It still amazes me that it was Creative Assembly behind this, a dev that never created anything like it before. One could even argue it remains their best creation to date.
Another interesting aspect is that Creative Assembly Total War series is great in every aspect except the AI. Their AI has been downfall at times. It was most notorious in Empire: Total War where they made a game with a huge naval aspect in the 1700s but the AI was incapable of sending armies across the sea or doing Amphibious attacks. Heck, you can play England on it and take Paris in the first 3-4 turns and eliminate France.
Well sometimes you must give a product to someone who’s never done a similar product before, they have fresh eyes and don’t follow the usual rules, with luck they create something great and unique. Veterans rarely innovate, they are just comfortable doing things the same way.
@robbylebotha it's definitely a high-risk, high reward situation. Either the inexperienced devs make a masterpiece or they don't get it and it fails. Very glad this was an example of a masterpiece
This. How a company that specializes in strategy war simulators out of blue decides to make the best alien game ever is such a cool feat. I would love to be at that salespitch for the alien game internally in CA.
Agreed. That came out of nowhere and not only they decided to make it but they absolutely killed it. And on top of that they've created one of the best ( still highly acclaimed ) AI for a game. I rarely see Angry Joe as happy as he was when reviewed this game lol
For those who are not familiar with it, the AI on the alien basically has two brains. There is one AI that is the creature itself, which is actively hunting you down and is limited to only what the Alien can perceive, while the other is a larger scale one, which basically just keeps track of things like where you and the alien are both located, and basically gives the alien "hints" to try to find you if it starts to get too far away from you. The latter's purpose is basically to heighten tension while also keeping the game fair enough that it's still playable.
I honestly think we got Romulus because of Alien Isolation. Of course I haven't seen the movie but the trailers have such an Isolation vibe.....someone HAD to have played it.
Honestly, Romulus owes a bit more to Alien: Resurrection than it does Isolation. But the game did influence the architecture of the Renaissance station the film takes place on.
Well, so much of an inspiration that the save phone boots make an appearance and they actually serve a purpose for the story, foreshadowing when shit's about to go down.
This game is an absolute masterpiece!! It is one of my top 5 all time favorite games. Not to mention that I’ve been a huge fan of the Alien franchise since the 80’s. It is the perfect homage to the original!!!
Correct. If you save and reload the Alien resets. Also he said the Alien can't get hurt by the revolver. This is also not true. The revolver can stun the Alien if you shoot it in the head. It's just that shooting it anywhere else will only do very little damage. You will see this though because the Alien will bleed acid and have gunshot wounds on its body. The shotgun can also stun the alien but with the shotgun you're not limited to headshots only.
Alien Isolation is an underrated gem, the atmosphere is absolutely top notch, Sevastopol Station has such a sense of place, feels like a real lived in location, so much history, lore and environmental storytelling, the graphics are stunning, the Alien with its adaptable AI, learning and changing its behavior from your encounters, the entire game captures the vibe of the first Alien movie perfectly. One of my all time favorite games.
Nice review, the only criticism I have is the claim that "if you save with the Alien right behind you, you're gonna load with the Alien right behind you" - loading the game resets the Alien's position. The trick is to not get killed before the question box appears.
This game is one of my all-time favourites. Whenever I'm bored, I jump into it to play hide and seek with the alien. It's super fun, even on Nightmare.
Playing on hard is the best and truest way to play. It's the most well balanced for survival horror. Nightmare is gimmicky and just doesn't give you any resources
Alien Isolation is an underrated gem man! It captured the feel of the first movie perfectly, Sevastopol station felt like a lived in place, the atmosphere was top notch, one of my all time favorite games 👏👏👏👏👏
I really hope Alien: Romulus follows the Isolation recipe: the teaser trailer shows a flare being thrown what really made me hopeful. Also: ten years, this game still looks absolutely stunning.
Defo, for a 10 year old game the enviroments are still awesome, the lighting and atmosphere, still very playable in the dark for max effect, Romulas being set between Alien and Aliens, but so far no mention of Amanda, feel it would be a waste of an oppertunity not to have her in it at some capacity.
Similar to Ridley Scott disowning the Director's Cut of Alien, IGN really should disown their review. If anything, have someone else do another review of this. They're entitled to their opinion, but man oh man, they probably still regret their score.
Why would Scott disown his own director's cut? The one Fox released in theaters back in 2003??? He of course prefers the original cut, but he actually calls both "director's cuts". Because he edited both versions! He did not disown his own cut!
@@EVO6- I heard he said the reason the deleted scenes from Alien were deleted was because they slowed down the pacing during Ripley's escape in the last act of the story, and that the theatrical cut is how he intended it to be. The studio added the deleted scenes and called it a director's cut, but it's not really the "director's" cut.
This game always feels like it came out a couple years ago to me. There is just such an amazing art design and atmosphere to it that it still looks phenomenal
This game holds up even now, there’s nothing really like it. IGN were cracked for that review. I’ve heard people say they played a large role in the cancel of a sequel
So i played this game back in 2014, and after completing it i swore never to play it again. Not because it was bad but because of how scary it was. However, i am currently replaying this game. I would also like to point out that i only just realised the motion tracker tells you where to go. Great vid.
It's the best thing in the whole Alien franchise since 1986. And yes, I've seen Romulus, which is just a mismash of fan service to the point of being ridiculous.
Fireteam got samey and had meh AI but the art direction was strong and shooting was satisfying. So far I'm loving Dark Descent, its surprisingly hooking (if a little buggy).
