Alien Isolation on GOG - gog.la/alien2 Alias Isolation - github.com/aliasIsolation/aliasIsolation/releases It's a dark and smokey game which KZitem compression does no favors for, but it eternally looks recent to me.
@thetominator6359
Жыл бұрын
Looks decent? Or recent? Looking forward to the vid btw
@BremeD
Жыл бұрын
are you the misterious druid knight?
@LorcaLoca
Жыл бұрын
Are you using graphic mods?
@Doile911
Жыл бұрын
This is a great game, I'm not good with horror, so i could never play it (tried it a few times, never got past the motion detector part), i'm glad some people appreciate the game.
@jcshields27
Жыл бұрын
The courage cat theme is greatly appreciated at 25:00
@thebassplayification
Жыл бұрын
I'm an Australian Electrician. And this game really nails the feel of working in someone's roof after finding a 7ft long snake skin.
@pob_42
Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the motorcyclist that found a spider in his helmet. On the freeway. At 85mph.
@gp.5989
Жыл бұрын
@@pob_42 good God thats terrifying.
@Girvo747
Жыл бұрын
Hey now, as an Aussie it’s not the 7ft carpet pythons that you need to worry about haha. It’s the way smaller eastern browns that give me the willies ;)
@tHeInEvItAbLePaRtY
Жыл бұрын
The idea of living in a place with venomous car-door dwelling spiders scare me
@joeburch6754
Жыл бұрын
What does it mean if the snake skin is still hissing at me?
@GrippeeTV
Жыл бұрын
To this day it’s crazy to me that it took Creative Assembly, a strategy game developer, to make one of the best alien games.
@LouieCartoon
Жыл бұрын
it must have been the learned habits of creating AI in war/civilization games applied to the Alien genre, its interesting, makes me wonder what would happen if we had more video game developers jump around genres
@murkyfoogerx2396
Жыл бұрын
Angry Joe lol
@GrippeeTV
Жыл бұрын
@@LouieCartoon strategy games require a lot more effort AI wise for unit pathing and reaction so yeah, that’s probably a good skill that translates well to other genres like horror.
@polkka7797
Жыл бұрын
@@GrippeeTV and the unit pathing in shogun 2 still fucks up on my end lmao
@Carinthian_Oak
Жыл бұрын
Its also one of the best horror games ever.
@lefdee
Жыл бұрын
I always found the Working Joes were scarier than anything else in the game. With the alien you know you can't kill it and need to hide. But a blank faced robot briskly walking at your proclaiming it's intentions to help you is horrifying
@ImperialGuardsman2
Жыл бұрын
Fecking YES. The intro where we're in the vent and watch it killing a survivor while claiming the guy should calm down and to let it help him was, in my opinion, downright perfect.
@brad1426
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, the very first time I ever saw the working joe murder that guy in the start of the game, I thought they were horrifying. "You are being hysterical" as he bashes his head against a wall. The game does an amazing job of displaying human emotion, panic, fear vs. the cold indifference of the xeno and androids.
@chexfan2000
Жыл бұрын
i had a working joe chase me down a hallway to an elevator, the doors closed and just before the elevator began to movie it just…. clipped through the doors anyway and beat me to death. never went from terrified to just 😑 “oh okay” so fast
@mihaimercenarul7467
9 ай бұрын
the robots are the least scary thing, they are a joke, kids
@franzsanders9573
5 ай бұрын
At one point, I set a Working Joe on fire with the flamethrower. Its response was to simply walk through the flames, sneer “Only animals fear fire” and then slowly strangle me to death. That whole scene made my blood run cold.
@the_real_Kurt_Yarish
Жыл бұрын
I got to learn first-hand that the Alien can get you in the early levels when I accidentally bumped the "swing wrench" button just after getting into that tram you have to wait a long time for. I hit the wall, making noise, and the Alien nearly immediately dropped from a nearby vent and bum rushed me before I could react in time to send the tram off. I didn't just shit a chicken, I shit the whole roost.
@Jtoob-z5n
Жыл бұрын
Impressive
@the_real_Kurt_Yarish
Жыл бұрын
@@Jtoob-z5n Sometimes I surprise even myself.
@koolteenjake34
Жыл бұрын
Dude same
@atempestrages5059
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely my experience too.
@stevequincy388
Жыл бұрын
I had the same experience, I thought the game was entirely scripted so I was screwing around waiting for that tram to show up. Yeah…..next thing I knew it the alien was right on top of me and scared the crap out of me! I always hide behind those crates near the tram now, learned my lesson haha.
@philipbabb
Жыл бұрын
Marlow's encounter with the space-jockey was also key to resolving a plot-hole in the original film series. The crew of the Nostromo visited LV-426 because a signal was detected. Decades later, LV-426 was colonized without finding the derelict until it was too late. So between the two events, the signal was deactivated. Marlow turned it off.
@Mister_Clean
Жыл бұрын
Ooooh, that's interesting. In the world of Alien, always leave it to humans to fuck everything up beyond all comprehension.
@kaizokuAUTO
Жыл бұрын
So, is this game canon?
@HexenMeister06
Жыл бұрын
@@kaizokuAUTO always has been, sadly even colonial marines is also canon according to Ridley Scott
@mattsterh7740
Жыл бұрын
Quick! To alienpedia!
@mattsterh7740
Жыл бұрын
@Josias Lourenço REAL
@yoji-_
Жыл бұрын
The reason the music syncs so perfectly is because it uses Wwise. Wwise can essentially link specific events in the game to specific parts of music or tracks and dynamically switch between them immediately. Some of the Total War games also use Wwise and it's why the music there so perfectly flows between ambient idle in battle, to more tense build-up during the first charge into the enemy army, into full on battle music after contact is made. All of that is done entirely unscripted obviously and the sound engine itself handles all of it based on what's actually happening in the game. So, the music changing from scary horror running away music to something more intense and action-like when you turn around to fight the alien is because the sound engine picked up your actions and is suiting it. I'm sure other audio engines also use this capability in a similar way, but I've personally modded with Wwise and it was really impressive how easy it was to use and how effective it is too.
@Janfon1
3 ай бұрын
I don't think that's exactly it, I think Mandalore was instead attributing coincidental timing to witchcraft (unless Wwise can predict player actions ahead of him)
@βιτψηασσνιγγα
2 ай бұрын
Do know any tutorials for Wwise? I always wanted to give the Romans Latin voice lines in Total War Rome and Attila
@blockboygames5956
11 күн бұрын
I have seen the word Wwise often when starting a game. This is the first time I had a clue what it is. Thank you.
@MichaelB-jw5po
Жыл бұрын
During my first playthrough, I spent most of the game thinking that the alien couldn't enter the vents and I was safe there. Seeing him suddenly crawling towards me in a vent about 12 hours into the game is probably the most terrifying thing that's ever happened to me in my life.
