Aliens Infestation continues to look like the most exciting Western game released for portables this fall, not just in these new images but also in the details WayForward has been feeding us through its developer diary:

“We knew early on that it was important to play up the ‘hidden passages’ aspect of the films, in order to give our creatures a believable method by which they could leap out of the floors and ceilings. So each of our game environments has two areas: the main floors, and the air ducts above and below those floors.

Players essentially ‘warp’ between the two types of areas each time they step through a hatch in the ceiling or wall. By locking the players out of standard paths, and forcing them to hop into these confined, dark enclosures (often barely tall enough to crawl through), we limited the player’s options are (hopefully) created unsettling situations.”

WayForward talks more about “creating fear” in Aliens Infestation with these hidden passages, limited visibility for hidden threats, and limited resources in this post.

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