Honestly it's a crime, like it should literally be a punishable offense that we will likely never get a proper sequel to this game. But that's okay -- Alien: Isolation can stand tall on its own forever as one of the best horror games ever made, and as one of the most lovingly-crafted homages to the original film.
literally the best movie-themed game i know. captures the whole vibe of the alien movies perfectly. i hope studios will make more good games based on movies as good as this. some 2001: a Space odyssey game or a jurassic park game could be amazing.
@@custardgannet4836 sadly that wouldn't be the only issue, the attack AI received from the purely bullshit reviews would make it a logically bad decision to put the amount of time and money into making a worth while sequel
SageWaterDragon I have never been scared of (playing) a video game in my life until I played this! Alien Isolation is the Perfect Survival Horror Game Ever! No game is more Truly Terrifying then Alien Isolation! No matter how old this game is it was ALWAYS be #1 favorite💯🖤💀👽
I've only just finished it - its one of the few games that has scared me to the point that I just have to keep stopping. An absolute masterclass in horror.
I think this is the kind of game that you could still play and enjoy in 40 years, it has this kind of timeless feel to it, while being rooted in this lovely retro-futuristic vibe.
I have never really thought about the station as a haunted house. The contrast between what once was friendly and safe is now disturbed and dangerous is really interesting and I think this theme works really well in horror. Great video!
I think because they went from Aliens Colonial Marines which is somewhat scary to Alien Isolation which is absolutely terrifying! Aliens Colonial Marines: there was no heart and soul put into that game VS. Alien Isolation: there was heart and soul when that game was made. The thing is anyone can easily play Aliens Colonial Marines but not everyone can play Alien Isolation. Not everyone can handle playing this game. I played up till the part where the Alien comes into play (in Medical) and stopped playing because I was absolutely scared of it!! It took me 6-8 months before I started playing it again. This really is an Awesome, Underrated , Best Survival Horror Game Ever made💯🖤👽
Alien: Isolation is not only one of the most intense survival horror games I’ve ever played, but it’s easily the best Alien game of all time. After the huge disappointment that was Colonial Marines and it’s dreadful plot that had Hadley’s Hope still alive and atrocious AI, Isolation chucks out pulse rifles and a swarm of Xeno’s for pant-wetting suspense and a real element of dread. I remember playing it for the very first time upon release in the dark with the sound turned up. There’s no better experience than having your palms sweat profusely when the tracker beeps and picks up the Xeno, or when you get an anxiety attack upon hearing it drop out of the vents. I slept with the light on for a week after the nest mission. It’s THAT terrifying. Even it’s homage to the 1979 masterpiece that is Alien deserves credit.
I loved Colonial Marines more than Isolation. While I love the movie Alien more than its sequel, I actually prefer that type of action in a game than sneaking around and hiding in lockers.
The sound of the Xeno coming out of the vent is ingrained in my mind as a oh shit sound. To the point I notice it when it's used in other alien projects. That's when you know sound design is on point when something like it leaving a vent gives you a form of video game PTSD.
Haven't watched the video yet, but I'm commenting to tell the algorithm that it gets good engagement. Looking forward to sitting down to this tomorrow!
Finally played this after so many years in 2020 because it’s on Game Pass. Why’d I wait so long? Some unfair scores, like 5.9 from IGN. And the lingering stink from Colonial Marines. It’s amazing. Genuinely terrifying and stressful. Lighting and sound design are incredibly well done. Art direction shows so much love for Alien. Stands up 6 years later. Nice analysis.
banginlikea747 IGN are full of the brown stuff. As much as I love Aliens and it’s my favourite movie of all time, Colonial Marines was absolute rubbish. IGN gave 5.9 because there aren’t any army of Xeno’s to mow down with pulse rifles or smart guns or using loaders to fight the queen in a final boss battle. Isolation kerb stomps CM into dust every day of the week.
I couldn't agree more, IGN is so full of shit on this one. This is easily the scariest game I've ever played that also has amazing sound and level design. It's challenging and It ALWAYS keeps you on your toes and any noise you hear makes your heart beat faster. It wasn't the ending I expected, but it was still a fantastic game. Horror fans, I highly recommend this.