@SuperEvilMuffin
Жыл бұрын
For me, it was when Outlast's main antagonist, Chris Cheesegraterface, who had opened the locker next to where I was hiding and then left every single time I encountered him, decided to open TWO lockers around the middle of the game (which, of course, was the one I was in). When a game manages to make you think you know how the enemy works, only for it to break through your misconceptions like that is a good game indeed.
@karhu7581
Жыл бұрын
I kind of learned the opposite attitude: If it was in the vents, I was safe so long as I shut the fuck up and didn't make noise.
@batalorian7997
Жыл бұрын
Haven't you ever seen an Alien movie? The vents belong to the xenomorphs!
@sylvie7868
Жыл бұрын
you literally see him enter and exit via the vent system, tho. When you're crawling around trying to get from point-A to point- B and not a single person or android is around, that little blip on your tracker moving around is him in the vents.
@thomasbowe9956
Жыл бұрын
@@batalorian7997 lol I was thinking the same thing
@MrBingogogo
Жыл бұрын
It felt like a love-letter to the original film which is all most people are asking for out of a movie-game.
@Daniel-Munoz
Жыл бұрын
Seriously. Feels like a better sequel to the original movie than the actual sequels themselves.
@Son_Of_Perdition
Жыл бұрын
Couldn't have said it better myself. This passion project is the polar opposite of mass-market movie games.
@Varangian_af_Scaniae
Жыл бұрын
@@Daniel-Munoz Aliens is one of my favorite movies. But you are correct this game is a much better sequel to the first movie.
@CollinMcLean
Жыл бұрын
@@Daniel-Munoz Hey now, Aliens was just as good as Alien and in a lot of ways I consider it a stronger film. But... yeah everything from 3 onward was just bad... Prometheus was good but it's more of a loose spinoff movie than anything else...
@Son_Of_Perdition
Жыл бұрын
@Bread And Circuses Just thought it sounded cool lol didn't know it had religious significance until years after picking it
@Orzorn
Жыл бұрын
I remember being absolutely blown away by the design in this game. The UI felt so diagetic and well put together and really remains a shining example of how set design and UIs should be done.
@AdoreYouInAshXI
Ай бұрын
I had to look up the word “diagetic” and I still don’t understand what it means in the context you’ve used it. Is the word “diegetic”? Even if so, I still don’t get it lol.
@nepenthe9500
Жыл бұрын
I loved The Empty Man. We need more horror movies where the characters take one look at spooky shenanigans going on and say “Screw this, I’m out.”
@Smellbagmcgee
Жыл бұрын
One of the new(ish) Halloween movies and a recent movie called Barbarian have two moments where characters do exactly that, they're worth a watch.
@MandaloreGaming
Жыл бұрын
I hope we get more horror movies in general that go that far off the rails.
@Foreseer117
Жыл бұрын
@@MandaloreGaming I was so tripped out at the very end, it's quickly become one of my favorites.
@herbion6117
Жыл бұрын
I recommend soviet 1967 Viy, it was an adaptation of 1835 book by Nikolai Gogol, and mc is literally forced to be there.
@Felfury
Жыл бұрын
That one scene from Event Horizon. "We're leaving."
@TheOldWhovian
Жыл бұрын
I had no idea it was this studio's first run at a first person game. They really knocked it out of the park in a way I didn't think was possible. This will eternally be my favorite survival horror game and I am heart broken that we will likely never see a proper sequel.
@RazaTheMaza
Жыл бұрын
It reminds me about how fallen order from respawn was their first attempt at a third person non shooter game, it has some jank but its a damn solid piece of work overall for a first attempt at a new style.
@michaelandreipalon359
Жыл бұрын
It has a sequel or two: it's just the fact that they're movies named Aliens and Alien 3: Assembly Cut.
@Mradenful
Жыл бұрын
There are some comics that lead on after the game events if that's your kinda thing too
@dranyth
Жыл бұрын
Originally it wasn't even a first person game, it was 3rd person over the shoulder because that was all the rage at the time. At one point they put together a test area with the camera moved into first person and they really liked it, but they had to fight with Sega a bit to convince them to let them shift the game entirely first person.
@ClarkKentai
Жыл бұрын
I have a personal pipe dream that one day they'd use this tech for a remake of Metroid Fusion. Y'know, an AI-driven SA-X. Isolation already had a pretty solid Switch port, too.
@KriminalKrampus
Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love this game to death but, I can't agree enough on how stretched out it felt The entire latter half of the game was just me going, "Is this it? is it finally over..?" Only for it to be like, "Nah, bro, you thought Ellen had a rough time? We're not even CLOSE to done." in a way, it kinda made me love the game even more. It really makes you FEEL like the whole universe wants you dead.
@darkbozo11
Жыл бұрын
The writer is Dan Abnett, he is mostly known for his novels set in the Warhammer 40k Sci fi setting. Which is all about a universe where everyone and everything is out to get you. I think he was a excellent choice for a game like this
@blakefrei3015
Жыл бұрын
@@darkbozo11 I loved Alien Isolation and played it maybe six times. It could have been twice as long, and I've have still been fully engaged. Just love exploring Sevastopol station.
@TheN9nth
Жыл бұрын
@@blakefrei3015 Sevastopol* After six playthroughs you'd think you could spell it right :P
@imperatornoinga3646
Жыл бұрын
it got too much for me when Amanda got kidnapped on her way to align the radio towers
@edgarallandoh1485
Жыл бұрын
I personally wish they would’ve made the game longer.
@RickyRei1
Жыл бұрын
Like Mandalore says, there's plenty of things the devs just barely missed the mark with, but what you get in game has a level of polish I'd love to see in the majority of games coming out now. It's a triumph of horror gaming and I hope future development teams look at this game for how to make interactive systems of conflict integrate with an immersive experience.
@michaelandreipalon359
Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of Terminator: Resistance, this.
@michaelandreipalon359
Жыл бұрын
Oh, yes, it's good. Would even say it respected the first two films more than even its film contemporary Dark Fate.
@warlockd
Жыл бұрын
I am just amazed the developer of this game made it, considering they are more of a one shot pony dealing with only total war.
@gabrote42
Жыл бұрын
Meanwhile 2042 and Pokemon today
@MumblingSolipsist
Жыл бұрын
@@warlockd Company names generally mean nothing, it's like animation, what matters is who's working at the company when a game is being made.
@SpawnOfJenova
Жыл бұрын
Mandalore causally flexing his VHS style editing abilities. That was honestly one of the best, most authentic VFX edits I've seen. I legit felt like I was watching an old VHS.
@IsraelStorey
Жыл бұрын
At 35:43 he has a brief credit saying that Noodle has a setup for the VHS stuff. So he had him actually put a clip onto a VHS tape and record it, rather than just trying to emulate it with editing.
@SpawnOfJenova
Жыл бұрын
@@IsraelStorey oh nice! Shout out to Noodle then, that was so clean!
