Alien: Isolation

[mastroego]

Some of the Synths (and stronger Synths) you'll have to... well, deal with directly.
But you'll have the tools.
For a few times, at least...

 

[Agame]

The synths are great fun, I could have done without any hostile humans, they dont feel they fit in the game. I do remember that room was the spot I got most annoyed while playing.

 

[Zombra]

Some of the Synths (and stronger Synths) you'll have to... well, deal with directly.

I did try

Spoiler

shooting one in the eye seven times with a .357 magnum

... to no avail. That was a fun moment let me tell ya!

 

[mastroego]

Well, it'll be satisfying when you'll be able to send a few of them to the electric heaven, with focused intent

 

[Beastro]

The "real" aliens are utterly silent hunters who lie in wait for the unwary.

 

[Agame]

Love that butt wiggle cats do as they prepare for pounce, imagine if the Alien did that in the movie...

 

[Zombra]

Finished the game. I strongly recommend this to anyone who might be on the fence about trying it, particularly anyone old enough to be a fan of the movie. My only substantial gripe is that the 2nd act is underwhelming, with several missions in a row that amount to "go turn on another generator". I admit I lost track of the story altogether for a while. It gets good again at the end though. In my opinion this game is a masterpiece.

 

[RapineDel]

Finished the game. I strongly recommend this to anyone who might be on the fence about trying it, particularly anyone old enough to be a fan of the movie. My only substantial gripe is that the 2nd act is underwhelming, with several missions in a row that amount to "go turn on another generator". I admit I lost track of the story altogether for a while. It gets good again at the end though. In my opinion this game is a masterpiece.

For what it is it's quite good and I think it's a good example of a game with great fundamentals that if expanded on and improved could be extremely high quality. I think they were under pressure to ensure the game was 15+ hours long because there's no multiplayer component which explains the repetitive second half. With a 8-9 hour game length they could've improved the pacing and it could've been genuinely great.

Alas a bad IGN review and a move to multiplayer only titles for this console generation means they'll dare not risk a game like this again.

 

[mastroego]

So you're saying that the only noteworthy thing game journos managed to do recently was to kill a legitimately good game.

 

[Astral Rag]

I thought the

Spoiler

facehugger level

was the scariest part of the game.

 

[Mazisky]

The alien in this game is one of the most scary enemies i've ever played against.

The thing surprised me the most is that once he sees you, you cannot hide and make him reset like in other games, he's gonna come and get you out of places you hidden whitin !

 

[Zombra]

For what it is it's quite good

Disclaimers and excuses aren't necessary. This is a quality game, period.

 

[DalekFlay]

Is this game pure survival horror type stuff or is there a Deus Ex or Thief style component to it? I installed it to give it a try and got maybe an hour in and it doesn't feel like my thing, but the aesthetics are so great I'll keep going if it ever gets more interesting gameplay wise.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

There are stealth elements involved as well, or at the very least elements that remind heavily of Thief.

I'd say keep going.

 

[Wunderbar]

Is this game pure survival horror type stuff or is there a Deus Ex or Thief style component to it? I installed it to give it a try and got maybe an hour in and it doesn't feel like my thing, but the aesthetics are so great I'll keep going if it ever gets more interesting gameplay wise.

the game is very long, first one-two hours it is basically a walking simulator.
Gameplay become more interesting once Alien shows up in its full glory.

 

[Zombra]

Is this game pure survival horror type stuff or is there a Deus Ex or Thief style component to it? I installed it to give it a try and got maybe an hour in and it doesn't feel like my thing, but the aesthetics are so great I'll keep going if it ever gets more interesting gameplay wise.

This game is much more Thief than Resident Evil imo. Of course it's not pure Thief.

I say stick with it until you face at least three different enemy types, and solve at least two problems with two different crafted items such as a noisemaker or smoke bomb. If you still don't have a boner after that, I don't know what to tell you.

 

[adddeed]

Honestly i find the game way too long. It way too tense of a game and it needs shorter lenght.

 

[Agame]

Honestly i find the game way too long. It way too tense of a game and it needs shorter lenght.

Agreed, and its my main criticism of the game, it does drag out way to long. You start to lose all of the tension and atmosphere by the end.

Short and sharp just like a good horror movie is how it should have been. And then if they could have done some different scenarios from other characters perspective or something?

 

[Kruno]

I've been waiting for a mobile game like this, and I hope it has tons of lootboxes. You can't make a good game without lootboxes!

 

[Unkillable Cat]

For those of you curious about the fate of Amanda Ripley after Alien: Isolation, there's a new comic book series out now that answers that... or at least tries to, it's funny how comic canon is never actually 'real' canon but simply a placeholder for future canons.

Anyway, from the first issue of that series, in spoilers:

Spoiler

Amanda spent three days floating in that pressure suit, before being eventually rescued by Weyland-Yutani. This results in her having extreme claustrophobia.

She spends the next three years in 'therapy' where WY refuses to clear her fit for duty, while taking measures to ensure her loyalty via extended psychiatric sessions.

She resists. As a result she's effectively blacklisted.

One day she's picked up by Zula Hendricks, a Colonial Marine who's also had a first-hand encounter with the Xenomorph, as detailed in the 12-issue comic book series Aliens: Defiance (a series that's about six issues too long IMO).

They hatch a plan to try to stop the WY bio-weapons program, which seems to be happening despite both of their best intentions to exterminate the aliens.

 

[Beastro]

Amanda spent three days floating in that pressure suit, before being eventually rescued by Weyland-Yutani. This results in her having extreme claustrophobia.

 

[JDR13]

Lame....

We get a million sequels for series like Call of Duty, Ass Creed, and Far Cry, but all we get here is a fucking mobile game.

 

[Temenos]

Lame....

We get a million sequels for series like Call of Duty, Ass Creed, and Far Cry, but all we get here is a fucking mobile game.

The market has spoken. Incline isn't financially rewarding.

 

[DalekFlay]

This game is much more Thief than Resident Evil imo. Of course it's not pure Thief.

Hadn't played any more but this makes me want to try it again. Thief in Alien world is pure boner material.

 

[Beastro]

Thief in Alien world is pure boner material.

Can say that twice if the games gimmick was playing as the Xeno, really going into the stalking and picking off thing on a random ship.

Makes me wonder too why no one has one a retreaded Predator game in the jungle again in the way Isolation very clearly wanted to recreate the first Alien.