Aliens: Dark Descent

Just about to finish the first mission (the one after the tutorial), the game is pretty unforgiving. Only autosaves available here and there. You cant in go gung ho because if you are engaging with the aliens, the whole hive is coming after you, its like the wanted meter in GTA. So better to sneak around and try to spare your squad from conflicts while you still have to explore and gather resources besides completing the objectives. Also you cant pull out and drop in your squad to play it safe all the time as the team then needs recovery in medbay and you have to skip days. And in the meantime the infestation is increasing, meaning more aliens around by the days go by. And i heard there is a "time limit" overall in the game untold in the beginning, meaning the planet will explode after X amount of days. :JAY: On top of this the mood is spot on. Best AlienS game i played since AVP2. And what a refreshing new take on it with this genre to emphasize the strengths of what can be done with the franchise.

Yes. The graphics are ass. Sorry but this looks the same with more pixels and better lighting. Its 0 facial movement in this game.
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nevcapr said:
I was thinking about getting this too. Looks good and tense.
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On ps4 it is solid 30fps and i encountered some bugs too. Killed aliens froze mid animation and their bodies stays around. Once i had to reload a savepoint as somehow my objectives got mixed around and the game soft locked on me and it never picked on the very next objective. Other than these on ps4 it is ok technically.
 
A mouthful:

Bug fixes

Major
  • Fix of an error preventing the player to unlock the Olduvai Refinery (Mission 11) when finishing Pryce of Deception (Mission 10). If your progress is currently blocked you can redeploy to Pryce of Deception and directly extract to unlock the Mission 11.
  • Heavily wounded marine are now saved when extracting after the defense phase at the end of Harper's Hell (Mission 3)
  • Prevent a bug allowing the player to complete the objective "Shutdown vent fans" before unlocking it during the mission Pryce of Deception (Mission 10)
  • Veterinarian McNeil no longer disappear when dropped on the ground in the mines of Dead Hills (Mission 1)
  • Civilians no longer disappear when dropped on the ground of a lift
  • Civilians dropped on the floor are still considered as part of the squad
  • Fix the Massive Onslaught directly stopping after it starts
    Improvement of several issues blocking the dialogs and preventing the player from progressing further
  • Add a protection that will teleport your marines, drones, civilians near their current position if they are stuck in the environment
  • Brawler personality trait is now working properly
  • General improvement of the stability when using a gamepad (Crash/navigation/usability)
  • Prevent a crash from happening on the Welcome screen
  • Fix a crash that could happen when eggs were opening to release facehuggers
  • Prevent a crash caused by the Alien AI
  • Fix an issue where a marines enduring a Facehugger's embrace during recover from ragdoll doesn't block his skills and movements
  • Reselecting an objective no longer makes it disappear on the top left corner of your tactical view
  • Fix an issue where in McNeil's lab, looting the datapad right after the sentry gun might result in a blocker
  • Fix an issue endlessly blocking the marine in an interaction when using the flashlight
  • Add of several safeguards preventing aliens to be stuck in patrol
  • Fix of the lift floor interaction first button focus by default (only on mouse/keyboard)
  • Fix of a crash when loading the autosave of the Runner's introduction cinematic
  • The alien will always attack Maeko if she gets detected in the Otago (Mission 9)
  • Humanoids will always spawn during the tutorial "Cover" in Berkley's Dock (Mission 2)
  • Fix of the crash occuring when repairing a Sentry in front of the Queen's room of the Tantalus Base (Mission 8)
  • Bleeding timer is now correctly stopped during a scripted sequence
  • Placing a sentry at the start of the basement -2 of Atmospheric Nightmare (Mission 6) no longer kill the scripted aliens which was resulting in a blocker
  • You can no longer be blocked using the incinerator unit during Berkley's Dock (Mission 2)
  • Repaired synthetic can now fire with a pistol
  • Fix of a potential crash when loading an autosave during a Massive Onslaught
  • Fix a blocker that was happening when spamming A + RB during the first deployment tutorial
  • To avoid a potential blocker, you can no longer take lift while the ARC tutorial is ongoing during Dead Hills (Mission 1)
  • Potential fix of a crash that was occuring when opening a datapad while watching a camera feed
  • The days are now displayed in the PCU list instead of the traumas' name
  • Marines no longer get stuck when taking damage during recover from a ragdoll
  • Fix pathfinding issue when taking the elevator from the 2nd floor to 1st floor in Berkley's Dock (Mission 2) creating a blocker
  • Fix a potential blocker when loading an autosave occuring while a scripted sequence is ongoing
  • Fix an issue where the player was not allowed to use the middle elevator after the APC tutorial in Dead Hills (mission 1)
  • Add auto saves during the power loader sequence in Olduvai (mission 11)
  • Fix an issue that can prevent the mine objective to trigger in Dead Hills (mission 1)
  • Fix the Keller objectives in Nuclear Protocole (mission 5)
  • Fix the Anand objectives in Nuclear Protocole (mission 5)
  • Lot of display improvements and fixes on the UI during mission and the Otago
  • Fix marine upgrade visual sometime disappearing after purchase
  • Fix a problem with the lifts where the player had to get out of the lift to trigger it again
  • Fix a crash that could occurs when taking a lift with a left behind drone
  • Players now get the proper outcome for not saving the survivors in Olduvaï (Mission 11)
  • Fix an issue that make the skills unusable if in the drone menu when all tecker dies
  • Fix an issue where using the Overloaded Plasma Beam to an Alien performing a special attack could sometimes freezes the game
  • Fix a crash in Berkley's Dock (mission 2) that could occur when taking the elevator from the second floor
  • Synth recovered during mission are now properly converted into enginer when getting back in the Otago
  • Fix many issues when taking the lift to Montero (mission 7)
  • Fix the event "sabotage of the Otago's generator" so it could not be repeated indifinitly

