Current Events > Alien Isolation is a really bad game.

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They got the look right and the atmosphere at the beginning, but once the real game gets going, it loses absolutely all of the fun value. It's simply too hard and I'm man enough to admit that.

I played on Hard because the game said that's how it's meant to be played. Once I reached a wall, I lowered it to normal... and then to easy... nothing at all seemed to change though. It was still too hard, and there was no fun factor at all.

A horror game needs to have ebb and flow. You need safe sections to balance out the horror. Once I got into the shit with Alien, it was just this presence always there in every area, so there was no safe place to explore and you have no weapons to actually do anything to it. It's just this repeating die, die, die loop. It isn't scary, just keep playing the same sections over and over and over and over again until you manage to find the special way to creep through and avoid the Alien.

Not that I'm a pro gamer or anything but I play most games on Hard mode these days. I have a feeling that all the praise it got from people is not experts who are way better than me. I think it's basically they played the opening parts before the difficulty starts and then they gave up, and then sang its praises of there finally being a good Alien game. There isn't though.

TLDR: Waaaa games is too hard and scary
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youngfossil posted...

TLDR: Waaaa games is too hard and scary

Wrong.

KazumaKiryu posted...

youngfossil posted...

TLDR: Waaaa games is too hard and scary

Wrong.

You literally assumed all the poeple that liked it never finished it cause you cant. What kind of self centered shit is that
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I'm not a fan of stealth games where you can't kill/disable enemies
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youngfossil posted...

You literally assumed all the poeple that liked it never finished it cause you cant. What kind of self centered shit is that

Oh, did I literally assume that? Did I LITERALLY? OMG Literally? I can't even

How are you playing the game? If you're sprinting through the halls and bumping into things, like you would in most FPSs, the Alien will always hear you and attack. However, if you crouch-walk and move deliberately, the Alien will typically ignore you even if its audibly patrolling the ducts above you.

I beat the game on the hardest difficulty and did not have the problems you're experiencing. There are a few staged areas where you have to be in the same room/hall as the alien, but you have control most of the game.
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eston posted...

disable enemies

it becomes almost too easy to "disable" the alien past a certain point.
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ITT: TC is afraid of aliens
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eston posted...

I'm not a fan of stealth games where you can't kill/disable enemies

You can for everything. Granted disabling the alien only extends to distracting it. Other Humans die easily, Androids are obnoxiously durable, and the Alien is like a giant cat.
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Im triggggggggered
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Iron-Tarkus posted...

eston posted...

I'm not a fan of stealth games where you can't kill/disable enemies

You can for everything. Granted disabling the alien only extends to distracting it. Other Humans die easily, Androids are obnoxiously durable, and the Alien is like a giant cat.

I had no way of disabling it. There was a DLC thing that was with characters from the original movie where they equipped me with a flame thrower, but I certainly had nothing like that in the real game.

And speaking of humans, they claim they're just minding their business and won't bother me if I leave them alone. Yeah, bullshit. Every human attacked on site whenever I ended up in the same room as them.

You shouldn't be here
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Iron-Tarkus posted...

eston posted...

I'm not a fan of stealth games where you can't kill/disable enemies

You can for everything. Granted disabling the alien only extends to distracting it. Other Humans die easily, Androids are obnoxiously durable, and the Alien is like a giant cat.

You can "disable" the alien with the flamethrower, but the lack of fuel on higher difficulties doesn't allow this to be a reliable substitute for stealth. It's for emergency situations where you're fucked and need a lifeline.

Every other threat can be permanently disabled, but it's also more hassle than it's worth for many of them. This is NOT a FPS.
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KazumaKiryu posted...

Iron-Tarkus posted...

eston posted...

I'm not a fan of stealth games where you can't kill/disable enemies

You can for everything. Granted disabling the alien only extends to distracting it. Other Humans die easily, Androids are obnoxiously durable, and the Alien is like a giant cat.

I had no way of disabling it. There was a DLC thing that was with characters from the original movie where they equipped me with a flame thrower, but I certainly had nothing like that in the real game.

There is definitely a flamethrower in the game.
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KazumaKiryu posted...

Iron-Tarkus posted...

eston posted...

I'm not a fan of stealth games where you can't kill/disable enemies

You can for everything. Granted disabling the alien only extends to distracting it. Other Humans die easily, Androids are obnoxiously durable, and the Alien is like a giant cat.

I had no way of disabling it. There was a DLC thing that was with characters from the original movie where they equipped me with a flame thrower, but I certainly had nothing like that in the real game.

Flares, Noisemakers, Flashbangs all cause the alien to investigate. It doesn't sound like you're that far into the game. The Medical Bay is probably the most intense part of first half of the game, if you are where I think you are.
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hockeybub89 posted...

KazumaKiryu posted...

Iron-Tarkus posted...

eston posted...

I'm not a fan of stealth games where you can't kill/disable enemies

You can for everything. Granted disabling the alien only extends to distracting it. Other Humans die easily, Androids are obnoxiously durable, and the Alien is like a giant cat.

I had no way of disabling it. There was a DLC thing that was with characters from the original movie where they equipped me with a flame thrower, but I certainly had nothing like that in the real game.

There is definitely a flamethrower in the game.

At what point did I say I beat this piece of shit game? I clearly said that I gave up.

