ALIEN™ | A Gaming Retrospective
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2024
- With the release of Alien Covenant, RedScotGaming takes a tour through the history of the ALIEN Gaming Franchise; with all the good, bad, and the buggy messes in which that entails.
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Intro music by Hyperduck Soundworks.
Full album can be found here - hyperduck.bandcamp.com/album/p... - Ігри
Fun Fact: if you have a headset on while playing isolation, the alien CAN hear you and WILL track you by the sound you make IRL
WAIT WHAT?
So... that's the reason why i though the PS3 was easier than PS4 version.
Whoa.
Same with the Kinect on the Xbox One version.
So, screaming *"OHSHITOHSHITFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKITYFUUUUUUUUUU..."* is not advised?
Dang asthma. Fucked me again.
Actually the Alien Resurrection: The Game is WORTH talking about as without it, modern console games wouldn't have the now-standard controls of moving with the left analog stick while looking with the right stick, something for which the game was CRITICISED for on launch. Particularly IGN who, now infamously in hind-sight, said that the 'weird' control scheme would NEVER take off. XD
Alien Resurrection is kind of a mess, but it's occasionally just plain brilliant. The sound design is amazing, especially given when the game came out. In the dark with surround sound, I had to take regular breaks because it was tying in knots with anxiety. After the first couple levels things kinda fall apart, sadly. But I'll take it for what it is
Also worth noting in that IGN report is it suggested waiting on Alien: Colonial Marines, which was set to release in the next year. Needless to say, hindsight is a facehugger.
Well. You know what they say. "You can't spell 'Ignorant' without IGN."
thr_Darthias actually, friggin VIRTUAL BOY of all things pioneered that control scheme back in 1994.
eternal goldeneye is trash
I remember being in high school when Alien Isolation was announced, and I told a kid: "I'm cautiously optimistic. It's trying to be a horror game, which NONE of the Alien games (That I knew of at the time) have been able to pull it off. And after Colonial Marines lied straight to our faces... I'm doubtful." I've never been more glad to be wrong. Even after the game released, I was still cautious. Colonial Marines and Mass Effect Andromeda were two experiences that really burned by, told me never to trust game developers and their marketing. Thankfully, I saw Fallout 76 for what it really was, and never hopped on that train. BUT, games like Isolation give me hope, hope that a team of developers can set out to make something interesting, and then actually accomplish it. Cause there's a real lack of that in the industry.
Oh boy, I'm glad I was never burned on a game like that, or else I might have passed on FFVII Remake, which would have been a bad idea as it's the greatest game I've ever played this generation, going up against other greats I've played like Batman Arkham Knight, Horizon Zero Dawn or Spider-Man 2018. They all pale in comparison. Have yet to play Alien Isolation, but I want to.
I was equally cautious about Isolation when I first heard of it. After CM was outet as a bugfest I was looking for news on Isolation and found a Developer-reel. That’s where I learned, that Isolation was a passion project for the Developers at Creative Assembly; basically people my age, that grew up watching Alien endlessly on VHS-Tapes. They captured the essence of that movie pretty well with the overall design, world building, music etc., I was so hoping for the team that they could pull it of, as I wasn’t sure about CAs previous games. (Total War was not my cup of tea and Isolation was going to be a new genre for the team). But after playing it for the first time in 2014 I was just amazed. The only downside for me: in the German release of the game there is no option to select the english dub and sadly they didn‘t reach out to the original voice actors of the first movie. So no (german) Sigourney Weaver Intro (or Last Survivor/Crew Expendable Content) for me. :(
There was Alien Infestation on the DS. A solid metroidvania style game with permadeath for your squad mates and a really cool incubation mechanic. If a squad member was downed you could save them but they may have been face hugged. With that in mind the character becomes a walking timer with the chest burster being the alarm. A really fun game with awesome art from an Xmen comics artist. It's a shame that it never hit mainstream appeal.
Yep, fantastic game, and one of the few to nail that sense of tension. Such a shame a lot of people missed it.
Solid title.
Really short.
That game had some great artstyle
@Isaiah Atlas BEGONE BOT
Yeah, Alien Isolation is one of my all time favorite games I've ever played. It's soooo good. I'm impatiently waiting for a sequel. There aren't any games out there that's close to this in gameplay.
