Alien: Isolation described as survival horror on Xbox Store

Alien = Survivor-Horror

Aliens = Action-Horror

Why is it so hard for an Alien based game to not try to rewrite something that is already great.

Having the game ben centered on Ripley's daughter completely disregards what we know of her from Aliens and the entire point of what Ripley is told in that film (that she grew old, lived a long life and died before Ripley evne made it back), that was the entire point for her character.

I mean Weyland Yutani didn't even know of the Xenomorphs really, Lv-246 was known, but it was only thought to be a barren rock and it wasn't even surveyed at the time the Nostromo landed on it because of the distress signal. Ash (the android) was placed on the ship to investigate the signal (Weyland Yutani knew about the signal prior to the crew finding it, as that't the sole reason they placed Ash aboard the ship). He knew the signal might have an alien origin and was tasked to bring something back. However they didn't know exactly what it was or the xenomorphs.

At least going by the lore set in Alien/Aliens, and not the crappy AVP movies or things.

I just think making Ripley's daughter out to be a cheap "Ripley" knock off lessens her character and makes it all feel very "been here done that" and white washes the meaning and impact of Ripley having simply missed out on her daughter living a long life while she was in hypersleep in space for all those years.

'm not judging the game yet, I do hope it will be good (and a lot better then Aliens: CM) but the whole "ripley's daughter" story angle just rubs me the wrong way.

Sega own the right for Alien games so if from movies that Sega working on Alien game for xbox1.

But if not taken from movies it be alright for Microsoft to do Alien game what's not owned by Sega.

The last game A:CM, was certainly a survival horror. You had to survive the horror of knowing you just paid $60 for that crap.

As Amanda, you will navigate through an increasingly volatile world as you find yourself confronted on all sides by a panicked, desperate population and an unpredictable, ruthless Alien."

uhhm... just one Alien????

I honestly don't think you can do a survival horror game without a doing a safe room like in resident evil. When I play through dead space I don't give a crap if I died, the checkpoint is always one door away anyway. If dying just mean restarting from a checkpoint, taking away our guns and force us to playing hide and seek with the aliens won't make any difference and it will be as scary as metal gear. Alien infestation on the DS is probably the best alien game ever.

Insta skip!

I think it's safe to say it will suck. It's like the Aliens license turns skilled developers into gibbering morons barely able to code Pong.

" Alien: Isolation will feature both single-player and four-player co-operative play." so you are not really isolated then...

Still not buying until full review comes out, not falling for their PR trick again

Alien game as Survival Horror. If they can pull it off , we will forget other sucker games.

I wonder...The futuristic setting is not my thing... But if it is third person I could try it out. But only 3 years after launch... Look at Rome 2, completely unplayable at launch, poorly optimized and full of problems...

Eh, Creative Assembly don't have a great track record with non-RTS games. I had an okay time with Vikings, though, so who knows, maybe they'll surprise us.

Hopefully it turns out to be more than just another weak corridor shooter.

I'm hyped. We do need more survival horror, and a good Alien game.

Aliens died with Ripley. Enough said.

player has to survive the horror of playing it

First!

and probably Last too!