Alien: Isolation

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  1. lodzik_bambino
    Feb 22, 2015
    9
    GotY 2014! **** the morons from ign/gamespot! one of the most underrated game in history! ign/gamespot portals are destroying the market by promoting craps like CoD and **** on pearls like A:I. BUY!
  2. logan_c
    Feb 25, 2015
    10
    Wow! What a great game. Beautiful to the core, great stealth gameplay, seeing the alien give you the shivers. deserted on a ship where the people have turn against eachother, androids are going mad, and alien is on the loose. Feels like bioshock but with less wepons and more stealth. none the less. great game.
  3. yestoinfinity
    Mar 5, 2015
    8
    voice acting is good and story is engrossing. Alien: Isolation does a really good job of creating a good atmosphere with fantastic visuals and sound design. It's one of the scariest and most stressful games I've ever played. Mostly, this difficulty is well chose but there are quiet a few parts to the game (particularly towards the end) where some of the level design or difficulty feelsvoice acting is good and story is engrossing. Alien: Isolation does a really good job of creating a good atmosphere with fantastic visuals and sound design. It's one of the scariest and most stressful games I've ever played. Mostly, this difficulty is well chose but there are quiet a few parts to the game (particularly towards the end) where some of the level design or difficulty feels really poorly designed. It ruins the immersion and really frustrates. It is obviously much less stressful when played on lesser difficulties however, so that could potentially solve that problem.

    It's easily a game that I will play again even thought it has a very large campaign. The larger the campaign the better in my opinion. Some it's too long but how is that a drawback?

    If there is a sequel (and I hope there is), I'd like to see weapons and tools be more accessible. The tools and weapons mechanics were good, but there were too many cases where the game prevented you from using the weapons which for me was a waste of potential.

    Overall though, the aesthetics, level/sound design and long campaign warrant an 8. If the game allowed for more combat or tool utilization, then I would think this game a solid 9. I'd also love a feature where you can explore the colony without the alien being there at all. (at some areas the alien is there at other it's not there) but the option to face off against humans and mechs only would have been really good.    … Expand
  4. WilmarMarquetti
    Mar 19, 2015
    10
    As a middle-aged player i'm i little bit overwhelmed of brainless action games. There are zillions of FPS games available so why i really enjoyed that this game works different. As an Alien franchise fan i couldn't be more pleased about this game. It is way way higher them others attempts to bring the alien franchise to life. Everything that you want is there, the gore, the psychologicalAs a middle-aged player i'm i little bit overwhelmed of brainless action games. There are zillions of FPS games available so why i really enjoyed that this game works different. As an Alien franchise fan i couldn't be more pleased about this game. It is way way higher them others attempts to bring the alien franchise to life. Everything that you want is there, the gore, the psychological terror, the mood of the first film, the tension e man, the thing, the Alien, it really is the "perfect organism", i mean, it really is a killing machine and it makes you scared, like i was in the first movie.

    I love the way the game goes slow paced, its like a movie actually and you get so immersed that sometimes you forget you are playing a game.

    This is a different game for sure and i don't, honestly, recommend it for everyone. It's like a old book, a classic so you should approach it with respect e enter the world instead of being criticising.

    For me, it achives what most of games of this genre aren't nowadays. It captures the truly meaning of FEAR in all of it's forms. And to menage that with this franchise alone is a respectful achievement.

    I could be here all day talking about every single aspect of the game, but to be short i'd say there is no other title that captures the feel and mood of the first film as this. it's a must play for fans and a great addition to a nearly extinct genre: Survival Horror.    … Expand
  5. TEDD95
    Dec 13, 2015
    9
    Let's start off by saying that this alien is a real bad ass stalker, I was so intimidated at one stage I spent about a half-an-hour hiding from it in locker and eventually when I summoned enough courage to go out in the open it dragged me out of a vent.

    Besides the Alien, I love the level design, sound effects and even the lifeless androids. This is a really good game with some    Let's start off by saying that this alien is a real bad ass stalker, I was so intimidated at one stage I spent about a half-an-hour hiding from it in locker and eventually when I summoned enough courage to go out in the open it dragged me out of a vent.