I played this for the first 2 months of 2024 for my first time. Hell i had so much fun. I did not use the handheld thing in to see where the Alien or Anything else was. I justed listened to the music and noises around me and i beat the game without dying. Thisbhas become my nr 1 Horror game over Resident Evil 3 and 4 Remakes. Would have loved to have seen another One of the Alien games like this.
Went back to AI recently to finish the platinum. I bought this game on release day and it took me 10 years to go back to it 🤣 Great gameplay, great story, still holds up as a great game 10 years later and the platinum is still so rare... I think it's a 0.6% still. The one shot trophy was hard without the no death glitch. Then it took me ages to be killed 100 times while playing through on Nightmare difficulty 🤣
I replay this every 6 months or so. And using the MotherVR mod it’s just even more scary. And the unpredictable Alien mod just makes it even better. I feel safer in the game than in Canberra haha 🤣
Very well made survival horror that makes you feel like you are inside the 1979 alien universe. The attention to detail and the love put into this title is not something we see very often. Gotta say we are kinda starved and need more titles like this one. If you use the AA mod on pc to clean up the image this game looks so damn good even today.
Good to see that this game is getting more and more praise over time. I'm an Aliens fans myself so naturally I loved the game, but this game nails the alien look and feel of the fitsy movie and is mechanically put very well together. I do hope we'll get a sequel down the road.
@@TaxemicFanatic same. Did it on Normal with reloading the save exploit back in the day. Now, doing it legit tho...that's a different story I imagine. Especially on smth like Nightmare. And that's smth I am eager to do heh.
@@ЯношБан I did it on nightmare. Alien is my favourite movie of all time and I'm actually watching it right now 😅 finding all logs was also a challenge.
Portable motion trackers were introduced in Alien. They're the things that Ash says cue on 'micro changes in air density'. It's the device that they're using to track Dallas when he goes into the air vent. It's quite large but has a screen with a display on the top.
I've seen one of the devs on a podcast years ago who said Fox handed over terrabytes of stuff to them. Tons of pics, behind the scenes diaries, logs, concept arts, the entire audio library containing every single sound effect from both movies never used footage, etc... They've done nothing for months but going over the stuff geeking out on all that juicy material and they've actually changed some stuff in order to be able to incorporate some of that into the game.
Have you played it in VR yet with the MotherVR mod that was based on the actual VR code in the game (they wanted to add it but scrapped it during development) Only thing you have to make sure of is that you turn off screenspace reflections as those don't work well in VR, but the entire game can be played in VR and it's one of the best but also most terrifying things I've ever experienced
Most other Alien games, even the good ones, feel like you’re playing a game. Isolation feels like you’re playing the role of the protagonist in what feels like an honest to god sequel to the original Alien set before the events of Aliens. It feels like a long miniseries or movie. It doesn’t feel like a game. The setting, the tension, the score and (especially) the incredible lighting and sound design feel like something done by a very talented movie studio. Nothing else like it
I played it 2 times. Once ten years ago with my best friend, we were switching controller and it was so good. We were screaming in terror, hearts thumping and breathing hard all the time ! Sometimes we were too scared to continue, that was just an awesome experience and I absolutely agree with your statement; it felt real and immersive in a way that most game don't achieve anymore. I played it again a few years later and was super scared AGAIN even though I knew what was coming. This game is just good 😊
Something about Alien Isolation really captures me. I think its the presentation. It just looks absolutely gorgeous, minus the character models, but the environments are flawless. I've never been so terrified playing anything in my entire life. Yet, I couldn't put it down.
It does a great job at just making you feel isolated with an alien (pun intended) even with the flamethrower or with a heap of molotov's or pipe bombs it doesn't ever feel like you have enough supplies to just barge through the alien and just keep going. At most you can make a couple mistakes or by yourself a good chunk of time but you can't ever be rid of it completely. Not to mention you have that one section where you're in the hive and there isn't just 1 alien but like 3-4 and it becomes really hectic and scary cause you have to burn through supplies since stealth isn't really as much of an option anymore. I think overall it just does a great job at not making you so weak you feel like nothing you do is worthwhile like say you're playing an amnesia game but it also doesn't make you feel like the alien is weak but rather you just have more options to buy yourself time or to fight back a bit rather than forcing you to just avoid it or hide the entire game
the only big flaw of this game is the reuse of map design near the end of it, and the ton of backtracking you gotta do . The anesidora part of the game is also pretty dull for me, because the ship's interior design just looks like an extension of sevastopol, like you can tell the devs either didnt care or didnt have the time so they reused assets from sevastopol to make the anesidora
yup.... and they buried it. 'cause reasons. 8:25 well that's a lie or a very poor observation on your part. If you save and the Alien kills you while in the middle of the save, when you reload, the Alien will not respawn to instantly rekill you, it will be back in the ducts, somewhere. As for dying after the animation has finished... that's not a thing either. Game gives you time to alter the outcome. Also, the Alien AI doesn't repeat the same action when it loses line of sight. It's random. So, you can do the same exact thing, and the Alien's actions won't always be the same. Basically the game's save system is designed not to soft lock you. Now.. if ur playing the hardest difficulty... well that's on u. not the game.
I've played plenty of horror games in my time, but this is the only one that ever made me limit my playing time. 1-2 hoirs at a time, that was enough. Stress and anxiety levels through the roof
It's fantastic, and offered up one of the most memorable (read: terrifying) moments in my gaming history [a 4-way junction in the vents, with just the one minute blast-worth of flame thrower fuel left]. It is, though, when you think about it a 3D Pac-Man with just one the one, albeit particularly spiteful, ghost. No Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde here, just a bastard Big Chap. There's a question for you - is Pac-Man the first ever survival horror game?