It doesn’t look like there will be a video game sequel, but there is a comic book one.
It's absolutely fantastic.
Try the Prey 2017 game
It has the same vibes
@@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009 I did. It's similar in feel. I enjoyed it a lot. Still though, there's just something about being on a space station with the threat of something you can't kill hunting you down and you gotta creep around. It's really too bad there isn't a sequel ever coming out. They have a potential super bad ass sequel on VR there but nope, execs think it's better to come out with some kind of iOS sequel that you can beat in 10 minutes. It ain't bad, but it's quite the lackluster from AI. AI is still up there for me, alongside even the RE2 remake which, is super good. Beat that shit out of that game.
"Now, that was a close one with that facehugger! He completed the level!"
Death animation.
"Nevermind..."
"There are some places in Dundee I wouldn't go alone"
I've been to Dundee once, I wouldn't go anywhere in that place in company, never mind alone.
17:20 "Hello there!"
Xeno: "General Kenobi!"
Everyone misses the Super Nintendo version of Alien 3. It's actually passable and interesting. Has a mission structure, objectives and such.
It’s brilliant
No AVP2? Really? That's the best AVP game, and it has a pretty good alien campaign.
Absolutely concur. I loved the first one, mainly for the alien campaign, but the 2nd did everything better.
Its sadly hard as balls to get your hands on nowadays, as there are no digital downloads available for it.
Yeah its defo the best in the series! and a massive shame you cant buy it anywhere digitally now :(
I agree it’s colonial marine campaign was epic, loved the 2nd stage where you go to the alien hive and have to escape.. truly terrifying
As one person has already mentioned, it is *impossible* to find that game. I've looked for years but no luck. My only guess is there must be some licensing issue. Sort of like how the AVP arcade game was out of circulation for the longest.
Alien Resurrection is actually a pretty dope game. Is atmospheric and hard af, a pseudo survival horror. Shame you skip it :(
Also, where is AVP2? Pretty much one of the best Alien games out there.
Agreed. That game was great, hitting all the right points for it to feel like an Aliens experience. Hell, a bunch of the praises he has for the 2010 game are present in the older AvP2, plus the three storylines criss-cross each other several times, and the events in each impact each other. Unlike the 2010 game, where they're pretty incidental to each other.
If you want another really long retrospective that only really looks at the AvP games, check out @UC5CYeHPLer3lbEhgonvbbAA' video.
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I actually got resurrection a few months ago and gave it a go. Hard as balls, but had some good shit. In retrospect, might have been worth including.
Armando Vera - Is Alien vs P 2 good if you just want to play the Alien Campaign or do you have to play all of them?
@@kummakummakummakummakummac8606 All of them are good, though the full story is only understood after playing all of them. There's guides for which race and mission to play if you want the story to unfold in chronological order.
@@kummakummakummakummakummac8606 You can choose what campaign you want to play right from the start. Is perfectly acceptable if you wanna just play the Alien campaign but you will be missing a lot of fun content from the other two.
I stayed and watched this because a Scott's man said *"I GOT OTHER SHET TO DO!!!"*
Colonial Marines' Nintendo DS counterpart "Aliens: Infestation" is actually pretty darned good.
Cenobite1991 That game is awesome.
This was a STELLAR side scroller. Arguably the best Aliens themed game ever, if it gets ahead of AVP2 on Computer
alien vs predator: extinction, its an rts, its quite fun.
Mike W loved thst game
I have it
Yea im shocked he didnt mention it maybe he has no idea. They nailed that game with the sound effects to the actual style of building each army. Aliens bringing all their kills back to the nest, predators collecting trophies. Masterpiece. Its like the only rts ive played too
@@fergin4979 hell yea, my people, there's literally TEN'S OF US, but in all seriousness, I wish they would remaster that on something and rerelease it, I'd buy it in a millisecond.
Loved and still know how to do the bug that basically triplicates your Alien army, i just rushed the enemy like the bugs in Starship Troopers
But still pissed it said in the box that It had coop but actually no
The Alien games are hit and miss. So many misses, yet I really like some of these janky messes.
So are the novels. They tend to start off with an interesting premise, build in suspense, and then promptly fall apart before the end.
"8-14 hours, depending on how much time you spend in lockers.". Funny as hell! I still haven't left the locker. I'm 6396 hours in and counting lol!