The sound design of this game almost made it hard to finish. Truly one of the scariest games I've played. Really great analysis, I found your channel a little while ago with your Control video and I really enjoy your style. Keep it up :)
I don't play too many horror games but this has been in the top 3, there with Dead Space and RE. As a horror survival? The best one yet. The atmosphere this game induced is just life-like. First you get to travel around the station freely but as soon as the Xenomorph is introduced, it's nigh constant dread till the end.
I play a lot of horror games. But alien isolation is the only one where I was genuinely scared. This only happened in my childhood when I played Metroid Fusion. But Alien Isolation threw me back into that time where I was a kid scared of a monster roaming a space station where everything has gone wrong, and where it is stalking you, and worst part you can do nothing against it. It was truly terrifying. That was until I learned how it worked, but those first 5-7 hours, where bone chilling
Ash is even more terrifying than the alien. When she tries to kill Ripley with a rolled magazine, that's just beyond ugly, that's cosmic horror in its purest! That's the image that impacted me more in a movie full of impactful images. I haven't played Alien Isolation, but I purchased it a year ago during a sale of the complete game with all DLCs; however, my nephew came to play and I watched him. He liked it for a while, then stopped coming, it scared him a lot. And I'm here, watching your video instead of playing the game (yes, I'm afraid). Oh, well, perhaps next year.
This is by far one of the best video essays I've ever seen. If someone were to tell me that video game isn't art, I'd show him this video. Amazing game by the way. Bravo !
I love how good the pacing on this video is. This was an extremely interesting take, that made me want to play a game that I've played way too many times already.
Excellent review. I remember my ex buying me this, for my birthday, on its release month. I played the hell out of it, for weeks. I remember spending at least 20 minutes in the area you first encounter it, hiding under hospital beds and lockers. Nothing comes close to beating it, for horror, in my opinion.
just found your video through the Alien: Isolation subreddit. really glad I did. :) I love your content, especially the editing! wish you the best for the future! you have my subscription!
I’ve had this video on watch later for while now, I finally finished the story mode and this analysis was a nice little victory lap for me. As per usual, great stuff.
I knew it was gonna happen when the game was announced, but the twist towards the end where a shit ton of Xenomorphes show up shivered me timberes! It's actually the only game/piece of media to come close to scaring me! I've been jaded since two and never get scared from horror stuff, but for some reason this one does something for me. Fantastic game! Haven't played it since it came out so hopefully they fixed the weird cutscene frame rate issue. Best Alien game ever!!! Pissed there probably wont be a sequel, but they released videos showing Amanda being saved so at least we know she's not flying through space for eternity like a flying meat star.
Incredible job with this video essay. Not only were all the points you made perfectly written and narrated, but the use of footage and audio from the game also worked brilliantly to convey each point. As a huge fan of the movie and game, I thoroughly enjoyed your video! Keep up the good work :D
This video was so well put together!!! Ive lost track of how many times Ive played A:I but its still an incredibly riveting game experience. Thanks for this video, it was a pleasure to watch!
Fantastic video! In-depth analysis' and critiques on, at least, specific elements of Alien: Isolation are always welcome. There's quite a lack of those on UA-cam, at least it feels that way to me.
When I first got a PS4, my uncle lent us a couple of games to get started and to this day I am still so mad I didn't play Alien Isolation when I had it RIGHT THERE lmao. The game looks so polished and clearly the devs were passionate about their work!
I literally crawled the entire game. Very intense, very engaging and very scary and we get all this in the retro alien world. Awesome game and a awesome review. Glad people are still talking about this game in 2021. Sadly it got a rock start when it was released
I discovered your channel some weeks ago and I can say so far, that you make a good synthesis and explanation of the aspects of the game as a whole. I’m just waiting to finish Death Stranding to dive into your video about it. Greetings from Mexico.
This is an excellent video essay. Intelligently written and very clearly delivered. I especially liked the long, lingering shots of the game's many beautiful interiors, and the fact you specifically mention that this was how we envisioned the future in 1979 - which was also the creative concept at Creative Assembly when putting this project together. Their mantra was that nothing that couldn't be created with the technology available to set designers at the time Scott made 'Alien' would be included in 'Isolation'. It was a design conceit that they pulled off with considerable aplomb. Thanks for this video.
