Drewsky posted:

I think 9.

Owlbear Camus posted:

The Predator being about the titular monsters wanting to give themselves autism as a superpower was certainly... a choice.

ultrabindu posted:

https://i.imgur.com/HKYCbCk.mp4

ultrabindu posted:

BiggerBoat posted:

I forgot how loving hard it is to kill Working Joes in this game.

SilvergunSuperman posted:

They remind me of that medical boot you have to wear if you gently caress your foot up.

Floodixor posted:

I actually just graduated out of it. I found that when I wore it in public and was clomping around, people treated me as if I was a late-stage cancer patient and were super nice

Sunswipe posted:

There was a ZX Spectrum game of Alien where who you played as, who was infected with the Alien and who was the android was randomised each time you played. Put that into a The Thing game along with decent trust mechanics and a variety of win states (successfully kill all Things with all remaining humans tested as human, destroy the whole base, kill everything so you know that the only thing alive is human, etc) and you could have an amazing game. Of course, I'm not games developer, but I've come up with the idea so if anyone wants to use my precious ideas, I'd happily settle for 10% of gross sales.

Splicer posted:

I'd play it as a board game

happyhippy posted:

Same. I became so loving scared of them I ghosted them all and didn't realize I was doing it until an achievement popped up for doing so in Comms.

BiggerBoat posted:

I started experimenting once I ran out of shotgun shells and figured out stun baton + melee can gently caress them up real nice if you do it right. SO that was cool to figure out at least. I'm trying to remember to use my entire arsenal this playthrough.

But man, fuuuuucccckkk that space mall level or whatever it's called when you first "ditch" the alien after you get through the airlock part.

That map is a loving mess. So many rooms and hallways look exactly the same and the single tiny areas that do actually branch out are real easy to miss. There are shuttered doors that you can't tell if they open or not without walking right up to them and even then the environment they reveal looks exactly the same as the last place you were in. Vents lead you around in a circle to a previous area.

I've been loving around with this level for 2.5 hours now. I don't like it.

tango alpha delta posted:

Hey, I was the same way when I played the game for the first time; lost, a little frustrated and kind of bored. But, after I came back to it a few weeks later, I was loving hooked and finished the whole thing. Once you get your bearings, it really is a fantastic game.

Biplane posted:

I believe in you BiggerBoat

Iron Crowned posted:

Played it on PS4, and I loved how the motion detector would alert via the controller speaker, and using it would turn the light green for additional ambience if you were playing in a dark room.

More games really needed to use those controller features.

Kaiju Cage Match posted:

thinkin about aliens versus predator versus terminator after lurking the horror thread in cd

BiggerBoat posted:

It's not like going down to the pond and chasing bluegills and tommycocks.


I think I heard if you were playing with the Kinect, the alien would react if you moved or made noise. Seem to remember someone posting that, like, their kid or their wife came in the room and hosed up their hiding spot or something which is hilarious.

Wonder if it can hear you crack a beer or do a bong rip?

Kaiju Cage Match posted:

Are you sure your kid isn't a xenomorph?

BiggerBoat posted:

So (Alien: Isolation) I'm in the reactor core basement part where the facehuggers first show up and alien reappears and I'm a little confused.

Is that the same creature, a different one or is that just never explained? I read and listened to the logs where it says that preserve the specimen is the primary objective but how the gently caress did the alien get all the way down there? In my head, I'm thinking of it as a different creature but I guess the robots and the computers could have broken contain and allowed her down to build a nest.

Really cool to see the face huggers show up. I never made it that far on my first run and, man, that level is creepy as poo poo. Very unnerving.

Sentinel Red posted:

In a nutshell, the most logical conclusion is:

Marlow's wife/patient zero either gave birth to a queen, or a normal Alien who egg-morphed some of its early victims. They took up residence in the reactor and predictable results ensued over the days that followed. The one you try to trap in the Systech Spire and is ultimately sealed/doomed in the ejected lab is just one that's hanging out there. It's possible the one in the SciMed tower was a different one entirely who took a nap for a few hours, and where you are now you've released a bunch of others who were sealed in the reactor/content to chill out there until they had to GTFO from the purge.

And yes, the Joes around Apollo/Engineering are wearing protective gear, hence their immunity to your electrical stuff.

Never has a game felt so wrong for unlocking areas - every time Amanda opens a brace or sealed vent, or cuts open an access panel, I can't help but think "yo, all this poo poo was sealed up for a reason lady..."

Wild T posted:

Or the vents. They're usually a shortcut between rooms where you're safe from human or robotic enemies. You do hear the alien running around in them but they're always ceiling vents that it spawns in and out of, so I figured that was a cosmetic noise and the vents were a safe place to travel. Nope. I'm crawling through a vent, turn a corner and the alien is right in my face waiting on me. drat near pissed myself.

Voting Floater posted:

One of my biggest jumpscare deaths was while blowtorching through a panel. I think I'd assumed that the world around you paused while you did those kinds of minigame tasks, but nope! All of a sudden the alien's tail burst straight through my chest. I'd heard it was close and figured I might be dead once the blowtorch sequence was over, but I had no idea it could actually kill you halfway through.

Another was when I'd checked a computer while the coast was clear, turned left after exiting and was face-to-face with the xeno. I can't remember if you can die while actually using the computer, but it wouldn't surprise me.

Xenomrph posted:

That is a Bad Comic, do not read it.

happyhippy posted:

My biggest jump scare death was running from some joes, and I didn't know the Alien could grab you from the ceiling.
So doing my best Doom guy impression with a pistol but realizing I don't have enough ammo for them all, I turn to run, empty corridor, corner up ahead, turn it, door to freedom within my grasp.
Then YOINK!
Brian Glover'ed.