Minor
  • Retribution can now be used in every condition (not blocked while a marine is under Suppresive Fire)
  • Reprimand can now be used in every condition (not blocked while a marine is under Suppresive Fire)
  • The loading bar will now correctly appear above the Sentry when upgrading it
  • Removal of the Kill Objective Icon displayed outside of the map at the beginning of the Tantalus Base mission (Mission 8)
  • Aliens should not longer die in T pose
  • Fire now destroy the eggs as expected
  • Marines secured inside the ARC/APC can no longer be killed or take any stress damage by any way
  • Fix an issue preventing you to brake the weld in Atmospheric Nightmare (Mission 6)
  • Removal of the indestructible door in Atmospheric Nightmare (Mission 6)
  • General improvement of the colliders in every missions
  • Removal of a flying object in Atmospheric Nightmare (Mission 6)
  • The cursor is no longer invisible when opening the ESC menu during an interlude
  • Aliens are now able to breach all breachable doors
  • ARC/APC are no longer blocked by a dead marine
  • Fix an issue that was changing the colorimetry when opening the Inspect Squad while checking a camera
  • Graphical improvement of Berkley's Dock (Mission 2)
  • Fix a door that was not updating its colors properly when unlocked
  • Fix gamepad issue during the tutorial of the Deployable Motion Tracker on Dead Hills (Mission 1)
  • Changing the shortcut of the Deployable Motion Tracker no longer blocks the tutorial of the skill
  • The game could crash under specific conditions when doing the tutorial "Cover" in Berkley's Dock (Mission 2)
  • A marine could get stuck between a cover and an ammocrate near the moutain door of the Tantalus Base mission (Mission 8)
  • Fix of an icon clipping on a title on the mission report Statistics panel
  • Fix texture error on minimap
  • Fix an issue preventing all Command Points from being restored if you heal the stress effect disobediant in the process
  • Fix a bug preventing all the sentries to be picked up to obtain the maximum amount
  • Fix of the attribute Encouraging speech healing the right stress value only the first time a Rest was done (now heals every time)
  • Fix of door where the marine was playing the animation in reverse in Pioneer Station (Mission 5)
  • The event "Mental Breakdown" will now apply the right amount of trauma points when acquired
  • The turret of the ARC will now correctly rotate while on waiting on a waypoint position
  • The VFX of the ARC firing will now correctly appear while on waiting on a waypoint position
  • Fix of the animations while interacting with terminals on the Security floor in Pryce of Deception (Mission 10)
  • Fix of sound not playing while many sounds are played simultaneously
  • Dockers are now visible even after loading the related autosave during the Docker's Reveal cinematic in Berkley's Dock (Mission 2)
  • Fix of the objective indicator position for the related "Kill Squad" objective in the Office level of Pryce of Deception (Mission 10)
  • Fix the size of the shelter tooltip on the map
  • Dead marines and drones don't give vision anymore
  • Marines can now walk in the fire area if they are stuck inside one
    Between Atmospheric Nightmare (Mission 6) and Berkley's Dock The Montero (Mission 7) the highlight of the Medbay button will be correctly displayed
  • During the misison report the tooltip of trauma acquired by marines will now be correctly displayed
  • You can no longer skip the Hangar sequence during the Otago mission (Mission 9)
  • Floors of locations are only displayed relatively to the campaign's progression
  • The cursor will keep its current position on the welcome screen
  • Dead synths will no longer talk
  • Fix of a room name not displayed on the right floor on Tantalus Base (Mission 8)
  • Marine's models will no longer reset when cancelling a marine promotion
  • The spawn point of the final mission are no longer revealed after the first scripted sequence of the mission (Mission 12)
  • Fix of the camera misplaced when entering the mines after taking the elevator during Dead Hills (Mission 1)
  • Object icons are no longer reveal on the map after a scripted sequence
  • Fix of the covers in the warehouse in Pryce of Deception (Mission 10)
  • You can no longer save and kill the same survivor in Atmospheric Nightmare's secondary objective (Mission 6)
  • Tooltips are now correctly displayed when navigating with the gamepad on the marine panel
  • Fire now works properly on every enemies
  • The UI is no longer displayed during the chestbuster skin scripted sequence of Dead Hills (Mission 1)
  • The UI is no longer displayed during the Queen scripted sequence of Dead Hills (Mission 1)
  • The UI is no longer displayed during the first scripted sequence of Olduvai Mine (Mission 11)
  • A marine about the enter the powerloader or ordered to carry is no longer eligible to perform interactions
  • A carried marine no longer stays attached to the carrier after a save load even when crouching
  • Fix an issue when promoting a marine and using a controller
  • The mine floor is no longer displayed on the sectormap in Dead Hills (Mission 1)
