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LordRevanofDarkness OP t1_j6ocvzy wrote

Reply to comment by PigeonMother in Why is Dead Space so much scarier than Alien Isolation? Is it the Necromorphs? by LordRevanofDarkness

Xenomorphs aren't as grotesque as Necromorphs. Scary yes but if you were to run into a xenomorph you could very easily survive. Necromorph you're dead and Markered

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PigeonMother t1_j6odkph wrote

I do find the necromorphs a lot more scary looking than the Xenomorph

With Alien Isolation, it's more the fact that I'm actively being hunted down and I'm much more defenceless than Isaac in Dead Space

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LordRevanofDarkness OP t1_j6oh8lb wrote

Not so defenseless. Necromorphs have no sense of self preservation. You hit them with fire and they keep coming. They're unstoppable killing machines. The Xenomorph runs if it's scared or hurt.

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UpliftinglyStrong t1_j6olhec wrote

The point of the Xenomorph is that you can’t kill it. It’ll learn where you are and kill you if you use the same strategy over and over. What’s scary about it is that it adapts

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PigeonMother t1_j6on124 wrote

The Xenomorph will run if you use the flame thrower etc but it will come back. The key thing is that it can't be killed

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IOnlySayMeanThings t1_j6onoak wrote

>if you were to run into a xenomorph you could very easily survive.

This is why you are being downvoted.

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LordRevanofDarkness OP t1_j6opxa2 wrote

I don't see why. Xenomorphs aren't immortal

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IOnlySayMeanThings t1_j6oqbr5 wrote

Very easily though? I'd say if you go up against an Xenomorph and you are not an invincible videogame protag, you have over a 99% chance of dying. You mention the marker too. Aliens have eggs and there's a chance that if they ever reached Earth, our entire race could fall. They are not really a lesser threat, whether or not they like fire.

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