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Alien: Isolation |OT| 1 Alien. 1 Ripley. No Jonesy.
- Thread starter VisceralBowl
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That was good. I'm glad I didn't play Colonial Marines.Ha! CAD did a pretty good one today:
Fantastic. Just select the "Full Dynamic Range" option and you get 7.1 surround sound bliss(or headphone bliss, if you prefer).
No way! This whole time I wasn't too afraid because I spoiled the first appearance of the alien for myself and didn't think I'd be in danger until then. I wonder where else it can kill you.
Yes, all other games seem to want to be Aliens and you quickly lose any fear. Gotta remember though 'in space no one can hear you scream" at work my boss can..
Ok so I just got the flamethrower, can anyone tell me how far in I am?
Up until now this game has been amazing! Everything I could've hoped for. Sound is amazing (Good surround sound mixing finally yay!), Graphics are awesome(The aliasing is far less bad than I thought) and the atmosphere, oh man the atmosphere.
I would guess I'm half way through? Right now this game is far from overstaying it's welcome...
Up until now this game has been amazing! Everything I could've hoped for. Sound is amazing (Good surround sound mixing finally yay!), Graphics are awesome(The aliasing is far less bad than I thought) and the atmosphere, oh man the atmosphere.
I would guess I'm half way through? Right now this game is far from overstaying it's welcome...
yes, the framerates off a little in cutscenes on x1 and ps4 unfortunately.
888
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I bought it for 1.99 and I played through the whole thing, granted that was after it was "fixed" but it wasn't half bad by then. I kind of wish I got to see the original product just so I could see what everyone else saw on launch.
Cosmic Schwung
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That happened to me too. I then hung around looking at the interior of the transport. There was a sudden sound that almost made me crap myself and I immediately went and hit the button without looking back. Looks like I made the right decision!
cyberheater
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Then you're missing out on a good game if you're a Aliens fan. The updated post patch PC version was pretty decent.
I have both. shadow is pretty cool but does get repetitive. it may be possible to say the same thing about alien, though, so I guess it's just a matter of which appeals to you more thematically. both are well made, and I'd argue that alien is far more compelling in terms of the level of craftsmanship and production.
2 very different games but both are excellent in my opinion. If you want a fun action game with a great enemy system (aka nemesis system) go for Mordor. If you want a tense survival horror experience that will make you lose your shit, go for Alien. Either way you're gonna have a good time regardless of which game you pick.
Both are very good games that are worthy of a purchase, but I have to give the edge to Shadow of Mordor.
However, I'm only halfway through this game so things might change.
You can't go wrong with either.
Guys the atmosphere in this game is intense. I'm not going to pretend like I'm a horror aficionado by any means but this game so far feels Dead Space 1 kind of intense/constantly-on-edge. I'm not far into the game yet but
I'm past Axel's death and I got to the first full on reveal of the Alien. Can the Alien actually come out and kill you when you're waiting for the tram after Axel dies? I could hear it off in the distance and I just hid and stood still because I was fucking terrified.
Yes it can. Pretty much the alien can show up whenever it wants after you get past its initial reveal.
Reading this actually gave me goosebumps because
after the Axel death there were a couple of instances where I swore I heard a distant hiss or something and thought it was scripted noise just trying to mess with me
Might have misunderstood where you were talking about so just to be clear
are you talking about after Axel gets pulled into the vent or after it is revealed a bit later with the cutscene and "Pefect Organism" achievement spot? It can only start showing up after that full on reveal in the cutscene where ripley hides under the desk.
Oh god, shit just got real.
How the hell am I suppose to finish the game now.
Just stay crouched.
I was talking about after the Axel death, not the Perfect Organism spot. I kind of figured after the Perfect Organism spot it will show up whenever. I was unsure if it can show up after Axel gets pulled into the vent, because the tram spot just after that sure makes it feel like the Alien can come after you.
Actually, it shows up
after you call the tram at the end of mission 2. If you wait too long before boarding it, it will get you.
Play the main campaign first. Nostromo throws you right into the thick of it and you will have no idea what you are doing when it comes to encounters with the Alien.
PuppetMaster
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Damn this game is good!! GOTY for me so far.
I am getting the same feels I got the first time I played System Shock2.
