Alien: Isolation
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Alien: Isolation

The Creative Assembly

2014•Adventure•PEGI 18•About 21 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurehorrorscience fictionmonster/alien/supernaturalpsychologicalrobots/ai/spacesexfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginarygrittybig & variedall consuming questfighting evilfish out of water/culture clashhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leadsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeOtherworldly and morally murky: a weighty adventure game, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like edge over warmth.

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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About This Game

Alien: Isolation is a survival horror game based on the Alien franchise. As Amanda Ripley, daughter of Ellen Ripley, you will navigate through an increasingly volatile world as you find yourself confronted on all sides by a panicked population and an unpredictable Alien. You must scavenge resources, improvise solutions and use your wits, not just to succeed in your mission but to simply stay alive. In addition to the main story mode there's Survivor mode in which the player needs to escape from a specially designed map fulfilling secondary objectives along the way, while being aggressively hunted by the alien. This mode includes online leaderboards.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Fifteen years after the events of Alien, Ellen Ripley’s daughter Amanda enters a desperate battle for survival on a mission to unravel the truth behind her mother's disappearance.

Screenshots

  • Alien: Isolation screenshot
  • Alien: Isolation screenshot
  • Alien: Isolation screenshot
  • Alien: Isolation screenshot

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureHorrorScience fictionMonster/alien/supernaturalPsychologicalRobots/ai/spaceSexAll consuming questFighting evilFish out of water/culture clashHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardySocial commentarySolving the riddle/not as it seemsTroubled leadsUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

AliensBloodyPsychological horrorDarkCraftingRobotsRunningFemale protagonist

Details

Developer
The Creative Assembly
Publishers
Feral Interactive, Sega
Released
6 October 2014
Series
Alien
Platforms
PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Time to beat
21h normally, 32h complete
Age rating
PEGI 18
Taste scores
How we score
Source
IGDB

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