In Space No one can hear a Scam: Why Alien Isolation's Preorder DLC has me worried

LL Writes "Now I'm not against preorder DLC when it's essentially fluff, I couldn't give a rats arse if I miss out on items that make the game slightly easier or clad my character in gold as some kind of ill thought out status symbol because I chose to be cautious and wait for a review, or if I simply turned up late to the party because I had other things to do that week.

But this whole affair just rubs me up the wrong way."

[AgentSmithPS4]

"but only if you preorder Alien Isolation, as SEGA have pulled the classic scum bag move of offering you some potentially brilliant content, but only if you preorder the game."

That sucks, I hope the internets go wild and get them to time it instead, or something better.

??? Does anyone know of a place(s) to pre-order the game that will let you return it unopened for the longest time if it turns out bad? Thanks.

[rdgneoz3]

Amazon maybe. Just tell them you ordered the wrong game.

[Lon3wolf]

http://www.videogamer.com/p...

If you don't want to pre-order for the DLC.

[wheresmymonkey]

Apparently SEGA have now confirmed it's timed. Still shows a complete lack of faith in the main game if you ask me.

[Lon3wolf]

It was confirmed yesterday.

[MichaelTM88]

I'm interested to see how this game turns out. Everyone has had their doubt. I want to see how well Sega does with this.....

[Dannycr]

I understand the concern. It is 100% valid, however I saw it at E3 and I will be buying it. Regardless if it end up being a regular game, what I saw was great. I don't actually buy games based on reviews because I've hated games that were critically acclaimed (Tomb Raider) and loved games that were critically destroyed, so I'm going with what I saw.

[joab777]

I think that they r concerned after what happened with Aliens, the possible difficulty marketing in its shadow, and the articles written after this years e3.

So, despite its seeming quality and possible greatness, they feel they need this dlc, which was probablypost game dlc that they r using to gauge interest and maybe, just maybe, get ppl on the fence to jump on over.

Its hard for me to say what I think b/c I dont know what they r thinking. If they t ruely believe they have a gem on their hands and are worried about competition and the previous debacle of an IP, then I guess I dont mind the parlor tricks. But if its being done to grab pre orders b/c they know once we get our hands on it, it will disappoint, then I hav a problem.

And I will definitely be angry either way if it isnt offered at some point in the future as paid dlc. I will giv them the benefit of the doubt...and if it is great, it wont matter...b/c we all know in this industry that we would pay top dollar for a premium game, considering the amount we spend on broken promises.

[Dannycr]

I understand that there are a lot of concerns based on what happened with Colonial Marines, but this is a whole other company developing this game and based on what I saw, I can see the love and care they were taking when creating this game.

When I saw it, the developers were there explaining the gameplay and the things they were doing and going for and what I could tell from them is that they are really confident on their product but their only concern is that people are (justly) worried because of Colonial Marines. They even mentioned Colonia Marines during the presentation and while being extremely polite about it, you can tell they were trying to tell the audience that this game is NOTHING like Colonial Marines and I believe them and the footage backed them up.

If this game has any particular set of problems they will be exclusive to this game, like being repetitive, short, etc, but it should not carry the weight of colonial marines.

[wheresmymonkey]

I'm going to give it a whirl at EGX. I hope it's good, But I am concerned that itsa premise that potnetially deosn't have very long legs.

[Dannycr]

If you are an "Alien/Xenomorphs" fan you will see that the game has A LOT of small little nods to the 1st movie. It actually would be a good idea to watch the movie before checking the game and check on that.

The sound design was really cool. Lots of eco and "emptiness" that is really creepy. Playing it with surround sound or 7.1 headphones would be a definite blast.

My particular concerns are the Lenght of the game, the difficulty and if the game becomes boring too quickly, with that said, I don't mind if this ends up being just a 1 game run, because I can see this formula being used for other monsters like Predator o maybe Movie maniacs like Jason, Freddy, Myers, etc.

[IndoAssassin]

I HATE PRE-ORDER BONUSES, RETAIL EXCLUSIVE CONTENT AND CONSOLE EXCLUSIVE CONTENT!!!!!!

Screw the company that started all this crap.

[joab777]

We have ourselves to blame. Just read all the articles and especially the comments on N4G...and then pretend to own either a console maker or a 3rd party publisher. What would u do in their shoes?

[IndoAssassin]

Yah I know these publishers need money. But still it's a shitty practice and I hate it.

[Killzoner99]

Well you should have been worried when it was announced it was being dumbed down for the Xbone. It could have been amazing if it optimized the PS4. Another Alien game bites the dust.

[joab777]

Dumbed down? Graphically? I love my ps4 but I would disagree strongly that a game couldnt be great b/c it had to be changed slightly for the xbone. Are you saying that the gameplay has been drastically altered to run on the xbone?

Destiny and dragon age are releasing for last gen consoles...would they have been great if made only for the PS4? Remember, u need money to make these games. Cite some examples of why its garbage and how being a ps4 exclusive would have made it great.

Yeah, many ps4 exclusives are great games...but mainly b/c they are being made by great devs. And there are a handful of games, maybe just Naughty Dog games that couldnt run on an xbox (maybe they could...we dunno), but that isnt reason enough to claim that every game is $#/t b/c it is a multiplatform title.

[Systemshock2]

Nextgen DLCs for you, this + 60$ mutliplayer only games +
F2P + MOBA....whats next???

[tigertron]

I'm not bothered about the fact that there is pre-order DLC, because it looks really good. My problem is retailer exclusivity. Though I'm sure the exclusivity will be temporary given the fact that it's such high profile DLC. It'll bound to be released a few months after for everyone.

[ibrake4naps]

Could be awesome with future morpheus support. Has this dev team made great games before?

[BABY-JEDI]

Alien isolation & Morpheus all the way

[BABY-JEDI]

I've pre-ordered this without knowing about the added DLC. Think how I feel! What a scam

[SharnOfTheDEAD]

Take a look around nearly every game has pre order DLC. No point in attacking just Alien Isolation, what about the next 30 games incoming with pre order bonuses

[X-Ender-XI]

Meh, get with the times or end up like the dinosaurs. This is just the way it is.

[Einhert]

lol oh well looks like I will be forced to "acquire" the missing piece of the game when it releases.

Pre-order an unproven product from a license that has had a really bad history as of late? no thanks jeffery.