PROS.
Great period correct atmosphere that looks like an early 80's sci-fi film.
Good well polished graphics with minimal glitches that are top of the line for last gen consoles.
The alien detail is excellent.
CONS.
Clunky and sometimes poorly thought out controls. (You have to hold down x to reload your gun instead of just pressing it for example. And instead of having aPROS.
Great period correct atmosphere that looks like an early 80's sci-fi film.
Good well polished graphics with minimal glitches that are top of the line for last gen consoles.
The alien detail is excellent.
CONS.
Clunky and sometimes poorly thought out controls. (You have to hold down x to reload your gun instead of just pressing it for example. And instead of having a menu for crafting items you have to hold down a series of buttons to bring up a half assed menu that is a little buggy.) And if you get attacked don't expect to be able to get away with any DEGREE of ease because if you try to run right after breaking a grapple hold your joystick won't work and you'll just end up running in a straight line, Often times into another F*CKING enemy.
And your character is also apparently mentally retarded as she seems to think that the perfect time to stop running is when she is being shot at. I **** you not she will just outright stop running for absolutely no reason at random when you're trying to get away from the **** that's trying to kill you.
Seemingly super human AI senses. I swear no matter what I do the freaking alien runs right up to me every time even if i'm hiding from it. And if you sneak up on a guy and club him to death his friends will all turn around and have an instant lock on you even if you didn't make a sound. This utter BULL**** got me killed SO many times.
Pretty sparse scares. For a game that is supposed to scare you as the main SELLING point this game doesn't do a very good job of it.
The game is WAAAAAY too dark in some places, It's supposed to be scary but when you're trying to find your way around it just becomes annoying.
Collision glitches can occur suddenly without warning and stop you from moving, Parts of the game world may suddenly vanish as well.
Combat is horribly one sided, Most enemies take several shots from a revolver to bring down and they can also counter your melee attacks.
Your hand held motion tracker is a worthless piece of **** that tells you that the alien is safely walking down a distant hallway when it's actually right beside you.
IN CONCLUSION.
Aliens: Isolation is a beautiful to look at game with in game mechanics so horribly implemented and poorly thought out that they will kill you ten times more than any enemy in the game. With it's buggy game play and coding errors you're sure to be red hot with anger instead of afraid. This game is NOT worth buying.
Amnesia: The dark descent is BY FAR a better game than this could ever hope to be. If you want a survival horror experience that will leave you on the edge of your seat and biting your lower lip buy that instead. And besides, You can install custom stories on amnesia so you're actually getting several survival horror games in one! It may not be as pretty but it's core mechanics are rock solid and the game is genuinely horrifying when played alone in the dark.… Expand
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