Aaaand it's mobile
https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/2019/1/7/18171831/alien-blackout-trailer-release-date

womp womp

Drayth wrote on Jan 7, 2019, 03:03:

RedEye9 wrote on Jan 6, 2019, 19:27:

I will never re-watch the Rock's Doom.

lol, break out the Bio-Force Gun...

eh, seen a LOT worse movies ;p

CJ is angry at more harmless things, and does more weird/irrational gatekeeping, than an army of 15 year olds spending their time carefully cataloging which bands are metal and which are poseurs.

RedEye9 wrote on Jan 6, 2019, 19:27:

I will never re-watch the Rock's Doom.

lol, break out the Bio-Force Gun...

jdreyer wrote on Jan 6, 2019, 18:41:

CJ_Parker wrote on Jan 6, 2019, 17:45:
boom boom splosions boom bang boom bang lol dead aliens loooool yeaaaaahhhhh right on baaaaabbbe shoot the fucker in the face luuuuuullllzzz.

*sigh*

Was that... German?

Yes. Bavarian to be precise...

Drayth wrote on Jan 6, 2019, 18:37:
And then Aliens became one of the best sequels ever.

I'm all for either.

Both are great (Alien/Aliens), I can watch either one again and again w/out dread.

I will never re-watch the Rock's Doom.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Jan 6, 2019, 08:17:

Wraith wrote on Jan 6, 2019, 08:09:
Alien Isolation was a complete fucking waste of time.

Your opinion certainly runs contrary to the metacritic score.

I had no trouble playing and completing Alien: Isolation and its DLC. I thought it was a fantastic, well done game and wanted more when I completed it.

Absolutely, can't wait.

CJ_Parker wrote on Jan 6, 2019, 17:45:
Oh. I get it now.

Those of you who basically want DOOM: Alien are apparently referring to some new age garbage movies where the Alien was trivialized into serving as cannon fodder for some kewl lulz Ripley offspring dudette who pwnz Alien azz with her BFG gatling gunz.

Um. Yeah.

Glad I never watched any of that shit. There is only one true Alien and it's the 1979 flick with Weaver. That movie perfectly captured the horror and suspense of an unknown alien threat with a space ship crew stacked against overwhelming odds.

An awesome movie that focused more on how the Alien fucked with the crew's minds on a psychological level and how it changed them instead of boom boom splosions boom bang boom bang lol dead aliens loooool yeaaaaahhhhh right on baaaaabbbe shoot the fucker in the face luuuuuullllzzz.

*sigh*

Just watched it recently, I was surprised on how badly it holds up several decades later. Aliens still does though, and is the better movie.

CJ_Parker wrote on Jan 6, 2019, 17:45:
boom boom splosions boom bang boom bang lol dead aliens loooool yeaaaaahhhhh right on baaaaabbbe shoot the fucker in the face luuuuuullllzzz.

*sigh*

Was that... German?

And then Aliens became on of the best sequels ever.

I'm all for either.

Oh. I get it now.

Those of you who basically want DOOM: Alien are apparently referring to some new age garbage movies where the Alien was trivialized into serving as cannon fodder for some kewl lulz Ripley offspring dudette who pwnz Alien azz with her BFG gatling gunz.

Um. Yeah.

Glad I never watched any of that shit. There is only one true Alien and it's the 1979 flick with Weaver. That movie perfectly captured the horror and suspense of an unknown alien threat with a space ship crew stacked against overwhelming odds.

An awesome movie that focused more on how the Alien fucked with the crew's minds on a psychological level and how it changed them instead of boom boom splosions boom bang boom bang lol dead aliens loooool yeaaaaahhhhh right on baaaaabbbe shoot the fucker in the face luuuuuullllzzz.

*sigh*

Isolation was awesome and could be improved upon and should with a follow up. That said, I'm not against an action based one, but it could at the end break out into Isolation, sort of how the movies usually go, when it's down to the duo, it changes up to more tension vs action. Or like the original Predator, the end becomes Isolation in feel.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Jan 6, 2019, 12:15:

DarkCntry wrote on Jan 6, 2019, 12:09:

PropheT wrote on Jan 6, 2019, 11:57:

DarkCntry wrote on Jan 5, 2019, 23:04:
Now, now...the sentry guns only worked because of Hollywood magic of never-ending supply of ammunition for thematic effect

That's exactly the opposite of what happens in that scene considering it mostly consists of watching limited ammo counters running down to empty while Hicks talks. Then the aliens get past their defenses immediately after the ammo runs out.

