12 Years Later, Alien: Isolation 2 Is Ready To Make Us Scream Again
Twelve years is a long time to hide from a Xenomorph, but Creative Assembly has finally opened the airlock. Announced earlier this year, Alien: Isolation 2 marks the storied British studio’s return to survival horror, trading the corridors of Sevastopol Station for the new planetary outpost of Kurosaki and introducing a new protagonist, Blake, a Weyland-Yutani employee with no prior experience with the creature. Guiding the project is creative director Al Hope, who directed the original 2014 Alien: Isolation, a game now widely regarded as one of the definitive experiences in the Alien franchise. He is joined by project art director Anastasia Sopikova, who is leading the sequel’s visual evolution. While at Lucca Comics & Games, the pair took time out of their busy schedules to sit down with CGMagazine to discuss the game, what fans should expect and how this new instalment changes the formula in exciting ways. I want to talk about the fact that Alien: Isolation had a very... Read more
Twelve years is a long time to hide from a Xenomorph, but Creative Assembly has finally opened the airlock. Announced earlier this year, Alien: Isolation 2 marks the storied British studio’s return to survival horror, trading the corridors of Sevastopol Station for the new planetary outpost of Kurosaki and introducing a new protagonist, Blake, a Weyland-Yutani employee with no prior experience with the creature.Guiding the project is creative director Al Hope, who directed the original 2014 Alien: Isolation, a game now widely regarded as one of the definitive experiences in the Alien franchise. He is joined by project art director Anastasia Sopikova, who is leading the sequel’s visual evolution. While at Lucca Comics & Games, the pair took time out of their busy schedules to sit down with CGMagazine to discuss the game, what fans should expect and how this new instalment changes the formula in exciting ways.
I want to talk about the fact that Alien: Isolation had a very
... Read more