History YMMV / AlienIsolation

* EndingFatigue: There are several points where the game could have naturally ended ([[spoiler:the destruction of the hive underneath the reactor core]] or [[spoiler:Amanda confronting Marlow on the Anesidora and finding her mother's last transmission]]), but it continues past this, to the point of filler. Many critic reviews pointed out that the game could have easily been cut down to a more manageable length.

* HSQ: [[spoiler:Once you discover the hive full of xenomorphs in the reactor, [[BringMyBrownPants the shit-spewing, nerve wrecking factor]] will more than likely straight through the roof.]]

* DemonicSpiders: The Working Joes. They can take almost a full revolver to the [[CranialProcessingUnit head]] (their only vulnerable spot) which early in the game is likely to be the majority of your ammo. You also cannot conserve ammo by meleeing them, as they can actually ''block and counter your strikes.'' They're also annoyingly quiet so if you don't keep an eye on your motion tracker you can run right over one before you realize it.

* BrokenBase: The inclusion of weapons (such as guns, molotovs, and flamethrowers) as well as humanoid enemies fractured viewers scant moments after it's announcement. A good number of people were expecting a complete "hide from the Alien" experience like ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}'' or ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent''. In some extreme cases, the news has caused a few players to ''cancel their pre-orders''. Another complaint is that the missions "Crew Expendable" and "Lone Survivor" (which happen ''during'' [[Film/{{Alien}} the original film]], and [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether have the original actors providing voices]] ) are pre-order (and store-) exclusive content.

* TooCoolToLive: [[spoiler:Samuels]] semes to be the exception to the CorruptCorporateExecutive trope - [[spoiler:he's a helpful android that can deliver a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to a Working Joe, can interface directly with the ship's systems]] and is the only outright good [[spoiler:synthetic]] character in the game. Yet, [[spoiler:he dies midway through the story (in a HeroicSacrifice) while giving Amanda access to APOLLO]].

* DemonicSpiders: The Working Joes, MadeOfIron androids. They can take almost a full revolver to the [[CranialProcessingUnit head]] (their only vulnerable spot) which at the point in the game you first see them is likely to be the majority of your ammo. You also cannot conserve ammo by meleeing them, as they can actually ''block and counter your strikes.'' They're also annoyingly quiet so if you don't keep an eye on your motion tracker you can run right over one before you realize it.

* WinBackTheCrowd: After the backlash against the previous game, ''VideoGame/AliensColonialMarines'', Creative Assembly has said that they hope this game will restore the prestige to the game franchise. They even made it a point to wait until they had a near-complete build of the game before announcing it, as well as showed off a significant portion of the game to industry journalists well in advance of the release date.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: {{SEGA}} having this game developed by an in-house studio as opposed to a third party one is most likely an attempt to avoid the fiasco that happened with GearboxSoftware and Videogame/AliensColonialMarines.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: {{SEGA}} having this game developed by an in-house studio as opposed to a third party one is most likely an attempt to avoid what happened with the previous game with GearboxSoftware using all the money that SEGA gave them to fund ''{{Borderlands 2}}'' as opposed to the game they were supposed to be working on.
** Gearbox maintains this isn't what happened but it's a persistent rumor.

* ParanoidFuel: Deliberately invoked. Once the xenomorph gets into the picture, no where is safe and it could be ''anywhere''.

* BrokenBase: The inclusion of weapons (such as guns, molotovs, and flamethrowers) as well as humanoid enemies fractured viewers scant moments after it's announcement. A good number of people were expecting a complete "hide from the Alien" experience not unlike ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}'' or ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent''. In some extreme cases, the news has caused a few players to ''cancel their pre-orders''. Another complaint is that the missions "Crew Expendable" and "Lone Survivor" (which happen ''during'' [[Film/{{Alien}} the original film]], and [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether have the original actors providing voices]] ) are pre-order (and store-) exclusive content.

* BrokenBase: The inclusion of weapons (such as guns, molotovs, and flamethrowers) as well as humanoid enemies fractured viewers scant moments after it's announcement. A good number of people were expecting a complete "hide from the Alien" experience not unlike ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}'' or ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent''. In some extreme cases, the news has caused a few players to ''[[FanDumb cancel their pre-orders]]''. Another complaint is that the missions "Crew Expendable" and "Lone Survivor" (which happen ''during'' [[Film/{{Alien}} the original film]], and [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether have the original actors providing voices]] ) are pre-order (and store-) exclusive content.

* BrokenBase: The inclusion of weapons (such as guns, molotovs, and flamethrowers) as well as humanoid enemies fractured viewers scant moments after it's announcement. A good number of people were expecting a complete "hide from the Alien" experience not unlike ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}'' or ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent''. In some extreme cases, the news has caused a few players to ''[[FanDumb cancel their pre-orders]]''. Another complaint is that the missions "Crew Expendable" and "Lone Survivor" (which happen ''during'' [[Film/{{Alien}} the original film, and [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether have the original actors providing voices]] ) are pre-order (and store-) exclusive content.

* BrokenBase: The inclusion of weapons (such as guns, molotovs, and flamethrowers) as well as humanoid enemies fractured viewers scant moments after it's announcement. A good number of people were expecting a complete "hide from the Alien" experience not unlike ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}'' or ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent''. In some extreme cases, the news has caused a few players to ''[[FanDumb cancel their pre-orders]]''. Another complaint is that the missions "Crew Expendable" and "Lone Survivor" (which happen ''during'' [[Film/{{Alien}} the original film, and [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether have the original actors providing voices]]) are pre-order (and store-) exclusive content.

* BrokenBase: The inclusion of weapons (such as guns, molotovs, and flamethrowers) as well as humanoid enemies fractured viewers scant moments after it's announcement. A good number of people were expecting a complete "hide from the Alien" experience not unlike ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}'' or ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent''. In some extreme cases, the news has caused a few players to ''[[FanDumb cancel their pre-orders]]''.

* BrokenBase: The inclusion of weapons (such as guns, molotovs, and flamethrowers) as well as humanoid enemies fractured viewers scant moments after it's announcement. A good number of people were expected a complete "hide from the Alien" experience not unlike ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}'' or ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent''. In some extreme cases, the news has caused a few players to ''[[FanDumb cancel their pre-orders]]''.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: {{SEGA}} having this game developed by an in-house studio as opposed to a third party one is most likely an attempt to avoid what happened with the previous game with GearboxSoftware using all the money that SEGA gave them to fund {{Borderlands 2}} as opposed to the game they were supposed to be working on.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: {{SEGA}} having this game developed by an in-house studio as opposed to a third party one is most likely an attempt to avoid what happened with the previous game with GearboxSoftware using all the money that SEGA gave them to fund Borderlands2 as opposed to the game they were supposed to be working on.