    Besides the Alien, I love the level design, sound effects and even the lifeless androids. This is a really good game with some interesting gadgets and a really good take on exploration. As a person who is not keen on alien scifi stuff, this game really probed me in a special way... So my advice is if you never played or checked out this game make it a must play, it really deviates from the repetitive titles we finding today.    … Expand
  6. Heisenberg93
    Apr 22, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Alien: Isolation is a great experience every gamer should play, especially genre's fans.

    Plot is consistent with Alien's universe, and add new things to the universe itself, expanding it. Sevastopol is a space station created in a credible way: it appears to be "alive" and "lived". The game's writing is good, although not exceptional. There are some fallacious points like android Samuels' sacrifice: it should hit the player emotionally, but since you only see him at the beginning of the game and a few other times during the adventure, I was not able "to feel genuinely sad for him". But overall, the plot is interesting and able to keep the player nailed to the screen til the end.

    Gameplay things done right: creating an effective survival horror experience. Alien: Isolation is a game that genuinely frighten and create constant tension, without using cheap jump scares and without having a character running around, unarmed, with a camcorder glued to the eye. "Isolation" then rejects recent sterile "no weapons survival horror" concepts and instead push the player "to face and overcome fear". Flamethrower, noisemakers and medikits are the best friends in this adventure. Flamethrower can even light small dark environments, such as air vents conduits, without having to consume flashlight's batteries. Shooting mechanics are basic but work, weapons variety is good. Crafting objects through resources is well done too, not trivial but is an important aspect of the experience. The map is effective but I would have preferred a 3D rendered map like in Dead Space. "Security Access Tuner" device minigame is fun and well integrated in Alien's universe. Gameplay elements related to things seen in the movies are also good. Great air vents conduits' design and nice using cutting torch to open sealed conduits or doors. Motion tracker's realization and use is also very well done and, indeed, essential in the game. What I appreciated the most it's the Alien's high, relentless mobility, its intelligent careful search and the sense of a predator hunting down the player: the adrenaline and the tension that the Alien is able to give is simply unique.

    What did not work? Well, some important things. I'm not satisfied with the use of rewire access points: only some functions are really useful, such as turning off lights. Since first hours of gameplay I asked myself why Amanda can't climb over objects such as boxes or railings. I understand that it's a game where you need to move slowly out of necessity, but having your feet nailed to the ground like that is just not credible and annoying. The Alien's basic functioning is simple: make noise and you will attract its attention, then you have to move slowly and carefully, trying to optimize your performance in how fast you procede in the game moving silently. That's cool. Yeah, too bad it's not always like that. In many parts of the game the Alien is a threat that does not require to be attracted at all: it doesn't matter if you played according to rules, moving slowly and silently, at some point he will appear. And it won't be a simple come and go check for the player every 5 minutes–which would be more fair–but more like a constant back and forth through the scenario, making difficult to continue the adventure. Developers said the Alien's interventions are "not scripted": well, no, that's simply not true. I understand they wanted to increase challenge in some points, but I didn't like it this way. Thus, the Alien is supposed to pose the biggest threat in the game, and it generally does, but in some cases humans and androids are even more annoying. Androids, in particular, are really too much strong and so tough to require multiple revolver headshots before they stop moving. They are immune to melee attacks, unless they are EMP stunned, and still require about a ten of hits before being disabled. And they see good enough to detect the player in a short time. There is no doubt: in some cases they are a bigger threat than the Alien.

    Graphically speaking, the game is good but nothing more. Granted, with an engine built from scratch they managed to faithfully recreate Alien's iconic atmosphere and world, with typical 1970s sci–fi artistic direction. The Alien's animations and movements are exceptional: natural, wild and spontaneous. However limits of this engine are seen in the cutscenes that show barely discreet animations and general quality. Then some graphic glitches really ruin game immersion. Sound component is great and it recreates sounds and audio atmospheres from Alien's world; some pieces are notable, like track 17, 48 and 50.