@gabrote42
Жыл бұрын
Marble Hornets-level
@Zacharygoldberg123
Жыл бұрын
I still cannot believe this game is 8 years old... It looks so good and was so good mechanically/story wise it's hard for me to realize
@ArcaneAzmadi
Жыл бұрын
I can't cope with how time is flying as I age. I got into an argument last night with my best friend about whether or not Dragon Age 4 was taking too long to come out. I pointed out that it had only been a couple of years since the last game, Inquisition, had come out, and he looked at me like I'm an idiot and reminded me that it came out in 2014. I couldn't believe that it had been that long.
@Yusuke_Denton
Жыл бұрын
Seriously. I thought it was pretty funny when Mandy said his computer at the time couldn't run it at highest settings... and I'm still using my same computer from that time. :D
@ngastakvakis4425
Жыл бұрын
@@ArcaneAzmadi Let me guess, you are late 20s or early 30s?
@ArcaneAzmadi
Жыл бұрын
@@ngastakvakis4425 Older.
@NZBigfoot
Жыл бұрын
@@ArcaneAzmadi it gets faster... the more your recent past becomes smaller compared ratio wise to your distant past the faster each year begins to feel... for a 5 year old a single year is a 5th of their life, for an 80 year old a year is just a small 80th... as a 44 year old myself, a year now feels like what a few months used to feel like for me in my 20's and compared to how a year felt for me in my pre teens... its like times on a god damn 3x fast forward, Months feel like weeks, weeks like days... Kinda depressing... not to mention your mind starts to ignore remembering larger and larger chunks of experience in long term memory so large parts of a year simply get lost, unlike when decades younger.
@WatchingEqualsExp
Жыл бұрын
A Sseth and Mandalore video in one day. What a gift.
@johnyj2082
Жыл бұрын
Mandy managed to work on two videos at the same time while constantly switching from off the pills to on the pills and delivered them both on the same day - simply amazing.
@fran7947
Жыл бұрын
Damn I came to say the same
@SirDamned
Жыл бұрын
mandalore = on ritalin seth = no ritalin max0r = severe ritalin withdrawl on caffeine
@ganii1804
Жыл бұрын
almost makes you think...
@HontounoShiramizu
Жыл бұрын
Also with a confirmation that Mandalore is also Polish like Sseth :)
@SirPembertonS.Crevalius
Жыл бұрын
Without a doubt the most terrifying horror game I have ever played. The atmosphere, the alien itself, the 1980s sci-fi theme, everything is amazing. I always love to talk about the A.I. The Alien uses something called a "Director", which is essentially two AI's working together. One is the A.I. of the Alien itself, and the other is a sort've invisible man guiding and monitoring the player and the Alien, if the stress/activity seems low, it'll up send the Alien to where the player is or make him fall back if he's been near the player too much. It's a brilliant system and is also used by Left 4 Dead 2. All encounters are always different and random which is perfect for a horror game.
@annakanna
Жыл бұрын
plus the director actually tracks how you've been dealing with the alien and will unlock certain abilities for the alien to directly counter your favorite tools
@beetheimmortal
Жыл бұрын
Left 4 Dead is criminally underrated for its AI. This whole Director idea is really solid and something only old Valve could come up with. It's a shame there's only Alien: Isolation that actually iterated on it and used it, at least I can't really think of anything else.
@retrohero5475
Жыл бұрын
This is probably one of my favorite horror games of all time and seeing this video was a delight. One thing I remember my sibling said about it was that while, "yes the xenomorph is afraid of fire, you can very quickly help it overcome that fear"
@eval_is_evil
10 ай бұрын
This. Mine too. Resident Evil 7 is a close second. Alien Isolation was truly great. Your sibling was a badass 😅
@VioletteZero
Жыл бұрын
I just want to talk about my favorite part of this game. Towards the end of the game you're used to seeing paranoid human survivors who shoot at everything in sight. It's a station full of conflict. But then you get to a small room with a couch and a viewport with view of the planet. There's just one lone human survivor just sitting on the couch and staring out the window. He knows he's going to die and is choosing to accept his death in peace.
@SaadTheGlad
Ай бұрын
It was a woman
@RDMan3095
Ай бұрын
Late to the party but. That woman can be killed. She has a single bullet with her so she was planning on killing herself
@brianh9358
Жыл бұрын
One thing I always thought about with the computers and controls used in the world of Alien - in space the more simplified approach would actually make sense. Complex electronics could be more easily damaged by electro magnetic fields. So in some strange way that actually seemed more realistic to me than the hyper complex control systems I've seen in other science fiction. I do realize they were using 70s tech for the movies so that wasn't their reasoning - but it didn't feel to me like the tech was outdated if you get what I mean.
@LtPulsar
Жыл бұрын
The ISS runs on fucking IBM ThinkPads. You are absolutely correct.
@wsp233
Жыл бұрын
I've heard also that miniaturization is really costly process, so maybe solution for them is to throw all those cheap resources from space minning into big sturdy cheap computers.
@spacebassist
Жыл бұрын
@@wsp233 imagine playing alien isolation in space with a computer room the size of a gym
@daddysempaichan
Жыл бұрын
Another thing is that in space it's really hard to get rid of heat, as there's no atmosphere to absorb the heat, it has to radiate the heat like the Sun. So using shitty, low power, low heat computers would be ideal as opposed to, say, a 3080 setting the ship or station on fire or eats up all the electricity that's being generated. Sure they might take up a lot of space, but well, you're in space, there's so much room to build a big o'l computer. Not to mention it's probably cheaper to build a factory producing these weaker computers than getting all the tech and expertise to build a stronger computer. Also no gravity means less stress on components means you can cheap out on things like durability and general toughness.
@spacebassist
Жыл бұрын
@@daddysempaichan Holy shit the future really is huge. I can't wait to ding one millionth of a gpu and rest assured that I lost barely any performance
@StripedJacketKid
Жыл бұрын
I liked Axel as an intro because when he's killed off, it makes the "isolation" feel all the more present
@ForestRaptor
Жыл бұрын
When I was a game dev student, I suggested we do our group project about Alien Isolation. 5 grown adults were put through the ringer... I was the only one that finished the game before we presented our "feature presentation" on it. This game is a jewel of game design and master class in tension/horror building
@wicked5999
Жыл бұрын
I can usually handle scary games, but this one got my glutes so tense my ass is now 7 meters wide
@sirzebra
Жыл бұрын
@@wicked5999 Somehow this is very accurate while being hilarious. I have no fear in horror games, i rarely get startled, most of these games feel very poorly designed to me, lack real tension, the outlast series really didnt make me feel anything... Yet, isolation was so stressfull until you got some means of pushing the xeno away i kept telling myself "why is my butt clenched, and why has it been THAT clenched for 30 minutes ? Is this why i play games ? To muscle my ass and feel terrible while just watching a flat window into the void ? Had to do small sessions for the first time in my life to keep my ass and my mind from solemn soreness.
