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Rather then relying on the worn genre of the first-person shooter, this Alien is pure survival-horror. by [Corey Protin](https://time.com/author/corey-protin/) ## Corey Protin Jun 18, 2014 5:03 PM UTC Fans of the original _Alien_ might be jaded by news of alien game tie-ins: since 1982 there have been over 30 Alien video games on everything from the Commodore 64 to the current generation of gaming consoles. SEGA’s last adaptation, _Alien: Colonial Marines,_ was released just a year ago to poor reviews. The game was filled with bugs, and failed to capture the terror of the original film. Despite all of that, SEGA’s next release, _Alien: Isolation,_ is of a different breed then its predecessors. Rather than relying on the worn genre of the first-person shooter, this _Alien_ is pure survival-horror. Set 15 years after the first movie you take control of the protagonist Amanda Ripley, who uses her wits to survive to against just one Xenomorph. The most visceral horror, whether it be a motion picture or interactive entertainment, is subtle and uses different techniques to put the player at unease. Based on SEGA’s E3 demos, the game’s developers seem to understand this. “Sometimes a huge part of horror is actually not being able to see to see the thing that is hunting you,” lead designer, Gary Napper, said. With any luck, we’ll finally have an Alien game worth playing when _Alien: Isolation_ releases on October 7th. Though, fans of the franchise have all the right to continue staying skeptical. For more of the inside scoop on the game from Lead Designer Gary Napper, check out the video above. ## Transcript [00:07] [ MUSIC ] Alien isolation is a game based on the [00:09] original film, the 1979 film by Ridley scott. It means it's [00:13] only a single alien, and just the fact that's one alien [00:15] there, it's absolutely terrifying. You don't have any [00:18] machine guns or any heavy weaponry to deal with it. [00:20] You just have things you can find in the environment to [00:22] try and survive and extend your chances. This should [00:28] do it. When you look at some of the impressive new [00:31] spaces we've made, it looks like it should have just [00:33] been on the set in Alien. So that's really key to creating [00:35] the original atmosphere of the haunted house in space. [00:38] But we wanted that kind of cerebral terrifying tension, [00:42] and that constant fear of dread that any shadow could [00:44] be the alien. And then, that's what we've always [00:46] pushed to try and do. [00:53] We've created an alien that is adaptive and smart, and [00:57] it can change the way it moves and behaves according [00:59] to what the player does. And it hunts you in a very [01:02] intelligent way. If it sees you a couple of times, it might [01:04] start to recognize you. The, the faster you are and the [01:05] you're out in the open, the higher chance you have of [01:06] being spotted. And later on we take that into a more [01:06] advanced set of behaviors where it adapts and reacts [01:10] to the things you're using. So you can craft the [01:11] [ UNKNOWN ] in the world to use for distraction, or to [01:11] cause loud noises. Even for light, like using a flare, and [01:12] the first few times you use. And the first time kind of [01:14] get an idea of how the alien will react to it. The [01:21] more you use it, the more you start to notice the [01:26] alien is not reacting so well to it. And then all of a [01:28] sudden, he has outsmarted you. [ INAUDIBLE ] [01:30] [ NOISE ] Grr. Aw! Oh! [ NOISE ]. Sometimes [01:44] a huge power of horror is that you're not being able to [01:46] see the thing that's hunting you, just being aware that [01:48] it's there, it could be around the next corner. 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