    In the end what we got with Alien: Isolation is a true survival horror game, with some unique features. Sure, it's not a perfect game, but it's still one of the best exponents of its genre and among best Alien video games. I would like another similar, and yet even better, Alien video game. But it doesn't seem to happen anytime soon.    … Expand
  7. EliteGames
    May 13, 2016
    8
    AI is an underground hit honestly. This game should have done better then it did, but unfortunately didn't get enough publicity and the run and hide gameplay honestly wasn't for everybody. Seriously though this game really nails the Alien world atmosphere and what it would be like to deal with one of these beasts. If you haven't picked this game up yet, I would recommend doing do asAI is an underground hit honestly. This game should have done better then it did, but unfortunately didn't get enough publicity and the run and hide gameplay honestly wasn't for everybody. Seriously though this game really nails the Alien world atmosphere and what it would be like to deal with one of these beasts. If you haven't picked this game up yet, I would recommend doing do as quickly as possible and at a great deal now to boot. You will be playing the best game of hide and seek you've ever played.… Expand
  8. Morshlac
    Oct 28, 2016
    7
    this game does a lot brilliantly but some things badly also, and in the end could only really recommend to lovers of the franchise.
    And on the plus side no game has ever come as close to the tension of the movies. Long terrifying moments exploring and hiding from the alien are when this game are at its best, the whole setting and music is very close to the movies and really well done.    this game does a lot brilliantly but some things badly also, and in the end could only really recommend to lovers of the franchise.
    And on the plus side no game has ever come as close to the tension of the movies. Long terrifying moments exploring and hiding from the alien are when this game are at its best, the whole setting and music is very close to the movies and really well done.
    unfortunately though as the game drags on and on the "unlock, retrace large map area with alien to find key/generator etc"...dynamic gets staler and frustrating. gameplay becomes a chore long before you finally get to the end.
    Some brilliant moments and genuinely terrifying at times...but there is a lot of room for improvement overall I think there's a lot of games I enjoyed more..    … Expand
  9. sefrabu
    Dec 18, 2015
    7
    This game will make you throw your controller across the room as you used to back in the days when games were actually challenging. It will beat you black and blue, rip your intestines apart and spit in your face. And you will be still coming back for more.
  10. PhilosophyRex
    Jun 17, 2015
    9
    Un videojuego que provoca tensión como pocos, gracias a su tremenda ambientación, gráficos, doblaje, jugabilidad y efectos de sonidos, bestial, extremadamente recomendado.
  11. badgerryan19
    Jun 19, 2017
    8
    We FINALLY get a good alien game. The Alien's AI is so freaking awesome in this one. The game is also so terrifying at least for the first 6 hours or so and it starts to kinda loose steam, and I did feel it did drag on too long at around 14 HRS. That could of been trimmed by 2 hours or so. Still a good time though.
  12. Milkan
    Jun 21, 2022
    10
    La joya de la corona de los juegos de Alien. Bien podría pasar como una Alien 1.5. Un juego que lleva la tensión a un nuevo nivel y el sentirse bajo una permanente amenaza del Xenomorfo es impagable. El mimo y el detalle es enfermizo, uno de los mejores juegos de la generación de PS4-XBOX ONE.
  13. MattchewHawk
    Feb 9, 2020
    10
    A genuine 10 out of 10 game
    It's not often that I finish a game, and instantly want to replay it again, but this was definitely one of them, in fact so far, I've completed this games 4 times and got the platinum trophy for it.
    I'm usually not a fan of survival horror games, but my love of the Alien movies tempted me in, and I was treated to a truly scary, visceral and atmospheric    A genuine 10 out of 10 game
    It's not often that I finish a game, and instantly want to replay it again, but this was definitely one of them, in fact so far, I've completed this games 4 times and got the platinum trophy for it.
    I'm usually not a fan of survival horror games, but my love of the Alien movies tempted me in, and I was treated to a truly scary, visceral and atmospheric experience. Visually the game is perfection, the light and shadows consistently keep you on your toes as you're always looking for a spot where the alien might pop out and finish you off, the look and feel of the world is completely authentic to the world of the original Alien movie too, down to the tiniest details.
    and then there's the sound, this is the real star for me. you are constantly hearing subtle noises that may or may not be the alien as it hunts you through the map, you're never sure if what you're hearing was just a steam pipe hissing or the alien, you hear scurrying noises from above that make you freeze on the spot. You are engulfed in perfectly placed sound, headphones or a good home cinema is the way to go with this game for sure.
    And then, there's the big chap, the alien itself. A huge slender, terrifying nightmare of a beast, it blends in to the pipes and shadows with ease and then in a split second its chasing you down, staying hidden is key, the visuals and sounds of the alien are as terrifying as the thought it could be around any corner.
    With all that said, you cant put the game down, it has a real "just one more checkpoint" feel to it. You feel genuinely immersed in the game to the point that you'll think about the game when you're not playing it. And although you'll definitely die, a lot, it won't discourage you from trying again.
    There are very few games i would give a 10/10 rating to. but this is well deserved. I'm hoping beyond hope, that this game eventually gets a well deserved sequel.    … Expand
  14. Lazlo21
    Aug 5, 2015
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Alien Isolation is one of the best horror game experiences i have lived in the past decade. I bought the game during the yearly summer game drought, and i can say i definitely had my expectations far exceeded.

