Alien: Isolation Makes Me Want to Throw My Controller - 1985fm

It's hard to even talk about Alien: Isolation without first mentioning Colonial Marines. Gear Box's first-person-shooter left such a stain on the franchise, that Isolation has to not only be a good game, but also has the burden of making up for the absolute failure of the game that came before. It's the atmospheric, survival game that gamers expect when developers use the Alien franchise in the modern era. But does giving players what they want necessarily translate into a good game?

[hiredhelp]

You either barrel or sneak forward towards a predefined path, hoping to God you won’t have to revisit everything you just past. If it represents anything we view as hardcore gaming, it’s the artificial game time old school games created by having to redo levels until you find the perfect recipe for success. Personally, I’m past being interested in that kinda game design.

But ths is how it should be games today full checkpoints and save points..
This is a survival horror survival being key word if you die your dead simple having restart for some maybe a pain and i understand that.
But im also comming from a eara when days were u had no saves checkpoints had feeling sucsees when beat a Boss or level you had no second chances.
This to me is Hardcore period.

[KendrickLamar]

Pretty powerful speech man :)

Yeah I agree with you, same thing is happening with "No Man's Sky"; it has perma-death (1 life only, no more). If you want to challenge your inner-gamer self, get this game and get that old-school gaming feeling.

[Systemshock2]

Thats akumu mode for you in TheEvilwithin , the right answer, also in October. :)

[SINISTERGENESIS]

Agreed, almost gone are the days where perseverance was the only way to get better and actually progress to the end of a game. Demon Souls was a great surprise on how they set up the rules for progression. Too many people wonder why these experiences seem to be getting easier and shorter without questioning a few key things, and one of them being difficulty ( trial and error formula ). I do like my progress saved but not at the expense of the fun factor being drowned out due to saving my game after I die, only to retry & then be placed slightly ahead of where I was. None of this helps coupled with weak & under developed AI either. I can go on but I don't wanna right a book. Bubs up hiredhelp well said.

[BABY-JEDI]

He should have stuck with Colonial Marines! I'm all for Alien Isolation. Old school all the way. No hand holding thanks
; D

[Trekster_Gamer]

Seems like it would get old fast....

I really hope I am wrong.

[theshredded]

movie games are bad just stay away.A single enemy throughout the whole game is just worrying,they must have impressive AI and good design.
The evil within for me,this game seems to be limited in gameplay like outlast which gives u no replayability at all.There should be some balance in the game.Father of survival horror is back baby!!!

[gantarat]

Alien: Isolation Have Android and Human Enemy
http://www.gamesradar.com/a...

[KonsoruMasuta]

There ware multiple enemies throughout the game, this was confirmed a while ago. There is just one Alien.

[theshredded]

@gantarat never knew about that,that's great news!

[joab777]

This is what I hate about articles sometimes. I believe there was no mention that it wasn't the story mode that he played...but the survival mode u would play after learning how to play effectively.

That being said, I do hope that there is a balance in the sp. I want it to be difficult and realistic...but fair. I dont mind dying alot if I am always learning something. Maybe we could build up an escape bonus by playing, giving us a chance to escape 1x.

Mayne they should hav showed a friendlier part for their E3 demo. But for me, I will love dying as long as it IS like Dark Souls and plays fair.

[Inception]

Lol dejavu. Isn't this the same reaction from some journalist / gamer back when Demon's Soul released? They want to throw their controller because they kept dying and not learning from their mistakes why they died. Oh well, this solidify my plan to buy Isolation on day 1 ^^

[PaleMoonDeath]

This "Hunted" aspect intrigues me greatly, remember in RE3 when you thought you were safe after getting to a new zone, then suddenly "STARS" is blurred from god knows where, I need that in my horror fix.

Using the Alien franchise is just right, going by the first film.. this is awesome, personally one of the bigger titles for me later this year.

[mastershredder]

I played this with a few colleagues at E3 at the Alien Isolation booth. The line we waited in was more engaging. All 3 of us decided that Outlast with an Alien was not working for us. I'm all down for a good survival game and all, even impossibly hard games, but this mix just did not engage me.