Comments on: Review: Alien: Isolation

By: Bup

Bup — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 17:17:53 +0000

@Lusi: Alien and Aliens are two of my favorite movies ever.

By: Lusipurr

Lusipurr — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 03:44:49 +0000

I have *never* understood what is so great about Alien in any form. But, after reading this article, I still don't.

By: Mel

Mel — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 09:07:52 +0000

We probably have, and yes I am a fan of the first game. So of course there were exceptions, but I’m almost hesitant to call Dead Space an exception because of what it turned into so quickly. Resident Evil got actiony late enough that you could split the series roughly in half at the start of RE4 between Survival Horror and Action Horror. (In total I count about 8 old school REs to about 6 new or non puzzley entries including the rail-shooters).

With Dead Space, as SOON as it became popular they just though “right, make everyone buy this. Screw why. Do what you must!”

By: Ethos

Ethos — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 02:40:04 +0000

Re: your first comment, Mel, were you a fan of the original Dead Space? I forget if we’ve talked about that.

By: Mel

Mel — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 08:52:00 +0000

I would play this game if I had the time and money aside from that I plan to spend on other games before the year’s end. LPs let me get a good feel for the experience, as close as can be gotten without doing it yourself. And if the commentary is good, all the better.

By: Bup

Bup — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 04:25:09 +0000

@Mel: Honestly, give it a chance and play it yourself. Nothing can compare to actually playing it.

@Dice: Those stretches were like a god-send to me. Unless you played the game before, you have no clue if the Alien is going to randomly come out. And I liked how it gave you a chance to breath and restock.

By: DiceAdmiral

DiceAdmiral — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 00:20:18 +0000

Game coverage that I consume is very split over this game. A lot of places claimed that it was pretty boring for stretches where the Alien doesn’t show up and when it does often then it gets excessive. It doesn’t look like you thought that at all. What is your opinion of the pacing?

By: Mel

Mel — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 22:32:22 +0000

It seems another in a recent resurgence of games that take power away from the player as old Survival Horror games did in the PS1 days. Since then we’ve gotten nothing but empowerment fantasies in the 360/PS3 era that make the player a highly capable badass like the Batman games, Assassin’s Creed, Gears of War and God of War. This is the exact difference between this game and the botched Aliens Colonial Marines, which (if it worked) was supposed to feature the player mowing down dozens of Aliens.

I hope games like Isolation represent a response to growing tired of those empowerment fantasies, at least a bit. I’ll probably end up watching this game played once someone on the SA forums puts together a presentable LP.