  • The motion tracker no longer works on the basement -2 floor of the Olduvai Mine mission (Mission 11)
  • Fix of the legend of the map to add the terminals unlocked
  • Fix of an entry point disappearing after going into the deployment selection
  • There is no longer a lost signal on the motion tracker if the player goes back from basement -2 to basement -1 in Olduvai Mine (Mission 11)
  • Removal of the timer displayed next to "interfering signal" in the basement -2 in Olduvai Mine (Mission 11)
  • Maeko now have a FX when using a welder in the Otago mission (Mission 9)
  • Revealing a corrupted floor on the sector map won't cost any tools when using a gamepad
  • Fix of the camera rotation not stopping during the Queen scripted sequence in Olduvai Mine mission (Mission 11)
  • Fix of the camera during the scripted sequence at the start of the second floor of the Refinery mission (Mission 3)
  • Fix of the camera misplaced when entering the Montero after taking the elevator during Berkley's Dock (Mission 7)
  • You can no longer select the continue button multiple times during the warning message
  • The Cheyenne can no longer pass through the floor during the cutscene at the end of the Prologue
  • Fix an animation issue that was occuring when a marine is interupted when getting in the Powerloader
  • The Codex categories new entry marker will now be correctly removed when all the new entries are checked
  • Enemies dots on the map no longer have different sizes
  • Aliens are no longer affected by other Aliens crowd control effects to avoid potential alien getting stuck in the environment creating a blocker
  • Aliens are no longer attracted by an abducted marine
  • Tactical GUI no longer stays displayed while opening the map
  • Stasis tutorial in the warehouse of Berkley's Dock (Mission 2) now have enough cover space for the squad and followers
  • Civilians now have unique customization
  • Fix of a flying crate in the Otago Hangar during the mission launch
  • Loading or leaving the game when a marine is abducted no longer unlocked the related achievement
  • The GUI is now correctly updating when switching from keyboard to controller on the map
  • The text "The squad is in the search area" is now correctly displayed when the squad is effectively in the search area
  • The two Basement -1 floors of the Olduvai Mine (Mission 11) are now distinguished as B-1A/B-1B
  • Drake's datapad informations are correctly updated in the choice if you have recovered the related datapads
  • Fix sound issues when opening the ESC menu
  • ARC/APC no longer pushes marines who are in coma
  • Loading an autosave with a sergeant that has the backpack upgrade will no longer put a command point on cooldown
  • Various text overlap fixes across various menus
  • The lift leading to the Montero from Berkley's Dock (Mission 7) now correctly display floor -2 instead of floor 0
  • General improvement of the secondary mission of Montero from Berkley's Dock (Mission 7) requiring the player to check several datapads
  • ARC/APC will no longer push marines that are in a coma and on their path and will simply roll over them
  • Map will no longer blink when opening/closing fast a camera feed
  • Lighting improvement on Olduvai (mission 11)
  • Fix an issue where one of the marine during the final Olduvaï defense phase could be stuck
  • Add a video on ambush codex entry
  • Fix fog of war issues on Olduvai (mission 11)
  • Fix culling issues on some assets of the final mission
  • Fix some clipping issues
  • Fix an issue where the lift door stay closed after the defense phase in Berkley's Dock (M2)
  • Fix an issue than could occurs when spam clicking during multiple level promotion
  • Fix camera orientation issues during scripted events in Olduvai (mission 11)
  • Marlow's blood in the final mission is now white : )
  • Fix an in game animation when saving Stern
  • Fix some minor tactical drone issues
  • Fix an issue where the dialogue icon could not be removed properly
  • Fix some shelters that did not triggered properly in Berckley's Dock (Mission 2)
  • Fix distorted texture in the building on the ground floor of Extraction (Mission 8)
  • Fix a UI animation in the save menu
  • Fix a visual issue where some collider could be visible
  • Fog of war is now properly rendered in the prologue
  • Fix the ARC starting position in Otago last stand (mission 4) that could cause some bugs
  • Fix the position of a crate in Olduvai (mission 11)
  • Fix Aliens reaction to fire
  • Shortcuts for drone skills are now properly working
  • Now marine can't run when using overchaged plasma skill
  • Fix an issue where mines did not trigger properly
  • It is now possible to reload a secondary weapon
  • The "kill that bastard" icone is now removed properly on dead eggs
  • Fix some issues with the oil puddle interaction
  • The ARC now corectly rotate its barrel to aim at the aliens during defense phase of Harper's Hell (mission 3)
  • Fix some animations during the Otago cutscenes
  • Fix an issue where Alien could ignore Maeko after using Chemical tracker in Facing the beast (mission 9)
  • The flare icon is now correctly remove from eggs that are already opened.
  • Fix barks spamming when time is dilated

