The Zombie Guy posted:

Alien: Isolation is the scariest game that I've played. As was previously mentioned, you're basically helpless against this relentless murder machine. In Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Dead Space, etc, you at least have a fighting chance against the monsters.

Phi230 posted:

BR is also in the Alien universe so not a stretch.

I had the idea of a bait-and-switch scenario where the player group responds to a colony that has gone dark. They arrive to find the colony falling apart, practically under siege from unseen forces.

The players encounter these insurgents that are extremely capable and also look extremely similar, like twins.

Turns out the planet houses an old military-grade replicant production facility owned by a company called Wallace Corporation, long defunct, that the replicants took over a long time ago, and keep operating, trying to live in peace but these pesky colonists keep bothering them

You could get Weyland Yutani involved too, maybe with Wallace Corp having been acquired by WY decades/a century ago and they try to assert ownership of the facility.

Phi230 posted:

BR is also in the Alien universe so not a stretch.

I had the idea of a bait-and-switch scenario where the player group responds to a colony that has gone dark. They arrive to find the colony falling apart, practically under siege from unseen forces.

The players encounter these insurgents that are extremely capable and also look extremely similar, like twins.

Turns out the planet houses an old military-grade replicant production facility owned by a company called Wallace Corporation, long defunct, that the replicants took over a long time ago, and keep operating, trying to live in peace but these pesky colonists keep bothering them

You could get Weyland Yutani involved too, maybe with Wallace Corp having been acquired by WY decades/a century ago and they try to assert ownership of the facility.

Pennywise the Frown posted:

HiroProtagonist posted:

I recall vaguely something about a fanfic or retcon about Jonesy where someone goes into a bit of detail about what happens to him after Ripley leaves earth again (for the second time)? Maybe I'm making this up


Jesus Christ I missed this but what the gently caress

Xenomrph posted:

I made a parody end-credits video about ‘Aliens several years ago.

https://youtu.be/20wsNqmTPxI

quidditch it and quit it posted:

I remember taking a couple of prescription sleeping pills one night, half an hour before I went to bed.

For some reason I thought I’d have one more beer (I’d had a couple already).

Next thing I know, I’m waking up in bed in the morning. My girlfriend comes into the bedroom, and tells me she’s finally managed to find the torrent of Alien Quadrilogy (the box set) and it’s all downloaded.

Apparently, unbeknownst to me, I’d woken her up, insisted she got out of bed, got her to download a torrent client, then got her to start downloading the box set, specifically the box set, of the Alien films. And bless her, she did it.

No loving clue. Total blank. And that’s terrifying, really, that you can be that specific and appear totally awake and not have a single recollection of a whole period of time. Never touched a sleeping pill since.

HiroProtagonist posted:

This is better as a non sequitur and is definitely thread content

Code Jockey posted:

That's funny, I was thinking about this today actually.

Dead Space creeped me the gently caress out and kept me on the edge of my seat most of the time. The game does a great job of building a tense, creepy atmosphere, the sound design is great, and I enjoyed playing it, but man was it stressful.

Pennywise the Frown posted:

Although his American accent in Covenant was atrocious.

Pennywise the Frown posted:

Fassbender is pretty much the only good thing about the prequels.

Although his American accent in Covenant was atrocious.

Owlbear Camus posted:

I honestly think Walter's voice was a deliberate choice.

Like it costs a quadrillion dollars to machine one of these things and the test model they sent out was lost with all hands with rumors of it going loving nuts.

So you can't just start from the ground up. You patch in some no-murdering subroutines you paper over the aloof clipped British tones that make the end user worry the robot thinks it's better than them. You replace it with just a grumbly faux-midwestern unpretentious voice.

purple death ray posted:

So every now and then one of their artificial people will T pose and fall through the floor?

Keltar posted:

Fassbender is definitely the best thing about the two prequels.

The focus on David and what he does however is also one of the main reasons the second prequel sucked so bad.

Torquemada posted:

I shall be watching Alien this Wednesday with my wife, who has never seen it, and is a big fraidy cat.

Torquemada posted:

I shall be watching Alien this Wednesday with my wife, who has never seen it, and is a big fraidy cat.

Owlbear Camus posted:

So, if you guys were going to resurrect the stillborn David^3 Covenant sequel, where would you go with it? Interested in your writers room pitches and takes.

Wild T posted:

David stands over a pod, ready to do something horrible to the occupant. Suddenly he's clobbered from behind, knocking his head off his shoulders like Ash. It's Charles S. Dutton holding a lead pipe, looking right into the camera. "I gotta reeducate this brother."

Roll credits, no further explanation, movie is 38 seconds long.

Pennywise the Frown posted:

You have to let us know how that goes. The opening of the eyes.