Aliens versus Predator 2, the sequel to AVP "classic" was one of my favorite games growing up. It wasn't amazing by any means, but the predator had such good tools, and the Marine weapons were fun
I agree I remember the setting and the 3 overlapping stories being really good
Very nice .. yes Alien: Isolation was easily the best Alien game I’ve ever played too .. and like you it also took me 2-3, hours just to get through the beginning. It’s so paralyzing with fear. My first play through took 30 hours.
And although it was MUCH harder .. I actually had the best time playing it on Nightmare mode. Felt like a summer vacation on a tropical beach when I played it on easy mode.
Other than that I like the original AvP (not good edition) .. as the original featured much better in game video of the marine talking to you on screen with an actual American actor .. no idea why they felt the need to replace him with a Brit doing a shitty impression of an American.
I agree, streaming it on Hardcore mode right now and it provides good challenge and crazy jump scares. xD
I really LOVE your enthusiasm and appreciation for the masterpiece that is Alien Isolation. You managed to explain really well why it is so damn good in a nutshell.. I know it's been 7 years since this video, but I had to leave a comment and apart from the laughs, I really appreciated the entire thing. Grazie!!
What i absolutely adore about Isolation:
- the sets
- the music, sounds
- the atmosphere
- the graphics
- the alien behavior
- the survivor horror element
- the dlcs
What i absolutely hate about Isolation:
- lack of characterisation, i did not care about anyone
- too long playtime
- gameplay is basically the same all along: find keycard and hide meanwhile
- a shot gun cant penetrate a xeno? im ok with the pistol...but a shotgun?!
Agree with everything but the 'too long' bit. Considering IGN has torpedo'd any chance of a sequel the long run time is all we have left
Alien: Isolation is no joke, you gotta be on your P's and Q"s in that game.
Love the game, be prepared to scream like a girl.
still haven't finished the game cause I'm a bloody coward.
We should work together to make it multiplayer
@Seamus O'Dork Would you kindly play Alien Isolation?
Only game where I crouched a good 90% of the time I was playing. I also learned of a sneaky good feature if you have a PS camera connected. The Camera has a built in Mic, well, A:I had a feature where every ambient sound or noise would register through the camera and alert the Alien to your presence. Took me days to figure out why that alien just KNEW where I was. You can imagine my shock when I discovered that mechanicz
Alien isolation is the best horror survival game ever
Alien Trilogy is the most nostalgic and most played for me
Same. Love Resurrection and Isolation too.
I didn't hear you mention the real-time strategy one Alien Vs Predator: Extinction
It's not half bad imo
Just watch Mandalore's video lol
Since a lot (a. l o t.) of people keep asking about ALIEN: Resurrection and AVP2, I hadn't played Resurrection prior to the time this video came out, and to be honest I assumed (wrongly) that it was a very similar game to the previous ALIEN: Trilogy, but simply for the new movie for the time. After playing it for the first time back in 2018 or so I kind of wished I had acquired it sooner because the game is pretty good. Technically impressive for a title on the PS1 and innovative in its dual analog control scheme. Honestly, ish purty good.
As for AVP2, as well as "why don't you play the Predator campaigns" of the AVP games I did show: this wasn't intended to focus too much on the "AVP" license which honestly kind of drowns out a lot of the solo-ALIEN games. My interest here was on the ALIEN side of things, not Predator. Video's an hour long already, I had to be selective on which games I covered and which of those were merely passing mentions and more in depth playthroughs. That's my format, or at least the format of these earlier Retrospectives.
TL:DR, 1:43
So of the 3 AvP games, you skip over the one with the best Alien and Marine gameplay/plots.
Appreciate the effort of this video. I really do. But AVP2 has the best alien campaign of any franchise by popular opinion and it is a crime to leave it out. If you've played it you would hopefully agree.
Not to mention the AVP arcade game is an actual classic and well worth it's own section.
I dont see the logic of leaving these out considering you speak about Colonial Marines, which however bad was is it's own game because fans enjoyed the Marine campaigns of the AvP series
In fact your disrespect for the predator campaigns and the Predator franchise is something I dont like. Noone agrees with you that Predator is a third wheel in these games.