Let me be honest here because im a casual gamer and i will firstly admit that im not hardcore nor skilled. And we average gamers are MANY in population. This game sold poorly, and its not because of competition at the time Me and million other gamers had avoided this game because of its difficulty and slow gameplay. If the game had more difficulty variety to allow players to indulge in the story and atmosphere without being killed immediately, it wouldve sold better. And im not even asking for cod like alien game, but horror games like Silent hill were very accessible, it even let you tinker with the difficulty and ai settings and even for less cryptic puzzle solving. Far cry had sneak indicator mechanics, which in Alien Isolation you dont, like why not at least include a mechanic for an easy difficulty and just remove it for the higher difficulty. And most importantly, trial and error games are the worst type of difficulty, which is what this game also has even if the fans dont want to admit it. You definitely know that the game spawned that alien into the area when you were about to complete a task. Game developers have yet to understand that average gamers are not masochistic gamers which is why this Alien game is only kept alive by only the alien fanbase and streamers. And that people would rather watch a streamer play the Alien game(or hide n seek only game) than to actually own the game and play it. But hopefully, they’ll understand for a next Alien game.
Same here, finished it once but never again, just to difficult for me. But i revisit it a few times and play it till i get stucked because of that damn robots. Super scary horror game, that's why i always come back....
When you brought up the motion tracker focus I automatically switched between the tracker and the background as you toggled it... Ive played this game too much
It's a proper classic on it's own, regardless of it's Alien-heritage. One of few games I want to own on several platforms because it's fun on PC, PS4/5 and Switch.
Just started this game after avoiding it for years cuz Alien honestly scares me but man. Im starting on nightmare and it's insane. Haven't seen the Alien yet, just the humans but the sense of dread is terrifying
I just got through beating the game again. Great review of AI. It is in my top five best games I've ever played. I wanted an AI2 so bad. They did a phenomenal job with the Alien programming. I hoped future games feed off the gameplay of this. The first time I got to the Hive I turned the game off. I decided that I was gonna save that for another day.😅
The flamethrower is an issue. It does ruin the tension with the xeno becoming less of a menace and more of a fly to be swatted while working obj. Love the game, but it breaks the fear and just leaves you to jump scares.
@@mywakingmind I found I has tension from my fuel supply for the flame thrower, but it did also make the flashlight a bit useless as the flamethrower kinda does the same thing
Hey dude, loved the video. Feels like watching gmanlives if he didn't just cover shooters! Love your editing and the points you made throughout the video 😊
This is the best horror game ever. Purely based on atmosphere and AI quality. The Alien is truly in control the whole 20 hours not having one upgrade to it. I just want to know if it’s canon
How this mirrors my own view, or image if this game. I am not a huge fan or the horror survivor genre, but i am an alien(s) fan boy. I love the game, have replayed it a few times, and though i get frustrated sometimes of how the missions are designed, i always end up wanting more. Yes for me this game is too short, i could without blink have spent 50+ hours sneaking and avoiding the alien. The game and the story deserves a part 2.
It took me 3 weeks to beat this game in the hardest difficulty and, i can tell you this much... Never have I played a game that's made me jump and freak out as much as this title. It truly is the best alien game, and quite possibly the best horror survival game on the market!
Havent watched the video yet, but my problem with this game is how the alien can pretty much kill you at any time if youre being too loud and for most of this game youre crouch walking around the map with your scanner out. It gets really frustrating when you die and have to crouch walk back to the same point. It really is scary as shit, but the game is such a drag to get through. It goes on for too long, and the alien segments feel endlessly long.
@DudiReviews it just doesn't create the best gameplay, in my opinion. Since the alien situations are so dragged out and overdone, it gets repetitive pretty fast. It feels like a weird way to pad the gameplay hours by forcing everyone to play at such a slow pace for a prolonged period of time🤷♂️
@user-zp4ge3yp2o better pacing and separation between when the alien stalks you would be a starter. It'll throw you into endless stealth sequences that last for hours depending on how good you are at getting past the alien
*Most of the time. If there is a situation where the drop is guaranteed with high agro, you can get into a save death loop in a small room, such as m6 room where you pick up the keycard to enter medical operations area. Basically, under specific circumstances, the alien spawns back into vents, but is guaranteed to drop into the same room with you if possible.
Alien Isolation was a product of a particular era, several happy coincidences and above all a publisher prepared to take a risk. And remember that most of the Alien Isolation design team left Creative Assembly shortly after it was released. There’s no way we’ll get another game of this quality and set in the Alien universe again. 10 years later, publishers are far more risk averse and more interested in pleasing their shareholders than their customers. Fortunately, I feel this game has pretty much unlimited replay value, so I’m fine with this.
I just played alien isolation before watching Alien Romulus. It was a pretty awesome experience, tho I wish I played it on PC rather than on the switch
It's THE best movie>game adaptation ever made and feels like a true sequel to Alien.
no it itsn't you cheesey toenail
So Aliens is just a joke to you? smfh :(
ONE of the best. Mad Max is still the best.
And just like Alien Isolation, many people didn´t even hear about it.
@@Adam-082 Think about it, Aliens makes a damn fine sequel to Isolation.
