Alien Isolation: Anxiety inducing greatness.

It blows my mind that this game came out in 2009 and it still holds up so magnificently in 2022.

Pros:-
1.) Visuals : 2009 = Poor graphics right? No. The use of light and particle effects in this game is astonishingly good. Sure its not as good as the
more recent titles, but at no point did I find myself thinking "oh this doesn't look good"/"This is immersion breaking". The visuals(especially the ship interiors) are painstakingly crafted
and recreated from the Alien movies. This results in an atmosphere truly befitting of a horror game.
2.) Sound :- Absolutely amazing. The visuals and the sound make up a HUGE portion of the atmosphere in this game. Since sight and audio cues are your bread and butter in this game.
3.) AI :- Magnificent. The Alien itself has spectacular AI. You can't keep pulling the same tricks to fool it consistently. Sometimes it even makes noises and then stops and waits for you to
move up so that it can ambush you. Truly horrifying experience.
4.) Gameplay:- You basically can't "fight" the alien. You have to hide/stealth/distract your way past it. And this creates a truly gripping experience unlike any other.
This game will give you anxiety. The noise in the pipes, behind the doors, the creaking and the knowledge that you are constantly being hunted keeps you on edge like no other. It actually causes
physical discomfort if you keep playing for long hours. The only other game which made me feel the same was Outlast 1 when you were in the dark and out of batteries.
There is quite a bit of gunplay too if you decide to shoot it out with the cyborgs. Its..okay. Nothing spectacular, but this is not a shooter game.
5.) Story:- Pretty amazing. Set 15 years after the Alien movie, you play as Amanda Ripley, the daughter of the protagonist from the movie,Ellen Ripley. They spun a really nice tale here. There were two
instances where it felt like they could have ended the game, but it dragged on a bit. That aside, magnificent job.

Cons:-
1.) Few sequences in the story felt really unnecessary and could have been avoided.
2.) Not a con, but when hiding in the lockers, Ripley always slams the locker door so hard, everyone on the ship should be able to hear that noise. This annoyed me a lot lol.
3.) The save system this game uses can sometimes lock you into really really tricky spots(on very hard difficulty atleast).

Rating - 9.5/10

Alien Isolation: Anxiety inducing greatness. It blows my mind that this game came out in 2009 and it still holds up so magnificently in 2022. Pros:- 1.) Visuals : 2009 = Poor graphics right? No. The use of light and particle effects in this game is astonishingly good. Sure its not as good as the more recent titles, but at no point did I find myself thinking "oh this doesn't look good"/"This is immersion breaking". The visuals(especially the ship interiors) are painstakingly crafted and recreated from the Alien movies. This results in an atmosphere truly befitting of a horror game. 2.) Sound :- Absolutely amazing. The visuals and the sound make up a HUGE portion of the atmosphere in this game. Since sight and audio cues are your bread and butter in this game. 3.) AI :- Magnificent. The Alien itself has spectacular AI. You can't keep pulling the same tricks to fool it consistently. Sometimes it even makes noises and then stops and waits for you to move up so that it can ambush you. Truly horrifying experience. 4.) Gameplay:- You basically can't "fight" the alien. You have to hide/stealth/distract your way past it. And this creates a truly gripping experience unlike any other. This game will give you anxiety. The noise in the pipes, behind the doors, the creaking and the knowledge that you are constantly being hunted keeps you on edge like no other. It actually causes physical discomfort if you keep playing for long hours. The only other game which made me feel the same was Outlast 1 when you were in the dark and out of batteries. There is quite a bit of gunplay too if you decide to shoot it out with the cyborgs. Its..okay. Nothing spectacular, but this is not a shooter game. 5.) Story:- Pretty amazing. Set 15 years after the Alien movie, you play as Amanda Ripley, the daughter of the protagonist from the movie,Ellen Ripley. They spun a really nice tale here. There were two instances where it felt like they could have ended the game, but it dragged on a bit. That aside, magnificent job. Cons:- 1.) Few sequences in the story felt really unnecessary and could have been avoided. 2.) Not a con, but when hiding in the lockers, Ripley always slams the locker door so hard, everyone on the ship should be able to hear that noise. This annoyed me a lot lol. 3.) The save system this game uses can sometimes lock you into really really tricky spots(on very hard difficulty atleast). Rating - 9.5/10