@@vulpesinculta1919 Again: I wanted to focus on the Alien side of things. I never said Predator was a third wheel in "all AVP games", and when I called him the third wheel in AVP2010 *it was a joke* because he really is treated like an after-thought in that game, outside of his campaign. That wasn't a comment on the entire AVP franchise.
Honestly i'm getting pissed off with the amount of people complaining that I didn't talk more about AVP or give time to the Predator campaigns. Do I "hate" Predator? No. But I'm not a fan like I am of Aliens. Do people really want to hear me add another half hour onto this video commenting on something I clearly didn't care to talk about?
I don't own AVP2. I've never played AVP2. I didn't realise AVP2 was the golden child of the franchise, and never would have thought that two years after making the damn video i'd be getting nothing but complaints in the comment section about it.
(this is not just directed at you btw. Would want to say this to every person who has made the same general point, but your reply was just there on the pinned comment - where I already tried to explain why this isn't an exhaustive list of all games - so maybe having this here too will drive the point a bit harder...
who am I kidding, people are still going to complain. Y'know, I was a lot happier when this video had 500 views. Fuck whatever's happened in the last month.)
EDIT:
Oh, and in response to the other comment you left about why I didn't "just make it longer" and if it had to do with monetization: This is an un-monetized channel and I have never made a penny from doing this. How long these videos end up is entirely based on my sanity and nothing else.
@@RedScotGaming Hey just wanted to say that I appreciate the video. I understand why you didn't focus on the Predator/AVP in general. Admittedly Alien is my favorite film, tied with The Thing. This video is a really great insight to games I didn't even know existed. The Alien on Commodore is something I might actually try soon. Anyway in a sea of complaints I figured my two cents might mean something. Also I highly recommend playing Aliens: Infestation. I left a comment elsewhere about the gameplay, but it's a really cool take on the franchise. Thank you for the video.
Alien: Isolation is still my favourite game of this console generation, just a brilliant game. Proud to say I finished it on it's hardest difficulty, the way you're ment to play it. The part you end up in the hive, Jesus Christ... talk about nearly shitting myself.
The hive is the scariest thing in any video game
16:37
That music, such nostalgia.
Great video! A:I is one of the most tense games I've ever played, and I include Ducktales on the NES in that.
Only one I didn't see was the Aliens arcade game from the 80's. It was friggin awesome and felt a lot like Cameron's movie
Alien trilogy is a kind of nostalgia game that I've finished (or almost) about 4 times. Atmosphere carries it alone, since the gameplay gets repetitive pretty fast.
And yeh... all enemies are invulnerable while in daze animation from getting shot.
Your videos are fantastic. Particularly loved this one.
Alien Isolation is an absolute masterpiece. Hands down the best horror game, best AI in games (the alien obviously, not the rest of the AI lol), and some of the best atmosphere in games. It also holds up super well to this day and even looks gorgeous on Nintendo switch
Also it's scary unlike most horror games
Dude AVP SNES was awesome! You did not see enough. Every boss is worth getting to just for their awesome designs!
An underrated and appreciated channel, your content is entertaining and amusing. Hope you continue to grow!
You missed the sequel to the 1999 AVP game. That one's alien campaign begins with you eating your way out of someone's chest bite by sickening bite and sliding around as a chestburster looking for a cat to eat. It was really cool!
Its insane that you dont mention AVP2, not only was the single player campaign amazing for its time, the online multiplayer was fucking awesome as well. It crushed the one that came after it. Ya blew it.
Idk If anyone commented on it but kudos for the subtle background music for isolation after the alien attack having the tempo beat of a panicked heart, very subtle, but pleasantly nerve racking for a nerve racking game.
Yo that Aliens vs. Pinball table is seriously fun.
I just discovered your channel and have to say: I love it! I'm a fellow Scot (Living in Australia) - you are fucking hilarious as well as informative. Keep up the good work!
I laughed for a solid 5 minutes at the Spaceballs bit. And the fact you even muted the music when it cut to the guy in the other room is simply brilliant.
IIRC, you can skip the awful ship sequence in C64 Aliens by pressing Run/Stop+Restore and get to the actually fun parts. That's what we did because that ship thing was not fun. At all.
Wow, this got suddenly popular years later.
I guess not as much "wHeN xEnOvErSe" as then.