@@rogeriopenna9014 I played it for about an hour, pretty generic open world stuff
It still amazes me that it was Creative Assembly behind this, a dev that never created anything like it before. One could even argue it remains their best creation to date.
saw rumors that they're doing a total war Star Wars game the other week - that'd be kinda rad. The Total War Warhammer games were pretty fun too.
Another interesting aspect is that Creative Assembly Total War series is great in every aspect except the AI. Their AI has been downfall at times. It was most notorious in Empire: Total War where they made a game with a huge naval aspect in the 1700s but the AI was incapable of sending armies across the sea or doing Amphibious attacks. Heck, you can play England on it and take Paris in the first 3-4 turns and eliminate France.
Well sometimes you must give a product to someone who’s never done a similar product before, they have fresh eyes and don’t follow the usual rules, with luck they create something great and unique. Veterans rarely innovate, they are just comfortable doing things the same way.
@robbylebotha it's definitely a high-risk, high reward situation. Either the inexperienced devs make a masterpiece or they don't get it and it fails. Very glad this was an example of a masterpiece
Still amazes me out of nowhere Creative Assembly were like "right guys hardcore first-person survival with immersive sim elements".
This. How a company that specializes in strategy war simulators out of blue decides to make the best alien game ever is such a cool feat. I would love to be at that salespitch for the alien game internally in CA.
Agreed. That came out of nowhere and not only they decided to make it but they absolutely killed it. And on top of that they've created one of the best ( still highly acclaimed ) AI for a game. I rarely see Angry Joe as happy as he was when reviewed this game lol
@@neutchain7838 That dude is like an embarrassing mascot of the worst kind of gamer from that era.
For those who are not familiar with it, the AI on the alien basically has two brains. There is one AI that is the creature itself, which is actively hunting you down and is limited to only what the Alien can perceive, while the other is a larger scale one, which basically just keeps track of things like where you and the alien are both located, and basically gives the alien "hints" to try to find you if it starts to get too far away from you. The latter's purpose is basically to heighten tension while also keeping the game fair enough that it's still playable.
I honestly think we got Romulus because of Alien Isolation. Of course I haven't seen the movie but the trailers have such an Isolation vibe.....someone HAD to have played it.
The director actually confirmed the Isolation was a big influence
Theres even an emergency phone in one of the scenes from isolation
@@blackdeth818I heard they put the phone around in film as a little hint shit is going to go down a little nod to the game
Honestly, Romulus owes a bit more to Alien: Resurrection than it does Isolation. But the game did influence the architecture of the Renaissance station the film takes place on.
Well, so much of an inspiration that the save phone boots make an appearance and they actually serve a purpose for the story, foreshadowing when shit's about to go down.
Man I'd kill for another isolation style game.
There's an upcoming jurassic park survival horror game that looks like it will be similar to Isolation in gameplay !
@@okarymDon’t get my hopes up.
Yeah, something similar to isolation/trespasser.
That moron at IGN giving the game a 5.9 out of 10 ruined any chances of that. crazy how one review can do that but it did
Terminator Survivors HOPEFULLY will be like this, fingers crossed!!
This game is an absolute masterpiece!! It is one of my top 5 all time favorite games. Not to mention that I’ve been a huge fan of the Alien franchise since the 80’s. It is the perfect homage to the original!!!
hope i did one of your favorite games justice my dude
No, you are not going to load when the Alien is right behind you. After saving there are few seconds where Alien is locked to spawn
Yeah.
Same happens in *Syndrome* the videogame. But the enemies could be dodged.
Or, in other words, alien resets. It may appear after you load back into the game, or it may not. I've experienced both.
Not for me
Correct. If you save and reload the Alien resets.
Also he said the Alien can't get hurt by the revolver. This is also not true. The revolver can stun the Alien if you shoot it in the head. It's just that shooting it anywhere else will only do very little damage. You will see this though because the Alien will bleed acid and have gunshot wounds on its body.
The shotgun can also stun the alien but with the shotgun you're not limited to headshots only.
Yeah as soon as he started on this tangent I was like, no, that's absolutely not how that works when you reload from a save. The alien resets.
Alien Isolation is an underrated gem, the atmosphere is absolutely top notch, Sevastopol Station has such a sense of place, feels like a real lived in location, so much history, lore and environmental storytelling, the graphics are stunning, the Alien with its adaptable AI, learning and changing its behavior from your encounters, the entire game captures the vibe of the first Alien movie perfectly. One of my all time favorite games.
Might be my favorite survival horror game. It's still frightening on a replay
@@DudiReviews absolutely bro! The atmosphere is top notch! Really frightening 💯
Nice review, the only criticism I have is the claim that "if you save with the Alien right behind you, you're gonna load with the Alien right behind you" - loading the game resets the Alien's position. The trick is to not get killed before the question box appears.
Cheers mate 🍻 - and fair point
Also you can't save with the alien behind you given that the save phone stop working when enemies are nearby
You can reload the previous save anyway
This game is one of my all-time favourites. Whenever I'm bored, I jump into it to play hide and seek with the alien. It's super fun, even on Nightmare.
Hope I did one of your favorite games justice my dude
This game is anything but fun, and I never flinch at horror games.
Playing on hard is the best and truest way to play. It's the most well balanced for survival horror. Nightmare is gimmicky and just doesn't give you any resources
@@BlackopolypsePodcastsandMediado you want a cookie?
