10 Years Later, Alien- Isolation Still Benefits From One Vital Design Decision
Even a decade after its release, Alien: Isolation remains a standout experience.
It’s a monumental example of adaptation in video games, thanks to the fact that developer Creative Assembly was packed with fans of Ridley Scott’s 1979 film, Alien, and an incredibly tight, detailed focus on the fidelity of the movie’s setting. It also set a bar in horror game design, with the alien operating on a set of reactive artificial intelligence rules that made it terrifyingly unpredictable and unstoppably lethal.
It also stands apart from other games based on the Alien franchise, which tend to ignore Scott’s original film in favor of iterations on Aliens, James Cameron’s sequel, which moves away from straight horror to feature more action–and a bunch of well-outfitted, smack-talking Marines. Creative Assembly instead pitched an Alien game, not an Aliens game, one that would focus on making the creature feel like an unstoppable, unknow…
Disney's Villains Book Series Expands Next Week With Novel Starring The Beast
Disney has been churning out iconic movies for decades, but did you know the company is also responsible for a series of New York Times best-selling novels? The series, Villains by Serena Valentino, follows bad guys from the films to better flesh out their stories. You’ll find 10 books in the series, and an eleventh, Kill the Beast, is scheduled to arrive on July 30. Preorders are currently discounted ahead of its release, so if you’re interested in checking out the series, be sure to take a look.
Your preorder comes with Amazon’s preorder guarantee, so if the price drops between now and July 30, you’re entitled to the lowest price. That means there’s no downside to preordering, as there’s little chance we’ll see a better price than this after launch.
If you prefer to start from the beginning of the series, you’ll find the Villains Box Set: Books 1-3 on sale for just $24 (down from $45). The…