Alien: Isolation

 PlayStation 3
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8.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 156 Ratings

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  1. mrnice
    Jan 21, 2015
    7
    Masterful sound design and soundtrack that carries the tension perfectly. Epic, cinematic and varied storyline lasting a dozen challenging hours (I played on 'novice' difficulty, but the alien doesn't give a damn, it insta-kills on any difficulty!). Spectacular art direction that makes you feel like a visitor at a physically tangible place. Minigames that feel just right in their contextMasterful sound design and soundtrack that carries the tension perfectly. Epic, cinematic and varied storyline lasting a dozen challenging hours (I played on 'novice' difficulty, but the alien doesn't give a damn, it insta-kills on any difficulty!). Spectacular art direction that makes you feel like a visitor at a physically tangible place. Minigames that feel just right in their context of machine interaction. Annoying alien that will randomly insta-kill you more than a few times. Conclusion: A fitting game for both Dark Souls-masochists or casual sci-fi explorers, but not really a horror game, as it's more tense than terrifying. PS3 is NOT the optimal way to play it, with glitches and long loading-times and a few severe framerate drops (the fire effects are way too pretty for PS3!). I could give 6 or 7 out of 10, but 8 is for a realistic space station, and the original, mature and uncompromisingly serious take on a first-person action game. Wait, actually I'll give it 7 because I don't want to replay it. Tension can make for a cool one-time adventure, but fun is more addictive.… Expand
  2. Funkymonk
    Mar 5, 2015
    7
    I changed my mind several times about this game. The uncompromising difficulty combined with manual saves and repetitive gameplay can make Isolation a hugely frustrating and at times boring experience. The plot also doesn't seem to go anywhere with most of the game filled with boring tasks such as pressing switches or computer terminals. The main problem lies with the Alien its self. ThereI changed my mind several times about this game. The uncompromising difficulty combined with manual saves and repetitive gameplay can make Isolation a hugely frustrating and at times boring experience. The plot also doesn't seem to go anywhere with most of the game filled with boring tasks such as pressing switches or computer terminals. The main problem lies with the Alien its self. There are looooong sections where the Alien just won't leave you alone and to be honest the "crawl, hide (for 10 minuets), die, repeat, crawl, hide, die, repeat nature of the game almost had me giving up as early as the 5th level. Apart from anything else having something invincible constantly on your ass eventually becomes tedious rather then scary. Which misses the point of the game I guess. BUT I'm glad I stuck with it because it does get better and the things it does right it does very well. The use of sound to create tension is the best I've seen since Dead Space and the ambiance generally is very creepy. The Alien AI is actually well done and feels like the unpredictable, intelligent killer from the movies. When it's not frustrating you it will certainly scare you. Everything about this game is intense - You're not even safe while saving the game.
    The last third of the game is defiantly the best but it's a shame it takes that long for the game to introduce some variety to the gameplay and interesting plot twists. Ther's a great survival horror in here somewhere but problems with pacing, repetition, plot and difficulty mean while this is good were still waiting for the ultimate Alien game.    … Expand
  3. alexnexus
    Jan 16, 2015
    7
    If you are an Alien saga fan you are going to like this game a lot -probably not love it... The surroundings where the action takes place are extracted from the original Ridley Scott Alien movie -the Nostromo basically- so you feel in the right place at the wrong time because an Alien on the lose! The synthetic humans play a nice part in the whole game making it more familiar to theIf you are an Alien saga fan you are going to like this game a lot -probably not love it... The surroundings where the action takes place are extracted from the original Ridley Scott Alien movie -the Nostromo basically- so you feel in the right place at the wrong time because an Alien on the lose! The synthetic humans play a nice part in the whole game making it more familiar to the iniciated. Now, not everything in this game reflects the quality of the original movie: the action becomes a bit frustrating at times -that could be a plus, or not-, the Alien is hard to avoid if it is near you, the game programming has glitches... Nevertheless, I am playing in the 4th difficulty level -there are 5- and I am enjoying it. I want to see how I can get rid of this biomechanoid!… Expand
  4. Meth-dude
    Jan 10, 2015
    7
    The atmosphere is there and the graphics are really good but somehow the game was not that good.The alien is barely impossible to kill and there is some weird glitches.
  5. Endlesspath
    Mar 8, 2015
    5
    PS3 version of game has very limited save points at beginning, along with exceedingly long load times, along with ridiculously long reload times throughout the course of the entire game (the ludicrously long reload time occurs even you have been "killed" within a few feet/within 1 minute from the save point). Levels that have the alien, have the alien pacing around continuously nearby,PS3 version of game has very limited save points at beginning, along with exceedingly long load times, along with ridiculously long reload times throughout the course of the entire game (the ludicrously long reload time occurs even you have been "killed" within a few feet/within 1 minute from the save point). Levels that have the alien, have the alien pacing around continuously nearby, or basically hi-speed move/warping between levels to end up nearly instantly along side you. The "scanner" is virtually near useless, with no range indicated and useless grid bars. The weapon access gui is archaic, unintuitive, and most unfortunately - only accessible in "real-time" (which means you have to preselect what you need before a specific event because the interface is so kludgy it is unusable for quick on the fly response). This game on the PS3 is not a game of intelligent survival; it is merely a game for enduring extreme levels of patience in reloads, along with learning nothing more then the movement dance to get through the levels. Human/npc confrontations are fine, the "working Joe's" confrontations are fine, but basically the alien confrontations vis a vis alien movement are unrealistic; which results in the game as a whole becoming nothing more then a test of patience.… Expand
  6. ChoosableOne
    Jul 29, 2017
    6
    Playable on ps3. Medium level graphics and long loading times aside.
    Its a very good game actually but its diffuculty level and punishing checkpoint system makes it less and less appealing as you progress. I always play games on hardest. Finished 3 souls games. But this one makes u suffer for it because loading times. Great game but i just couldnt conplete it. Maybe on another console brother...
  7. Paschke274
    Jul 5, 2020
    6
    El juego esta entretenido sin embargo esta lleno de bugs que logran arruinar la experiencia del horror y convierte el juego en una pesadilla de frustración ya que es casi imposible de progresar. En mi primera partida se tardaban de cargar las texturas y me sacaba del mapa.
    Por eso le doy un 6 de 10.
  8. Angelfuk83
    Dec 21, 2022
    5
    Bastante aburrido si lo comparamos a otros survival horror de la misma época como Dead Space, la mayor parte del juego la pasas caminando y escondiéndote de aliens a los que no puedes hacer frente. Esperaba más de este juego.

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