I am getting the same feels I got the first time I played System Shock2.
A'ight! Thanks!
Now, I can't seem to find where to play the Nostromo DLC. Activated my code on steam, booted the game up but I haven't seen the option to play that DLC.
spookyfish
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Cool. Picking mine up today.
There are a few spots where it is scripted like
in medical and a few other spots later on like when you have to escape into the airlock once Waits blows that part of the station away.
the hive.
I don't remember the menu structure but after you press start and go to play game you should get the option for Alien Isolation / Crew Expendable
Isn't there... Hmmmmm.
And final question. What difficulty? Hard or Normal? What gives you the best experience?
Is hard really hard?
chicagocubsfan
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If I've never seen an alien movie will I still enjoy the game?
You're going to miss a TON of callbacks, especially to the first movie.
The Cowboy
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Anyone else think the synthetics are a bit to strong compared to what we've seen of them in the movies?, i know its a game, but i really think they can take far to much punishment - when hitting them with the hammer, it feels like I'm attacking with mallet's mallet and not a big metal thing.
MarcoZombieCannon
Member
I actually thought that they take about as much punishment as
Ash
A Serious Man
Member
I'm officially over having shit scrawled on the walls everywhere. It's important to communicate the games story and world through the environment but there isn't anything lazier than literally writing it on the fucking walls. We've gone from Half-Life 2 communicating the Combine's oppressive rule through occasional graffiti and symbols to just spraying "THESE GUYS ARE BAD" everywhere.
Aside from that I'm loving the game. Can't wait to dive back in once the sun goes down.
Aside from that I'm loving the game. Can't wait to dive back in once the sun goes down.
Agreed. The last game that made me marvel at the lighting was Doom 3.
blazenumb1
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So far so good for me. I'm really thinking most of the negative reviews were from people who hated how much you do in this game.
Crouch walking. The game.
Not that I mind it though. Game oozes atmosphere out of its pores.
Not that I mind it though. Game oozes atmosphere out of its pores.
"Goddamn it Alien, I just want to search for candy bars in toilets! Geez."Yes, it's all there for you to explore, if you dare
MarcoZombieCannon
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I used to do that, now I just wait. crouch walking doesn't stop the Alien from magically knowing where you are and following you through the ducts, so I stopped bothering. I do still crouch walk around hostile humans and androids though.
Doctor Hades
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A 'little off'!?!
On my PS4, running an installed and v1.01 patched disc version, the cutscenes are essentially broken as they run at what looks like 10 FPS, especially in the close ups of the faces, and stutter so badly that it makes them pretty much unwatchable. How on earth those passed quality control is a mystery but what is more puzzling is why none of the reviews, most of them based on the PS4 version, made no mention of it! What's even more baffling is that some of the cutscenes that run poorly are actually pre-rendered FMV and not realtime such as the spacewalk from the Torrens to the Sevastopol near the start! I think the ones that run really badly (10 FPS) are the realtime ones.
Not only is there an issue with the cutscenes but the game struggles to hold a smooth 30 FPS framerate, compared with something like, say, Destiny (which is also a first-person game), and can feel slightly choppy as a result. Framepacing issues perhaps? It's nowhere near as bad as the cutscenes admittedly but they both give the impression that the game has been rushed out to me. It doesn't help either that I had one CE-34878-0 crash right before the next level started and BEFORE it auto-saved. That is only the second such error I've seen for a game on my PS4 since I bought it at launch last year and I have 40+ disc games.
Seems like a decent game but, IMO, the PC version is the better version by far and runs much better (even on modest hardware according to the benchmarks I've read). I'm playing on maxed out settings downsampled from 2880x1800 to 1920x1200 with SMAA T2x on my i7-4770K, 16 GB, GTX 980, Windows 8.1 Pro PC and I've not noticed the game dipping below 60 FPS. Certainly cutscenes play fine on PC, both realtime and FMV ones.
I'm constantly on the move and I've been pretty sucessful. I guess all those years of playing Splinter Cell and such has made me an aggressive stealth gamer.
MarcoZombieCannon
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Oh yeah, definitely. My issue is that at close distances the Alien is so unpredictable that I'd rather not stay out in the open in case he decided to turn around or whatever, and from safer distances he can't hear me walking, so I just walk.