    Alien Isolation takes place after the first film, and you play as Ellen Ripley's daughter, Amanda, as she is brought to Sevastopol space station to learn the fate of her mother's ship. Here we encounter a very bioshock type setting, as the station is abandoned, and other survivors have gone mad and are fighting for survival. It adds to the overall feeling of hopelessness and abandonment. For a majority of the game, you fight a combination of androids and humans, both i never bothered to sneak by, i just shot them. These sections are neither scary nor entertaining. Well, yes they are entertaining. It's so much fun to smack the living daylights out of an android.

    And of course, there's the alien. The highlight of the game, the whole reason everyone bought it. First off, i must say that the alien does enter the game a little late for my tastes, the first ACTUAL encounter being at least a quarter in. But let me tell you, when he first uncoils from the ceiling in front of you, that's one of the best moments of the game. They designed this thing really well too. The overall look, movement, and sound is amazing. The AI is also some of the best I've seen, ever. The alien goes up in vents, crawls in the floor below you, it's extremely unpredictable to predict what he is going to do.

    The gameplay just adds to the overall experience. You have a vast array of gadgets and weapons, all used in different situations. You have you ever important motion tracker that lets you see where a living thing is (makes noise though, don't have it out for too long!), you have noisemakers, which distracts people/androids/alien, a flamethrower which you get halfway through the game which can send the alien running for a while, on top of many, many other things. You can hide under desks, hide in lockers, hide in vents, although none of them truly save you from the alien. A crafting system is also added to the mix, which allows you to crafts stuff like noisemakers, medkits, smoke bombs, and much more. Although i never found use for some of these objects, i still appreciated the inclusion. A minus for me on this game is the saving feature. There is no save feature from the menus, no. You have to find a phone booth and jam your keycard in there for a few seconds, while enemies plod around near you.

    Is the game scary? yes, definitely. While some jumpscares are easy to predict, as in when you're holding out the motion tracker and see something approaching. Is the game hard? Yes, very. You are going to die, a lot. If anyone earns the trophy for completing the game without failing, you deserve a million dollars. A thing a lot of people are complaining about is the padding that the story has, but that didn't bother me. Since the game has no other modes (except for the survival mode, which is a fun little inclusion) i got my money's worth out of the main story, taking me about a week (15-20 hours.)

    Alien isolation is an example of everything right in the current video game industry. 9/10    … Expand
  15. shahdan
    Jan 21, 2016
    10
    If there would be two words for this game then it would be “Near Perfection!” Yes, it is all what a game can achieve as nothing quite grazes the ‘flawless’ mark. And for that I am unabashed to offer a full score as the game delivers what it set out to achieve. What more is desired? Nothing at all.

