Predator games, it would be fantastic to see marines, Predators, and Xenomorphs all playable again, but with the third-person survival-horror and graphical fidelity of the Dead Space remake.Īliens vs. Taking from the concept ingrained in previous Aliens vs. It continues to disappoint fans that Alien: Isolation never received a sequel, but EA Motive’s Dead Space could provide another great template for what a new Aliens vs. Only die-hard fans of Aliens have seemed to dip their toe into the waters of other recent Aliens games, while Alien: Isolation was essentially Outlast with one of the most iconic science-fiction horror licenses slapped onto it.
RELATED: A Brief History of Aliens Versus Predator Games Ridley Scott’s Alien is Seminal Sci-Fi HorrorĪlien: Isolation has arguably been the sole thread keeping Aliens games relevant for a while now, and that has hinged on the fact that it was a AAA Sega game that lent itself well to the modern horror genre in games. Predator IP, but it has yet to truly break the mold in ways that its other theatrical counterparts have, and that is likely due to a lack of emphasis on horror. That is not to say there has never been a popular or successful game based on the Aliens vs. These games are usually so deeply ingrained in their IP that they feel banal as a result, even if the core gameplay is straightforward and digestible. Predator are typically unable to branch out far enough from their core identities to be more refreshing or modern. There are obviously licensed games like Spider-Man 2 or The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King that shatter that mold, but unless the IP itself has a longstanding franchise with unending content potential, it can be difficult to support a game based on which genre is selected for it.įor example, games set in the universes of Aliens, Predator, or the combined Aliens vs. Too often the result is a licensed game that is put together with little care for it being a game and serving solely as a promotional tool for the movie. Movies adapting into games is commonly a contentious idea due to how much the product will be reliant on the IP.
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