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Alien: Isolation |OT| 1 Alien. 1 Ripley. No Jonesy.
- Thread starter VisceralBowl
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It's only a shame if it prevents more of this with a decent budget. A proper game it is. I'd give it at least a 9 and a bit.
Agreed. One section took me about 45 minutes to get through because it was such a small area with almost no hiding places and the alien would just not leave for more than 10 seconds at a time.
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
Agreed, medical section is actually my favorite as it keeps you on your toes the most. Once you get the flamethrower and can keep the alien at bay the tension definitely goes down. Also I don't know if it was a bug but after the medical section I didn't see the alien for probably a good hour of gameplay it was kinda weird. I actually missed the sucker's company lol. Game just felt like a ho hum stealth shooter without it around.
Haha, okay, that's good enough. I was kinda hoping that if I threw a flare it would go towards it if it was near an android.
GavinUK86
Member
No, it did disappear for ages.
VisceralBowl
Member
Do not read this if you haven't beat or are about to beat the game.
Two Xenos and plenty of instant kill Facehuggers in combination with what is essentially a useless motion tracker.
real_slime
Banned
I'm finding the game better described as tense than scary. Intimidating rather than creepy. That isn't a knock - it's a style thing. The movie isn't exactly creepy either, it's more tense.
Anyway, I'm cooking up some food and once I've eaten that I'm gonna jump back in. The gameplay is fascinating so far.
Anyway, I'm cooking up some food and once I've eaten that I'm gonna jump back in. The gameplay is fascinating so far.
MarcoZombieCannon
Member
I'm not sure I'm scared or annoyed that the Alien is just following my every step in the vents. Like literally every time I walk past a vent, under it, crouching, standing, or otherwise, it moves on to the next one.
Yeah the last i'd say 3-4 sequences were some of the most insane in the entire game. I loved it haha.
Ugh. It's going to take me forever to get through this. I'm only halfway through mission 10. I had to stop after I
set off a huge explosion
boredofcanada
Member
Nope. I honestly don't mind the jank. It gives it an appropriate b-movie feel. Game feels like a huge homage to my childhood. GOTY for me most likely.
Argh, hope you're right. It keeps cornering me into this one room and never leaves. As soon as I leave the locker it comes running back. I might have to set the game to normal.
MarcoZombieCannon
Member
Noisemakers, man. Setting it to normal doesn't help with him cornering you somewhere.
As you go further in the game you'll get more tools to deal with the Alien. The first sections are some of the hardest because you don't have a lot of options. Don't give up on hard yet!
Stallion Free
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Are there two upgrades to the ion torch?
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The Interrobanger
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The atmosphere in this game is SO GOOD. Haven't gotten too deep (haven't even seen the alien yet) but I'm loving it so far. Aesthetics are perfect, besides the terrrrrible mouth syncing and choppy ass cuts energy framer rate.
jacksepticeye
Member
The save system can be hugely annoying sometimes
VisceralBowl
Member
I know the lockers feel safer, but I think they make the alien more suspicious and less likely to search elsewhere. If he thinks you're in the vicinity he never really leaves. I found it was better to just keep moving around and under stuff.
I kept jumping in and out of the same locker and he eventually caught on and waited just out of sight until I was almost dead from holding my breath. Then he ripped me out of it. I died way more trying to hide in those lockers than I have from just keeping him out of line of sight.
It has a pretty steep learning curve, but once you figure out how the alien moves around and what attracts it, it gets easier - plus you eventually get better tools to deal with him.
MarcoZombieCannon
Member
So I was in an area with a locker, a cart, a nonhostile android, and the Alien (it kept hopping down repeatedly in the room I was in, and the vent was in plain sight of all the hiding places...). The Alien was getting suspicious of the locker, so I hid in the cart, suddenly the android says "I've been looking for you" and grabs me out of it. In the meantime the Alien had hopped down right next to us and killed me D:
It was just sitting there staring at me in the locker and when I tried exploring the room, so I dunno why it suddenly felt the need to go hostile when I hid in the cart...
It was just sitting there staring at me in the locker and when I tried exploring the room, so I dunno why it suddenly felt the need to go hostile when I hid in the cart...
Amnesia is overrated is fuck. Not scary and annoying physics puzzles. Never played the sequel.
I did play and beat Outlast and that was pretty good for a $20 game, good Halloween shit.
I'd say Alien Isolation is probably the best of these kind of games. Amazing graphics, loyal to the Alien franchise, and so far it's really good and doesn't just consist of hiding and completing a physics puzzle.
I did play and beat Outlast and that was pretty good for a $20 game, good Halloween shit.
I'd say Alien Isolation is probably the best of these kind of games. Amazing graphics, loyal to the Alien franchise, and so far it's really good and doesn't just consist of hiding and completing a physics puzzle.
stufte
Member
I'd say that Amnesia was more about the dread of the unknown, jumpscares, etc. and Alien is more about a known enemy stalking you relentlessly and (with the aid of the motion sensor) fairly easy to keep track of. Alien is more tension than horror.