@wicked5999
Жыл бұрын
@@sirzebra it's all about tension in scary games after all
@kiptheott5932
Жыл бұрын
I actually died to the alien at the first possible opportunity before the tram when I played the game for the first time. When your NPC friend got snatched by it I thought it had been alerted and I needed to run away, but running makes noise that can quickly attract it. I may have actually died a few times before I realized that your ally being eaten didn't actually mean you were in immediate danger and proceeded down to the tram quietly.
@Yusuke_Denton
Жыл бұрын
I didn't realize that was possible.
@tiztu6321
Жыл бұрын
The exact same thing happened to me lol
@arturoaguilar6002
Жыл бұрын
Weird. I ran away in that part, and the noise didn't attract the Alien.
@dosbueno2gud
Жыл бұрын
I had to pause to get up to get more rum and I noticed that you blurred her feet at 1:30 and that was a level of amusing I wasn't ready for. You are an editing inspiration to us all.
@ShutterSnapped
Жыл бұрын
Mandalore echoed a strong sentiment I had with the Alien being terrifying. Suddenly hearing it break out into a sprint with it's loud footsteps was how I first encountered the Alien in this game. It's one of the few times I've frozen in fear (legs like jelly) in a videogame before (maybe next to the doll house in Resident Evil Village). I love horror games so I laughed maniacally afterwards because I loved how strongly that moment got me. I live fully for horror games to constantly challenge my emotions and Isolation will be one of my favourite memories playing it.
@vulture8298
Жыл бұрын
25:22 *Thank you!* I swear, 95% of _all_ reviewers, letsplayers and general gaming content creators get this wrong _all the time_ It drove me almost crazy these past few years whenever it came up. _"Make sure to literally have your Motion Sensor up AT ALL TIMES!"_ was one of the highlights
@alexanabolic5099
Жыл бұрын
I played this game in VR with my valve Index on hard and it was simply the best gaming experience of my life. The medical station was epic
@153ridzzzz
Жыл бұрын
San Cristobal PTSD Facility.
@bushmonster1702
Жыл бұрын
Damn I might have to try that.
@alexanabolic5099
Жыл бұрын
@@bushmonster1702 and you have to use the valve index or at least a headset with large fov to see your detector easily. This game in VR is just insane. The alien nest was so nightmarish
@alexanabolic5099
Жыл бұрын
@@153ridzzzz I remember the medical facility is where I started closing my eye just before getting killed. It was just to much at some point. But what a trip. I finished the game entirely in VR. I strongly recommend
@Escalusfr
Жыл бұрын
How many times did you shit yourself
@karimsonsafehold9233
Жыл бұрын
I know why the alien keeps patrolling an area. It is because it is walking over oxygen canisters. Those things make noise so it thinks you are making noise. I seem to recall they can be shot to explode too but I try not to make noise which is why I noticed it. Certain rooms have a lot of canisters and if you sorta walk/bump into them and they start rolling, that's like a wrench hit in loudness.
@sorenkair
9 ай бұрын
enemies don't hear the sound of stuff geting knocked over.
@roguewarrior6463
Жыл бұрын
Working Joe: “Ow! Why are you hitting me?” Ripley: “Because it pleases me, you slimy gutter dwarf!”
@Hjortur95
Жыл бұрын
in the reactor they introduce a new enemy type ...the sliding puzzle
@Pbmarron
Жыл бұрын
I loved this game and really wish there had been a full blown sequel.
@bushmonster1702
Жыл бұрын
It deserved it. One of the best games in the last 20 years.
@Guzioo
Жыл бұрын
It deserves a sequel so hard, what a great game. Cant believe it honestly
@AFistfulOf4K
Жыл бұрын
It's a totally different type of game and if you go into it saying "this is going to be shit because it's on a phone" you're certainly going to agree with yourself and decide that it's shit, but there's a short (hour or two) phone game that acts as a mini pseudo-sequel. There's not much to it, but it's only a few bucks and it's the only phone game I didn't uninstall in disgust after about 5 minutes of playing. For what it is, it's very well-made IMO. It's called Alien Blackout or something and I played it on an Android phone like... dunno, 4 years ago.
@GameDevYal
Жыл бұрын
4:00 Fun fact, the most popular VHS/CRT effect filter was also created by digitally recording a signal from a couple old tape players which were subjected to miscellaneous abuse (magnets, rubbing stuff onto the tape, fiddling with cables and so on). You just can't beat the REAL technical limitations when it comes to these things...
@Killbauer
Жыл бұрын
This is definitely one of the best horror games I've played imo. And we will most likely never see such a faithful recreation of the original movie in video game ever again.
@thepiratedoggo1996
Жыл бұрын
the crazy part about this game is when you look at the logic they made for the aliens AI director. it's actually insane to look at. it really is probally one of the better alien games that captures the franchise well.
@rafox66
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I think Isolation has one of the best AI in games. It often feels like it's a real creature and not just an NPC, although it definitely also still has its shortcomings.
@TheLazyFinn
Жыл бұрын
Me seeing it and doing UE5 stuff as a hobby: I wonder if you can bend the Black Board AI design that far lol, I guess you can but you would need to write A LOT of it by hand.
@mrcheesemunch
Жыл бұрын
@@rafox66 Yeah overall I think the AI is incredible but sometimes how random it is just makes it kind of annoying. You know I don't need it to walk back and forth in some set pattern like most stealth games but it's just a pain in the ass when the Xeno suddenly goes in a random direction and then you get ganked and have to replay a whole section for the third time, just because the AI randomly done something different. On paper that's so damn cool but in practice it's a bit annoying at times.
@D00000T
Жыл бұрын
there’s something about the visuals of games from 2014 to 2016 that have made them age a lot better than other periods. The artists of that time were doing something really well to the products they were making.
@_JellyWalker
Жыл бұрын
Star Wars Battlefront 2015, for all its flaws, still looks amazing, and I think it captures the look and feel of the original trilogy almost as well this game does for Alien.
@007megaoof
Жыл бұрын
Metal gear solid 5 still looks so gorgeous Holy moly I could watch the sun set in that game for hours if I could
@trexindominus8119
9 ай бұрын
Need for Speed 2015 comes to mind.
@MarikBentusi
Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed the section where you describe how much detail was poured into the level design. Without having seen the movie I don't think I'd be able to *fully* appreciate it, but it definitely made me watch the rest of the review in full screen to get whatever detail KZitem left intact. I also really appreciated the part where you went over the limited facial animations and how it was probably an intentional and wise choice to pour that budget into other areas of the game, which is something I probably wouldn't have thought about. Great review!
@Andlekin
Жыл бұрын
There's no retro-futuristic aesthetic quite like it. It's as if the 60s/70s Apollo program kept going, and didn't even consider stopping at the moon. Humans became an interstellar civilization on the backs of cassette tapes.