So glad you covered this! Loved this game ever since release and no other horror game has made me feel as this experience does almost every time I play
Amazing video, Alien Isolation has to be my favourite horror game. Gotta appreciate how much love the developers poured into this game to make it feel like the movies.
I really appreciate this-a true art critique where it examines so much of what we took for granted that results in a hell of an emotional experience. You did a fantastic job and I really enjoyed this.
Such an amazing game. The best piece of Alien media since the directors cut of Aliens. Even watching this video makes me feel the uneasiness I felt playing. One of the few games that I’ve played through over and over. As others have said, I’d love to see a follow up with Amanda Ripley.
The technology is fascinating because it’s archaic compared to ours, yet still light years ahead of us (especially when you take into account that this isn’t too far in the future).
Such a love letter to the original movie. Up there with dead space as the greatest survival horror in space ever designed. Even if the second act is a bit long.
Anyone watching this (this time, I watched it to the end) and having a lot of background knowledge of the game will agree with your essay of Alien Isolation. I like you mentioned Sevastopol much resembles a haunted house. As normally, you can exit this hell house and go outside; in this case, only void and space awaits. What peaks this whole point is that the communications system has been shut down too. It could simply be one station among many others peacefully floating from the outside while, on the contrary, muteless screams and vicious carnage mask the horrors hidden within this giant, spectacularly brought by the Xenomorph and, unwillingly, by the Working Joes as well. Furthermore, the death-masked androids always gave me a shivering, uneasy experience. Their emotionless and cruel behavior once a threat to the Alien has been located is enough to scare the crap out of a lot of players. For me, personally.. It's always been about how they stay calm and ask you to surrender. An invite proposed by them machines, yet they somehow know how death is cold just like their visage. Finally, the masterpiece himself, the Alien. All throughout the playthrough, it feels like there is only one of them chasing you. A fact that is solidified when it is jettisoned in the gas giant. Until the descent into the reactor happens and horror itself becomes this indescribable yet living sensation. This killing machine changing every conception and aspect of any situation when it exits the vents... is the best element to a survival horror game. You give the Alien so much respect while it doesn't give a damn about you. A well-spoken resume. Awesome job.
Alien: Isolation has became one of my favorite space survival horror video games in recent memory and no matter how much I try to get use to it, the sound design and atmosphere will always cripple me back from being brave and show my cowardice side.
The fact that Sevastopol has no outside help besides the Torrens, shows how helpless the survivors are. No one that's not on the station knows what's happening. Getting on-board the station shows that it's falling apart due to decommission and lack of maintenance. Hearing the word monster from Axel, shows that there's something deadly on it. You have no hope and feel isolated. Most of the survivors are hostile due to fear, the synthetics become hostile, and the alien. All adds fear and life to it. The station floats quietly in space while at the same time, tearing itself apart from inside. The moment Ripley gets aboard, she sees the damage more clearly. The station looses its orbital stabilizers and from there on out, the station is tearing itself apart faster due to the gravity of the gas giant. The survivors are isolated from humanity. The coms are down and they got lucky the Torrens was there but the ship couldn't do anything cause of the coms and the fact that everyone is against each other
Love this video. I could gush paragraphs bout the editing / cinematics / pacing etc. Thank you. What makes this game standout so much to me is the very little use of scripted interactions. The alien’s AI is so refined and unpredictable. Which makes it seem as if it’s not necessarily controlled by the game, but is actually alive.
A good follow-up on Isolation could be how Sovestapol got infected and what went wrong with the working joe's all the way up to, or perhaps somewhat along side the time when Amanda arrives. I've just completed a third time playing Isolation, WHAT A GAME!!!!
One of the best details they add to the game is one of the worst feelings cause it works so well. The sound of the station, they use it in a way to manipulate you into thinking the alien is always near, like when you walk through a hall and a pipe combusts, hissing aggressively naturally making you think it could be the alien. Or the thumping of a large fan making you think it could have been the alien moving.
