Alien Romulus

[christophero]

I played a horror game on the original HTC Vive back in like 2017. It might have even been that Silent Hill demo game that never got released.. to me, it was scarier than any horror movie, because there's no shielding your eyes. You're front and center to the action, not the character on a 50inch screen. Obviously, you know it's ultimately fake, but damn they really make you feel like you're IN the movie. I almost shit my pants and couldn't even finish it.

There is a Silent Hill collection on 360 I want. It has 2 and 3.

 

[UKBrassowTipIN]

I enjoyed it, it was prob the 3rd best out of the 9 in the series (if youre counting AVP and Prometheous/Covenant) after the first 2.

 

[UKBrassowTipIN]

There is a Silent Hill collection on 360 I want. It has 2 and 3.

The remake of 2 comes out soon I believe

 

[LineSkiCat14]

It's probably not much of a hot take anymore to say that Alien3 (the Assembly Cut) is a very underrated movie.. but I also find Alien 4 Ressurection to be a little too hated on as well.

It's not without problems and plot holes. But I enjoyed the b-movie style of it. Lot of great actors from Pearlman, Tuco Salamanca, Brad Douriff, Winona Ryder, etc. Lots of good and memorable kills. Just went off the rails with the plot and once again undoing events from the film prior. But I always enjoy it.

Honestly I enjoy them all. I even like AVP2, Promethius and Covenant. Although I'd say Covenant is my least favorite. They really upped the ante on dumb character decisions.

 

[Catman100]

I think what they did to Ripley at the beginning of 3 was an absolute travesty. Kick ass hero from 2 gets what she gets during the opening credits? Not cool.
She deserved better.

 

[BC_Wader]

Speaking of survival horror games, I love The Callisto Protocol and it was universally crapped on. I have so many games I'm playing right now that I need to get back to it.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

I think what they did to Ripley at the beginning of 3 was an absolute travesty. Kick ass hero from 2 gets what she gets during the opening credits? Not cool.
She deserved better.

Yeah that was the huge issue with 3, that, the awful production and directing nightmare, and the horrible CGI alien.

But the Assembly Cut, which is what Fincher had envisioned, does make it better. Scenes are more fleshed out. More context. The deaths of Newt and Hicks are at least given more background. I liked the prison setting and it also had some quality acting with Charles S Dutton, Pete Postlewaith, and Charles Dance. I like that they at least attempted to change the alien to be a dog-breed alien and not born out of a human. There's some scenes in Alien 3 that are some my favorite in the series, the birth of the dog alien juxtaposed with the prison inmates burning the bodies of Hicks and Newt. And the conversation with Dance and Weaver about his past as a doctor. Real Fincher like stuff there. I always found it interesting that they had to fight back against the alien without any weapons, luring him into various areas and using what they could. Idk I liked it.

Speaking of, I've been starting to go down a habit hole of "director cut" movies, where Hollywood botched the original and the director had to release the real intended version. Alien 3 is a good example, but I grabbed DC copies of Brazil and Once Upon a Time in America.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Speaking of survival horror games, I love The Callisto Protocol and it was universally crapped on. I have so many games I'm playing right now that I need to get back to it.

Yeah I wanted to try it when it came out, but the reviews were pretty mixed. I'll have to circle back on it, now that they probably fixed some things.

FYI: Stalker 2 comes out in a few weeks. Horror-adjacent game set around the wasteland of Chernoble. I think this could be GOTY material, it's probably going to be very good. Like FarCry meets Fallout meets Metro Exodus.

 

[BC_Wader]

Yeah I wanted to try it when it came out, but the reviews were pretty mixed. I'll have to circle back on it, now that they probably fixed some things.

FYI: Stalker 2 comes out in a few weeks. Horror-adjacent game set around the wasteland of Chernoble. I think this could be GOTY material, it's probably going to be very good. Like FarCry meets Fallout meets Metro Exodus.

My 78 year old Dad been hyping up Stalker 2. Looks like I'm gonna have to get it.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

My 78 year old Dad been hyping up Stalker 2. Looks like I'm gonna have to get it.

What?! That's freaking awesome hahaha. 78, wow.

Mines 73 and he peaked with Pacman. Went to an old school arcade a few years back and the poor guy didn't stand a chance.

 

[BC_Wader]

What?! That's freaking awesome hahaha. 78, wow.

Mines 73 and he peaked with Pacman. Went to an old school arcade a few years back and the poor guy didn't stand a chance.

Yeah he loves games. Started with him checking out my N64 back in the day. Went from building our gaming computers to consoles. We're always trading games. Says it keeps his mind sharp. He used to do crosswords a lot. Now he just plays games.