@L4nd0C4lr1s14n
Жыл бұрын
Was there not a setting in which the alien in the game could detect your real voice if you got too startled? Pretty awesome game honestly, even with the flaws. As a massive Alien/Aliens fan, this was a massive love letter.
@TheSpoonyCroy
Жыл бұрын
That was for some reason only a feature on the kinect verison I believe.
@camblongkaras782
Жыл бұрын
@@TheSpoonyCroy it was for consoles. PS4 had it too
@Spewa-em8cm
Жыл бұрын
Only for the console versions sadly
@ChimeraMK
Жыл бұрын
I remember watching a video of a guy using that feature on stream then giggled because of chat. He was hiding under the table in front of the Alien when it happened.
@casedistorted
Жыл бұрын
@@camblongkaras782 The console versions had some cool features that sadly the PC version never got. The PS4 had controller lightbar sync with the motion sensor and was colored green. Sounds like the Kinect on Xbox had the leaning plus alien able to hear your voice.
@themissinglink7126
Жыл бұрын
This is the only horror game where grown ass me had actual nightmares of after playing it. The tension is relentless. Never played another game quite like it.
@morkgin2459
Жыл бұрын
But it takes a lot of time to build the tension sadly. That is it's flaw. The opening is way too slow
@themissinglink7126
Жыл бұрын
@@morkgin2459 I thought the same, and only after replaying it a 2nd time that I truly fell in love with it.
@HuesingProductions
Жыл бұрын
and then there this a VR version 😱
@OzixiThrill
Жыл бұрын
@@morkgin2459 To be fair, you can't really build tension that will leave you scared for days without taking your sweet time.
@morkgin2459
Жыл бұрын
@@OzixiThrill Im not sure how time impacts anything
@DJDownes100
Жыл бұрын
just wanna say, bc i’ve never seen anyone mention it. but your captions are really good, ik that’s a weird compliment but yours are rlly descriptive and helpful
@ANunes06
Жыл бұрын
27:10 - ok. hear me out. Alien: Groundhog Day. You spawn in, open the first door and are MERKED by a xenomorph, but you come back. Over and over and over again. There's a single tightrope series of choices you can make to get to the escape pod. Learn through repetition.
@blockboygames5956
11 күн бұрын
MOONCRASH!!!!!!!
@aubreyjarvis4759
Жыл бұрын
12:39 i was chewing gum while watching this and this scare got me so hard i reflexively took a huge breath in, which actually caused my gum to shoot straight into the back of my throat and i almost choked on it.
@argoniek6801
Жыл бұрын
6:26 Polish community approves of this joke
@overlord165
Жыл бұрын
It concern me that it's anti-catholic meme. Is it true?
@argoniek6801
Жыл бұрын
@@overlord165 A lot of Poles joke about it, it's an hour at which our Pope died
@trampoline11x
Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love the ernesty at the start of these going over the technical issues and fix ups. Like hey, you deserve to enjoy the game, heres some things that may get in your way. Its so nice to know in advance.
@afireinsidebrad
Жыл бұрын
Have beaten it on Nightmare twice, absolute blast not gonna lie, the mod that removes the Xeno's "tether" also greatly improves the experience
@padmanabhanvaidyanathan7182
Жыл бұрын
I think there's a VR version available...this game is certainly one of my favourites.
@ryanhall6043
Жыл бұрын
I think Axel is a good addition to the story. People always feel more comfortable in company, and you are kind of lulled into a false sense of security before the decent alone. Great video as always 👌 *chef kiss*
@michaelandreipalon359
Жыл бұрын
Now that you mention it, good point.
@MrBobogoa
Жыл бұрын
Also worth noting that more casual players would likely not pick up all the notes and voice logs and may have less experience with the mechanics of survival-horror games, so having Axel give a quick run-through is useful insurance in that regard
@masterblaster2678
Жыл бұрын
That kind of thing is in almost every horror game actually. Giving you a secure spot or company for a short while before taking it away from you. The "hubs" in Amnesia TTD and Outlast for example. They make you feel safe for a short while, then you progress and it puts the pressure back on you, and you feel it heavier *because* you have been given that break. It's like that "putting a frog in boiling hot water vs putting a frog in warm water and slowly heating it up" thing. The game takes you out of the boiling water to give you a rest, and in the process breaks your developed resistance to fear. Then it throws you back in.
@StevenSenile
Жыл бұрын
My favorite game ever. It's a damn shame it didn't get a sequel :(
@Dianbler
Жыл бұрын
I don't think it need it, tho. Put CA making another horror game would have been nice.
@Amernee
Жыл бұрын
I know it’s not what you meant, but the mobile game Alien Blackout acts as a sequel to the story and is pretty cool. It’s just a completely different style of game
@MellowFungus
Жыл бұрын
I'm happy it was a commercial disappointment. I don't live in a world where a sequel exists and a bunch of low standard gamers, coping and acting like that it's a masterpiece. Every cheap trick in the book to artificially extend play time is here
@Ethanolic_
Жыл бұрын
@@MellowFungus Sounds like you're the one coping at one of the best horror games of all time and downright the most atmospheric game ever made, period. Fact of the matter is it sold badly because most "gamers" are low attention span zoomers and millenials who need to be actively pandered to if you want to actually make money in this wretched pisspit of an industry. And the fact that Alien Isolation raised a fat middle finger to this new age trope by itself makes it ten times better.
@cornondajakob
Жыл бұрын
Actually, I have news for you
@moonasha
Жыл бұрын
I actually really liked that the story just wouldn't freaking end. Because it's like a nightmare that won't end, you know? You just want it to end, but it won't stop. The shame is that the horror element wears off. But I personally never really thought this game was strong in the horror sense. It was more of a tense game, if that makes sense, not scary. I wasn't scared so much as I was anxious. And I think the game did keep its tension to the end.
@Bloodlyshiva
Жыл бұрын
"You just want it to end, but it won't stop." "It just won't STOP!" *Bong*"We're under attack!" "I know...."
@MellowFungus
Жыл бұрын
I wanted the game to end because it was bad. You sound like you are coping...
@makesquash
Жыл бұрын
I think bad pacing is bad pacing. If a game doesn’t end when it should my reaction is usually just boredom or annoyance.
@whatdoesthisthingdo
Жыл бұрын
I got to the point that I was no longer scared by the alien... just frustrated/annoyed. After that the game lost its appeal. That was 8 years ago. Maybe I'll pick it up again some time. It was a good game, no question there.
@GoofyPoptart
Жыл бұрын
@@MellowFungusThen why play it for that long if you felt that way?
@anthonyhiggins9799
Жыл бұрын
Playing games for a good 35 of my 40 years. Have played thousands of games, have completed hundreds. And Isolation makes my top 10 favourite ever. Delighted to see this on my notifications.