That was the most in depth and hauntingly beautiful break down of the Alien universe's retro futuristic aesthetic that I have ever heard! You have earned a subscription!
I just played through this again. This time on an iPad pro and still found it completely compelling and immersive. I completely agree with the sentiments that Alien Isolation deserves a sequel. TBH, I'd be equally happy with an updated VR mod with motion controller support. Anyway, in seeking some post-game closure, I found your excellent video. You summarise the greatness of this game completely. Thanks
Very well made essay. It's probably the most faithful and thoughtful game i've ever seen. I admire the developers for their sheer spirit. This is very rare in a quite corrupted market.
After the whole dread , skin crawling , terror inducing experience of most of the campaign when they made 2 hunt you I put my controller down and said good day sir
Aside from the aesthetics and the source material, one could argue that a mechanical button or lever would be easier to fix or swap in space than a cracked touchscreen or busted touchpad :D
This game is immersive to the point of suffocation. You're so absorbed in its world and so relentlessly hunted that achieving even one sub-objective feels like a great victory. The Alien aesthetic was so lovingly reproduced and expanded upon in every particular. The Alien's AI (especially in Nightmare mode) is so terrifying that this game made the creature just as terrifying as it must have been to moviegoers in 1979, if not moreso. Even if it has a few pacing issues and is a few hours too long, this is easily one of the greatest survival horror games ever made.
I have huge love for this game’s daring to go back to the elements that worked so well back in 1979. The Alien is again a stalker you cannot kill with a machine gun, but only scare away for a few minutes (or seconds). It makes you want to crouch with your flamethrower or Molotov ready instead of running and shooting from point A to point B. It’s a shame though that we will likely not see anything like it any time soon. I have hopes someday someone will realize the potential for at least a spiritual successor under the Alien IP.
I’m only 30 seconds but I’ve already liked because your content is 👌🏻, will edit after enjoying the video! - amazing video as always such a great voice!
I love this game so much. A perfect piece of fanservice for my favourite movie of all time. It says a lot about its quality too that so many people who weren't into the original film enjoyed it as well. It's a shame CA didn't keep trying with the genre even without the licence. They make a lot of strategy games, so they could nail a game about a teenage war orphan trying to escape a war zone.
Its crazy how you get so soaked in by the atmosphere in only a few minutes of playing that it feels like you are actually in the game. The panic and fear of whats to come when you got spotted and you just hear the heavy footsteps running towards you. I nearly died irl from heart attack every time I play this game.
No other piece of media has stayed soo true and faithful to the original film as this game. We need a sequel! There’s soo much more lore that can be explored.
I watched a streamer play this and he was far more afraid of the Average Joes that the Alien and I honestly agree. The Alien you expect to be an enemy, it looks dangerous. But the Androids look just human enough (that uncannyness) to make it worse. I hadn't thought about the CPR dummies but I will never not see it now.
Very great video! I love watching videos about the game because I'm too scared to play it myself, but the game and its world are so beautiful I can't help but learn about it.
thank you for this awesome content, i think alien isolation didn't receive the attention he really deserves, it’s an really good game ^^ also, did you play the last survivor dlc? such a nice fan service :)
I'll stick my nose right in to also advertise other DLC's that are for the Survivor mode, which, being what they are - a set of arcade-y, difficult challenge maps where the devs were focused on exploring and experimenting with the level design and mechanics of their baby - are so much fun and are absolutely fantastic experiences that I recommend to anyone who didn't have enough of the gameplay. While they might be a tad bit overpriced, imo they are still severly underrated.