Localization
  • Update of the localization (add of new elements and improvement of existing ones)
  • Update of the stress effects tooltip and related Codex entries to match the effect
  • Update of the description of the weapons statistics to match the proper Ammo per Burst for each weapon
  • Update of the Tired tooltip to match the effect
  • Update of the values in the tooltip description (upgrade, traits, traumas, Codex assistant)
  • Fix of format of the XP gain in the Training Room (no longer display 1-1XP)
  • Fix of typo error in the Otago events descriptions (Abandoned Lab / Salvage Operation)
  • Update of the Precision Shot tooltip description to match its true damages
  • Add of the shotgun stun information on the Codex Assistant Titan entry
  • Improvement of the Codex Assistant (fix typo issues and overall improvement of the descriptions)
  • Fix of the Codex entry Workshop to display the right amount magazines value for the Smartgun and the Heavy Pulse Rifle
  • Fix of the Codex entry Workshop to display the right Material cost value for the Plasma Rifle
  • Improvement of the Facehugger Codex Assistant entry
  • The "Security Pass" is now localized
  • The "Power Core" is now localized
  • Fix of the Mind of Steel attribute description to match the effect
  • Fix of the Credits
  • Torrance name will now use all available alphabets
  • Interactions tooltip will no longer display cost when they cost 0 supplies
  • Update of the customization name limitation in several language to avoid too long names
  • Precision on several attributes and upgrades that their effects are not cumulative
  • On the loading menu the difficulty Easy is now correctly displayed as Story
  • Workshop weapons description has been fixed and improved
  • s for second is now correctly translated in all languages
  • Fix of an error message in russian not dispalyed correcly "Pick up Sentry"
  • Fix of the weapon panel translation in every languages
  • In the loading panel the Otago mission (Mission 9) is now correctly translated in every languages

