It may not have been a perfect game, but Alien: Isolation got so, so much right in the end. It was gripping, tense and challenging as players had to navigate their way through derelict spaceships and stations with a Xenomorph creature that was constantly stalking them. That’s the kind of game which relies more than ever on solid concept art to help it realise a certain vision of nightmare fuel. Fortunately, Alien: Isolation had all that, and plenty more.
In his review for Alien: Isolation, Geoff gave the game a very solid 8/10, calling it “brutally unforgiving”:
Unflinchingly tense and gruelling, Creative Assembly’s Alien: Isolation is a better sequel to Ridley Scott’s original movie than the film that followed it. Dripping with as much atmosphere and attention to detail as it is with acidic Xenomorph spittle, it’s hardly let down by its weak narrative and unnecessary padding.
I’ve got the game, and Geoff was spot on. It’s so damn difficult in fact, that I’ve yet to make it past the main menu.
Last Updated: March 24, 2015
Admiral Chief
March 24, 2015 at 13:04
I still need to play mine, flippen BACKLOG!
Greylingad
March 24, 2015 at 13:14
Aah man… My problem is that I like Shadow of Mordor too much, I simply can’t stop playing the bloody game, slaying orcs left right and centre chopping their heads off with a brilliantly executed combo…. and poof gone is 4 hours… close the game, open Alien Isolation and now I need to sleep, kind of vibe… I honestly don’t know when I’ll get to play this….
James Anderton
March 24, 2015 at 15:11
Its an amazing game that needed some editing. It’s just too long for that type of gameplay. Had amazing fan service though and many sound-gasims in my ear.
Ranting Raptor
March 24, 2015 at 13:11
Heh. I still need to finish mine. Our little one arrived 3 weeks earlier than we thought and this was the game I was playing during that time…..
Greylingad
March 24, 2015 at 13:15
Congrats dude! Little ones do have the tendency to reduce gaming time….
Ranting Raptor
March 24, 2015 at 13:21
Heh yeah they do. This was back in November…. Seriously lagging behind on finishing this up. Pretty sure I’m really close to the end too
Greylingad
March 24, 2015 at 14:11
Hehehe, I’m still way early in the game, to be honest, I’m too shit scared to play it…especially with the visuals and sound being as great as it is, it’s a propa horror game! And naturally I wouldn’t like my little one to hear me utter words from the nether realm as I scream at the top of my lungs every time that bloody alien and it’s tail, with the ouch and the scream and that’s it, I’m not sleeping tonight…
Ranting Raptor
March 24, 2015 at 14:16
lol
Blood Emperor Trevor
March 24, 2015 at 13:17
Did it burst out of your wife’s stomach? O_o
RinceThis
March 24, 2015 at 13:17
0_O What were you taught as a child?!
Blood Emperor Trevor
March 24, 2015 at 13:19
Nothing, I had to rely on word of mouth & the internet when I got older.
And besides, he said he got a little monster while playing a game about a monster so I’m just checking. 😉
RinceThis
March 24, 2015 at 13:25
Troll is a troll!
Blood Emperor Trevor
March 24, 2015 at 13:30
Get off my bridge!
RinceThis
March 24, 2015 at 13:45
Make me! http://i.imgur.com/rpzfs.gif
Hammersteyn
March 24, 2015 at 14:08
Get the bridge off his head
Ranting Raptor
March 24, 2015 at 13:35
well… it was an emergency C……… So in a sense… yes
RinceThis
March 24, 2015 at 13:12
Need to play and finish this. Tried it out at rAge and it was scary enough there!
WitWolfy
March 24, 2015 at 13:15
Would still love to see that 3rd person concept to come to the actual game then I’ll buy it in a second!