@badbadman9412
Жыл бұрын
Sir what other games would make it to your top 10?
@anthonyhiggins9799
Жыл бұрын
@@badbadman9412 Deus Ex (original), Half Life 1, 2, and Episodes, Elder Scrolls Morrowind, Final Fantasy VII (original), Mass Effect trilogy, Resident Evil 2 (original), Metal Gear Solid, Prey (2017), Knights of the Old Republic 1/2. Not exactly 10 as I've included some series where multiple games cover the same story. What about yours?
@michaelandreipalon359
Жыл бұрын
For my top 10s for the time being (my preferences change depending on, say, mood) and since Anthony mentioned some of them (so I won't mention them out of avoiding redundancy), here are these: - a lot of Star Wars Legends games, ranging from Star Wars: TIE Fighter and X-Wing Alliance; the Dark Forces Saga (basically, Dark Forces, Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II+Mysteries of the Sith, Jedi Outcast, and Jedi Academy); Episode I: Racer; Battlefront 2004 and II 2005; Republic Commando; and Empire at War+Forces of Corruption (with mods like Thrawn's Revenge to spice things up) - FreeSpace 2 (with mods like FS Port+Silent Threat: Reborn, Derelict, and Blue Planet) - Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (with the Basic Unofficial Patch) - Homeworld 1 (Classic or Remastered with the Players Patch, I don't care) and Cataclysm/Emergence; might have to try out Deserts of Kharak again - Battlezone '98+The Red Odyssey Redux and II: Combat Commander - Splinter Cell 1 (I recommend the GOG release for the DLC missions, plus some fanpatches so to restore lighting and stuff) and Chaos Theory; Pandora Tomorrow is woefully absent due to it being abandonware - Project Wingman - Psychonauts 1 and 2; haven't played the VR-exclusive In the Rhombus of Ruin yet - The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (with the Ultimate Talkie Patch), Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Special Edition, The Curse of Monkey Island, and the recent Return to Monkey Island - Fable+The Lost Chapters
@anthonyhiggins9799
Жыл бұрын
@@michaelandreipalon359 Nice selection. Vampire the Masquarade is definitely in my top 20. Amazing game, with the patch of course.
@michaelandreipalon359
Жыл бұрын
@@anthonyhiggins9799 Appreciate those words.
@glitterkommando2060
11 ай бұрын
Btw great thanks for subtitling stuff really well so people with audial limitations can get the vibe of this great content. Learned how welcome but easily overlooked aspect that can be when working as software developer. You rock Mandalorian.
@Henskelion
Жыл бұрын
One of the main things I remember about the backlash to this game was RLM's horrendous Previously Recorded show, where they had some really bizarre takes about this game like claiming the AI wasn't actually dynamic, or that Metroidvania-style level design with backtracking to previous areas with new items to unlock doors was bad design (have any of those guys ever played another survival horror game?)
@three_seashells
Жыл бұрын
I adore Redlettermedia, but was the first and only time I watched a Pre-Rec video. They had only just started out IIRC, but it completely put me off for life. Absolutely one of the worst takes I've ever seen.
@Henskelion
Жыл бұрын
@@three_seashells With Pre Rec ending years ago, I'm glad they figured out they should just stick to talking about movies instead.
@Mathren1
Ай бұрын
2:57 Love Anthony Howell’s VA work. He voiced Morgott in Elden Ring and Fourchenault in Final Fantasy XIV. Always a pleasant surprise to hear him pop up in a game.
@senorcaruso8711
Жыл бұрын
This is my favorite horror game ever, Im always happy to watch someone else "enjoying" it -Edit 1- 11:48 That scared me XD
@HenryIVth
Жыл бұрын
I legitimately reached out for an invisible flute, I can't imagine what would happen if it happened in game.
@chillhour6155
Жыл бұрын
If graphics don't bother you much I highly recommend giving System Shock 2 a go
@senorcaruso8711
Жыл бұрын
@@chillhour6155 I did, all those menus, stores, stats, etc. were quite confusing
@jayfight1
Жыл бұрын
I've loved the idea of Alien Isolation for so long (way too scared to ever play it) and I'm really happy that you also had background information about the game that I'd never heard of. Knowing that they had access to concept art, the actual sound banks, and probably more, is very cool. Also: HOW THE FUCK DID CREATIVE ASSEMBLY MAKE THIS GAME The pipeline of Total War strategy to Alien survival horror is insane.
@_Digishade_
Жыл бұрын
Fireteam Elite is unironically one of my favorite games of the past two years. It's surprisingly satisfying and fun.
@MagnusMoerkoereJohannesen
Жыл бұрын
Seriously! My friends and I got it on sale some weeks ago, and we've been binging it ever since. It's got that perfect mix of good gameplay, engaging character customisation, and fun/mockable story :D
Жыл бұрын
Didn't knew your channel. Love how in depth you go on these reviews, really interesting. I really like the slow pace and how you take your time to explain things and how you keep putting footage of what you're talking about with no commentary on top to hear things how they are.
@SaadTheGlad
Ай бұрын
Know*
@SimplexPL
Жыл бұрын
The VR mod had huge potential but sadly it was abandoned. Also, as a Pole - mad props for the 2137 joke :D
@CollinMcLean
Жыл бұрын
That's probably for the best, working in a hospital myself I wouldn't be excited about the tidal wave of heart attack patients from people who played the VR version of that game.
@SimplexPL
Жыл бұрын
@@CollinMcLean Yeah, I remember the famous tidal wave of heart attack patients when Resident Evil 7 came out on PSVR. It was brutal. But seriously, if VR horror games would actually cause heart attacks, there would already by a media frenzy and moral panic about it. Luckily, they don't.
@Moszczynski69
Жыл бұрын
Mandalore having PTSD-like flashbacks related to 2137 and Polish Pope memes made my day honestly.
@Piemanthe3rd
Жыл бұрын
I remember my one big "oh that's disappointing" moment with the alien came when I was in an area with two distinct sides. And I realized no matter how stealthy I was, how slow I moved, when I went from one side of the area to another, the alien would immediately jump into a vent and come out into the one I was in. Even if it hadn't spotted me at all it knew which side I was on and would go there just to make sure I was always having to sneak. Amazing game but that one moment has always bugged me.
@Hoshi82
Жыл бұрын
And playing it with the VR mod it's a whole new experience. Seeing it all if you really are there AND with the DLCs you can be on the Nostromo. Just amazing in VR.
@DetectiveOlivaw
Жыл бұрын
Is the VR mod really stable? This is definitely one of the few games I’d seriously consider getting a headset for, as silly as that sounds
@Hoshi82
Жыл бұрын
Can be played from start to finish. But it's gamepad or m/k only. Or motion controllers as emulated gamepad. Sadly he never finished the mod to fully support motion controllers. Nevertheless it's an amazing experience. And a VR headset is worth it for all the vr mods out there. If you want a glimps you can check my channel but it's in german.
