Introducing Xenomorphs into the mix

#101

Manpower? It doesnt take as many people as you might think to make this a possibility.

#102

They can add content in a reliable way but small content (like a new class + weapons each month). Just thing how much they needed for a new map. Now imagine a new map (needed) then a rig for the aliens, animations, code his ass. I mean think of how much work it would go into something like this.

#103

How long have they needed to add 1 single new map. With this I rest my case.

#104

That’s not indicative of how many people are involved, but I get what you mean. We have no idea how long they’ve been working on the map. For all we know, they could have started on it at launch.

#105

Why do people want to see Alien in a Predator game so bad lmao?

Did y’all see a Predator in Alien: Isolation?

#106

Because Predators hunt Xenomorphs.

Is it really that hard to understand?

It’s Predator : Hunting Grounds. Plural.

Not Predator : Hunting Ground

#107

They could be only adding one new map but may be actively doing work on 5 or 6, possibly even more.

We currently have Backwater, Overgrowth and Derailed.
Each of those maps could be being revamped, for night mode or something else.

List of maps that could currently be in production

  • Overgrowth, night variant
  • Derail, night variant
  • Backwater, night variant
  • New Map, possibly titled Excavation (data mined name, I’m just assigning it to the map we know is coming arbitrarily)
  • Airfield, data mined name of a map
  • HQ, I think this was the name of the third data mined map.

That’s six, possibly 9 if you count each new map as having a night variant.

Maps I assume are being considered

  • North American Forest, ferns, different ground cover and dense trees
  • Desert and rocky badlands, war zone or archeological dig
  • Savanna, grasslands and African wildlife, high grass and hidden dips in flat looking ground
  • Arctic or Antarctic, both movie inspired and original creation (the thing doesn’t own arctic bases)
  • Swamp or bayou, wild life and difficult terrain, cypress trees and hanging moss
  • City maps, at least three different environments, probably will get a test one, then have a long break with other maps till they have more to build with.

Ridiculous maps, total possible but hard AF to think we’ll see soon.

  • Alien worlds, not the one from Predators, it’s generic. I mean something truly alien, we’re FT have to wear protective gear.
  • Predator Ship, I mean a huge mother ship, with environmental features like a whole forest in the centre. Even view ports looking out onto the earth.
  • OWLF’s main base of operations, a massive underground facility with very poorly designed air vents. 😉
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#108

And like, I get it. Predator is inherently mixed into AvP. Big Brain Lore Stuff, even though I’m a big head myself, this is still a game with the flavor and identity of Predator. Not Alien vs Predator.

I don’t get what’s so hard about that to understand.

#109

They can coexist. That is a possibility.

You act as if the game you know now will cease to exist.

What harm does it do to you by expanding the scope of the game?

Someone give me a legit reason other than gatekeeping.

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#110

I did see a ‘Xenomorph’ in a PHG forum though. J/k. Couldn’t help myself

#111

Wow, you must be an illfonic agent 😁

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#112

It’s just that, it’s inherently mixed. It’s only an AVP game if it gives the Xeno’s centre stage. They’re just prey that have a history and are developed to an extent no other prey are.
The AVP movies are set in the now, the games are far in the future and have colonial marines as a separate faction. We would be adding to there lore but the lore of the OWLF.

I think Xeno’s allow us to up the stakes, the OWLF can show very open concern that the Predators are not behaving as stated in The Predators. If they’re now using our world to hunt other game maybe they just aren’t threatened by us killing them. We’ve upped the game and now more experienced hunters are coming to use us as added challenge.

#113

Also I’d love to see the birth of the colonial marines

That alone is more enticing for me to play as compared to a generic FT

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#114

Well we’re about a hundred years out I think.

I am not opposed to being locked in a room full of empty white boards and box of markers. 🤣
But no, I don’t work for illfonic, if I did I would be much nicer in my language. Wouldn’t want to be disrespectful to fans.

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#115

Well, that’s your cover

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#116

Plus, your description of illfonic offices is uncanny 😂😂

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#117

Did you just do inception?

#118

Unwhittingy perhaps 😁 Haven’t seen that movie in forever

#119

I get what you mean, it’s just comes across to me as people wanting AvP again as the last one was 10 or so years ago. I personally feel we shouldn’t have to shove Xenomorphs down the game’s virtual throat to have a more exciting experience. The little cold war with O.W.L.F and Stargazer is something I want to see develop.

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#120

Ha, if I discovered an IllFonic employee was chatting on here without identifying themselves as such and trying to do anything deceptive, my reaction would literally start with “really serious discussion with leadership” and get worse from there. Plus, anyways, our Tacoma office is annoyingly short of whiteboards.

For the time being, I think we’re going to be focusing on the interplay between Humans and Predators. There is a lot in that alone ;)

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