You missed Aliens vs Predator 2 from Sierra. Easily the best game in the series. Ashamed you forgot about it
Was AvP for the JAGUAAARRR mentioned?
You mean Monolith. Sierra just published it.
@@Anomaly188 Imagine...just IMAGINE if Monolith would come together with the Studios that made Alien Isolation...goodness this would be a insane expirience.But sadly will never happend, because publishers have in alot of cases no clue what they are doing.Giving such great Ip´s to Studios like...yeah,Gearbox.
@@shagal2142 Monolith can't do shit about it. Activision has the publishing license to Aliens and Monolith is now owned by WB Interactive.
@@Anomaly188 Wasn´t it SEGA who has the Alien IP in there hands?
Loving these series overviews. Definitely earned a sub 👌
I love you dude. Criminally underrated YTer.
Gonna be honest, I keep coming back to this video just for the **CONFIDENT** bit.
I mean the whole video's solid, but there's just something about the C O N F I D E N T s that punches my funny button.
Alien resurrection for the ps1 is the bestia of the bunch.
Discovered ur channel today. Love ur alien retrospective. U missed some absolute classics and the excellent arcade games but all in all was a fun ride and absolutely hilarious. Subscribed x
When you finished alien colonial marines I knew what game you were hyping up and it made me so happy. Alien Isolation is my favorite game, I enjoyed it so much I can't put into words how much I like it.
great stuff as always
You had me at the jurassic park game audio 😸
I want the guys who did Alien Isolation to get together with the Resident evil team and remake the Dino Crisis games. This AI in the dinos would be EPIC!
Kind of sad you didn’t even mention AvP on the jaguar, as at the time, that was the best game based off of Aliens. The lack of an in game soundtrack gave the game a better atmosphere than some of the more newer games, and the feeling of being trapped on a station with the xenos was palpable.
You're so funny. I laughed the entire way through this xD
Thank you for a fantastically entertaining video :)
Hey man great videos I’ve been binge watching them well earned sub 🤘
Great alien games analysis.........hands down the best multiple Alien game review session I've seen! I'm currently streaming Alien: Isolation right now and it's a masterpiece......captures the tone and gritty atmosphere of the movies so well.
I'm actually sad that the Alien 3 Sega Genesis game wasn't mentioned. It was such a big part of my childhood and while it's not the strongest game or film, it was still pretty fun!
I remember playing that C64 Alien game. It was surprisingly scary and amazingly difficult. There was a mode in which *any* crew member could be the android; it wasn't automatically Ash. It also randomized who died to the facehugger before it starts. I once had it RNG me up a scenario where Dallas was the facehugger casualty and Ripley was the android.
About time for a new proper vid
absolutely fantastic, I loved every single minute of this video. Going to see the Jurassic park one now too. Awesome thanks!!
45:40
You're welcome!
Consider me subscribed! And your coverage of Alien Isolation here has encouraged me to play it over on my own channel now. Thanks! Oh, and Alien Trilogy is so good if you enjoy it for what it is!
Aliens Infestation on the DS was a pretty good side scroller.
Great video mate, thank you!
16:21 the Atari Jaguar AVP game was my first experience with both the Alien and Predator franchises. Hell, the cover art even had me thinking that the white spot on the xenomorph’s head were what xenos had for eyes
I freakin loved AvP Classic... even played some comp matches for a time
The Capcom AVP arcade game is pretty good and the Jaguar AVP was interesting for the time
8 after its release, Alien Isolation modded for VR is just glorious...
This video is a masterpiece ❤️
I watched this and the Turok one so far. You got a really good series here. You're pretty thorough too. If you got some help making these, I think you could break out.
AVP 2, from the early 2000’s does the best job of catching the “Aliens” movie feel. Alien: Isolation does the best job of catching the feel of “Alien” movie
Just discovered this video and your channel....I made it about 2 minutes before subbing. Well done lad!
I really enjoyed watching this video, and for you to capture all that footage, script, record, edit, etc for an hour long video must have takenan age. As a fellow fan of the Alien movies, particularly the first one, I can really see the passion showing through :) It was a real treat to see someone cover the C64 Alien game. You don't see that often, and I think it's more sim-like turn-based approach was a clever way of generating tension with the limited resolution and audio capabilities of the time. It forced players to try and plan ahead and make decisions, only for the Alien to show up, begin pleasuring itself, and it all goes to shit. Though I understand not spending time covering the various ports of one game, such as Alien 3, (even though the SNES and Mega Drive versions were so significantly different, that alone would be worth noting) a bunch of games were missed out from the history, a few of which were entries into entirely different genres, such as RTS and MetroidVania.
