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Alien: Isolation |OT| 1 Alien. 1 Ripley. No Jonesy.
- Thread starter VisceralBowl
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therealminime
Member
And it's unlocking on Steam right now. Love this so much.
NewVegasDog
Member
Started unlocking on Steam, I'm excited to play in the afternoon.
I mostly agree with this. The problem I have with the director's cut for Aliens is that the segments on the colony pre-alien infestation ruin the tension and the mystery of what happened to it compared to the theatrical cut. But then the theatrical cut should never have cut the scene of Ripley learning about Amanda's death back at the start. It's important context with regards to her relationship with Newt.
Agreed. The scene where Newt's parents find the alien ship is the one scene from the directors cut I would remove. The movie benefits greatly from never seeing Hadley's Hope until after everything goes down because then you experience the same feelings the characters are supposed to be going through.
LeeRoyBrown
Banned
I fucking wish I just purchased this game and spent my free AMD key on somthing else, fuck waiting. I just know AMD could release the key now but I'm waiting for someone asshole to start work somewhere around the world so he can press the unlock button or some shit.
therealminime
Member
Reading this I am just now realizing that I have never once seen anything other then the director's cut. I can't imagine the movie without the scene with Newt's parents or without Ripley learning of Amanda.
Visualante2
Member
48 minutes of busy writing to disk apparently.
SmanLegend
Member
fov only goes up to 75?
VisceralBowl
Member
This is the Alien game I have been waiting for. Amazing.
The Dear Leader
Banned
Both are good, if you got the time though watch the DC.
Dio Brando
Banned
Busy writing to disk here too D: already tried restarting steam.
GavinUK86
Member
In relation to this game the DC works better with the scenes about Amanda.
The Dear Leader
Banned
And only $3.99 for the Nostromo DLC? I can dig it.
The Jackdog
Member
Any xbox one users able to switch countries and get it to unlock?
Steam is showing a release date of 10/6/2014 now. Called Gamestop, appears at least the one I use, isn't selling early... but they are having a midnight launch...
Be nice to get my hands on it tonight, but working late next couple of days; so can't play much until later in the week.
Be nice to get my hands on it tonight, but working late next couple of days; so can't play much until later in the week.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
The original DC is actually shorter
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
I've never seen the director's cut for Aliens and only with this post am I finding out about these extra scenes. I watched Aliens last night in preparation for this game but now I think I'm gonna have to check out the director's cut or at least just see these extra scenes somewhere.
Fleshfeast
Member
I'm really, really tempted to get this, and the pre-order bonus is tempting too. I'm a huge Alien/Aliens fan. The problem is I was unbelievably bored with Amnesia, Slender, and SCP. I liked Outlast though. It had good pacing and interesting environments, and the mechanics of hiding were clearly defined, meaning there wasn't as much guesswork associated with escaping. I'm probably gonna have to wait for more impressions from people who liked Outlast, but not other non-combat horror games.
The Dear Leader
Banned
VisceralBowl
Member
PC version running and looking pretty good on max settings at 1600p.
Revolutionary
Member
Is the slider backwards for you too? all the way to the right is 47 and to the left is 75
Loved Outlast but this game is much scarier than Outlast. Intense the whole way through. Especially when you hear the Alien crawling around in the Vents. The music the sounds in the game, all superb. Hehe. Damn, those PC screens.
VisceralBowl
Member
It is backwards.
SkyTurnsRed
Banned
Gonna need impressions from you Steam folks. Waiting all day at work for this.
SmanLegend
Member
Yeah pretty weird
PC is da best i guess
For some reason Steam has release date set to 10/6/14????
LeeRoyBrown
Banned
What the fuck? From where, the DLC is $30AU
SmanLegend
Member
Anyone making a pc performance thread?
VisceralBowl
Member
There already is one.
There seems to be Engine config file
SteamApps\common\Alien Isolation\DATA\ENGINE_SETTINGS.XML
Haven't had really time to do any testing, but you can change values like shadow map resolution etc.
New quality name is visible within game config, do not know if the INT value actually works though.)
SteamApps\common\Alien Isolation\DATA\ENGINE_SETTINGS.XML
Haven't had really time to do any testing, but you can change values like shadow map resolution etc.
New quality name is visible within game config, do not know if the INT value actually works though.)
SmanLegend
Member
Whoops sorry
To be fair, most audiences who are exposed to it for the first time this day in age won't find it as scary as it was when it first came out.
Probably.
Pierre Levegh
Member
Gamestop is doing a midnight launch for this?
Shock_Wave
Member
Lucky bastards 
I'll to wait a little more.
And I'm thinking to start playing the Crew Expendable instead of the main game.
I'll to wait a little more.
And I'm thinking to start playing the Crew Expendable instead of the main game.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
My local one is, not sure about others. I asked one of the employees for another game that they weren't having a release and they said they only do the midnight launches if the pre-orders reach a certain level with Alien... So either it hit that level or there is another popular game being released tomorrow.