The flamethrower is helpful in the more open areas later on, where the potential to go unseen is compromised. That said, using it also makes the alien much more aggressive. After a few heat waves to the face, it begins to rampage.
Fear the cinnamon sugar swirl. By the Gods, fear it, Laurence.
So I really like this game so far.
...Don't really have much insight to add right now.
Happy New Year!
so would you recommend this game for someone who's in Australia?
Remember Australian game prices before you answer
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Is a game of this genre successful, if they give their player recurring nightmares with tones of helplessness, hiding and fear of parasitism?
Every since I played this game I have been having Xenomorph nightmares (probably not helped since the first game I ever owned was Alien Trilogy for the Ps1).
The thing is, Predator, Terminator, and other scifi antagonist dreams are aimed at me fighting them, allying with them, or becoming them. Xenomorph dreams though, the moment that chitonous, black form protrudes from whatever hiding place it chose, even if I am armed to the teeth in the dream and it's brighter than a god damn sunny day where I'm at, I run. The moment I see those dorsal tubes and that long head I flip my shit and run. I hide even though I know it knows where I am.
The game is pretty okay, but the after effect it did to me was fear inducing.
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Happy New Year!
Well it certainly achieve what it set out to do then...
edited 11th Nov '14 4:11:00 AM by joeyjojo
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So, I've played through about 5 hours of this.
- Really digging the lo-fi aesthetic.
- I've died quite a few times, but none of them really felt cheap. That's some good design.
- There have been a few moments of Narm when the Alien probably should've seen me but didn't.
- Runs surprisingly well on my PC.
Poor Nee.
That all you got?
So, one of the people I followed on Tumblr had an awesome idea:
Was just thinking why can’t there be a new Predator game in the same mold as Alien Isolation, where the Predator constantly stalks you, completely invisible in an open jungle environment. You would occasionally see hints of it, like falling leaves, or birds flying away.
Meanwhile you and 3-4 AI or friend controlled squad members complete mission objectives and clear out enemy encampments (sorta like Far Cry) and the AI controlled Predator slowly tries to pick off your team one-by-one? You can either focus on trying to beat mission objectives, or lay traps and wait for the Predator, and if you successfully ambush or hurt him, he lays low for a while and heals? Giving you precious time to do what you want; re-stock ammo, heal yourself, call for weapon drops, craft traps, etc.
The final objective is to get to the chopper.
Sounds a bit like Evolve.
edited 9th Dec '14 12:31:05 PM by BornIn1142
...or, y'know, The Hidden, just slower and with objectives.
edited 10th Dec '14 3:54:02 PM by TAPETRVE
Fear the cinnamon sugar swirl. By the Gods, fear it, Laurence.
Sneering Imperialist
Hello everyone.
Has anyone run into a bug where upon trying to collect the briefing documents on the bridge of the ship at the beginning, a dialogue box opens with "Required content is not yet available"?
I ask here because, from what I can tell from Googling, this is an issue primarily affecting people who downloaded the game; however, I'm using a physical copy (specifically the Xbox One version).
With cannon shot and gun blast smash the alien. With laser beam and searing plasma scatter the alien to the stars.
Alien-related necro:
20th Century Fox recently trademarked something called Alien: Blackout.
Might we see something about this in The 2018 Game Awards? We've been getting some cryptic tweets that have a recurring theme going on...
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
I've been playing this game since the beginning of this year though there are mammoth stretches where I don't play the game because of school.
So far, I am enamored with this game. I haven't seen the "silver screen" parent that it's based on but if it's about as scary as when you see the Xenomorph to when you exile it to the cold depths of vacuum, I think that it will be alright. (Yes, the game gets less scary when you exile the Xenomorph as you now have Androids as your antagonist and those are not as near-invincible as the Xenomorph, especially with the new tools you get. You could always harm the Xenomorph but you don't have the power to actually slaughter it. Heck, your attempts to harm it only seem to vex it.)
this game seems to have plenty of what I have dubbed "the quiet fear"- a fear crafted not from spectacle and gore but from mood, pacing, and atmosphere. Nineteen zipped-up body bags at the front door? (Yes, I counted!) that's a foreshadowing!
I'm in the depths of the nest, trying to get to the Beta Core but my scanner's useless since it detects everything and there is plenty of that in here, even if I can't see it, and if I burn any of those tiny buggers, a Xenomorph always comes by swiftly and to the brim with ire. I'm trying to burn the eggs as a distraction.
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This is one of those games I wish I could play, but I'm rubbish with horror games. I like the idea, but in a way I'd rather watch the movie.
The conceit of chasing the Alien off as best you can or avoiding it looks amazing but I'll admit, I'm too twitchy for it and not that good at FPS stealth, so I'd be seeing a lot of the twin jaws...
Her story deserves to be told...
Might we see the return of Amanda Ripley?
In celebration of Alien day, Alien Isolation is on sale for up to 95% off! Go grab this game, it's easily one of the best games in the Aliens franchise and an excellent horror title!
BTW I'd advise buying it from Humble Bundle, it's slightly cheaper than on Steam.
Edited by SgtRicko on Apr 28th 2020 at 1:07:09 AM
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
Curious question: who here bought and played the DLC?
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Also, once you get the flamethrower it's basically GG since you've built up the skills to survive without it up to that point, and it allows to you to screw up occasionally and still survive. The game is also pretty generous with fuel.
Edit: They mostly page top at night... mostly.
edited 13th Oct '14 2:21:09 AM by Nysos
What makes a good man turn neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?