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The sound of you soiling yourself isn’t part of the sound design, but it is something you might hear.Ĭrafting, inventory, and tool management are all perfectly balanced features. With Alien: Isolation, the people of The Creative Assembly have given us a truly “cinematic” horror experience, and a lot of it is due to mastering the art of sound. The beeping and whine of the motion detector when an unseen threat closes in, the sounds the alien makes, the sensation of your hair standing on end when you hear the thud of it dropping from a vent behind you, and the music that rises to a dreadful, fever pitch as your stalker closes in. The voices of humans pushed to the brink in an effort to survive, debating if they should murder the stranger encountered just to be safe, or barking orders to each other while maneuvering into position to kill Ripley. The droning voices of synthetics, their eerily pleasant words that don’t quite sync up with their attempts to murder you. Pieces of the ship fall apart, clanging loudly in the distance and sending a jolt down your spine as the brief silence is shattered. Sounds almost constantly assault the player. Yet it’s the sound that really steals the show.
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Hiding in a locker while the Xenomorph peers into it, forcing Ripley to press her back to the wall and hold her breath or be discovered really lets you live the movie. Graffiti and ravaged areas that hint at the civil unrest and outright paranoia wracking the civilians on board, pock-marked with flames and sparking electronics, rhythmic flashing of emergency lights playing with the shadows that could be hiding danger. The game looks beautiful as you wander the broken down anarchic shell that is the Sevastopol station. That same atmosphere is captured in Alien: Isolation, and arguably done better thanks to the medium.
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The first Alien movie was full of slow burning horror, with moments of misdirection. Alien: Isolation takes place in a universe where tech looks less advanced than it is. It’s like the team at The Creative Assembly created time travel, then abducted Scott right after he wrapped on Alien. The aesthetic choice of constantly showing visual defects common in VHS movies is an especially appreciated touch. It stays faithful to Scott’s vision for Alien in every way imaginable, putting players in a futuristic world filled with blinking green CRTs, cassette tapes, and androids. It looks like an alternate future where earth powered through space on brute force alone with outdated 1970’s technology. Amanda Ripley’s story is fully canon with the movie, and is the proper sequel.Īlien: Isolation is set in the low-tech high-tech future of the original Alien movie. It sticks to Ridley Scott’s universe admirably, creates an atmosphere that acts as a super conductor for dread, and provides a sense of scarcity that’s been somewhat lacking in the genre’s biggest releases lately. That’s not really saying much about it because the bar has been set so low, so let me assure you that Alien: Isolation is a great game. Alien: Isolation is a the first licensed Alien game worth owning.