ALIEN: ISOLATION Review Roundup - From Decent to Very Good

[ChristmasFnatic]

IGN - 5.9/10
GameSpot - 6/10
Joystiq - 4/5
Destructoid - 8.5/10
PCGaymer - 93
Polygon - 6.5/10
Kotaku - "YES"
Eurogamer - 8/10
The Escapist - 9/10

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Still getting it cuz Im an Alien fanboy. And ALIENS is my favorite movie of all time.

Most complains is that its too hard and long(like my penor).

[Informativeguy]

people complaining about it being to long? u wot m8?

[Mrs Grudge]

It looks decent but then I heard it is over 20 hours long....

[gc8impreza]

I'm getting it also. I end up getting all the Alien games even though they're chit cause I like the series.
brb motion tracker
brb pinging sound
brb equip smart gun ready to wreck chit

[AWillis]

lol games used to be long back in the day. now fgts just want something they can finish in a day.

[snootzh]

hmmm lots of 9 out of 10s and 5-6 ratings...

**** these reviews seriously.. probably means it in between 7-8 out of 10 right?

[Informativeguy]

So apparently the bad(reasons they took off points in reviews) things about this game is that
Unpredictable AI/ AI IS SMART(this is the main features of the game why it is a negative i have no idea)
Game too hard (what noobs)
Game too long(u fuking WOT m8? that is a good thing, this isn't some mindless 3 hour action COD game, it is a survival horror)
people expecting game to be a FPS shoot em up space game with aliens, when clearly it was stated at the start the game was gonna be a (stealth horror game)

A friend of mine said this
"This is Dark Souls/amnesia of survival-horror genre, buy it, try it, love/hate it. I seriously mean that this is a real hardcore horror game with very high difficulty done right.

hmmm lots of 9 out of 10s and 5-6 ratings...

**** these reviews seriously.. probably means it in between 7-8 out of 10 right?

the lower rating reviews took off points from the list i created.


my verdict: I'm gonna get this game.

[ChristmasFnatic]

"Alien: Isolation had me almost throwing the controller in a rage sometimes. At times I wondered what it wanted from me, as I tried to solve some weird environmental puzzle, or needed to take part in a hacking minigame, all while a slavering beast could grab me from behind at any moment. When I step back and look at what the campaign gave me over ten or so hours, however, I could only be impressed. Yes, there's some archaic stuff in here in terms of setup and pacing, but it all feeds into the same vein of survival horror. Nothing here is done by accident, and this calculating, near sadistic design has crafted something that I call, without hyperbole, one of my favorite horror games ever. Even without this being an Alien game, it's pulled off masterfully, and the fact it does feature my favorite antagonist in all of sci-fi is just a tasty bonus.

Sega, all I have to say to you directly is ... you're forgiven for Aliens: Colonial Marines. You earned it.

Bottom Line: Alien: Isolation can be frustrating, but it's mostly terrifying in a near-perfect way. The Alien is scarier than it's been since Ridley Scott first showed it to the world, and the atmosphere is thick enough to cut.

Recommendation: I won't lie to you about your chances ... but you have my sympathies."

LOL @ last sentence. RIP noob brahs.

[Pakoe]

Since when is a long game a bad thing lol, **** these 4 hour games.

[RU4A69]

And ALIENS is my favorite movie of all time.

Know dem feels bruh

[StatutoryApe213]

Games these days are too fukkin short without any replayability. You buy a brand new game for 60 dollars only to get something that can be completed in 8 hours and then you're left with a multiplayer component that you won't give a chit about after a few matches.

It's good that this has like 20 hours of single player. I don't mind some archaic gameplay aspects either.

[caliasthetics]

Looks sick as hell IMO


Alien AI being too smart and adapting to the player is the best part IMO, don't understand how that is a negative

[DafarheezyRises]

So half the reviews are bad, half of them are excellent..... basically saying that some people love it and some don't.... as in YOU have to decide for yourself.



Yet no one can decide for themselves.... they need reviews to decide for them.


Lmao!



gamers have become pathetic since the 00's.... oh and someone definitely forgot to pay off IGN

Still getting it cuz Im an Alien fanboy. And ALIENS is my favorite movie of all time.

ALIENS like the James Cameron version? Or the first Alien.... the first one is my favorite

[MulattoBrah33]

Excited that this got good reviews. this movie spooked the hell out of me as a kid

Anyone remember AvP2 for PC? One of the absolute GOATS

[iheartmoms]

wasn't the last aliens game a colossal piece of chit?

[AWillis]

Excited that this got good reviews. this movie spooked the hell out of me as a kid

Anyone remember AvP2 for PC? One of the absolute GOATS

i was the best @ online mode as a marine. would blow the chit out of predators and aliens. such an amazing online game. single player too.

[butwhowasfeel]

lol @ ign saying one of the negatives is unpredictable AI

like u FKN wot m8

[ChristmasFnatic]

So half the reviews are bad, half of them are excellent..... basically saying that some people love it and some don't.... as in YOU have to decide for yourself.



Yet no one can decide for themselves.... they need reviews to decide for them.


Lmao!



gamers have become pathetic since the 00's.... oh and someone definitely forgot to pay off IGN




ALIENS like the James Cameron version? Or the first Alien.... the first one is my favorite

The second one. I love the first one but the 2nd one is a bit better for me.

That said, based on Metacritic, more than half says its good.

[L_Coops]

Kevin Van Ord's review (from Gamespot) makes it sound pretty unappealing.

[Gewichtmeister]

If you cut out the garbage sites like IGN and Polygon rviews are mostly excellent. Goint to get this today.

[Ronnie87]

I think I had some form of autism as a child because I watched the film Aliens so much to this day I can still quote it word for word. Definitely going to give this game a go

[DidNotReadL0L]

game looks amazing. phuck IGN and Gamespot. they just don't play it right.

[Midgetkiller]

game looks amazing. phuck IGN and Gamespot. they just don't play it right.

I like how people would rather get LESS hours of gameplay for the insane amounts of money games cost these days. Unbelievable.

[superamped]

hmmm lots of 9 out of 10s and 5-6 ratings...

**** these reviews seriously.. probably means it in between 7-8 out of 10 right?

i always watch gametrailers review, much review. they gave it a 7.4

http://www.gametrailers.com/reviews/...olation-review

[gbullock32]

~20 hours too long? BRB over 90 hours on just one of my many FO3 playthroughs.

[RobElite]

Glad it's 20 hours. Don't buy games at full price if they are lower then 15 hours. How is a game being long a bad thing? I mean some games I have played have taken me a few hours and I was annoyed at spending the money on such a short game.

[tekkenbruh]

Saw some gifs. Not sure if I want to pick this up out of fear of chitting myself when playing with lights off (with lights on possibly as well)









fuk that

[Gewichtmeister]

This game is TERRIFYING! Holy ****!

[Hermworm]

Getting it free monday with my new GPU. Looks good. Cant ****innn wait. Hope it doesnt suck.

[Mrs Grudge]

lol games used to be long back in the day. now fgts just want something they can finish in a day.

You do realize that games were much...much shorter right? I hate when hipsters try to act like they know anything about the past.

The hypocrisy of your post is really strange. You do realize that people used to pay full price for games that were 60 minutes long. Did you not play video games in the 80s and 90s? This horror survival game which hardly has any elements to it is as long as a JRPG like Chrono Trigger...


Longer doesn't equal better. I don't like doing the same thing over and over again for a 100 hours.