This is really for the benefit of other viewers who may not be aware of what else is out there :)
The Aliens (1990) arcade game. Lots of fun. Sega's Alien Storm came out the same year and was a similar sort of thing. I don't know which was actually first, but given the relative closeness of their releases, they will have been in development at the same time. How games inspired in whole or in part by Alien started to appear throughout the '80s and on is a subject for a video all of it's own. I can name R-Type, Metroid, Super C, Alien Breed, Doom, Half Life, and Halo just to begin. It's amazing how the movie franchise's influence became so widespread. Anyway...
Alien 3: The Gun. Arcade lightgun game. Good for the time and is still pretty fun even though it shows it's age.
What about that kak Aliens point and click, text adventure type thing from 1995? It was shit! But at least it wasn't another run and gun platformer or dodgy FPS!
You looked at Aliens vs Predator beat em up on the SNES (absolute shite), but not the Capcom arcade one (mental, and so much fun, with an anime Arnie with a big robot arm-thing as a playable character).
Alien Resurrection was a surprisingly good fps. Far more entertaining than the film, in my opinion.
As others have mentioned, AvP 2. That game was really really good.
There's also a lot of love for AvP on the Jaguar, itself a different game to the PC ones.
AvP: Extinction was an RTS, another genre covered by the franchise. I thought it was a bit shit but I've met people who liked it.
Aliens: Infestation for the DS. If you don't know of this one, you need to hunt it down and play it. It's a MetroidVania style survival/adventure game, where you have a limited number of marines and permadeath, all animated in beautiful pixel art! This is a contender for best adaptation from the source material, as it's finely crafted in every respect. It's unique in style compared to all the other Alien adaptations, and takes something from Metroid which, as you mentioned, was partly inspired by Alien. To quote a different sci-fi franchise, "the circle is now complete".
There are also more recent Aliens arcade games in the form of crap lightgun shooters, but nobody cares.
Man I really enjoy your contents and love ur accent!
I would love an addendum video that looks at some of the games that have come out since Alien Isolation, like Blackout, Fireteam Elite and Dark Descent whenever that comes out, along with some of the games you passed over or just straight up didn't cover like the Resurrection game or that RTS one. I love coming back to this video every so often. Always put me in the mood to watch the movies and start up another run of Isolation or AVP.
Alien Isolation is hands down the best alien game ever made
AvP2 was the best out of all the alien games by far. I remember literally living on gamespy playing multiplayer forever... Ah that game brings back so much nostalgia...
Leaving out AvP2 is just heresy. Best Alien game ever.
This is great
The NES port of Alien 3 you played is fairly lame, but the original release on megadrive/genesis the year before is a stone cold classic.
yeah I always remember the tension building running out of time trying to get the last prisoner freed, I had to memorise some levels just to get anywhere!
He forgot the SNES version as well
Alien Infestation. Metroidvania with aliens and good bosses.
Great video!
well done sir, good work
Alien Isolation is a masterpiece. Easily one of the greatest horror video games of all time.
Yup 👌
The final version of "Aliens: Colonial Marines" predated "Aliens Versus Predator (2010);" their intended release dates were actually swapped.
Additionally, there had been multiple separate attempts at a "Colonial Marines" game over the years, each of them never making it out of Dev Hell.
It's really a sad story all-around. Even early on, the games had so much thought and potential put into them, but corporate mismanagement, greed, and a general lack of appreciation ruined them in the end.
Gearbox Software had all the characteristics of the Weyland Yutani foundation itself. It didn't help that Randy Pitchford was funneling thousands of dollars into coccaine and hookers, rather than game development.
AvP Classic is intended to be brutally dark, to force the choice between your night vision and the scanner as the marine, the unlimited flares (though you can only have out about 8 at a time from memory) are your main light source as a result. In multiplayer it was a standard tactic for the Alien and Predator players to kill light sources to make life harder for the best-equipped combatant. The alien suffers no fall damage, in some of the MP maps the drop from the ceiling is over 20 metres for a satisfying headbite (also how the alien heals compared to medkits and healing device for the other species), consequently too the Predator's vision modes are species-specific in how they target. It's probably the first FPS that requires you make the choice on the fly to survive.
