[QUOTE="MrGeezer"]Despite wishing that Colonial Marines had turned out well, and even somewhat liking AVP2010, I think the concept is a bit old and dated. Hell, even within the context of just the Alien franchise, what we're seeing is still kind of old. When Randy Pitchford says he's been stealing from Aliens his entire career, I totally believe it. Why did Colonial Marines have to go back to Hadley's Hope and the Sulaco in the first place? We've already seen that $***. And even if that's never been in a game yet, so what? The whole aesthetic has been copied so much that it's become sort of generic. Now when I play AVP, it just comes across as "monsters in a generic futuristic/industrial setting". When I watch clips of Colonial Marines, it just seems like "monsters in a generic lab" or "monsters on a generic spaceship". These days it just comes off as kind of bland. AVP felt bland. I haven't played Colonial Marines, but it looks bland. And I get the strong feeling that I'd have a similar impression even if those were good well-polished games. I think these games are just copying the movies too much. Granted, the movies were great and it''s still possible to make great games by copying the movies, but it still feels sort of old and bland and dated, just the kind of thing I've seen way too many times already. How about making an Aliens game that deals with stuff we HAVEN'T seen before? They keep on doing spaceships and colonies because that's what was in the movies, but the movies have themselves been copied so many times that sticking true to the source feels generic. I see what you're saying, but at the same time, if they made some kind of huge focal shift, Alien freaks would flip out. In that regard, it's really a no-win scenario.
[QUOTE="El_Zo1212o"] I see what you're saying, but at the same time, if they made some kind of huge focal shift, Alien freaks would flip out. In that regard, it's really a no-win scenario. I think an Earth War game could be cool, with the goal being to reclaim a world overrun with Aliens. They'd still have room for the standard Aliens fare, but there'd be lots of opportunities to also diversify the gameplay and settings.
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