Well, that's the end of that chapter. Despite recent rumors of a potential revival, Obsidian has confirmed that the long-fabled Aliens RPG is officially, well and truly, dead. A number of news outlets tried to spark rumors that the RPG was still coming, but just as we had anticipated, wires were crossed and it seems that only Aliens vs Predator, Aliens: Colonial Marines and the freshly revealed DS game are in development.
"Rumors have circled around a bit regarding the fate of the Aliens role playing game that Obsidian and SEGA had been working on," states the admin of the official Obsidian forums. "Unfortunately, it is true that we are no longer working on the game, and we wanted to finally announce that officially to everyone who has been following its development."
I believe this is the closest we've ever come to a cancellation announcement, and the first time somebody with any authority has confirmed the game's status. Let's face it, not many of us held out any hope of it actually coming, but it's still sad to see the final flickers of life extinguished with such a sorry little whimper.
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You are in a dark and foggy corridor on board a spaceship. You hear a strange noise from out of the darkness to your right. What do you do!
(would have been fun to take on those Aliens though!)
This idea did sound intriguing though and it's a shame we won't get to see it manifested.
http://rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=33972
"The little guy next to the Alien is for scale genius. This was a concept piece.
The Xenomorphs according to canon absorb some dna traits from host creatures. The two in question here were the behemoth, taken from a very large herbivore, and the second was something were calling a stalker, essentially an Alien that can cloak like a chameleon, taken from a chameleon type creature host. There were also Queens, scouts, soldiers, spitters, and more - including black and red variants for those who know the material.
The game was most certainly NOT a grind fest. Experience was awarded for completing objectives and stealth was greatly encouraged.
Basic gameplay was your party was composed of 3 to 4 members. Party members could be from 1 of 4 different professions, marine, agent, engineer, and ugh...I forget the 4th at the moment .
In addition to stealth, party members could place traps for Aliens, such as turrets, mines, door bombs, and more. Doors could also be welded or cut to slow down Alien movement and create bottlenecks.
There was research, crafting, base defense and much more in the game and working." -Anthony Davis