Will the plot be considered canon?

[RedHaze1911]

Apparently Alien isolation isnt really canon, while fox was very supportive of the devs and their game. So i wonder what the deal with dark descent will be? Will it be officially canon?

[Sm0k3f47h3r]

does it matter? for me everything after aliens isn't canon the same way terminator ends with the second one with the extended ending.

they said aliens: colonial marines is canon too but it makes story wise no sense in the context of the movies.

[Narrowmind]

Who said it wasn't canon? It was even mentioned in the report.

[RedHaze1911]

Originally posted by Ratlegion:

Who said it wasn't canon? It was even mentioned in the report.

All ive heard is that its "inspired by the movies". 1-3 i think? Could be wrong...

[Nerevarine]

For me, good stories are cannon, hence isolation is cannon and this one probably might be too. I reflect my cannon stories to Alien RPG

[Sifer2]

Well considering they tried to pass off the awful Colonial Marines game as canon I don't really care what FOX says. Isolation is great but I also still don't really like to consider it canon either just because to me is removes a lot of the impact of the Alien if Human's have encountered it so many other times.

[TacticalOpossum]

There's a lot of stuff that indicates they're building a comprehensive and unified extended universe across mediums. So far we have an extended universe featuring events, and characters across mediums such as Amanda Ripley (Games and comics), Zula Hendriks (Comics and novels), Alec Brand (comics and novel), Olivia Shipp (game, a cancelled comic, and novel) and Delyla Vaughn (RPG novels, and game).

Whether I'm right is another matter. Hopefully, the upcoming Alien: Romulus and TV show will give more insight about if they are actually building an extended universe across mediums.

[Faefu]

just like with star wars, only you can decide which is cannon, and which is not.

[REhorror]

Alien canon timeline is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up by Prometheus it doesn't matter anymore.
As long as there is a corporation, space marines, synths and the alien/predators, it would make sense.

[Janus2099]

Isolation is TIER 1 canon for FOX/Disney. Like a movie. You have the list in this link: https://roguereviewer.wordpress.com/2020/10/12/defining-canon-in-an-alien-world/

[Sifer2]

Originally posted by Janus2099:

Isolation is TIER 1 canon for FOX/Disney. Like a movie. You have the list in this link: https://roguereviewer.wordpress.com/2020/10/12/defining-canon-in-an-alien-world/

Yeah but who is that guy really? It says he worked with Fox to develop a Alien tabletop game. Ok but I doubt that means this is definitive. It does maybe mean internally Fox recognized Isolation as being much higher quality than most Movie tie in products. Until a solid reference to Ripley's daughter appears in a future film though I would be doubtful.

[He'stan | Forge Father]

Originally posted by Sifer2:

Originally posted by Janus2099:

Isolation is TIER 1 canon for FOX/Disney. Like a movie. You have the list in this link: https://roguereviewer.wordpress.com/2020/10/12/defining-canon-in-an-alien-world/

Yeah but who is that guy really? It says he worked with Fox to develop a Alien tabletop game. Ok but I doubt that means this is definitive. It does maybe mean internally Fox recognized Isolation as being much higher quality than most Movie tie in products. Until a solid reference to Ripley's daughter appears in a future film though I would be doubtful.

Well they don't need to make a reference to Ripley's Daughter because that already was made on the Second Movie, and Amanda is already dead. Its more like Alien Isolation used Amanda as a way to tie it to the first movie since she is canon already.

[LukanGamer]

hopefully not, we got lucky with isolation staying where it belongs and hence its name isolated.

But worse case just ignore it if you a sane person, like Dizzznay Stor Wars

[kordelas]

From FAQ, the devs stated that:

Q: Where is Aliens: Dark Descent happening?
A: Aliens: Dark Descent’s story is set after the events of Alien, Aliens and Alien 3. The game takes place on a moon called Lethe.

So it is set 19 years after Alien 3 if it is considered as canon.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1150440/discussions/0/3414305314936503753/

[cassmi87]

Originally posted by RedHaze1911:

Apparently Alien isolation isnt really canon, while fox was very supportive of the devs and their game. So i wonder what the deal with dark descent will be? Will it be officially canon?

Actually Isolation is canon, since the official and high-profile tabletop RPG only acknowledges canon stories, and Isolation features prominently, while Colonial Marines does not (and isn’t canon).

[DessIntress]

Isolation is canon. It also got a later released novel because of it - And it's mentioned in a few other canon titles.
Its "sequel"... the mobile game... isn't canon. It was officially said at first that it was canon, but that was withdrawn because some fans who didn't understand or know Isolation and Amanda's story in general were upset. Others were upset because it was mobile and not on the PC/console. (You can stream everything to a TV anyway)
There is also a list with canon audio titles available on audible - incl. Isolation.

When it comes to "alien canon statements" from the Internet, one must not forget that there are even a lot of "fans" who still think that Amanda is floating around in space. Or that there is only one Xenomorph there. And that's despite the fact that the game clearly shows the player something different. This means that some people on the Internet often just say something because otherwise it would no longer fit into their distorted picture of what is happening.

Unfortunately, Dark Descent has a few problems here and there when it comes to canon status. Two examples are the successful removal of the facehuggers or the plasma weapons. Neither of these things appeared in this form in the later titles, some of which are set centuries later. Decker had something similar in Sea of ​​Sorrows, but that takes place way after Alien 4 and is set about 300 years after Aliens. As far as I know, there have even been discussions about this.