Creative Assembly finally crack the DNA of Alien: an unpredictable Xenomorph, a suffocating Sevastopol and a sound design that makes even hardened players flinch. Long, demanding, sometimes unfair, but genuinely terrifying from start to finish.
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Category
Action Adventure1 player18+
Description
Survival horror by Creative Assembly and Sega, October 2014. Amanda Ripley infiltrates Sevastopol space station to recover the Innostranka black box and encounters an immortal Xenomorph alien relentlessly hunting her. Stealth and improvisation with crafted gadgets, avoidance of the unpredictably adaptive Alien and claustrophobic terror atmosphere. Faithful adaptation of Ridley Scott's Alien film universe.
Alien - Isolation review
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Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
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Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
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Story
★★★★★
"Masterful"
A 1970s retro-futuristic aesthetic faithful to Ridley Scott's film: sheet-metal corridors, cathode screens and gloom weave a claustrophobic terror. The obsessive care for atmosphere and the presence of the xenomorph compose a horror of rare intensity. This visual direction, immersive and oppressive, commands admiration.
A tribute to Jerry Goldsmith's score, the music weaves shrieking strings, dissonant brass and industrial pads that distil a terror of every moment. Tense to the unbearable, it embraces the hunt by the Xenomorph with a chilling effectiveness. This oppressive soundscape remains a peak of video-game horror.
Fifteen years after her mother's disappearance, Amanda Ripley reaches a derelict space station where a perfect creature prowls. Faithful to the spirit of the 1979 film, the tale distils a terror of being hunted and of helplessness of rare intensity. Its suffocating atmosphere made it a peak of modern survival horror.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"Mild"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Difficult"
Lifespan
"Long"
Technical info
💾6,1 GB📅07/10/2014
Published by Sega
Alien - Isolation (Xbox 360) price, value & rarity
A survival horror from Creative Assembly, Alien Isolation revives the terror of the first film by stalking the player with a single Xenomorph driven by unpredictable AI, in a space station of remarkable aesthetic fidelity. The constant tension, the stealth management and the absence of any sense of safety make it a masterful horror experience. The long length and the gruelling difficulty call for composure. A peak of the genre for fans of immersive horror and of the Alien saga.