@ujbx
Жыл бұрын
@@DetectiveOlivaw Stable but incompatible with alias isolation. Those jaggies he mentioned become really apparent in VR but fortunately with the game being so dark it is only really noticeable with light surface borders in a black background. The creator of the VR mod said he was okay to let out the source code of his mod if he cant be bothered to develop it further but never did with the claim that it is full of spaghetti code that needs cleaning up. I guess he is too embarrassed for other programmers to see the various commented scrapped sections and janky obscure workarounds that just work. A pity really, we could have alias isolation and motion controls modded into mother VR by now.
@DemMedHornene
Жыл бұрын
A game I adored as a kid (mainly because I had no other games and it came with map editor and multiplayer) was Time Splitter 2. Would love to see a video on that. I remember watching a playthrough of Alien Isolation when it came out, and I still think a lot about it. Such a tremendously atmospheric and beautiful game
@wescha
Жыл бұрын
Could never finish this game, was too stressful. But for me, it was a masterpiece.
@casedistorted
Жыл бұрын
Don't feel bad, it is REALLY long. It took me over a year to finish this game, and I had to reinstall it twice because I kept stopping and uninstalling the game to make more space on my hard drive. Eventually I would reinstall the game and come back to it, only to play for another 10 hours and get bored. Think it took like 30-40 hours for me to finish it? So about 10-12 hours every installation lol
@Ron-uk5wo
Жыл бұрын
I really wanted the platinum trophy on ps4 but scared me too much
@WoutGaming
Жыл бұрын
8 years later and this still remains to be one of my favourite games of all time. This might be the only horror game I have finished on several occasions, and each time I'm still surprised by the way this makes me feel. Incredible
@juli3754
Жыл бұрын
I remember this being so impressive that when I played it on 360, I felt like I had a next gen console
@Spewa-em8cm
Жыл бұрын
Seriously, I don't know what engine this game was developed on but its an absolute technical marvel. When it first launched I played it on my dads 2008 Macbook Pro and was able to run it on high settings locked 30FPS.
@user-ne4ld3jp6i
Жыл бұрын
I remember watching a Let's Play of this game around the time it released, and I remember also thinking "jesus man this game just keeps going" as I kept finding more and more episodes of the playthrough.
@GorillaScientist
Жыл бұрын
Yo I sniped this video from the home page!
@plastikpanzerfactory6733
Жыл бұрын
I sniped the notification faster than they wrote out newt after aliens
@willisverynice
Жыл бұрын
Very impressive
@threesixtydegreeorbits2047
Жыл бұрын
Got a link to this vid from 2007 RuneScape
@dankpotato5993
Жыл бұрын
16:43 I did not expect to see carver
@Izolus
Жыл бұрын
That effect at 4:30 is legit right? Would the MandaloreGaming I know and love go through all the effort of getting a section of his video review onto a vhs tape so he can record it for the sake of a ten second bit? Yes... yes he would.
@WakkaMadeInYevon
Жыл бұрын
Glad to see you give EDF the respect it deserves as a seminal piece of gaming history.
@Darek_B52
Жыл бұрын
To my surprise this game has a phone port
@charleswinters9567
Жыл бұрын
I've always wanted an Alien game similar to Among Us, where you play together as 6 crew members trying to escape the ship from the alien. One player is an android in disguise which job is to sabotage and prevent the crew from escaping the ship.
@sdsdfdu4437
Жыл бұрын
I was going to make fun of you for mentioning among us but that actually sounds like a cool idea for a game
@SarcofagoBlackThrash
Жыл бұрын
@@sdsdfdu4437 Lmao same
@watariovids1645
Жыл бұрын
There was a warcraft 3 custom map called parasite that was exactly this
@Bilaros93
Жыл бұрын
The board game Nemesis does that to a terrific degree. Its sequel got a steam release recently and although its set on a Martian base, it has the exact same premise and it is a brutal experience each time
@jebibones4282
Жыл бұрын
There is also Nemesis: Distress that leans more on the Alien Isolation game play, but it's still in EA and rough around the edges.
@Jake-rs2tr
Жыл бұрын
This video was incredibly well made and I absolutely loved the subtitles! They really did add a lot more to the video that I am very thankful I left on. I like to have subtitles on when they aren't generated. I love seeing what people do with them!
@Kasaaz
Жыл бұрын
I always wonder if the fact that Creative Assembly has such a ... nonstandard expertise ... for making games like this contributed to all those crazy optimization hacks. Or even affected why they were so committed to the smallest details.
@joshuapatrick682
4 ай бұрын
I don’t understand why people complain about this game being 20-30 hours long. My first play through I beat it in like 10-11 hours and speed/challenge runners can beat it in 3-6 hours.
@AdamusClowner
Жыл бұрын
Such a great game. It definitely deserves a sequel.
@michaelandreipalon359
Жыл бұрын
We already got Aliens and Alien³: Assembly Cut, though.
@michaelandreipalon359
Жыл бұрын
@Ching Vang What?
@KevinS47
5 ай бұрын
This is by far the most "to the point" and professional game review EVER. So thank so much for this, and for sharing this passion with us!! This game was absolutely incredible... I'd pay hundreds of dollars to see some sort of remake (with improved graphics and improved AI, to make it even creepier and scarier). By the way, it's kind of funny, but this game at the time (and many years after I had played it) gave me some of the most timeless horrifying nightmares I've ever dreamt in my entire life. I had about 6 hyper-realistic, absolutely nerve-racking nightmares with the Alien as portrayed in Alien Isolation, that I will never ever forget... So yeah, this game was, and still is good to put it lightly..
@153ridzzzz
Жыл бұрын
This game is a damn gem. From the plot, environment, sound, level design, visuals and gameplay, It was just a blast. Such a damn good horror game done right. Would recommend this to anyone who is a fan of Horror/Aliens Movie or Lore.
@lordbaysel3135
Жыл бұрын
21:37 best part
@satnav1980
Жыл бұрын
I like this game a lot. I played it on a surround sound system and it rocks. I also love the mechanic of being able to peak over objects. You can do it slow or fast. And you can have the option to peek just a little, or a lot. I really like the depth of field trick you can do when holding the movement sensor. If you press a button it goes blurry while the background comes more into focus. Brilliant little detail.
@Ularg7070
Жыл бұрын
I was definitely one of those people caught up with the weird alien AI early on. First attempt at a playthrough on Hard had me getting pretty far, but after a long break and wanting to try it again but on normal so I could fuck up with the working joes more instead of perfect stealthing it I ran into way more issues with the Alien. so much so that I never got out of the first real section with it. That first big circular room after the introduction of it and I couldn't leave one of the rooms with a locker in it. It would walk away, I would wait for it to not even show up on the outer-edges of the motion tracker, and then it would immediately start wandering back in as soon as I tried to leave. Ironically, the event that made me go fuck it and switch back from hard to normal was the alien being too good at finding me. Crawling in a closed off vent that runs under the floor of a room when the alien stands in the location directly on top of me, so it considered me found instantly and made a minute long sprint to the entrance of that vent at the other end of the OTHER room, and scrambled through the vent to come directly to me with literally nothing to do to stop it.
