Zombie
Joined: 17 Jan 2010
Posts: 6
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WARNING: This thread will spoil Alpha Prime.
I just played through Alpha Prime again and am really itching for the sequel that the end of the game teases. I'm not sure we'll get it considering the lackluster reception the original got, but I see no reason not to talk about it.
If it happens, though, there are a few things I'd want, and a few things I'd like to suggest that the game do to capture people's attention.
1) A rename. Alpha Prime is a really generic and not memorable title that made the game hard for me to remember and find even after I had played it in the past. For fans of the original, the title needs to stay, but keep it small and out of the way. Not to mention that fact that the asteroid itself doesn't really matter to the story now that the heart's been removed.
2) Don't use a number. Usually I defend numbered sequels, but I think an Alpha Prime sequel would be better off trying to convince people that it's something new and original.
3) Don't be afraid to use the story in the gameplay. I think a sequel could be really unique if you play Glomar-Arnold and have scary Glomar-powers.
4) Redesign Arnold. If he's the main character of course (though it applies to any main character, really). His older appearance and beard helped him stand out from every other FPS space marine, but his outfit dropped him back in there. I know it's sci-fi and it comes with the territory, but I will bet that half the reason why Alpha Prime went so unnoticed, at least in the US, was due to the generic title and stereotypical appearance (made worse by the earlier art which didn't show Arnold's face).
5) Multiplayer. I personally don't need multiplayer to justify buying a game, but a lot of people, especially FPS players, do nowadays.
6) Multiplayer Modes. I'd love to see a Co-Op mode, but what you really need to do is make a multiplayer mode that utilizes the best of the singleplayer. For Alpha Prime 1, this means that the ReCon should have had a place it multiplayer (hack cameras to spy on enemies, detonate gas lines on foes, and taking over sentry guns are all things easily acceptable in multiplayer). If an Alpha Prime 2 did involve playing a Glomar-Arnold, you could have a multiplayer mode called "steal the heart" or something, where one player is playing Glomar-Arnold, and whoever kills him becomes him.
7) Tone down the Glomar and hubbardium references. You need to ease people into these terms because, at least in the US, they sound incredibly silly.
8) I want Paolo back. And if you can't justify bringing him back, find another Bellini (but don't kill this one off). |
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