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Alien: Isolation |OT| 1 Alien. 1 Ripley. No Jonesy.
- Thread starter VisceralBowl
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Pretty much. It's such a slow sprint lol.
The alien spots you easier and is more aggressive I noticed quite a detection difference in the alien from normal to hard.
Revolutionary
Member
Like I said, a lot less stuff to find. In TLoU Survivor, at any given time I was down to a handful of weapons I could use because the game wouldn't give me enough materials.
In Alien on Hard, I was maxed out on every craftable item for the entire duration of the game. Seriously. Maybe it's because I didn't use them enough (I thought I did), but I thought it was way too generous.
All I'm saying is that I think the game could've done with another, harder difficulty.
Edit: oh I thought you were asking what's the difference in TLoU. The other guys have your question covered.
Chiggs
Gold Member
The Alien is a pain on Hard. On Easy, it's much more tolerable. You can get away with absolute stupidity on Easy. Tripping over boxes, breaking glasses, etc.
Fuck. Still gonna commit now that I restarted on hard.
Running causes accidents.
The motion tracker picks up things above and below you also. With no indication of which.
Price Drop
Member
Played through Crew Expendable with all three characters. It's a fun look back at a 'what if' scenario and all the original cast voice work is great. For movie buffs, the dialogue changes a bit depending on which character you use so you to get hear a bit of variation with each play through.
Need to get the Last Survivor DLC whenever it comes out.
Need to get the Last Survivor DLC whenever it comes out.
Shake Appeal
Member
Yeah, I agree. I'm constantly leaving components behind. I'm not sure I've even used smoke bombs.
Zomba13
Member
Working Joes are the true heroes of the game. Offering helpful tips to players. Now you don't even need to look up a guide online to git gud!
Pilgrimzero
Member
Doing Dr. Kuhlmans mission aka the first real alien sneaking stuff and i get almost back to the Doc and the alien just happens to look in the locker im in. And there went 1.5 hours of work.
Really wishing for a checkpoint system.
Really wishing for a checkpoint system.
If the alien can be heard in the vents, do not sprint. It'll be there in seconds. The motion scanner covers, what? 15m? It can run that in a couple of seconds. Never, ever sprint if he's around.
inpHilltr8r
Member
Crap. Totally missed the rewire station
Shake Appeal
Member
Careful with the minor spoilers in your post.
Save points are never more than ten minutes apart, even if you're going slow.
JRW
Member
Holy mother of.. my worst fear realized, I always wondered if that was possible which means I've had a few close calls at that exact same save station.
1.5 hours? Jesus. There's a save system in the two rooms. Need to abuse it man, even when it says hostiles are nearby.
bob_la_blaw
Member
anybody?
JRW
Member
Haven't played it but here's a video showing performance between 360/PS3 versions, might check the comments for more info https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ0KFvhDJWo
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Deleted member 30609
Unconfirmed Member
I fucking love this game.
Tried out Survival Mode. I did okay, beat it on my 2nd try but I didn't get the Crew ID Tags. I'll probably play it again when I'm bored.
Coolest thing happened:
Coolest thing happened:
I was right at the generator, Alien came down just outside that room and I went into the vent. Did some exploring and couldn't find much, not making any noise, when I went back to the vent leading to the generator the Alien dropped down inside the vent and almost got me. Had to empty some Flamer ammo and I took damage when he rushed me.
Mortimer Brewster
Member
I'm still fairly early in the game, but I will say that this game makes me want to go from point A->B->C as quickly as possible without exploring any side rooms or hallways (at least when the Alien is roaming). In any other game (yes, even horror games), I always get a kick out of going to areas other than my objective to explore and see what I can find. But the Alien AI is pretty aggressive, to the point where I just want to go to where I'm supposed to go.
Don't know if that's a positive or a negative.
Don't know if that's a positive or a negative.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Just finished it on hard and really enjoyed it. There's a solid game there for sure, which makes me excited for what they might have in store for the future.
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
PS4 USERS:
I BROKE THE GAME TONIGHT, LITERALLY BROKE IT.
LEVEL 16 IS NOW BUGGED BECAUSE I FAILED A PART IN LEVEL 15
THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THIS IS TO GO BACK AND DO THE WHOLE OF LEVEL 15 WITHOUT MESSING UP THE END BIT.
More info here:
game breaking bug level 16
Really pissed off, I absolutely loved this game, and sure did see a few crazy things like floating weapons but I just carried on.
Now this has happened, I sort of think how the hell do these games keep getting through QA? Oh well will carry on replay mission 15 and not mess up and carry on.
just BTW the tell tale sign in mission 16 is you land in a place and you have no checkpoint or goal location, if that happens just go back and do level 15 again.
PS4 USERS:
I BROKE THE GAME TONIGHT, LITERALLY BROKE IT.
