Alien Isolation literally feels like you've been thrown in the first, Ridley Scott Alien - which is why I adore it as much as I do
plus it has those beautiful dark moments; path blocked by armed survivors who will kill you on sight? Drop a noisemaker in the middle of them, hide, and watch the Alien be useful for a change. Observe and eat popcorn while it finishes it's business and leaves, then proceed. Ah, good times, will probably replay at some point
Couldn't have put it better myself. I love the Alien franchise and love Isolation. I find those moments when an enemy you literally cannot kill and have to hide from (scared) appears and dispatches EVERYTHING just for the fun of it. This illustrates how scary/hard work it is to play the game. Especially with the lights off and headphones on.
Another pant soiling Alien Isolation moment:
I enter a room, I hear the demonic armoured thing scuttling in the roof spaces above me, the lights go out, I pop a flare for light and hide under a table thinking I'll be safe.
The music changes, I hear a thud as something falls out of the roof space. I carefully look around the table leg to take a look at the thing, it's beautifully terrifying. I see metallic teeth grinning demonically as it investigates the red flare turning its black exoskeleton a sickening blood red hue.
It suddenly snaps its head in my direction and hisses, it grabs me and the last thing I see are those teeth coming towards my face.
God, I'm sweating recalling it, it's THAT frigging scary to play.
Proper scary proper good and apologies for turning this thread into an AIsolation appreciation thing but it is an uber game.