While I was being somewhat facetious in my statement about the endless ammo, in all honesty, there's no way that 500 rounds could be housed in those turrets internally as was shown in the movie.

Well, since they have ammo drums on the side, I'm pretty sure they could hold 500 rounds.

True...but again, back to Hollywood magic, 99 of those rounds fit into a Pulse Rifle, so you have to either expect that these rounds aren't all that big, or they just magically increase in caliber dependant on the weapon firing them

For reference, the 10x28mm caseless that the turrets fire are uniformly used in the Pulse Rifles, the M56s that Drake and Vasquez used, and, for further oddity, the M42A rifles.

The M42As, funny enough, only hold 15 rounds in a similar footprint as the M41As (IE, the Pulse Rifles), where-as the M56s have the supposed same 500 round drum as the turrets.

RedEye9 wrote on Jan 6, 2019, 12:16:
We await your "Everything Wrong with Aliens in 45 Minutes or Less" youtube rundown with bated breath.

I'm not trying to do anything here other than talk about the funny nature of realism in the Aliens franchise when it comes to their weapons...and this is coming from a fan that has pretty much read every tidbit of lore and story for the franchise.

DarkCntry wrote on Jan 6, 2019, 12:09:

PropheT wrote on Jan 6, 2019, 11:57:

DarkCntry wrote on Jan 5, 2019, 23:04:
Now, now...the sentry guns only worked because of Hollywood magic of never-ending supply of ammunition for thematic effect

That's exactly the opposite of what happens in that scene considering it mostly consists of watching limited ammo counters running down to empty while Hicks talks. Then the aliens get past their defenses immediately after the ammo runs out.

While I was being somewhat facetious in my statement about the endless ammo, in all honesty, there's no way that 500 rounds could be housed in those turrets internally as was shown in the movie.

We await your "Everything Wrong with Aliens in 45 Minutes or Less" youtube rundown with bated breath.

DarkCntry wrote on Jan 6, 2019, 12:09:

PropheT wrote on Jan 6, 2019, 11:57:

DarkCntry wrote on Jan 5, 2019, 23:04:
Now, now...the sentry guns only worked because of Hollywood magic of never-ending supply of ammunition for thematic effect

That's exactly the opposite of what happens in that scene considering it mostly consists of watching limited ammo counters running down to empty while Hicks talks. Then the aliens get past their defenses immediately after the ammo runs out.

While I was being somewhat facetious in my statement about the endless ammo, in all honesty, there's no way that 500 rounds could be housed in those turrets internally as was shown in the movie.

Well, since they have ammo drums on the side, I'm pretty sure they could hold 500 rounds.

PropheT wrote on Jan 6, 2019, 11:57:

DarkCntry wrote on Jan 5, 2019, 23:04:
Now, now...the sentry guns only worked because of Hollywood magic of never-ending supply of ammunition for thematic effect

That's exactly the opposite of what happens in that scene considering it mostly consists of watching limited ammo counters running down to empty while Hicks talks. Then the aliens get past their defenses immediately after the ammo runs out.

While I was being somewhat facetious in my statement about the endless ammo, in all honesty, there's no way that 500 rounds could be housed in those turrets internally as was shown in the movie.

DarkCntry wrote on Jan 5, 2019, 23:04:
Now, now...the sentry guns only worked because of Hollywood magic of never-ending supply of ammunition for thematic effect

That's exactly the opposite of what happens in that scene considering it mostly consists of watching limited ammo counters running down to empty while Hicks talks. Then the aliens get past their defenses immediately after the ammo runs out.

warmbluelasers wrote on Jan 6, 2019, 09:51:

RedEye9 wrote on Jan 6, 2019, 09:31:
As for your reasoning that a sequel did not come out right away just because one was teased shows a diconnect with reality. You might remember a game called Half-Life 2.

Using Valve development as a basis for personal attack? Ok.

I got my point across.

RedEye9 wrote on Jan 6, 2019, 09:31:
As for your reasoning that a sequel did not come out right away just because one was teased shows a diconnect with reality. You might remember a game called Half-Life 2.

Using Valve development as a basis for personal attack? Ok.

Drayth wrote on Jan 6, 2019, 08:28:
I loved it too, but I wouldn't play it without the AI mod that helps alleviate the very problem he's complaining about.

I never would have finished it if I hadn't installed the mod that turned the Alien into a puppy and the revolver into a one-shot hand cannon.

Some like the hide, make progress, die die die, hide, gameplay. But it's not for me.