Alien: Isolation

[Excidium II]

Those screenies remind me how gorgeous the art is in this game.

Yeah. I really like how the computers/panels etc looked. Now and then just stopped to glare at the details.

 

[ortucis]

This game is amazing. Very horror, much scares.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Those screenies remind me how gorgeous the art is in this game.

Yeah. I really like how the computers/panels etc looked. Now and then just stopped to glare at the details.

For me, it is one of the best looking games ever made. And I liked pretty much all the gameplay too - but I know some other people didn't.

 

[Sodafish]

Nope. It looked like an abortion.

edit: OK, post I was replying to has been deleted. It was suggesting that Colonial Marines was good and worth playing.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

it would be a waste for an Alien fan not to at least give it a try.

No matter how true this statement may be, I'm not touching it. I've played more than a few Alien games in my time, and it's amazing how bad some of them are. Ever played Aliens: The Comic Book Adventure?

 

[mastroego]

Your loss, Unkillable Cat, it's the real deal despite a few flaws.

 

[Beowulf]

Your loss, Unkillable Cat, it's the real deal despite a few flaws.

True that. If you prefer Alien to Aliens, it would be a shame not try it.
The game has its fair share of flaws, but the atmosphere is definitely there.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Just so we're on the same page, I'm referring to Colonial Marines. Are you?

 

[Beowulf]

I'm drinking beer, and can read more than one post above apparently.

 

[mastroego]

ok sorry I was talking about Isolation obviously

 

[tormund]

Those screenies remind me how gorgeous the art is in this game.

Yeah. I really like how the computers/panels etc looked. Now and then just stopped to glare at the details.

No really, lighting and detail-work are just divine, especially considering how utterly undemanding this game is.

 

[Lyric Suite]

Lighting and textures look slightly washed out as far as i'm concerned. Despite the great detail the engine has some Unity-like feel to me. Impressive considering this is an in house effort but i think at the end of the day something like Cryengine or UE4 would have probably been better for this game, sad to say.

 

[mastroego]

I don't even know what you guys are talking about.
Game looks great.

 

[Lyric Suite]

You don't get a Unity vibe from this?

I'm not saying the game looks bad, i just can't stand this pastel kind of thing modern games have going. I actually like muh realism, especially in terms of textures and lighting.

 

[Morgoth]

Don't know what LS is smoking again. A:I looks gorgeous.

New release brings TAA improvements for moving objects and Cinematic Tools:
https://github.com/aliasIsolation/aliasIsolation/releases

 

[Ivan]

Alien Isolation has impeccable presentation. It looks great, it sounds fantastic, the atmosphere is fucking thick. It's the Alien's AI that I had issues with (Hard difficulty).

 

[Beowulf]

What issues exactly?

 

[Ivan]

a lot of my frustrations stemmed from not knowing whether or not the Alien was going to come down from vents and if it did if it saw me or not. I guess I wanted more feedback built into the stealth. either it saw you and you're instafucked, or you didn't and you watch the clock or twiddle your thumbs until it it goes away. I wonder if in lower difficulties the shotgun is enough to "scare it away," IIRC only fire worked on Hard. the bugs didn't bother me so much, I had a funny one with the flamethrower.

 

[Beowulf]

The shotgun only stuns it for 0,5 seconds and that's it. I was more frustrated by obvious tether between the Alien and the player in certain missions, but I managed to internally explain it and accepted it.

 

[Israfael]

I don't really think a human is supposed to understand alien in the 'Alien' universe - it's an unknowable thing with its own motives, alien logic and quirks. Also, sometimes it looked like it was toying with me, so i supposed some of the strange things in A:I were made like this intentionally

 

[Ivan]

sounds like an excuse. maybe I shouldn't have played through it on Hard.

 

[Beowulf]

Nah, Hard is good, especially if you are doing only one playthrough.

On the other hand - if you are getting more frustration than enjoyment, there is nothing stopping you from dropping difficulty.

 

[HansDampf]

Hard is what the devs recommend, isn't it? Play on lower difficulties and the xenomorph becomes too stupid to be intimidating.

 

[barker_s]

The shotgun only stuns it for 0,5 seconds and that's it. I was more frustrated by obvious tether between the Alien and the player in certain missions, but I managed to internally explain it and accepted it.

I think I posted it in this thread already, but there's a mod around that supposedly removes the "leash" - http://www.moddb.com/mods/unpredictable-alien-mod .

Once I have some spare time, I'm thinking of replaying A:I with this.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Hard is what the devs recommend, isn't it? Play on lower difficulties and the xenomorph becomes too stupid to be intimidating.

That's the case on Easy, but in my experience Medium is actually harder than Hard in areas where the Alien is deliberately kept on a very short leash, like Medical.

Medium difficulty does have the added bonus that the Alien is prevented from appearing until Medical. On Hard it can show up much sooner...