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Alien: Isolation |OT| 1 Alien. 1 Ripley. No Jonesy.
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ihasaflavour
Neo Member
Hey bros!
Not sure if this has been asked yet (I tried to dig through the threads), but how is this on PS3 or 360? Anyone played it? All I can find online is current gen systems/PC, and it looks incredible.
Thanks for any help!
EDIT
I looked around on youtube and found some PS3 gameplay for those interested:
http://youtu.be/VRzE48mK_IM
Not sure if this has been asked yet (I tried to dig through the threads), but how is this on PS3 or 360? Anyone played it? All I can find online is current gen systems/PC, and it looks incredible.
Thanks for any help!
EDIT
I looked around on youtube and found some PS3 gameplay for those interested:
http://youtu.be/VRzE48mK_IM
PK Strawstorm
Member
I'm still early in the game, but the atmosphere has been ALIEN enough to inspire me to spend my morning putting together a Halloween costume to look like the flight suits from the original movie.
reminds me of laddergoat
I've realized this. Unfortunately.
Although it does feel good to blast the bugger away for a bit. It helps big time.
Preorder only I believe. It will be released as DLC later on. Or now possibly, I'm not sure if it's available.
Not in medium difficulty. He completely ignores them.
WordsintheWater
Member
About 5 hours, maybe a bit more. I actually enjoyed the game more after Chapter 10, didn't feel burned out at all.
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFuck.
VE3TRO
Formerly Gizmowned
Shock_Wave
Member
I know that feel bro.
The screams when you are about to leave the nest are so creepy!
I'm assuming this is the PC version? if so on steam you can try to verify the game cache to see if something got messed up while it was downloading.
So one of the coolest things that happened to me while playing this game, and I actually commented on it as it was happening, is that, once when the alien was sniffing a locker I was hiding in, the hair on my arms and legs stood on end.
I've seen tons of horror movies and played survival horror games, no film or game has ever done this to me before. I'm sure it was the VR, but it was an incredible moment - the game actually triggered some subconscious responses from my body. Incredible moment, I love how this game can give me such an adrenaline rush like no other.
I've seen tons of horror movies and played survival horror games, no film or game has ever done this to me before. I'm sure it was the VR, but it was an incredible moment - the game actually triggered some subconscious responses from my body. Incredible moment, I love how this game can give me such an adrenaline rush like no other.
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
If you find that human encounter frustrating wait until you get to the med bay.
Did not know that you get a
as a weapon. Took down an android in one hit with it.
shotgun
Medium feels good. And,er, I didn't give up at the first encounter? I'm pretty far along actually so maybe you were quoting someone else?
CappyHamper
Neo Member
That's not the Nostromo.
The Nostromo is just the bit that lands on the planet. It's a towing vehicle, it's towing that big 4 tower refinery thing full of ore.
For this reason, Sevestapol being a space station that happens to look just like one of those makes zero fucking sense to me.
Maybe I'm off about something.
CappyHamper
Neo Member
There is a pistol but the sound doesn't ring any bells for me.
Damn. Was hoping they'd use it if they were going for all the classic tech and whatnot.
You're quite correct the Nostromo is the ship that lands. It's "towing" the refinery.
I like the visual echo though. The refinery is clearly huge in Alien, certainly much bigger than the Nostromo, and I like the callback to the "futuristic haunted castle with spires" design of Sevestapol. I reckon there's a bit of Aliens' Gateway station in the visual design too. All in all I think for the game they tried to have every aspect of the visual design match or at minimum closely reference those of the Alien.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
I guess if you wanted to retcon it, being as Seegson corporation seems to be sort of a low-rent, K-Mart competitor to Weyland-Yutani's Sears (or Wal-Mart LOL Alien: Resurrection) - the reason Sevastopol looks like one of Weyland-Yutani's oil refineries could be that they basically just retrofitted an old-ass refinery.
CambriaRising
Member
Seegson is hilariously behind in technology, its likely that space station design is standardized.
CappyHamper
Neo Member
Yeah I can't help but feel this was overlooked during the research phase of production.
Easy mistake to make, but considering the one in the movie was a refinery there would probably be far less actual liveable space than there is on Sevestapol.
Plus there's no mention of anything like that in the transit system.