@schrodle
Жыл бұрын
I think they should've given Ripley a pulse rifle after the reactor sequence.
@almostontimehero5415
Жыл бұрын
With a 200round clip and no further ammunition. That would have made the final segment a blast. Pun intended.
@michaelandreipalon359
Жыл бұрын
As an Aliens versus Predator game fan, I could feel the same, but the bad memories caused by Colonial Marines make me want to think twice.
@iforgotmyname1669
Жыл бұрын
My everlasting memory of this game was when i got the flamethrower for the first time and I burnt the alien and it ran away and hopped in a vent then it... left me alone for a good 5 minutes. I was making noise, enjoying myself... Alien came back and I burnt it again and it ran away. I thought the game was basically over and the flamethrower nullified the alien so I was sprinting about testing the flamer on the androids (It's not good on them at all) when the alien showed up so I sighed and burnt it and it... didn't run away. It stood there, and stared at me. And then it started to walk forwards very, very slowly. I put the flamer down and it dropped to all fours and started to sprint, when I pulled the flamer out it stopped and started to walk slowly around me. I realised it was learning how to get past the fire and to me. I don't remember if I survived that encounter, but that one part has always stuck with me as a holy fuck moment in gaming.
@LukeKimmell
Жыл бұрын
Pacing might've been a little off for a few bits, but I freaking love this game and am so sad there hasn't been a second game yet
@CocoHutzpah
Жыл бұрын
I can't believe it's been 8 years since this released. It really feels like it was 2 or 3 years ago.
@JuanxDlol
Ай бұрын
24:06 - I'm now imagining Mando using a girger wrench design tool, waving it to the skies and making it rain facehuggers and alien egg, while screaming XX121
@vaderectum
Жыл бұрын
I laughed like an idiot at the censored feet (1:31)
@mleise8292
Жыл бұрын
This is a very good review by my book, also for first time players to know that an FPS limit is needed and that "Hard" is actually the recommended difficulty, which I agree with seeing how enemies can be unrealistically bad sighted on lower difficulties which eats into the immersion. The downside is that the Xenomorph will also be very clingy if you don't distract it.
@TealJosh
7 ай бұрын
Amateur ex A:I speedrunner here, the FPS can be capped at 275 without losing stability. Recommend doing this from nvidia control panel or amd's equivalent.
@mleise8292
7 ай бұрын
@@TealJosh Stable yes, but you lose audio during death animations very frequently unfortunately. For the full experience you need to be down in the double digits, e.g. 60 fps. (I'm also active speedrunner of low%, but under the account Streuwinkel. 👋🏼)
@TealJosh
7 ай бұрын
@@mleise8292 I used to do nmg and all missions no cc. I don't have anything on the leaderboards. I didn't get the no audio death animation too often, but at this level, even slight differences in hardware cause major differences in experience.
@Kuniku778
Жыл бұрын
First time watching i did not realized you actually placed a VHS recorded back play in there; you absolute mad lad.
@int3r4ct
Жыл бұрын
One thing that always struck me about seeing people play the game was how good the environments looked. I always thought it was just streamers having insane high spec PCs, glad to hear they just did a fantastic job at optimizing and it looks that good for everyone. I refuse to play the game myself because I’m a scared little bitch, but damn the art team really went all out and I respect the hell out of their work. Edit: oh this was made by Creative Assembly? That makes a lot of sense. From playing all of the Total War: Warhammer games I’ve learned that those dudes are insanely dedicated to making everything look good even when you might not see it because you’re zoomed the hell out during a battle.
@Carinthian_Oak
Жыл бұрын
Usually we want a game, that is based on a movie to be good, but here its almost the opposite. A Game that takes the best of the movies and performed even better. This Game is still ahead of its time. Now i need to play it again.
@thatguy4305
Жыл бұрын
i was recently watching some alien isolation videos and this is a godsend. thank you so much for covering this.
@sab3re
Ай бұрын
1:46 "edging issues"
@Ebb0Productions
Жыл бұрын
Highly recommend playing this in VR. It's an unforgettable experience.
@emagneticboy97
Жыл бұрын
Well done to everyone involved in making this masterpiece.
@Joysweeper
Жыл бұрын
Really like the focus here on the worldbuilding, it's a real strength. In 2019 there was a whole "hey remember Alien Isolation?" thing going on that I don't think has come to much. Amanda Ripley was in several comics. I saw a webseries using game assets and some new animation (and oh boy the faces look if anything even worse!) and a novelization, which I read! It was half about Amanda's awful upbringing and difficult life in the shitty future and how she kept getting scammed trying to get information about her mother, and half sneaking through Sevastapool. Really has her escalate in callousness too. She starts off being horrified at bodies and telling a corpse "Rest in peace" as she reluctantly takes the wrench, and a few chapters later she's unleashing a Joe to strangle someone so she can steal his candy bar and dropping the wrapper on top of the corpse saying "Thanks for the food". The novelization was really pushing to tie in to the comics - the one person Amanda really cares about and feels like she "has" is a wounded marine named Zula who she works with there - but I don't think there was any crosstalk between it and the webseries, they end with Amanda coming to two mutually exclusive conclusions about Ellen Ripley.
@ap0calypseduck329
Жыл бұрын
Might actually have to check out the novelization. Perhaps a glimpse into where they could have went with further characterization of Amanda (cause she's pretty flat in the game)
@samtepal3892
Жыл бұрын
I personally found the tram rides to be more comforting. Like, I know they were there to mask the loading screen, but everytime I entered them, I felt comfort in knowing that I was free of the alien's clutches, if only for a while.
@greatheightsu
Жыл бұрын
IMO this game is the greatest movie adaptation game of all time. The world building and detail is second to none, you actually feel like Ripley in the first Alien at all times. Also 8 years later, how many games have even matched the lighting or been better? Incredible stuff.
@abvidsify
Ай бұрын
What the he’ll 12:37 scared the hell out of me and i’m just watching lmao. The sound in this game is too good..
@100Servings
Жыл бұрын
Halloween for Thanksgiving! I love tasty leftovers!
@scbgamingpresents
Жыл бұрын
Genuinely the scariest game I've played with the Alien Everywhere mod, this in VR would be incredible
@nonononatsee8514
Жыл бұрын
there is a vr mod for this game
@MasterObservato
10 ай бұрын
17:17 I've watched this several times (because I rewatch Mandalore's vids when I'm bored I guess). Yes there's the Marv scream, but only now did I also notice the guy popping up in the lower left corner
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