Yea TC is definitely mad it's too hard

which is a real shame, game is really good

You definitely just played for an hour and then gave up. There are plenty of no-Alien segments and human/android only segments. It takes a bit, but there are a few ways to distract and chase away the Alien once you get into it. It's about stealth and resource management.

Drrobotniks posted...

Yea TC is definitely mad it's too hard

which is a real shame, game is really good

Ehhhh it's good for about the first half. It kind of becomes trial and error after a certain point. Also the fuckin ending
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KazumaKiryu posted...

A horror game needs to have ebb and flow. You need safe sections to balance out the horror. Once I got into the s*** with Alien, it was just this presence always there in every area, so there was no safe place to explore and you have no weapons to actually do anything to it. It's just this repeating die, die, die loop.

It doesn't sound like you lasted very long once the Alien became a factor.
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Maybe TC had the Kinect settings turned on and his complaining out loud kept alerting the Xeno?
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nemu posted...

You definitely just played for an hour and then gave up. There are plenty of no-Alien segments and human/android only segments. It takes a bit, but there are a few ways to distract and chase away the Alien once you get into it. It's about stealth and resource management.

I wasted 10 hours playing this shitty ass game. I know what I'm talking about.

CapnMuffin posted...

Maybe TC had the Kinect settings turned on and his complaining out loud kept alerting the Xeno?

lmao Kinect?

No I did have the PS4 camera settings turned on. The lean function didn't work for shit.

KazumaKiryu posted...

I wasted 10 hours playing this s***ty ass game. I know what I'm talking about.

You must have been stuck on that one section for a really long time then.

Like what were you doing when the Alien is around? What was your tactic? Why were you failing?

The game has a logic and clearly you weren't learning it.
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Darmik posted...

KazumaKiryu posted...

I wasted 10 hours playing this s***ty ass game. I know what I'm talking about.

You must have been stuck on that one section for a really long time then.

Like what were you doing when the Alien is around? What was your tactic? Why were you failing?

The game has a logic and clearly you weren't learning it.

It sounds like TC was impatiently sprinting down corridors and getting wrecked by the alien over and over again. That's the only way to experience what he's describing.
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nemu posted...

You definitely just played for an hour and then gave up. There are plenty of no-Alien segments and human/android only segments. It takes a bit, but there are a few ways to distract and chase away the Alien once you get into it. It's about stealth and resource management.

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The Admiral posted...

Darmik posted...

KazumaKiryu posted...

I wasted 10 hours playing this s***ty ass game. I know what I'm talking about.

You must have been stuck on that one section for a really long time then.

Like what were you doing when the Alien is around? What was your tactic? Why were you failing?

The game has a logic and clearly you weren't learning it.

It sounds like TC was impatiently sprinting down corridors and getting wrecked by the alien over and over again. That's the only way to experience what he's describing.

Yeah I wanted to give the benefit of the doubt here, but if they've played for 10 hours and haven't even gotten the flamethrower then there is something fantastically wrong with what is happening.
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KazumaKiryu posted...

CapnMuffin posted...

Maybe TC had the Kinect settings turned on and his complaining out loud kept alerting the Xeno?

lmao Kinect?

No I did have the PS4 camera settings turned on. The lean function didn't work for shit.

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Darmik posted...

KazumaKiryu posted...

I wasted 10 hours playing this s***ty ass game. I know what I'm talking about.

You must have been stuck on that one section for a really long time then.

Like what were you doing when the Alien is around? What was your tactic? Why were you failing?

The game has a logic and clearly you weren't learning it.

It kept finding him to the sound of his whimpering ducked over in a corner.
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Best Alien game ever made. Like that isn't saying much but yea.

The Admiral posted...

Darmik posted...

KazumaKiryu posted...

I wasted 10 hours playing this s***ty ass game. I know what I'm talking about.

You must have been stuck on that one section for a really long time then.

Like what were you doing when the Alien is around? What was your tactic? Why were you failing?

The game has a logic and clearly you weren't learning it.

It sounds like TC was impatiently sprinting down corridors and getting wrecked by the alien over and over again. That's the only way to experience what he's describing.

I was not.

So I got to the part where you had to do some shit in some room, and then when you come back the Alien comes out of a grate on the ceiling, right? And you gotta get past it, get back to that guy who said he would help you. I spent a couple hours dying over and over at that part across different days. It's such a pain in the ass.

Then I got to the next section with a bunch of robots and eventually just said fuck this game.

I played on Normal and throwing a noise maker into another room and sneaking to a new area and just advancing until I was safe was a pretty safe tactic for most of the game. Eventually I had enough flamethrower ammo and I blitzed through the ending sections.
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Eh, I played Hard my first time through and didn't have a huge amount of trouble. You just need to be smart with your supplies and don't go gung-ho trying to kill everything. Sometimes, avoiding combat is the best route.

The Alien can be annoying, but it's also kind of random. Sometimes it shows up a lot, sometimes it doesn't. The alien is more frustrating then scary after a while, I'll admit, and it can get predictable. The Working Joes were a lot scarier to me than that thing.

FYI I've beaten the game on Nightmare, and THAT is intense. Every time I spent a bullet or crafted an item, I hoped it wasn't a mistake that I would regret later on. That was true survival horror. Your supplies are very limited. On that note, I think the biggest thing difficulty effects IS how many supplies you get, and not how durable you or the enemies are, though that is also affected to some extent.
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youngfossil posted...

TLDR: Waaaa games is too hard and scary

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TC got that Tut Tut treatment
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