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Extra Punctuation: Why Were Shadow of Mordor and Alien Isolation So Good?

Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw:

First Shadow of Mordor and then Alien Isolation. Where are we at when movie tie-ins start turning out to be good games? We're at the thin end of a dangerous wedge, my friend. If the purse-string-holders start getting it into their heads that movie tie-ins result in success, then they might, with the usual sterling logic of the big-money entertainment producer, decide that they were successful because they were movie tie-ins, and not because they were, you know, decent games with good ideas that managed to innovate a bit in spite of the shackling to existing franchises.

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RoseSapphire3899d ago

Neither of these are movie tie-ins...

jdaboss3899d ago

You know what they mean.. stop being a dick.

mafiahajeri3898d ago (Edited 3898d ago )

Umm no we dont know what they mean, the main debate about movie tie-ins being bad is that that the devs are confined to the movies source material and were often bound to movie dead lines, hence the bad quality.

Both these games were good because they werent restricted to any of these terms, and had the creative freedom to create what they wanted, however long it took them...

user56695103899d ago

with all the mediocrity and rehashes it wasnt hard.

xwilldemise3899d ago

Don't tell IGN that Alien: Isolation was a good game. Lol

memots3899d ago

Simple no one was overhyping them like some mouth frothing idiot.

The least you expect or know about a game the more of a surprise it will become.

Dante813898d ago

This also means less of an inevitable hate backlash.

Pozzle3898d ago

Because the developers respected the source material and genuinely wanted to make a good game that fans would enjoy, rather than a cheap cash-in.

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True Alien Isolation VR is finally here with immersive motion controls and much more

Alien Isolation Grand Mother VR is an all new virtual reality experience for Creative Assembly’s best ever horror game.

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DivineHand12534d ago

I played through most of the PS4 version of the game but stopped because another game came out. I bought it last year for PC with the intention of using the VR mod but haven't gotten around to setting it up. I am glad I waited.

Neonridr33d ago

Great game, even better in VR. A little drawn out by the end, but I hope we see CA do something a little different with the sequel.

OtterX33d ago (Edited 33d ago )

Sweet. I also rebought this game on Steam for the purpose of VR. I'll have to give it another shot w full immersive controls. I had only tried it out briefly before.

It's funny this was never officially released at retail as a VR game, bc it feels so perfect for it!

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10 Years Ago, Alien: Isolation Came Close to Being The Perfect Organism

The Alien franchise has had a long history in video games, but few games have come quite as close to being perfect as Alien: Isolation.

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Alien Isolation Soundtrack Released

This sounds great as after 10 years; the soundtrack is coming in multiple formats.