I suppose if they're in orbit of a gas giant it could still be a refinery, they haven't actually stated the stations purpose yet in my playthrough (Mission 11)
CappyHamper
Neo Member
Yes very likely that it's just a template common to large space structures.
Nice Chrome grill.
when you see that in VR it's terrifying!
JRW
Member
I just went through this same hell due to saving after triggering group, took me over an hour of repeated deaths but I finally got it by having them notice me, ran like hell and waited on the other side of door off to the side (the door im reffering to has lockers on one side and is in the area where save station is nearby, downstairs), then wrenched the first person to come through door and ran to the nearby save point, saved, repeat same pattern until they were all dead, I got shot a couple times in the process but was just happy that madness was over.
Isn't it just the first film's score but spliced for gameplay?
And man, do I get to do anything else beyond going to point A and restoring power and then point B and restoring power?
Restore this and restore that.
Just a simple yes or no will do.
Besides maybe one time in Mission 5 or 6 (android refused to move for me, used noisemaker), think it was 5, none of the items are necessary through Mission 7. Hopefully that doesn't change.
jacksepticeye
Member
This is amazing hahahaha
User 479360
Banned
So how long have your playthroughs taken?
It's been 14 hours and I'm not even halfway done.
bonesmccoy
Banned
My take is that it's a generic space station design that cheapass Seegson used rather than designing something expensive that people would want to visit/live on.
CuteSpaceGoblin
Neo Member
At the risk of creating an echo; What a f***ing game!! Washed all of the bad taste of A:CM out of my mouth; at long last, an Alien game worthy of the name. Just finished the third mission and by turns I've been creeped out (Working Joes channeling the Autons and every other seemingly benign, emotionless killing automaton) and holding my breath for fear of attracting attention from this side of the screen.
A stealth game that doesn't rely on rote scripting enemy behaviour and patrol patterns, yet manages to evoke the dread and anxiety of Silent Hill 1&2 and the better parts of Residents 1, 2 & 3 before the latter turned into a ho-hum action series.
And the design! The Alien production design applied to an environment as expansive and considered as Rapture. Has me absolutely stoked to see Alien
C and Aliens:SE on the big screen again on Halloween (local Vue cinema here in the UK in case anyone's asking).
Someone please tell me there is some unlock able art/making of extras to look forward to on this thing? Maybe the newly pleased Alien fanboy in me is talking but I find many of the mediocre reviews Isolation is getting to be astonishing.
A stealth game that doesn't rely on rote scripting enemy behaviour and patrol patterns, yet manages to evoke the dread and anxiety of Silent Hill 1&2 and the better parts of Residents 1, 2 & 3 before the latter turned into a ho-hum action series.
And the design! The Alien production design applied to an environment as expansive and considered as Rapture. Has me absolutely stoked to see Alien
C and Aliens:SE on the big screen again on Halloween (local Vue cinema here in the UK in case anyone's asking). Someone please tell me there is some unlock able art/making of extras to look forward to on this thing? Maybe the newly pleased Alien fanboy in me is talking but I find many of the mediocre reviews Isolation is getting to be astonishing.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Seriously, the stuttering the cutscenes. What is up with that?
My Kor-FX should be here within this up coming month.
It will let me feel the alien's footsteps
this will be terrifying in VR
Zomba13
Member
Just had my first "immersion-breaking" experience in regards to the AI. On my way to an elevator to progress and I come across a group of Humans. They are hotile but willing to let me leave (they point the gun at me and tell me to go). I go back but I need to go that way so I throw a noise maker to distract them. It works but also attracts the Alien. The Alien has a nice meal of two of them but one of them runs away to the cover I'm behind, crouches down with me, then stands up, turns to me and shoots me.
Like, no. No one would do that in that situation. The Alien obviously heard it, ran over and killed her giving me time to get to the elevator.
Like, no. No one would do that in that situation. The Alien obviously heard it, ran over and killed her giving me time to get to the elevator.
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
Depends where you are. In the UK the nostromo edition seems to be the standard and it included the code for the dlc.
thelurkinghorror
Member
Think it's because they're pre-recorded. The main game on Ps4 has some small stuttering too when loading up new areas.
Lord of Castamere
Member
Yeah, the human AI is pretty shitty but the Alien and androids IMO make up for it.
