'Alien: Isolation' still haunted by the failure of 'Colonial Marines'

Sega and Creative Assembly are attempting to redefine the horror-survival genre with Alien: Isolation, but every attempt to demonstrate the games uniqueness has been overshadowed by the failure of Aliens: Colonial Marines.

[stanr]

Are we being too harsh to judge Isolation based on the failure of Colonial Marines? Or will this be a brilliant marketing ploy by dropping everyones expectations so low that the finished work will look good, just like with the Robocop remake.

[Hellsvacancy]

The Robocop remake sucked balls, unless you mean the Real Robocop remake? http://www.youtube.com/watc... that was fun

I'm looking forward to a new Alien game

[Nitrowolf2]

That remake was awful though lol

[camel_toad]

Ill always have hope with every new aliens game despite the pitiful track record. The franchise has such great potential its a shame no ones really been successful making it into a game.

What we really need is Jerry McGuire The Game. It would have me at hello.

[XiNarutoUzumaki]

Temper your expectations guys. This game is gonna suck.

The Aliens License has no future no matter what devs make the game.

[Dudebro90]

You'll be eating crow in October. Bookmark this page.

[Inception]

Nope, the one who sucks is Naruto. I'm used to be a fans of Naruto. But after Jiraiya's dead, the manga & anime gone downhill. One example just look at the final arc and the latest chapter for Naruto. Kishimoto took a lot of shortcuts that made the story stinks like a big pile of horse s* and more of a crappy clone of DBZ.

[josephayal]

colonian marines is awesome

[mixelon]

... That is something I never thought I'd read. XD

[Mr Tretton]

our fave stealth troll is back

[Fringe_Agent13]

It really is and this game looks great to me.

[Akuma2K]

I know this is going to be a good game, this game has nothing to do with colonial marines......got the game pre-ordered and paid for, oct 7th can't get here fast enough.

[Belasco]

Or maybe, just maybe, Alien is better as a motion picture and not a full length video game, not nearly enough variety as far as enemies go. I am one of the biggest Alien/Giger nerds out there, even have a Nostromo shirt and baseball cap, but enough is enough.

[diesoft]

Colonial Marines was SO bad it sort of put another layer of filth on the Alien franchise. I love that IP so it won't die but WOW did they screw up with that piece of garbage.

So is it really odd that players will be extremely skeptical? I don't think it is. They have to hit this one out of the park just to get some fans to even LOOK at another aliens game.

I mean, hell, Xbox just had colonial marines on sale for $9.99 a week or two ago. My thought was: "I'm not paying $.99 for that garbage." I can't IMAGINE the anger people would have if they paid $60 for it.

[Orbilator]

You know Alien Vs Predator on the atari jaguar was an awesome alien game, coz it wasnt all about the gfx.
But I do understand why people hate the franchise, I seem to remeber aother Alien Game I played on my PS1 and Sega Saturn which wasnt half bad either. Alien Trilogy I think it was. And wasnt Alien Vs Predator on PC not to bad either.

Granted Aliens: CM was utter garbage , but i think the gaming press is just to harsh on the franchise.

I for one will give Isolation my full attention when its released as I myself love the franchise, and I hope they crack it this time.

[Deadpoolio]

People seem to forget that Alien v. Predator 2010 on 360/ps3 was pretty solid also, god damned perfect compared to Colonial Marines

[jpepsi24]

I didn't play colonial marines so I really don't have any prejudices about the game it looks pretty good I don't get why every triple a title has to be a shoot-em up it won't kill you to think of your enemy as an credible threat