Alien: Blackout, the other non-Diablo mobile game no one asked for...

[Ryujin2003]

I seriously thought this was clickbait when I first saw the news article....

 

Lets continue. Thank you whoever decided this would be great, the sequel to Alien: Isolation is finally getting a sequel. Alien: Blackout is coming in the future. A sequel would be awesome, but the future isn't bright at this point.

 

Instead of taking the more common single player route, players will not be playing the new character in First Person, and instead will follow Amanda Ripley from a new "voyeuristic role".

 

Alien: Isolation is an amazing game, and naturally I was curious to see what the system specs will be... Well, pretty low actually since it's not coming to consoles or PC. It will be a mobile exclusive.

 

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Fans of the Alien franchise may have been wondering why a series of terrifying motion posters appearing on the anthology’s Instagram account last month, and now we know the reason: a new game, Alien: Blackout is on the way – but it’s not coming to consoles. 

Instead, the game is a mobile title for iOS, and it follows protagonist Amanda Ripley (the daughter of the original film’s protagonist, Ellen Ripley). It carries on from 2014’s Alien: Isolation, and like its predecessor, the new game sees Amanda stuck aboard a Weyland-Yutani space station with a horrifying Xenomorph.

The main difference between the new mobile game and its predecessor is that, instead of first person gameplay, the player takes on a far more voyeuristic role, using the space station’s surveillance system, motion sensors, and holographic map to watch over the crew and its alien invader. 

If you are interested in the game specifics, it looks like it'll be more supervisory fashion. To be honest, it's giving me a more in-depth feel of Lifeline, for those who have played it. Also a mobile game, but not the cash grab kind. In Alien: Blackout, your actions will influence the game and with the other characters in the mobile world.

 

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Developer D3 Go! says that:"Players must rely on the damaged controls of the space station or risk sacrificing crew members to avoid deadly contact, permanently altering the outcome of the game."

Spying on the crew and making decisions that could alter their fate (in potentially horrifying ways), could prove even more gripping that the exciting first person adventure we saw in Alien: Isolation. 

So far, there is no word on an official release date or pricing for Alien: Blackout. So, whether you love the idea or hate it, you will probably have to wait a little while to find out if heading to mobile was a good move.

I'm not very excited. I don't know who is to blame... Fornite? Activision and the future Diablo? Candy Crush? Since when do Mobile Games get this much attention. As a gamer, I do feel let down. I refuse to do any real gaming on my phone. Anything that takes longer than the amount of time to go to the bathroom or wait for a doctors appointment is too long.

 

Also, with this being on mobile, I fear the cashgrab will be real with this one. I can only imagine that things will probably have the clock timer mechanics built into activities, and you can speed them up by spending in game currency, etc... Not really excited about this, and thought it was another good mobile game that will let down it's playerbase.

 

 

I might just be negative Nancy here, but if you agree, disagree, or anything else, lets discuss.

 

Maybe one day a mobile game will come with a PC companion app....

 

Source: https://www.techradar.com/news/alien-isolation-finally-gets-a-sequel-but-its-on-mobile

[Canada EH]

Blackout I thought of drinking heavily and in the ditch.

 

Alien games are cool.

 

First post!

 

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Alien was a great movie, sigorney weaver.

 

[PlayStation 2]

everyone already knows that mafia city is the hottest shit in the mobile space

[Canada EH]

1 minute ago, handymanshandle said:

everyone already knows that mafia city is the hottest shit in the mobile space

I never knew that, please enlighten me!

What other games are you rocking, hours on end, adding up to months/years/decades.

 

Aliens is a good game, based soley on the name.

[MrRavens]

They really should have marketed this better. Cause it could be a pretty decent toilet game. And there is talks about another game being worked on by another company. So they just hyped this up and as everyone expected, a knee jerk reaction from the community, which again everyone expected. So marketing could have been better, but I do hope for the other game being worked on...though who knows how that'll turn out.

[PlayStation 2]

Just now, Canada EH said:

I never knew that, please enlighten me!

its at a random time stamp, too lazy to wipe it

[Slottr]

I absolutely LOVE the Alien films and Alien Isolation.

 

But what the hell?? The best part of Isolation was its immersion and how terrifying the xenomorph was. How am I supposed to get that on my phone 

[Canada EH]

Just now, handymanshandle said:

lazy

typical

Looks like Grand Theft Auto, only game I played on whatever new console I bought the kids, ps5 or whatever.