    Alien Isolation is a game of cat and mouse, and for all the hoopla and petty click-baiting    If there would be two words for this game then it would be “Near Perfection!” Yes, it is all what a game can achieve as nothing quite grazes the ‘flawless’ mark. And for that I am unabashed to offer a full score as the game delivers what it set out to achieve. What more is desired? Nothing at all.

    Alien Isolation is a game of cat and mouse, and for all the hoopla and petty click-baiting (and the subsequent long whining sessions stretched across a couple of Ryan’s embarrassing circle-jerking videos) generated by the incredibly mentally channeled reviewers of IGN and Gamespot (and even Polygon) or that god awfully imbecilic Quarter to Three reviewer, it is a game that plays completely fair; it just punishes you for all the right reasons.

    Shocking isn’t it? But had dear ol’ Ryan and Co McGees decided to actually read the instructions the game hands out like candy all the time, and maybe (just maybe) light the dimply lit corners of their heads to actually see the clear cut instructions at the bottom of your constructed gadgets, we wouldn’t be in this mess. Or perhaps, look a little carefully around as the items are plentiful, even in Nightmare mode.

    Yes, AI plays completely fair and without giving much (as I want the review to be as spoiler free as possible), I would offer a few lines on this. The game is incredibly tense and at times very unnerving. You are literally the mouse in this game who is up against a cat armed down to its last … err … spiked tail?

    Well, the analogy is as fitting as it can be as the Alien is a deadly killing machine with incredibly honed senses. You would come to know a deadly adversary in the Medical Bay, as when the leash is off the Alien, it’s just you and it one on one. And all you can do is survive. Yes, people, THIS is the point of the entire game; Survival.

    You are literally stripped down to human level and I love the tiny details, as for example when you are putting bullets into the empty barrels of the revolver, Amanda’s hand would shake sometimes and she would do it slowly. Why? It makes sense. She is an engineer not a preposterous Space Marine but an ordinary young woman thrown into an impossible situation for which strategy and quick-wits are your sole modes of survival.

    True to its word, the game tosses confrontations (for the most part) out of the window as it’s a hardcore Stealth game dealing with nothing but survival first and everything else later. You are facing a gargantuan threat, an unstoppable force and an apex predator. How do you think it should behave? It should behave unpredictably.

    Yes, the Alien is a tough, unpredictable foe. It doesn’t care about your frustrations (I never had them), but only how it shouldn’t see and outwit you. I cannot imagine the infamous Medical Bay sequence going any other way imaginable as its second (or 3rd entry if you count the Axel cutscene) entry here is nothing short of spectacular.

    Provided that the player takes notes of the impossible number of easy hints the game keeps throwing at you, I cannot imagine anyone dying in that heart-pumping adrenaline inducing sequence more than 2 or 3 times and that too on Hard Mode.

    Your quick wits is all that is needed. And isn’t this the entire point of the game; outsmarting a deadly threat? It just is and its simplicity is even further reinforced by the persistence of the threat.

    To be honest, if you love games that demand the attention span of a guppy and draw despicably unintelligent (shoot stuff, save every nanosecond, tell you where to go because, apparently, you cannot read a map a child can) crowd, then AI would prove to be something out of Milton’s parables for you as the manual Save Points and lack of pointless arrows pointing at directions (bar the obvious Motion Sensor aid) would frustrate anyone with a subpar attention span.

    This game is a challenge and it proves so by putting you in very different situations to judge your capabilities as a player. You think the Alien is in vents? Try to sneak past humans or Synthetics. How fast are you in these situations to come up with an exit plan? Should I make a noise with firearms or a noise maker and risk drawing its attention or is stealth my option … or is drawing the Alien to hit it with a Molotov more up my alley?

    It’s this mixing up of situations and multiple climaxes that hit the nail on Survival and the never-ending tension. You are made to feel vulnerable … and boy is the game apt at this play at mortal fear.

