DSOGaming writes: "Following the animation reel of Aliens: Crucible, VGLens has revealed a 13 minutes video with in-game footage from Obsidian’s cancelled Aliens game. This video showcases the gameplay mechanics of Aliens: Crucible, the environments, and the character creation menu. Oh, and for the first time we get to see the main menu, as well as some combat between humans and aliens. Enjoy!"
With so much in video games having blossomed out of the first two Alien films, one can argue that the franchise belongs in games more so even than Star Wars. However, Warhammer 40k—a British miniatures game!—has more presence as a name in games. What follows is a collection of better ideas than simply letting the Alien property linger without new releases, as has been the case since 2014.
From VG247: "During development for Alpha Protocol, work also began on Aliens: Crucible, a cancelled RPG from developer Obsidian.
“Aliens: Crucible was really sad to see cancelled, but I don’t blame Sega for it,” writer Chris Avellone told VG247 during Reboot Develop. “It would be like – this is going to be really rough comparison – basically Mass Effect but more terrifying."
And we couldn’t get this but we sure got Colonial Marines because...?
PSA:
Last week, Volition unleashed a fully playable prototype of Saint’s Row: Undercover, a former PSP game that was cancelled some time ago. That got me thinking, since there’s been a butt ton of games that have been cancelled in the past, could there be other titles released in a similar fashion?
Certainly in a rough state, but it seems like something I could really enjoy once it was cleaned up.
Almost always end up loving Obsidian's games.
It's no Operation Raccoon City ;)
Why was this cancelled, anybody know?
I can see why they canceled this, but I think it could have been really decent if given more time and attention. It seems intense anyways.
dam, this had a lot promise, would loved to play this