@@BlackopolypsePodcastsandMediayou sound like a mega dork
Alien Isolation is an underrated gem man! It captured the feel of the first movie perfectly, Sevastopol station felt like a lived in place, the atmosphere was top notch, one of my all time favorite games 👏👏👏👏👏
@@anasshahid224 exactly my dude. Might be one of my favorite if not my favorite horror game
@@DudiReviewsspot on bro! No game comes close in terms of atmosphere!
I really hope Alien: Romulus follows the Isolation recipe: the teaser trailer shows a flare being thrown what really made me hopeful.
Also: ten years, this game still looks absolutely stunning.
Fingers crossed it's a good movie mate
I'll second that bud! @DudiReviews
Defo, for a 10 year old game the enviroments are still awesome, the lighting and atmosphere, still very playable in the dark for max effect, Romulas being set between Alien and Aliens, but so far no mention of Amanda, feel it would be a waste of an oppertunity not to have her in it at some capacity.
The Romulus director said Isolation inspired him so lets hope so
The director said it was inspired by isolation
Similar to Ridley Scott disowning the Director's Cut of Alien, IGN really should disown their review. If anything, have someone else do another review of this. They're entitled to their opinion, but man oh man, they probably still regret their score.
@DorisDay-lw4xsI think he’s referring to David Fincher and the Assembly Cut of 3
Why would Scott disown his own director's cut? The one Fox released in theaters back in 2003??? He of course prefers the original cut, but he actually calls both "director's cuts". Because he edited both versions! He did not disown his own cut!
What are you talking about lol Ridley Scott has not disowned any version of Alien
@@EVO6- I heard he said the reason the deleted scenes from Alien were deleted was because they slowed down the pacing during Ripley's escape in the last act of the story, and that the theatrical cut is how he intended it to be. The studio added the deleted scenes and called it a director's cut, but it's not really the "director's" cut.
I haven't watched or trusted IGN since then and I feel sorry for people who do
It's still insane to me that there's people brave enough to play this in VR
@@Wynorrific yeah that's bonkers
Perhaps doctors should prescribe that as a cure for constipation.
I did, twice, and believe me, it's not for the faint of heart. It's a terrifying but amazing experience.
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That's a heart attack waiting to happen....
This game always feels like it came out a couple years ago to me. There is just such an amazing art design and atmosphere to it that it still looks phenomenal
@@adamdavis1737 the environment and atmosphere is brilliant - really sells the world and horror
This game puts you in that world, and everything in that world is trying to kill you. Truly a scary fun game.
Hope Romulus has a scene where a character gets snuffed out by a xeno because the wife walks in and unknowingly loudly announces she's home.
ActuaLOL
This game holds up even now, there’s nothing really like it. IGN were cracked for that review. I’ve heard people say they played a large role in the cancel of a sequel
Hope we get some kind of sequel someday
If Sega had paid them for an IGN first spot it would have got a 9
So i played this game back in 2014, and after completing it i swore never to play it again. Not because it was bad but because of how scary it was. However, i am currently replaying this game. I would also like to point out that i only just realised the motion tracker tells you where to go. Great vid.
@@AdamT-88 enjoy your second playthrough my dude! 🍻
Two Alien games I recommend.
1) Alien Isolation
2) Alien Vs. Predator 2
The start of the alien campaign was always my favorite
AvP2 was so good.
1. AVP (NeoGeo)
2. Alien Isolation
3. AVP 2
@@Gravastar7 There is no AVP on NeoGeo. But there is one made by Capcom on CPS2 arcade system.
The alien would reset after saving. Never spawned with it in my face straight away.
I'm pretty sure that was adjusted later in a patch. I've seen footage of that a few times.
I can't believe how good it still looks. The lighting is so well done.
If only we could get a 60fps update for PS5
I just started playing today for the first time, and adjusting to the 30fps was hard.
Just got the game for £4 4k 120fps oled screen pc..... atmos for headphones ,nice headphone amp and a pair of ft3 headphones amazing
If only there were other platforms that allow you to play the game at 60fps. Oh wait… there are.
@@happyspaceinvader508 which I have. I prefer the convenience of a console however.
@@rlacombe I have it on Xbox Series X and it upgrades it to 60 fps 👍
It's the best thing in the whole Alien franchise since 1986. And yes, I've seen Romulus, which is just a mismash of fan service to the point of being ridiculous.
Fireteam Elite and Dark Descent were both great. Loved them both.
Yeah, just sad no one is playing fireteam anymore cause there are just a few maps and game has become repetitive af
couldn't overly get around Dark Descent - there is a fireteam elite video on the channel
Dark descent surprised me and I got hooked
Fireteam got samey and had meh AI but the art direction was strong and shooting was satisfying. So far I'm loving Dark Descent, its surprisingly hooking (if a little buggy).
@@Rain-me8fd Fireteam's art direction was rather generic but in terms of in-game models it was more advanced than previous Aliens games.
I played this for the first 2 months of 2024 for my first time. Hell i had so much fun. I did not use the handheld thing in to see where the Alien or Anything else was. I justed listened to the music and noises around me and i beat the game without dying. Thisbhas become my nr 1 Horror game over Resident Evil 3 and 4 Remakes. Would have loved to have seen another One of the Alien games like this.
😂😂😂 the bbq Homer clip had me in tears 😭🤣🤣🤣
ah wicked! glad you got a laugh mate!
Same. I could not stop laughing
Went back to AI recently to finish the platinum.
I bought this game on release day and it took me 10 years to go back to it 🤣
Great gameplay, great story, still holds up as a great game 10 years later and the platinum is still so rare... I think it's a 0.6% still.