    The pacing is incredible, and yes, people a story can have multiple climaxes. Ryan and Co never read anything beyond menu screens for good literature to fall back on as that criticism was probably one of the most idiotic things on the internet; nothing but incredibly ignorant individuals trying their hand at literary devices. I felt nothing but second-hand embarrassment.

    A tense Survival game; it would be a crime as a gamer to pass it up as it's a surreal experience par excellence of a lifetime!    … Expand
  16. WWEJoker2013
    Sep 21, 2018
    9
    One of the most underrated games in history. You can pick this game up for about 10 dollars so go for it.
  17. gorilla1310
    Aug 11, 2015
    5
    This game it's a strange and a boring game for me.For the pubisher it's a survival horror and when you read it you think that it's a game like Resident Evil 4 or Death Space, but it' s a big delusion.In this game you have weapons but you can't shoot ;in fact the enemies (also the droids) are too strong and is very very difficult to kill an enemy.The Alien can't be killed ,so you can onlyThis game it's a strange and a boring game for me.For the pubisher it's a survival horror and when you read it you think that it's a game like Resident Evil 4 or Death Space, but it' s a big delusion.In this game you have weapons but you can't shoot ;in fact the enemies (also the droids) are too strong and is very very difficult to kill an enemy.The Alien can't be killed ,so you can only run run and run.This game isn't also a graphical adventure infact you don't collect evidences or solve a mistery no,you can only push buttons,open doors and run run run.The graphic is very beautiful and the textures are very very good but the game is very boring.… Expand
  18. DrakeGarrison
    Aug 26, 2015
    8
    Alien: Isolation is a first-person survival horror game which captures the fear and tension evoked by Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic film. Players find themselves in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger as an unpredictable, ruthless Xenomorph is stalking and killing deep in the shadows. Underpowered and underprepared, you must scavenge resources, improvise solutions and use yourAlien: Isolation is a first-person survival horror game which captures the fear and tension evoked by Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic film. Players find themselves in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger as an unpredictable, ruthless Xenomorph is stalking and killing deep in the shadows. Underpowered and underprepared, you must scavenge resources, improvise solutions and use your wits, not just to succeed in your mission, but to simply stay alive.… Expand
  19. njja02
    May 15, 2018
    7
    One of the most intense experiences I've ever had. Even though there is a decent amount wrong with it, such as a weak story and pacing, it's still a fun game overall.
  20. GuyFromFinland
    Nov 24, 2015
    9
    First, this is the scariest horror game what I have played. The game isn't gore and the jump scares will not cause a heart attack. Nope. The game atmosphere is very intense. You can't run away, which creates more excitement and fear feeling. You're in space, without knowledge of the can you survive until tomorrow.
  21. lizardking420
    Dec 19, 2015
    7
    Amazing game with some huge flaws. You'll never find the cart to move in rhe first 1 hour. You have to approach it from a wierd angle. Too much back backtracking. The autosave, it's suppose to be hard, but its way too long. Its like playing super mario again i have to play the entite game over. I dont like repeativeness ita no longer that immersive. Memorzing a Safe path is pathetic. YouAmazing game with some huge flaws. You'll never find the cart to move in rhe first 1 hour. You have to approach it from a wierd angle. Too much back backtracking. The autosave, it's suppose to be hard, but its way too long. Its like playing super mario again i have to play the entite game over. I dont like repeativeness ita no longer that immersive. Memorzing a Safe path is pathetic. You will stop being steathy and follow the path of least resistance. The ai repeats so thats going to happen. Again stoo making me do thinfs over and over, if there was more ai depth. But elevators and cutscenes should be autosaves i dont want to see them again. Selectable if you choose so. Other then that its a great game. Beat stealth action game. Probably since the first metal gear solid, but seriously flawed. It does alot right but fails in so many ways. Would give its much better review but im only 7 hours in. It also has some replayability but its ai is not very dynamic.… Expand
  22. filip92
    Nov 8, 2019
    10
    I enjoyed this very long and intense campaign.The impression is even better with Sony gold headphones.The game constalntly throws different thing at you to keep you hooked all the time.Great journey,with interesting characters and great AI.One of the best horror games out there,and i am not even a movie fan.For me,this game is perfect example how you do a horror game.This is a mustI enjoyed this very long and intense campaign.The impression is even better with Sony gold headphones.The game constalntly throws different thing at you to keep you hooked all the time.Great journey,with interesting characters and great AI.One of the best horror games out there,and i am not even a movie fan.For me,this game is perfect example how you do a horror game.This is a must have,even five years later,it still shines!… Expand
  23. Hectik
    Nov 21, 2017
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bought the game for heaps cheap on the PSN store along with all DLC.

