IT’S ALIEN

It's midnight and I had to wake my hubby up because I'm so freaking excited rn. Please Ripley too!

There’s zero reason to be excited about the killer yet. We don’t know if it will have some mechanic like EMPs, that will make the killer feel useless.

We’re in a new era where killers have a giant wall of text for their complicated killer power, but then survivors get some easy mechanic like EMPs to completely counter the killer power.

This will probably just be another weak killer, people will probably say “every killer doesn’t need to be top tier”, and I’ll still be stuck playing the same few killers over and over.

I came to point this out! I want him as a playable survivor character. Or give him to Ripley as a legendary cosmetic that follows her around during a trial.

Alongside "Silent Hill" this was the joint number 1 on my wishlist for the game.

Literally, after this they can add the Tellytubbies for all I care - this is fantastic news!

How do you know that for certain

Well I wouldn't want to think you are king/queen of the petty committee is all. So I say you don't because I am assuming you are someone who wants to see more people happy than upset. I mean the ratio would be 84% ecstatic and overjoyed vs the other 16% that would be upset over something very dumb. Like Alien for example. I'm sure some people didn't want it and are not vocal about it, but regardless, here it is.

Because a Xenomorph being T-bagged at the gates is really what we needed.

i'm not saying it's as big or iconic as Alien, even your desired Friday 13th is nothing compared to Alien, but FNAF is still iconic and recognizable. No reason to not call it License with big L

I get it, but a lot of people in circles like we run in forget we're in kind of a horror silo. FNAF is massive among Gen Y/Z horror gaming fans, but isn't going to mean anything to most people beyond that. Maybe more once the movie comes out, but we're not there yet. Heck, even among gamers at large, most didn't grow up playing FNAF and watching Markiplier vids.

Franchises like Alien and yes, even F13, just have way more brand recognition, and have a better chance to attract people who might not ordinarily play these sorts of games, and from multiple age demographics.

That's not to say FNAF wouldn't pull people too, but it just doesn't have the same pop culture weight.

If I had to create a tier list based on license "size" and recognition, if something like Alien is S tier, I'd have FNAF as like C tier, or maybe B.

All of this isn't to trash FNAF so much as it is to highlight what a massive get Alien is.

exitment has peaked. i wonder what skins alien could have? im expecting other moive variants or maybe even the newborn. id love alien 3 skin since its my fav design.

maybe this was intended as the anniversary but had to be delayed? maybe? idk...

Amanda is possible (alien: isolation)

but I doubt it's anyone but Ellen

really like that aspect of Alien.

big companies now are cheap and cut costs everywhere, why would it change in the space travelling future?

I'm thinking he'll be an animated element of the map. Like you'll catch him randomly wandering around the Nostromo, kinda like how Toba Landing has those alien pterodactyls flying overhead.

He'd be the new Maurice.

Weak killers are nothing to be excited about. I really did want the singularity to be good, but BHVR decided that SWFs should be able to use their voice comms to altruistically chain EMPs back to back, so the killer feels absolutely terrible to play. I wanted to be excited for the Sadako rework, until it turns out that holding a tape and excessively hiding, turns her into a mediocre killer with a bad chase power. Skull merchant just encourages survivors to excessively pre-leave generators, so it makes the games super long, but doesn't really help the killer actually win.

The visual terror radius just makes it 100% easy for survivors to excessively pre-leave generators, even against a "stealth killer" like Sadako. Do we really think the Alien killer will actually be able to catch survivors by surprise with stealth, when it's super clear that Sadako is forbidden from surprising survivors? Spirit used to be able to surprise survivors, and now she has super loud directional audio. Dredge has a loudest stomping feet noises, and has unnecessarily loud locker noises. Stealth killers are just all disappointing now, because BHVR wants to make sure that survivors don't actually get surprised by them.

"Maybe" the "cat" in the Teaser wasnt Jonesy, but a hint what the Killer in November could be. A Flerken. 😉

Alien has peed on the Singularity bonfire. Very surprised they did Alien after an original Alien/space chapter.

I was giving you a reason not to call it "No reason to not call it License with big L".

Too subtle for you?

I'd like to be excited but with BHVRs recent track record I expect A Ripley who looks nothing like Ripley and a Xenomorph so dull and weak that even Skull merchant looks good.

I wonder if Alien was supposed to be the true Anniversary chapter but got delayed and pushed back in some shape or form and replaced with the end transmission chapter.

You wouldn't buy Singularity if Alien was already in the game would you.

Jonsey survivor confirmed. I've always headcannoned it that cats are immune to the Alien's aggression because Xenos are cat people. I mean, he did kind of give him an 'aww, look at the kitty in the carrier' look in Alien before meandering off.

I know it from my 6 and 8 year old kids