Alien: Isolation

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Fidgits

17,202 posts

228 months

Wednesday 8th October 2014
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Anyone other than krunchkin have an opinion of the game?

THX

2,348 posts

121 months

Wednesday 8th October 2014
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+1 for the PT demo. Really good, genuine scares.

krunchkin

2,209 posts

140 months

Friday 10th October 2014
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played much deeper into this now and I'm going to update my slightly harsh review earlier in thread. It is true that in the initial stages anyone who has played Bioshock/Doom 3/ Deadspace etc will find a lot of "seen that before" stuff. However as you progress and the Alien truly starts to show itself then a lot of that cynicism fades. This is a refreshingly different game that is a world away from typical "guns blazing" FPS fare. Once you get deep into it, and the graffiti on the walls stops, and it's just you as the mouse, crouching terrified under a table, while the big bad cat hunts you down, it really does become quite awesome and pant tighteningly tense. I recommend it highly - although much of it feels derivative in the first 2-3 hours - it really is refreshingly different to much of the FPS garbage. And the retro look is very cool.

krunchkin

2,209 posts

140 months

Friday 10th October 2014
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I'll add also - I'm playing it on Easy and it is still fking hard and tense. Looking at a lot of the reviews - especially IGN's - they seem to be all playing it on hard mode and finding it brutally difficult. Unless you are an ultrageek I suggest taking it on easy or medium because it is a truly harsh and unforgiving game

HorneyMX5

5,306 posts

149 months

Friday 10th October 2014
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Very tempted by this after the posts in here.

Fidgits

17,202 posts

228 months

Friday 10th October 2014
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I got this last night, played about an hour or two, as Krunchin said it is a bit bioshock to start with, it is a slow build up as you are just finding your way around...

i havent actually interacted with anyone yet, and other than a couple of fleeting figures i havent seen anyone..

will be interesting to see how it progresses..

krunchkin

2,209 posts

140 months

Friday 10th October 2014
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trust no one. Well- except you can trust the Jock that you're probably going to meet shortly.

Edited by krunchkin on Friday 10th October 11:49

DoubleSix

11,691 posts

175 months

Friday 10th October 2014
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krunchkin said:
trust no one
Still not played PT then krunchkin?



krunchkin

2,209 posts

140 months

Friday 10th October 2014
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DoubleSix said:
krunchkin said:
trust no one
Still not played PT then krunchkin?
is it available on PS4 store? Will give it a try after I beat this fking Xenomorph. Got the flamethrower now so at least I can toast its ass once in a while

DoubleSix

11,691 posts

175 months

Friday 10th October 2014
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krunchkin said:
DoubleSix said:
krunchkin said:
trust no one
Still not played PT then krunchkin?
is it available on PS4 store? Will give it a try after I beat this fking Xenomorph. Got the flamethrower now so at least I can toast its ass once in a while
Yup. It's buried in there somewhere. I remember struggling to find it, but boy was it worth it....

NelsonR32

1,679 posts

170 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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Anyone help? Trying to contact the Torrens and I cannot work out how. Got into the coffee shop/food place and not sure where to go?

Game is looking good so far and i haven't even met the Alien yet tongue out

Bullett

10,873 posts

183 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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There is a hatch in the floor of the coffee shop.
That's where I stopped though and I've not played since last week.

Lurking Lawyer

4,534 posts

224 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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It took me quite some time too to find that hatch!

Otter Smacker

6,524 posts

193 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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THX said:
+1 for the PT demo. Really good, genuine scares.
Saw a teaser trailer on this with some random chap walking down a steet some time ago, but seeing this recent PT demo on IGN...Holy fk!yikes


I want this game so bad but I'm not sure my budgie smugglers will agree.



krunchkin

2,209 posts

140 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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Deep into this now and nearing the end. Final thoughts - I think a lot of the reviewers screwed themselves by playing hard mode. It's more than hard and frustrating enough on easy. Not sure where all the gripes about the over long campaign come from either. It doesn't seem to have outstayed its welcome - you get the alien stage, the robot stage, the human stage, and then - without adding spoilers - a nice mix up of them all. After my initial misgivings I've found this a gripping game. Still not sure it has shat me up with its non scripted AI as much as Doom 3's "dark coaster" scripted frights did though. And instadeath from facehuggers is immensely annoying in the endgame.

Edited by krunchkin on Tuesday 14th October 09:38

HorneyMX5

5,306 posts

149 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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Picked it up tonight and I'm a couple of hours in on Easy. Really enjoying it and find it has the feel of the early Res Evil games where it's quite tense and foreboding. Had a few jumps and not sure I'm going to sleep that well tonight, lol.


Rick_1138

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3,656 posts

177 months

Tuesday 14th October 2014
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Only played a little bit as was getting ready for competition in Brum, but I am at the bit where you see your ship outside the window then the shutters come down. Its properly spooky, and the squeaky shoes are a genuine masterstroke in a game where you need to be quiet.

I am playing on easy (as I don't have a masochistic streak) and I turned off the Kinect noise sensor, so if there is a noise in the room the alien can hear YOU! as I don't want to die by farting too loud.

I do like how you can peek round corners by tilting your head though, useless, but fun.

Forza Horizon is more fun though.

NelsonR32

1,679 posts

170 months

Tuesday 14th October 2014
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Started on hard. Restarted on easy tongue out

GT Kodiak

2,907 posts

178 months

Wednesday 15th October 2014
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Playing on medium.

It's challenging but there are fairly easy routes around stuff, there's also obvious areas where on Hard I'd imagine there'd be an extra guard standing or patrolling.

As for the Alien... I've only been killed by it once so far, and that was when I'd fumigated an area to allow me to sneak through it and I ended up not seeing our glossy black friend dangling from the ceiling.

The androids are creepy... and relentless... and infuriating... and chilling... and... and... basically it's these guys that put me on edge, not being sure if you've been spotted by them is really tense. I've almost resigned myself to the fact that 70% of the time the alien is going to kill me if it spots me, but these guys, they always give you that moment to run away but you're not sure if you should.

This is a 9/10 game for anyone that's undecided.

Sf_Manta

2,188 posts

190 months

Wednesday 15th October 2014
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Mannginger said:
/me watches Alien Isolation gameplay.
/me imagines trying to play Alien Isolation
/me imagines playing on Occulus rift
yikes
Friend of mine said they'd played it on an Occulus Rift... 10 mins later they had to stop cause they were practically shaking with fear... yikes

I've been watching playthroughs by Jingles (of WOT fame) and another youtuber... watching at 2am in the morning at the weekend was about one of the scariest experiences I've had from a game yikes

Will probably buy this once I've done my PC upgrade (new video card and more ram)