    One of the best survival horror games I've played since the 90s Resident Evil series. Wasn't very scared of the Alien movies but after playing and finishing this game made me rethink the horrors of when the Alien find its prey.

    Visuals and sound are fantastic giving you the 80s nostalgia with the old school computer GUI and grainy effects (can be removed in the options).

    Level design is good with tactical areas to hide like lockers, under desks and if you're brave enough air ducts.

    Another bit of nostalgia and to annoyance of some are save game checkpoints. There is no autosave so you need to find save points to save progress even when you change levels (found out the hard way).

    The alien AI is where it gets really frightening. It is really unpredictable, it can easily double check rooms you are in. The number of times I get caught coming out of the locker after it left the room I was hiding!

    You need to use your eyes and also your ears as their is a distinct sound when it moves, footsteps on the ground and when it is in the vents.

    Recommend to anyone who wants a scare. Bit of a change to the usual walking dead genre.    … Expand
  24. wing1
    Nov 27, 2015
    10
    When I would go into my local Gamestop to purchase a game, I would see this on the shelf and be scared away by IGN's review. I would always pick it up and think that when the price would go down, I would buy it and wouldn't care as much. One day I went in and it was on sale used. I purchased it and went home where it sat on the shelf for a while.
    One day when exhausted from work and    When I would go into my local Gamestop to purchase a game, I would see this on the shelf and be scared away by IGN's review. I would always pick it up and think that when the price would go down, I would buy it and wouldn't care as much. One day I went in and it was on sale used. I purchased it and went home where it sat on the shelf for a while.
    One day when exhausted from work and chores, I popped it in and WOW!!! I was completely surprised. This is the most impressively scary and one of the best playing games I have ever played! I rank it right up there with the very best. It mimics the Alien movie theme perfectly. Everything from computers to the mechanics of the alien are very realistic to the movie. The alien is scary. I have played through this game 3 times and the alien still makes me jumps and has me scared out of my wits as I crawl through as quietly as I can trying very hard not to attract it to me. There is never enough fuel to make me not fear this beast!
    IGN dropped the ball on this one!!!!! Buy this game!!!!!    … Expand
  25. BetterThanSonic
    Nov 30, 2015
    8
    This game is scary! Yet, it isn't as scary as how terrible games like Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Heroes, Shadow the Hedgehog, and Sonic Unleashed are.
  26. iCSiMarcelinmBR
    Dec 26, 2015
    10
    Alien Isolation delivers one of the most harrowing and unnerving survival horror experiences in years. Capturing the vibe of the first film with absolute precision.

    the sound design and presentation is impeccable, the alien an unstoppable force whose unpredictable nature makes every second of the game feel nauseating. The voice acting is sublime and it is a universe to get lost in (no    Alien Isolation delivers one of the most harrowing and unnerving survival horror experiences in years. Capturing the vibe of the first film with absolute precision.

    the sound design and presentation is impeccable, the alien an unstoppable force whose unpredictable nature makes every second of the game feel nauseating. The voice acting is sublime and it is a universe to get lost in (no pun intended)

    Creative Assembly have not only created one of the best survival games in years, but one of the best alien franchise experiences since James Cameron's sequel in the 80's.

    it is claustrophobic, violent, heart stopping and you will die over and over again.

