Alien: Isolation

I need a new pair of underpants...

I don't like having to play through the same 20 minutes over and over and over again only to get by killed by the alien every time.

Boring. Not scary at all.

:P

The game is very serviceable to fans, so that's good. It has some intense and iconic moments too. I liked how it escalated things as well. I was interested in it because I like deep space movies without pew pew lasers and the original movie as well and it's an OK game at that. Still, there's a few things to be warned before buying: - It has 3 gimmicks: stealth, repetitive puzzles and basic combat. The puzzles are the worst, it's just very easy mini-games that you have to repeat endlessly throughout the game and they get old fast. - The maps are smaller than they'd seem. You have a few areas and you back track to them many times. - It's very glitchy, specially with the sound. This affects both your ability to hear the alien and to understand what the envioremental storytelling is saying (you turn your head a bit and those who were speaking next to you start sounding like they're 3 rooms away). Some sound fx can get stuck playing too until you change areas. - The AI is not that good. The alien is a glorified roomba moving around randomly. He's tethered to you in a way, since he's always around wherever you are even if there's some shit going on in a different part of the area. He doesn't have a patrol pattern but he doesn't make sense either so it's frustrating sometimes because he'll check a room where you are and when he's about to exit he'll spin around and go back to explore the room again. Still, it's easy to lose any respect for the alien specially when you get armed as you can shoo him away (with moderation, ammo against the alien is scarce). He's also supposed to be extra-aware but you can walk by him no problem. Humans on the other hand will shoot you if they see you from another ship that's behind a fog curtain and you're in a room with the lights off under the table. - Get it on discount. And play the game first before considering the DLC. If you LOVE the mechanics then by all means buy the DLC otherwise I wouldn't bother.