MarcoZombieCannon
Member
New strategy: sacrifice random friendly NPCs while I get away.
Edit: nevermind, he still comes after me through the ducts a few seconds later.
Edit: nevermind, he still comes after me through the ducts a few seconds later.
CloudyTuba
Member
Oh god I must be a huge wimp and never knew it before. I was just playing and got to the very first section where the alien is actually wandering around.
I got so tense. It got me and I immediately shut the PS4 off. Went and hyperventilated for 15 second or so in the kitchen and got a glass of water.
Amnesia did nothing like this to me. God.
Oh thats cool. Love having both views.
I got so tense. It got me and I immediately shut the PS4 off. Went and hyperventilated for 15 second or so in the kitchen and got a glass of water.
Amnesia did nothing like this to me. God.
Oh thats cool. Love having both views.
Hysterical
Member
Going to start my first playthrough tommorow. Two questions: Whats the recommended difficulty to be playing on? Also, are the dlc missions any good? Thanks in advance
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Hmmm after the intensity of mission 10 you would think they would give you a bit of a relaxing level. Nope, even more intense than the last.
MarcoZombieCannon
Member
Mission 11 is more intense? D: I'm on 10 now and I'm nearing a breaking point ;~;
Intheflorsh
Banned
Man, you can be a real monster towards the other survivors in this game. You can lure an alien into attacking a group of NPCs and use the ensuing massacre to run towards the objective. I had to burn 3 guys alive with a flamethrower once.
I guess humans are the real aliens.
I guess humans are the real aliens.
Neff
Member
Jesus christ yes.
Chaotic-Strike
Banned
Predator's never really been big on horror though.
It would be neat to see a Halloween with Micheal Myers styled like this game.
Well said. I've always been quite fond of Creative Assembly's work on the Total War games (been following it since Rome) and was unsure if they'd be able to deliver with Alien Isolation. They have definitely exceeded my expectations and I hope that they'll continue to make games of this caliber.
That being said ... *mission 7/8 spoilers*
so I've finished the section where you revisit the Derelict Ship. Will there be more flashback missions to depict how everything went to hell in Sevastopol?
PureYeti
Member
The Thing and Jurassic Park would be neat too
MarcoZombieCannon
Member
I've been telling them to leave, whenever I'm able to. I did try and attract the Alien to one lady in particular, but she sprinted down the hallway I was going down and ended up getting the Alien on my tail D:
Played through the first 2 hours right after watching Alien Directors cut.. man they did a great job at recreating some of the set. The atmosphere is top notch, like a more mature version of Dead space or something., the choppy cutscenes are a bitch though and you should be able to unequip the flare... anyway, good stuff so far.
Nemesis_
Member
To anyone who has finished - I'm getting pretty close now. I just (Mission 14 spoilers)
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But when is the ideal time to backtrack and find the collectibles with my items I've got now?
Depending on who you played as and what not, I feel like this could work well for Jurassic Park.
purged the nest
But when is the ideal time to backtrack and find the collectibles with my items I've got now?
Depending on who you played as and what not, I feel like this could work well for Jurassic Park.
I think it would be pretty hard to do an Amnesia/Outlast-like game in the jungle. Hiding areas are limited especially when your enemy can see body heat. Instead of moving from room to room hiding in lockers and under tables, you'd be moving from mud-pit to mud-pit hiding behind trees until it wears off and you gotta cover yourself again. Meanwhile, your enemy is invisible so you don't know where he is. Plus, the Predator has weaponry to hunt you from a distance.
It has potential though and I'd love to see it done. Day 1 if it happens.
It has potential though and I'd love to see it done. Day 1 if it happens.
MarcoZombieCannon
Member
Try hiding other places. It weirdly doesn't see you hiding under most tables unless it's a few feet away looking straight at you, for instance.
VisceralBowl
Member
Just beat it. That was the best Alien game I have ever played and it also has tied itself with TNO as my game of the year (so far). Amazing work on Creative Assembly's part and I hope we get the chance to see more Alien games of the same quality in the future.
I'll give it a shot, maybe one of those things where i'll come back tomorrow and pass it first try.
CloudyTuba
Member
Was it even possible to get caught by the alien before this, or do you mean by androids/humans?
D
Deleted member 30609
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There's at least one room beforehand.
By anything...well i was spotted twice by androids.
Chiggs
Gold Member
I've gone about 1.5 hours without seeing it.
I just hit hour 9, thinking this might be my second or third favorite game of the year. I haven't had a single moment where I felt bored or like I wanted to stop playing. This game has had me completely engaged for every second I've been playing, and everything about it is just so well done. I really hope we either get a sequel or more games similar to this.
Fuck. I just finished mission 10. Welp, I guess tomorrow's play sessions is gonna get off to an interesting start.
I was actually thinking that yesterday when I was playing. There are so many horror franchises that could do games with the same mechanics as this and have it work really well.