    the ride will be worth it.    … Expand
  27. Dead_Head
    Apr 4, 2016
    9
    Amazing game. Great story, graphics, gameplay and pacing. Don't understand the bad/mixed reviews...This game is definitely worth picking up, especially if you're a fan of the Alien franchise. Stay's true to the franchise and is a fantastic new entry into the story arch. The only complaint I have is how poorly the character animations were handled. The voice acting is top notch, but theAmazing game. Great story, graphics, gameplay and pacing. Don't understand the bad/mixed reviews...This game is definitely worth picking up, especially if you're a fan of the Alien franchise. Stay's true to the franchise and is a fantastic new entry into the story arch. The only complaint I have is how poorly the character animations were handled. The voice acting is top notch, but the character mouth and face animations are awful. At times during conversations characters mouth's won't move at all, making it difficult to tell who is talking to you. Certainly not a perfect game, but the hands down the best Alien game I have ever played. Giving it a 10 to boost it's overall score since it is most deserving of a better score than it has received from critics.… Expand
  28. noahbruhh
    Feb 19, 2016
    8
    Scary as hell, especially hen you see the alien in all its glory, prowling around sniffing the air for your scent. This game pays great homage to the original movies with very detailed environments. this game is also pretty lon. the only bad thing about this game is the story can get a bit boring at times, the graphics are treat as well.
  29. illphil
    Mar 19, 2016
    8
    no more 1's or 10's. this a solid 8. great fun if loved the alien movies and want to experience it firsthand. its basically just sneaking around doing fetch quests and fighting occasionally but its dripping in atmosphere and looks and sounds good to boot. its hard but thats part of the fun. for a low price u cannot go wrong!
  30. SlightlyAbovAvg
    Mar 24, 2016
    10
    This game is simply incredible.
    The fact that this game was made by Creative Assembly, who has only done strategy games before, this game is an impressive feat. The game's main focus the alien is extremely well designed, with both its look and its A.I. The Alien learns your behavior every time it sees you and adapts to any situation you through at it. Throwing a flare to distract the    This game is simply incredible.
    The fact that this game was made by Creative Assembly, who has only done strategy games before, this game is an impressive feat. The game's main focus the alien is extremely well designed, with both its look and its A.I. The Alien learns your behavior every time it sees you and adapts to any situation you through at it. Throwing a flare to distract the Alien worked at the beginning of the game, but by the end whenever I through a flare the Alien would look at it for a split second and then search for who had thrown it. The Alien once was easily swayed by fire, but as time went on whenever I raised my flamethrower the Alien would back off on its own and instead search for a way to get behind me. I don't understand how its done exactly, but the AI is the best I've ever seen in a video game.
    The humans and androids are less so however. The humans will still react to every movement, but for some reason even knowing that an Alien is around would fire as many shots at me as they could. The Androids were just annoying. Always spotting you at the most inopportune times and alerting the Alien by making noise as it walked slowly toward me. I loved it.
    The other NPC's seem to just be noisy devices that hinder your movement and attracts the Alien and in some ways the human response is understandable. Not really knowing what they are up against and scared out of their mind and all. The overall game is incredible believable. I haven't played a AAA horror game like this in a long time and I wish that a sequel or something similar to this comes out in the near future.
    Alien: Isolation is Spectacular.    … Expand
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#44 Best PS4 Game of 2014
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#14 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2014
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#12 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2014

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 50 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 39 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 50
  3. Negative: 1 out of 50
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Nov 16, 2014
    80
    A beautiful game that captures the essence of Alien and even expands its fiction. There are some cracks under the polish, but it gets more right than it gets wrong. [Dec 2014, p.91]
  2. DarkStation
    Nov 8, 2014
    90
    Alien: Isolation represents a strong return to form for an ailing franchise.
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  3. Edge Magazine
    Nov 5, 2014
    80
    Unlike the creature at its centre, Isolation isn't structurally perfect, but it is brilliantly hostile in a way that's likely to shock many players. [Dec 2014, p.102]
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