The original release had a beautifully atmospheric CDDA soundtrack that worked well, the Gold edition weirdly changed the video segments from Americans to Rebellion staff members providing the acting it didn't jibe well with a lot of people at the time.
And yes I played this one a lot when I was younger.
Great editing and narrating. I am literally lol'ing right now. Subscribing now.
👍😂😂🤣💀👻🤜🤛💯✌
Superb job on the retrospective. I used to be a huge collector of nearly everything Aliens, Predator and Terminator wise, and have a big plastic bin full of games, books, magazines, movies and tons of other related items. One of those is my original Activision box with 5 1/2" floppy disc of the 1986 Apple IIe game that you covered. Totally agree that the beginning dropship ring flight was very annoying, though once past that, the game was quite fun for the time. Like everyone below, you missed the boat by ignoring the "Alien Resurrection" PS2 game, as well as the awesome AvP2 title with "Primal Hunt" expansion. Also, you should have covered the very fun DOOM mods, ALIEN Doom and ALIENS Total Conversion. The later was fantastic. There's also the "Xenophobe" arcade game (which I believe was available later on various other home systems, especially the excellent Atari Lynx Portable Gaming System), the ALIENS and ALIEN 3 arcade games, as well as the fun AvP arcade by Capcom.
There is NOTHING else in gaming like the first few levels of the Alien campaign in AVP2. The mechanics are a bit old-school (think Jedi Outcast), but it's a mile ahead of the first game when it comes to atmosphere and immersion. Why it hasn't been properly updated is also the biggest WTF in gaming
The best games to play dealing with Alien franchise are the classic AVP games, the AVP remake, and Alien Isolation. At least those are my favorites. Thanks for the trip down memory lane with those old 80's games though. LOL
WOW! Making it through that far with a pistol! Warrior!
There was a DS Metroidvania styled Alien game that had character permadeath. Was pretty good from what I can remember of it.
52:05 Really got to me for a sec. I never ever run in this game cuz I know it’s a death trap, so when you ran and the Xenomorph hissed, I kinda forgot who was playing the game and started freaking out. Even brought my hands up to cover my face a little.
brilliant vid brought back a load of mems
On my my recent playthrough on Alien Isolation, I did novice for the relaxed factor. Haha. No. I was killed in three new ways I'd never been killed before. One, while I was powering up a switch. No alien in sight, then suddenly, I hear it, too late to cancel powering up the switch. Two, in the ducts, it came running from behind and I heard it from my surround sound behind me. Boom, boom boom, by the time I turned around as fast as I could, too late. Fucking dead! Scared the shit outta me. Three, there's the goo dripping from the ducts you have to avoid sometimes. Nope, no goo this time on one duct from the ceiling. He just dropped the fuck down right in front of me, and boom, instant death. Absolutely nothing I could do in 2/3 of those deaths. No matter how good you are. And that was on novice mode! Love it. My goal in life is to beat it on any difficulty without dying once. I've never done it and I honestly don't know if it's possible.
Hell, I've even been killed on a playthrough before you even see the Alien during the Medical area scene. Which I did even think was possible. It was hunting me and got me in the flight recorder room! This game forces you to keep your guard up, the whole time. And yes, on my very first playthrough, I too spent about 3 hours slowly going through the beginning as I had no idea what may trigger the alien. The shit terror was priceless.
In isolation I think a really cool detail is that when that Doctor dude dies if you turn on your motion tracker you can actual see a second object moving behind the Doctor.
42:53 I REMEMBER THIS.
My friend lent me his copy not too long after it came out and this fucked me right off.
Genuinely embarrassing how this bug has gone unpatched for a minimum of 4 years...
Multiplayer was actually alot of fun for both AvP and A:CM, but the community withered and died like a plant you buy at Lowe's and then never water it. They were both unique and had good game modes, but by the time I stopped playing it took 30 minutes to an hour to find 3 people to play a game in any game mode.
I love playing as "confident"
Me too
IMAGE INTENSIFIER!
Literally, the second after I typed that...you found it.