The one shot trophy was hard without the no death glitch. Then it took me ages to be killed 100 times while playing through on Nightmare difficulty 🤣
TEN YEARS!?
@@zevrs5800 I know right
The whiplash scene works so perfectly with the ign review score lmao
@@_SacredNemesis cheers dude. Was pretty happy with that one
I replay this every 6 months or so. And using the MotherVR mod it’s just even more scary. And the unpredictable Alien mod just makes it even better.
I feel safer in the game than in Canberra haha 🤣
ActuaLOL about being safer in an alien VR modded game than Canberra haha
Very well made survival horror that makes you feel like you are inside the 1979 alien universe.
The attention to detail and the love put into this title is not something we see very often.
Gotta say we are kinda starved and need more titles like this one.
If you use the AA mod on pc to clean up the image this game looks so damn good even today.
Immediately subscribed after that Bean Movie bit, lmao
Haha cheers dude glad you enjoyed it. I generally tend to put memes in all my reviews
Good to see that this game is getting more and more praise over time. I'm an Aliens fans myself so naturally I loved the game, but this game nails the alien look and feel of the fitsy movie and is mechanically put very well together.
I do hope we'll get a sequel down the road.
The platinum for this game is crazy
Saw one of the achievements is finish the game without getting killed - damn
@@DudiReviews tbf - you can cheese it through save system, and it doesn't force you to play on the hardest difficulty
I done it. It's not too crazy compared to some other games.
@@TaxemicFanatic same. Did it on Normal with reloading the save exploit back in the day.
Now, doing it legit tho...that's a different story I imagine. Especially on smth like Nightmare. And that's smth I am eager to do heh.
@@ЯношБан I did it on nightmare. Alien is my favourite movie of all time and I'm actually watching it right now 😅 finding all logs was also a challenge.
Portable motion trackers were introduced in Alien. They're the things that Ash says cue on 'micro changes in air density'. It's the device that they're using to track Dallas when he goes into the air vent. It's quite large but has a screen with a display on the top.
I've seen one of the devs on a podcast years ago who said Fox handed over terrabytes of stuff to them. Tons of pics, behind the scenes diaries, logs, concept arts, the entire audio library containing every single sound effect from both movies never used footage, etc... They've done nothing for months but going over the stuff geeking out on all that juicy material and they've actually changed some stuff in order to be able to incorporate some of that into the game.
I had a copy waiting for me when it was released in October 2014 and I still play it to this day.
Right on my dude 🍻
And btw, it’s INSANE on iPhone. They nailed it
You always know, a working Joe.
Playing Fireteam elite after Isolation, I shoot all Working Joe's that I find, my vengeance against them is unending XD
to sleep perchance to dreeeaabbbzt
This is a really great, thorough review!
I have to say all the audio memes felt like jump scares! I don’t think you need so many.
@@karawelchharp cheers my dude. I probably went a bit too much with the memes in this video compared to others
Have you played it in VR yet with the MotherVR mod that was based on the actual VR code in the game (they wanted to add it but scrapped it during development)
Only thing you have to make sure of is that you turn off screenspace reflections as those don't work well in VR, but the entire game can be played in VR and it's one of the best but also most terrifying things I've ever experienced
i haven't checked that out but a few have suggested it in the comments - seems great, but pure nightmare fuel haha
Most other Alien games, even the good ones, feel like you’re playing a game.
Isolation feels like you’re playing the role of the protagonist in what feels like an honest to god sequel to the original Alien set before the events of Aliens.
It feels like a long miniseries or movie. It doesn’t feel like a game. The setting, the tension, the score and (especially) the incredible lighting and sound design feel like something done by a very talented movie studio.
Nothing else like it
I played it 2 times. Once ten years ago with my best friend, we were switching controller and it was so good. We were screaming in terror, hearts thumping and breathing hard all the time ! Sometimes we were too scared to continue, that was just an awesome experience and I absolutely agree with your statement; it felt real and immersive in a way that most game don't achieve anymore. I played it again a few years later and was super scared AGAIN even though I knew what was coming. This game is just good 😊
@@Monanged sounds like you had a great experience with it mate! 🍻🍻
There was actually two Aliens running around in this game, one grey one and a green one, though I didn't see them both at the same time.
Something about Alien Isolation really captures me. I think its the presentation. It just looks absolutely gorgeous, minus the character models, but the environments are flawless. I've never been so terrified playing anything in my entire life. Yet, I couldn't put it down.
@@tommyscott8511 for a 10 year old game the atmosphere is beautiful
Yooo the beginning has earned you a sub and like 🤣🤣🤣
@@FuzzyChubbyPurpleUnicorn cheers my dude! Appreciate the sub and kind words 🍻
nice thats immersive that setting with real life sounds and talking be heard
When he said that his girlfriend of ten years ago is his wife now, I felt happy for him.
Ten years of blessings. He has come a long way.
@@aramisy.cajigas744 thanks mate 🍻🍻
10 years ago, 10 years from now.. a masterpiece
We have gotten so many alien games including that VR one coming out, we need a sequel to this it’s so insane
@@eldongrimes2306 wasn't there a phone game that was related to isolation or something too?
