Spacestation Design Impressions: Alien Isolation

Joseppe · September 2014

White Devils Alien Isolation Images (as Reference) : Dropbox-Link

gameplay footage (before it was released) - original thread content (not interesting anymore):

Warning: if you could feel tricked, because the gameplay contains the guy "pewdiepie" just dont watch it.

Game is available: 07.10.2014 (i am not posting anymore, when its released - its the only real long gameplay i could find)

Campaign - Beginning (Part 1)- Index:
1m30s - intro (main menu starting game)
3m10s - gameplay (intro cutscene)
5m22s - gameplay (first-person)

Campaign - Sevastopol (Part 2) - Index:
0m00s - Sevastopol Station (Part 2):
9m15s - Outdoor look to planet: looks really cool!

Survival Mode (not Campaign) - Index:
0m25s - Ingame, Note: Architecture looks amazing!

Review:
IGN: 5.9 / 10
GameSpot: 6 / 10
Metacritic: 79 / 100
PCGamer: 93 / 100

Conclusion: looks like its not the best game, but the architecture & style is awesome.

BeigeAlert · September 2014

You bastard... tricking us to click on a PewDiePie video... (and I'm only half joking...)

Joseppe · September 2014

I posted it because:
1. i am interested in the game
2. its the first real gameplay i could find
3. it has really cool ingame space station architecture stuff

And i am not really happy that you call people (me or others) bastards
and i was not going to promote the pewdiepie-guy.

BeigeAlert · September 2014

Joseppe wrote: »

I posted it because:
1. i am interested in the game
2. its the first real gameplay i could find
3. it has really cool ingame space station architecture stuff

And i am not really happy that you call people (me or others) bastards
and i was not going to promote the pewdiepie-guy.

Sorry, just can't stand that guy.

Insane · September 2014

Thanks for posting that, it's cool to see more of their art style. They really do seem to have nailed it. I loved that boombox sitting there on a space station, that was pretty funny. I think they've done a really nice job nailing that retro-futuristic look, and the lighting is stunning. Fun fact: one of our old artists, Liam, worked on Alien: Isolation.

I was actually working on a Spark scene as a side-project, towards the start of this year, based on the screenshots they had released so far. Obviously that med-bay organic padded look was out, since we don't have any assets like that, but there were enough other interesting spaces, and the main thing I found inspiring was the high-contrast lighting they used in a lot of areas.

Hopefully I can play around more with it at some point.

P.S. Let's not make this thread all about who does or doesn't like a given YouTube Man. That's what Twitter is for!

Vetinari · September 2014

I watched Aliens again a month ago. Or parts of it, at least. That movie has such an awesome set design (if you exclude that horrendously stupid personnel carrier). It's that used and bulky 90s tech sci fi that makes it look so amazingly atmospheric.

Kouji_San · September 2014

The only thing I loved about that APC was the gun which retracted, when moving into the base for coolsies :P Also looking insanely good there Insane, really liking that contrast and shadow play!

And what they did, judging from the cringeworthy youtube person's video... They did an awesome job getting that aliens feel into the game, good stuff for inspiration. NS NOS textures anyone

Joseppe · October 2014

*added sevastopol station (part 2)*

Joseppe · October 2014

*added "survival mode" gameplay*

Soul_Rider · October 2014

F0rdPrefect wrote: »

I watched Aliens again a month ago. ..... It's that used and bulky 90s tech sci fi that makes it look so amazingly atmospheric.

Can you please explain how a film released in 1986, can be called "90's Tech Sci-Fi"?

RadimaX · October 2014

prop like 2001 space odyssey was doing 2001 styled tech sci-fi setting in a movie made in the 60´s, just like we could do a 80´s styled rambo movie in maby 2020? :P

WhiteDevil · October 2014

I'm constantly blown away by the stuff in Isolation. Dunno if anyone is interested but I uploaded tons of pictures from the game for future reference.
Might contain some spoilers. I wouldn't recommend to look them if you're planning on playing it.

link

Joseppe · October 2014

WhiteDevil wrote: »

...I uploaded tons of pictures from the game for future reference...

Please keep doing it (if its fun for you of course

)

Vetinari · October 2014

Soul_Rider wrote: »

F0rdPrefect wrote: »

I watched Aliens again a month ago. ..... It's that used and bulky 90s tech sci fi that makes it look so amazingly atmospheric.

Can you please explain how a film released in 1986, can be called "90's Tech Sci-Fi"?

If you look back from the future, stuff sortof starts to blend

I guess the movie was ahead of it's time.

Spacestation Design Impressions: Alien Isolation

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