[DrMacintosh]

Sounds fine to me. Its just a game, probably free. Why get mad at it? Don't you know stress makes you die quicker? 

[Canada EH]

2 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

Why get mad at it?

Because they can!

 

Its not worth it, I think people should read the book "Who Gives A Fuck!" its a great book, never read it but its great. Seriously it is a real book, maybe worded differently.

 

Sometimes being a complete asshole and prick, is good. Get some excitment going, road rage! Play along, see where it leads......unless you are in Texas, or Alabama, or Florida, or any other state for that matter.

[PlayStation 2]

3 minutes ago, Canada EH said:

typical

Looks like Grand Theft Auto, only game I played on whatever new console I bought the kids, ps5 or whatever.

the only person on this forum with the balls to admit who I am

[Canada EH]

The balls to say you are lazy, thats some courage.

I am lazy too.

 

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Sequels tend to be not as good as the original.

 

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Alien: Isolation is an amazing game, and naturally I was curious to see what the system specs will be... Well, pretty low actually since it's not coming to consoles or PC. It will be a mobile exclusive.

Do many people play mobile games?

[ARikozuM]

Dark Souls! Prepare to Follow Edition! 

 

You've met a strange onion-adorned knight, do you:

A) Talk

B) Attack

C) Walk by

 

Outcomes:

A) Die later

B) Die now

C) Turn back and die now

[Fnige]

47 minutes ago, Canada EH said:

Do many people play mobile games?

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The study, which is based on an online survey of 5,000 people, also showed that 90 percent of those play games on their smartphones, tablets, or both.

Came from Variety

[williamcll]

The only good mobile game these days is runescape.

[Canada EH]

Why oh why

 

What has this world come to?

 

Just today I saw a 4 people in a row, glued to their cell phone.

[Ryujin2003]

3 hours ago, Canada EH said:

Because they can!

 

Its not worth it, I think people should read the book "Who Gives A Fuck!" its a great book, never read it but its great. Seriously it is a real book, maybe worded differently.

 

 

I really don't like mobile gaming. It's fine as a concept, but the cash grabs and financial exploitation is what really kills it for be.

27 minutes ago, Canada EH said:

Why oh why

 

What has this world come to?

 

Just today I saw a 4 people in a row, glued to their cell phone.

Probably all doing their fruit ninja or candy crush. Society hasn't been taught how to use smart phones or the internet responsibly, so the wide user base of phones makes for an easy target.

[Shreyas1]

" Is this an out of season April fools joke?"

[Canada EH]

2 minutes ago, Ryujin2003 said:

I really don't like mobile gaming. It's fine as a concept, but the cash grabs and financial exploitation is what really kills it for be.

^Wow, it goes beyond that, it goes beyond the cash grab. People do not know how to talk to other humans, what a travesty.

 

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Probably all doing their fruit ninja or candy crush. Society hasn't been taught how to use smart phones or the internet responsibly, so the wide user base of phones makes for an easy target.

I do not know what they play. Lemmings!

Mindless Lemmings but hey we have all been there.

[KuJoe]

3 hours ago, Ryujin2003 said:

As a gamer, I do feel let down. I refuse to do any real gaming on my phone.

I don't get this, system exclusives have always been a thing but people always complain about mobile exclusives these days but I've yet to see a mobile game that I couldn't play on PC. I was heavy into "mobile" games for about 6 months last year (specifically 1 MMO that felt like Diablo 2 with better graphics), but I always played on PC. When the new Diablo gets released I'll be playing it on my PC just like when this game gets released so thanks for bringing this one to my attention.

[Doobeedoo]

Oh yeah, playing horror like game on 5x smaller screen seems great. 

[pas008]

doesnt mobile gaming account for 50% of gaming or soon to be?

 

biggest platform to release on now days

 

this article

https://newzoo.com/insights/articles/global-games-market-reaches-137-9-billion-in-2018-mobile-games-take-half/

 

and this

https://www.statista.com/statistics/278181/video-games-revenue-worldwide-from-2012-to-2015-by-source/

[TVwazhere]

11 hours ago, Ryujin2003 said:

it's not coming to consoles or PC. It will be a mobile exclusive.

This is where I stopped reading. 

[matrix07012]

 

[ThePD]

Remember Alien: Isolation, the most well recepted game out of all of the Alien games to date? Yeah.... lets ditch that formula and make a mobile game.

I really dislike mobile gaming. It's where most developers seem to be putting all the money, given that it makes up more than half of the gaming industry.