Balancing :
  • Aliens will now only detect you faster if you are close to the source of the noise you've made (instead of all the time)
  • Few covers were disabled in Atmospheric Nightmare (Mission 6°)
  • Drastically increase the humanoids respawn timer in M2, M3, M7 and M10
  • The power loader phase of Olduvai Main Mine (Mission 11) is now an infinite onslaught
  • Suppression of various shelter position across various locations (M1, M3, M7, M10, M11)
  • The power loader phase of Tantalus Base (Mission 8) is now an infinite onslaught
  • Crushers during the final defense of the Olduvai Mine (Mission 11) are dispatched through every available spawn points

New content
  • Addition of 5 new traumas to add more diversity :
    - Hypochondriac
    - Hematophobia
    - Anthrophobia
    - Obsessive-Compulsive
    - Xenomorphobia
 
bsmaff said:
A mouthful:
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By the way it has the og APC from the movie but you still only can carry 4 marines just like the beginner APC which emphasizes it can only carry 4 person? I thought you would be able to put the entire squad and while keeping the 4 squad in game set up at least swap marines on the spot falling back to the APC. Or something.
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Will finally give it a go tonight I hope. Aliens been my favourite scifi/action/horror movie ever, it exactly looks like my dream game. Really, really, really hoping it will click.
 
You guys still loving this game ? I still haven't pulled the trigger on it. Close though but backlog of good games to finish.
 
nevcapr said:
You guys still loving this game ? I still haven't pulled the trigger on it. Close though but backlog of good games to finish.
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100%
On the last mission now just took a week break from it as friday i played it til 4 in the morning.
But i have to say there are some annoying bugs but thankfully the auto save is there.
- had a couple of crashes but only at one exact same point
- sometimes the game softlocks itself, ie i did the objectives in a different orther and one of them the game so did not register as completed so i had to go back to the spot to trigger its completion
- the alien ai RNG feels like most of the time just wants to screw u over
 
gabe.paul.logan said:
100%
On the last mission now just took a week break from it as friday i played it til 4 in the morning.
But i have to say there are some annoying bugs but thankfully the auto save is there.
- had a couple of crashes but only at one exact same point
- sometimes the game softlocks itself, ie i did the objectives in a different orther and one of them the game so did not register as completed so i had to go back to the spot to trigger its completion
- the alien ai RNG feels like most of the time just wants to screw u over
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Hopefully they patch these bugs out and balance out the ai. Thanks for the update I appreciate it.
 
nevcapr said:
You guys still loving this game ? I still haven't pulled the trigger on it. Close though but backlog of good games to finish.
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I have a huge backlog plus Jagged Alliance 3 which can easily consume all your free time. I also got the Ratchet and Clank game on PC for the kids so I'll wait for more patches and a sale for this one.
 
I completed it on easy or normal mode? Dont remember. The very few missions were very hard, learning curve possibly and the fact your marines are pants in the beginning. But i made through having no marines losing. So here is my final squad. But i wonder on harder difficulty how many would have left.

 
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