I need to play this after seeing Romulus in IMAX 💀
the graphics are good enough that playing it in 4k with modern hardware makes it really nice to replay
It does a great job at just making you feel isolated with an alien (pun intended) even with the flamethrower or with a heap of molotov's or pipe bombs it doesn't ever feel like you have enough supplies to just barge through the alien and just keep going. At most you can make a couple mistakes or by yourself a good chunk of time but you can't ever be rid of it completely. Not to mention you have that one section where you're in the hive and there isn't just 1 alien but like 3-4 and it becomes really hectic and scary cause you have to burn through supplies since stealth isn't really as much of an option anymore. I think overall it just does a great job at not making you so weak you feel like nothing you do is worthwhile like say you're playing an amnesia game but it also doesn't make you feel like the alien is weak but rather you just have more options to buy yourself time or to fight back a bit rather than forcing you to just avoid it or hide the entire game
The memes were on point hahaha - great review!
@@jediahpesu6673 cheers my dude 🍻 appreciate the kind words
I love this game as well. You should try Condemned: Criminal Origins. It is very good.
the only big flaw of this game is the reuse of map design near the end of it, and the ton of backtracking you gotta do . The anesidora part of the game is also pretty dull for me, because the ship's interior design just looks like an extension of sevastopol, like you can tell the devs either didnt care or didnt have the time so they reused assets from sevastopol to make the anesidora
yup.... and they buried it. 'cause reasons.
8:25 well that's a lie or a very poor observation on your part. If you save and the Alien kills you while in the middle of the save, when you reload, the Alien will not respawn to instantly rekill you, it will be back in the ducts, somewhere. As for dying after the animation has finished... that's not a thing either. Game gives you time to alter the outcome. Also, the Alien AI doesn't repeat the same action when it loses line of sight. It's random. So, you can do the same exact thing, and the Alien's actions won't always be the same. Basically the game's save system is designed not to soft lock you. Now.. if ur playing the hardest difficulty... well that's on u. not the game.
You had me with the fart in the locker & the Mr.Bean intro = subscribe
Cheers my dude! I tend to put memes in all of my reviews hoping that of people don't like the game/review the memes at least get a laugh
i remember when i played it when it launched on ps4 its creepy, gona play it on pc soon
@@RKB-craftGaming enjoy my dude!
I've played plenty of horror games in my time, but this is the only one that ever made me limit my playing time. 1-2 hoirs at a time, that was enough. Stress and anxiety levels through the roof
It's fantastic, and offered up one of the most memorable (read: terrifying) moments in my gaming history [a 4-way junction in the vents, with just the one minute blast-worth of flame thrower fuel left]. It is, though, when you think about it a 3D Pac-Man with just one the one, albeit particularly spiteful, ghost. No Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde here, just a bastard Big Chap. There's a question for you - is Pac-Man the first ever survival horror game?
Right on dude. Love that everyone has a different experience or memory with this game
Ha ha never thought of it that way
I'm about to start the game for the first time ever. Shall be a fun night. Great review
Cheers my dude! Hope you enjoy your playthrough mate!
One of the best games ever made. Perhaps the best survival horror game period.
@@GasWorksISO right on my dude glad you're enjoying it
Let me be honest here because im a casual gamer and i will firstly admit that im not hardcore nor skilled. And we average gamers are MANY in population. This game sold poorly, and its not because of competition at the time
Me and million other gamers had avoided this game because of its difficulty and slow gameplay. If the game had more difficulty variety to allow players to indulge in the story and atmosphere without being killed immediately, it wouldve sold better.
And im not even asking for cod like alien game, but horror games like Silent hill were very accessible, it even let you tinker with the difficulty and ai settings and even for less cryptic puzzle solving. Far cry had sneak indicator mechanics, which in Alien Isolation you dont, like why not at least include a mechanic for an easy difficulty and just remove it for the higher difficulty.
And most importantly, trial and error games are the worst type of difficulty, which is what this game also has even if the fans dont want to admit it. You definitely know that the game spawned that alien into the area when you were about to complete a task.
Game developers have yet to understand that average gamers are not masochistic gamers which is why this Alien game is only kept alive by only the alien fanbase and streamers. And that people would rather watch a streamer play the Alien game(or hide n seek only game) than to actually own the game and play it. But hopefully, they’ll understand for a next Alien game.
Same here, finished it once but never again, just to difficult for me. But i revisit it a few times and play it till i get stucked because of that damn robots. Super scary horror game, that's why i always come back....
@@robertb.3651 thats the parts i always get stuck on, the robots. Same thing, very annoying. I could not finish it
When you brought up the motion tracker focus I automatically switched between the tracker and the background as you toggled it... Ive played this game too much
I play it with no music enabled and it makes the experience 10000 times scarier
@@jishmoans oh damn!
Are you Gmans editor because i’ve noticed that your and his videos use a lot of simpson clips lmao
Nope just mates with him
It's a prerequisite to be his mate. Pass a Simpsons quiz
Amazing game from top to bottom even graphics are still stunning
It's a proper classic on it's own, regardless of it's Alien-heritage. One of few games I want to own on several platforms because it's fun on PC, PS4/5 and Switch.
One of my top 5 games of all time! Great review!
Cheers mate appreciate it
Yes. Thank you, it was a pleasure.
Just started this game after avoiding it for years cuz Alien honestly scares me but man. Im starting on nightmare and it's insane. Haven't seen the Alien yet, just the humans but the sense of dread is terrifying
@@zay_tiggygaming you're in for a great yet horrifying time
Just found out about your channel. Awesome quality you deliver. Im shocked you have so few subs. Count me in
ah shucks cheers mate! appreciate the kind words and the sub
I just got through beating the game again. Great review of AI. It is in my top five best games I've ever played. I wanted an AI2 so bad. They did a phenomenal job with the Alien programming. I hoped future games feed off the gameplay of this. The first time I got to the Hive I turned the game off. I decided that I was gonna save that for another day.😅
Finished it again 2 days ago just before I watched Romulus and between that movie and this game....the game is the better movie.
couple of game references too which was cool
One of the best games I’ve ever played, still holds up after all these years.
