"You cannot deny that Dead Space 2 was more action oriented and cinematic, which is not bad at all because I love Dead Space 2."

"Escape From New York"

"I've never played a single video game adaptation of a movie. they have always been sub-par IMHO."

This is my main problem with what I've seen of Aliens: Colonial Marines so far. It looks like a competent enough shooter (which it ought to be given that Gearbox is behind it) but I'm not getting the sense that the xenos are any more dangerous than your run-of-the-mill FPS foes.

I don't know about a movie tie-in specifically, but I'd certainly love to see a new sci-fi horror game besides Dead Space. Whether it's set in the Alien / Prometheus universe is of less consequence to me than getting the tone right though (although it would be awesome if it was).

Yes, but would the code look like a physical humanoid or would it look like a set of wires flowing out from the brain (like the real nervous system)? My bet is firmly on the latter.

Having read ATMM recently I can say you're partially correct. Yes, their technology was in the end the thing that freaked out the scientists most but they were already puzzled and perplexed long before they knew the Elder Things were sapient because, I quote, of their "fabulously early evolution, preceding even simple…

"[Neo] saw Smith's code in his system"

He saw the human possessed by Smith after he was blinded. Sure, Smith is an AI and all, but he was clearly seeing non-mechanical objects like flesh.

Two things.

I'm loving it so far. The setting is intricately detailed and quite interesting, both paying tribute to classic ideas about vampire while disposing with them when it suits the story (sunlight kills but crosses don't, for example). I also like the idea of the "clans," different types of vampires who all share a common…

You'd think this would be a no-brainer, but it apparently isn't given how many horror games seem to focus on the action.

Most of them were pretty good, but the one that really got me was the Gore/Ned comparison. "Always going on about climate change." Ha!

Technically speaking, the book was political, since IIRC it was a satire of Adolf Hitler and fascism in general.

I'm confused. Are you replying to me or the OP? I said that it doesn't matter ultimately whether or not the source material is real mythology or not, only the execution matters.

Technically they can all come back though.

Funny thing is, that's not too far from reality. Case example: Cartagena, Spain's name during Roman rule was Carthago Nova or "New Carthage." Of course, Carthage in the Phoenician language meant "New City" so Carthago Nova's name literally meant "New New City."

There are some vague similarities, though the chronology is backwards. The Elder Things were supposed to be too advanced for their timeframe, whereas the paleontologists seem to be saying that Godzillus is too primitive and that it should really be from 50 million years earlier.

While it's fair to call out the author for being ignorant of medieval Scottish mythology, their point still stands. It doesn't matter one modicum if fiction is based on real mythology or not if it doesn't convince you or draw you in.

Of the list posted though, only Modern Warfare and Madden seem to fit the bill of major yearly releases.