the dark when you can just kill it. Rather, it's the games where one is unarmed/near helpless against the bad stuff that manage to be unnerving. In that regard I can think of a few games I beat that were truly unnerving. Top 3 I recommend in that vein: Granted these are not "horror" action-adventure, where you go around killing monsters like an exterminator. If that is the only kind of "horror" gaming someone enjoys (and sometimes I do too!), they aren't going to care for the games in the spoiler. But if you want to actually get spooked, play through one or all of those alone in the dark this October. If you're brave enough.
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Post by bonesnapdeez on Sept 22, 2022 14:20:29 GMT -5
Alien 3 is one of those weird Euro games that was just thrown on to every console with the hopes it would find success somewhere. It's pretty meh.
But even I liked Alien: Isolation, which is really saying something. It's certainly best Alien game. I also didn't find Colonial Marines to be that bad.
I've got the Alien Atari game which is like a cheesy Pac-Man knock-off.
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Post by Sarge on Sept 22, 2022 16:31:10 GMT -5
From my playthrough of REmake, the fear came more from managing limited resources, hoping you didn't waste too much in taking out your enemies. There's definitely a significant tension there compared to a straight actioner.
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Post by Ex on Sept 22, 2022 17:25:02 GMT -5
While I'll agree REmake has proper tension due to limited resources, I'll also say REmake is the exception to the RE formula rather than the rule.
From RE2 onward, the series isn't like that. In RE2 and RE3 you have far more munitions and explosives. Then came RE4 which became straight up action-aventure with loads of guns and explosives, and RE4 has been the template for every RE since. At least for every RE I've finished after RE4, which is quite a few.
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