Such a shame we never got a proper sequel, though.
agree my dude - might be my favorite survival horror game (personally) haha - if not top 3
The flamethrower is an issue. It does ruin the tension with the xeno becoming less of a menace and more of a fly to be swatted while working obj. Love the game, but it breaks the fear and just leaves you to jump scares.
@@mywakingmind I found I has tension from my fuel supply for the flame thrower, but it did also make the flashlight a bit useless as the flamethrower kinda does the same thing
Hey dude, loved the video. Feels like watching gmanlives if he didn't just cover shooters! Love your editing and the points you made throughout the video 😊
Ah shucks cheers mate! If you want a couple of my other videos, you'll see gman pop up - likewise with me in some of his videos 🍻🍻
@@DudiReviews haha, no way! That's awesome man. I'll keep watching! You guys are great!
@@RSKT_art cheers my dude 🍻
This is the best horror game ever. Purely based on atmosphere and AI quality. The Alien is truly in control the whole 20 hours not having one upgrade to it. I just want to know if it’s canon
@@charlesthompson5645 I've seen some recent alien timeline posts with Romulus out and it shows isolation in the timeline
I absolutely love the DLC's that take place on the Nostromo XD
You have singlehandedly convinced me to rebuy the game for Xbox One.
And its on sale! A bonus.
@@watership02 enjoy my dude!
How this mirrors my own view, or image if this game. I am not a huge fan or the horror survivor genre, but i am an alien(s) fan boy. I love the game, have replayed it a few times, and though i get frustrated sometimes of how the missions are designed, i always end up wanting more. Yes for me this game is too short, i could without blink have spent 50+ hours sneaking and avoiding the alien. The game and the story deserves a part 2.
The twist at the end was amazing
@@Scruffy-LookingNerfHerder yeah very happy with it
No fricking way has it been 10 years already. It still looks so awesome, especially compared to Colonial Marines!
@@maxnova9763 yeah 10 years my dude - it came out 1 year after colonial Marines
Alien Isolation is a game I will never get rid of
even the challenge modes are pretty fun for a quick game
It took me 3 weeks to beat this game in the hardest difficulty and, i can tell you this much...
Never have I played a game that's made me jump and freak out as much as this title. It truly is the best alien game, and quite possibly the best horror survival game on the market!
@@tothesky8799 right on my dude glad you enjoyed it
Great game. Can’t believe 10 years old. Only game I played again for a second time. They should do another like this.
thoroughly enjoyed replaying/re-experiencing the story, but damn is it still frightening
Not only it’s the best Alien game, it’s the best Alien sequel that never was.
best alien game for sure - and great Alien sequel
I replayed it this year, for the 5 time. Still pretty cool. I really like such a deep embient dive.
Without watching the video yes can say this is the best and still holds up so much on graphics and sound omg
I wonder if we will ever get an Alien game of that quality again…
@@julianhuber9188 all we can do is wait my dude
Could have sworn this game was 6 years at the most. 10 years already 😮
right? 10 years my dude
Havent watched the video yet, but my problem with this game is how the alien can pretty much kill you at any time if youre being too loud and for most of this game youre crouch walking around the map with your scanner out. It gets really frustrating when you die and have to crouch walk back to the same point. It really is scary as shit, but the game is such a drag to get through. It goes on for too long, and the alien segments feel endlessly long.
@@arxci9402 sprinting will alert the alien. You can standard walk everywhere, but when the alien pops down, then it's best to crouch
@DudiReviews it just doesn't create the best gameplay, in my opinion. Since the alien situations are so dragged out and overdone, it gets repetitive pretty fast. It feels like a weird way to pad the gameplay hours by forcing everyone to play at such a slow pace for a prolonged period of time🤷♂️
@@arxci9402 fair enough my dude 🍻
@@arxci9402 I don't know how else you'd make gameplay around being stalked by an alien.
@user-zp4ge3yp2o better pacing and separation between when the alien stalks you would be a starter. It'll throw you into endless stealth sequences that last for hours depending on how good you are at getting past the alien
Correction on saving when the alien is around. You will load and the alien will not be right behind you (it happened to me once).
*Most of the time. If there is a situation where the drop is guaranteed with high agro, you can get into a save death loop in a small room, such as m6 room where you pick up the keycard to enter medical operations area. Basically, under specific circumstances, the alien spawns back into vents, but is guaranteed to drop into the same room with you if possible.
Alien Isolation was a product of a particular era, several happy coincidences and above all a publisher prepared to take a risk.
And remember that most of the Alien Isolation design team left Creative Assembly shortly after it was released.
There’s no way we’ll get another game of this quality and set in the Alien universe again. 10 years later, publishers are far more risk averse and more interested in pleasing their shareholders than their customers.
Fortunately, I feel this game has pretty much unlimited replay value, so I’m fine with this.
@@happyspaceinvader508 agree mate this game has a lot of replay value
Im excited to see how Aliens : Rogue incursion turns out
i'm keen to see it - but doubtful i'll review it on the channel. Don't need noise complaints from my neighbours
Short answer: yes
Mid answer: its the best horror game ever
Long answer: ….
I just played alien isolation before watching Alien Romulus. It was a pretty awesome experience, tho I wish I played it on PC rather than on the switch