LEVEL 16 IS NOW BUGGED BECAUSE I FAILED A PART IN LEVEL 15
THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THIS IS TO GO BACK AND DO THE WHOLE OF LEVEL 15 WITHOUT MESSING UP THE END BIT.
More info here:
game breaking bug level 16
Really pissed off, I absolutely loved this game, and sure did see a few crazy things like floating weapons but I just carried on.
Now this has happened, I sort of think how the hell do these games keep getting through QA? Oh well will carry on replay mission 15 and not mess up and carry on.
just
BTW the tell tale sign in mission 16 is you land in a place and you have no checkpoint or goal location, if that happens just go back and do level 15 again.Later Alligator
Member
there are save points all over that level, just backtrack a bit and save...
you shouldnt have to re-do more then 10 - 15 mins worth of progress after any death in the entire game, i finished it last night
knowing where your save points are and where a quick place to grab cover is in every room are very important. i also cleared out whole areas before activating power on devices, so i knew the best way out afterwards
Fuck this game....Can't believe I cant finish this because of a stupid mini game...I get the upgrade and all but all of a sudden the timer on the hacking goes way too fast or the Alien comes in and kills me while I try re entering the symbols...this is Misson 15 by the way...oh well,had fun with it but thats it...bring on Evil Within.
LowParry
Member
Really? lol
What do you mean really? the hacking device that I upgraded to level 3,when I get to the door,it goes way too fast and the signal detected is hard to hold,making me restart the sequence...it never went this fast before,I never failed one of these before...once I die and restart,randomly the Alien comes in while I am trying the code and kills me.
VaultBoy101
Member
Finished it yesterday. What a fantastic experience. Shame that those last few chapters dragging on so much and being such obvious padding keeps it from being short of a masterpiece. I love the game, but it's painful that one obvious glaring flaw brings it down a notch or two.
Zomba13
Member
If it's the one I'm thinking of then you get a mission update saying something like "find a way to lower the firewall" or something like that.
LowParry
Member
The lesson I've learned with those type of encounters is to just wait it out. Maybe wait for the moment to send out a distraction but the game's taught me to be just be super patience with goals.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
If it's the mission where
You're trying to enter Apollo
crawl into one of the vents that led you into the room and hack a monitor installed in the vent ceiling
Lord of Castamere
Member
Just got the plat. Oddly enough they have share blocked on the plat for some reason. Great game.
PuppetMaster
Member
These graphics in this game are not praised highly enough. The lighting model is so perfect for this game.
The mission in the
with all the electricity effects combined with the pitch perfect sound design for the booms... I haven't been so Impressed with a set peice in a long time.
The mission in the
reactor
I was concerned the androids were going to be annoying on that level. But I had enough bolt gun ammo to clear 3 waves of them as they showed up. Bolt gun to the face insta kill! And it was actually one of the easist lvls in the game because of how much space they give you.
DarkChronic
Member
This is the ONE thing that is holding me off from purchasing this game. I absolutely LOVE roaming all the side stuff and soaking in all the atmosphere, taking my time. This game looks like it oozes atmosphere. But the fact that you are constantly being hunted while you are doing that stuff is a major turnoff.
SupremeLoser
Member
Man I felt dumb earlier today at the end of Mission 6.
When the game tells you to Escape and the alien drops in front of you before the room blows up...I was running around the room looking for the way out and didn't pay attention to my health. Died and had to replay about 15 min or so. I don't know how I missed the freaking ladder in the middle of the room. Anyone else miss this the first time?
PuppetMaster
Member
That is not mission 15. I think that was 12 or 13.
But ya, he is probably doing something wrong.
I actually think this game is very reasonable and fair once you know the rules. People who think the game is being unfair undoubtedly misunderstnd some key concept. Which to ne fair, the game does not spell out these key concepts for you. You have to learn the hard way.
Itchy//Tasty
Member
Yeah, I totally did this.
Elitist1945
Member
Fuck this games put me on the edge of my seat. I know I'm not suppose to run when the Alien is around, but its so hard not to try and make a run for it out of fear.
jellies_two
Member
Is there a consensus that the Alien spawns and/or teleports magically?
because if it does, strangely, I don't want to buy the game
from some video clips it seems to move in magical ways and that would drive me insane no matter how good the game is, otherwise.
Yep, happened to me as well.
I died twice trying to find a way to open the door at the end of the room :/ Was getting frustrated, and finally looked up on try number 3. Can't believe I didn't notice what was right in front of me haha
TheDancingWatermelon
Member
Just finished, what a fantastic game. A few cheap deaths but overall if I died I felt like I deserved my fate and learned for the next go around. An absolute blast though as a fan of the movies, and definitely going on my top 10 for the year!
Spoilers pertaining to that part:
Spoilers pertaining to that part:
I actually had the same problem, and to top it off when I did figure it out I didnt see the prompt to hit a button so I ended up falling down to my death and replaying it again haha.