@@ЯношБан I think the DLCs like Safe Haven and Corporate Lockdown nailed the Isolation formula. Doing multiple tasks in one big level. I think if we had a few more of those it would be great
@@ЯношБан I wholeheartedly agree, although some of my tensest moments were undoubtedly in Safe Haven, at the end where you’re dealing with two Xenos. You’re in such a tight space and you can’t do much to repel one because then you’re attracting the other
@@HypoZilla oh yeah, the finale of Safe Haven is some of the best this game can offer in entirety. Especially if you were going for the score, which meant minimizing saves, task N10 where you had to go in to both areas and complete tasks there with little resources and aggressive Alien was just nightmare. I only wish that Salvage Mode maps didn't de-spawn the enemies and entities like Human Survivors and Working Joes once you gone back the Safe Room and chose a new task, because if you left some alive it doesn't matter as the game just takes them away from the area and the next task. It would have added more decision making and strategizing aspects to objectives, where you had to think whether you should waste more resources and kill all the enemies in the area so that they don't become a nuisance later on, or save up for later, or hell, find a way to get rid of the enemies cheaply.
Yay new video!! Havent watched it just yet bt I'm about to. Thank you for putting the time into this and putting so much effort in your videos. Thank you!! 😄😊
Your review is spot on, and very well thought out. However, I could point out that building large structures and spacecraft in space, is very expensive. All you need do, is look at the costs involved in building space craft, at NASA and SpaceX, to realize that perhaps that retro look, your talking about, might be out of nessesity, in order to keep production costs to a minimum. Just a thought.
Your video just ended up in my feed coincidentally, and I want to say that you have a very nice and relaxing voice. I'm only a minute into your video though, so I'm going to go back to watching it now. Signed: Some American with a boring accent. :)
6:47 loving this part of the video wherein the video is initially framed in a retro console type screen then it cuts into the video being framed by a smartphone to compare the past and the present in relation to what is being said in the voice over/narration.
Honestly it's a crime, like it should literally be a punishable offense that we will likely never get a proper sequel to this game. But that's okay -- Alien: Isolation can stand tall on its own forever as one of the best horror games ever made, and as one of the most lovingly-crafted homages to the original film.
literally the best movie-themed game i know. captures the whole vibe of the alien movies perfectly. i hope studios will make more good games based on movies as good as this. some 2001: a Space odyssey game or a jurassic park game could be amazing.
Maybe there's hope: wegotthiscovered.com/gaming/alien-isolation-2-reportedly-development-disney/
we did, but it's a mobile game so...
They would have to get the band back together,I doubt anyone from the original team is still at CA so it would have to be tackled by new people.
@@custardgannet4836 sadly that wouldn't be the only issue, the attack AI received from the purely bullshit reviews would make it a logically bad decision to put the amount of time and money into making a worth while sequel
Alien: Isolation was my favorite game of 2014, I'm glad that folks are still talking about it in 2020!
SageWaterDragon I have never been scared of (playing) a video game in my life until I played this! Alien Isolation is the Perfect Survival Horror Game Ever! No game is more Truly Terrifying then Alien Isolation! No matter how old this game is it was ALWAYS be #1 favorite💯🖤💀👽
@@Jose10614 i agree when I played this game I think it was the scariest game ever also the coolest game ever
I've only just finished it - its one of the few games that has scared me to the point that I just have to keep stopping. An absolute masterclass in horror.
Madbrood I agree new friend
Rocky The Recycling Pup Nice! 😎😉
I think this is the kind of game that you could still play and enjoy in 40 years, it has this kind of timeless feel to it, while being rooted in this lovely retro-futuristic vibe.
I have never really thought about the station as a haunted house. The contrast between what once was friendly and safe is now disturbed and dangerous is really interesting and I think this theme works really well in horror. Great video!
Thanks so much!! ☺️
Fuck, alien isolation is so underrated. People don’t give it much credit but playing the game feels so damn unique.
I think because they went from Aliens Colonial Marines which is somewhat scary to Alien Isolation which is absolutely terrifying! Aliens Colonial Marines: there was no heart and soul put into that game VS. Alien Isolation: there was heart and soul when that game was made. The thing is anyone can easily play Aliens Colonial Marines but not everyone can play Alien Isolation. Not everyone can handle playing this game. I played up till the part where the Alien comes into play (in Medical) and stopped playing because I was absolutely scared of it!! It took me 6-8 months before I started playing it again. This really is an Awesome, Underrated , Best Survival Horror Game Ever made💯🖤👽
They may not hear my screams in space, but my roomates certainly did :/
Alien: Isolation is not only one of the most intense survival horror games I’ve ever played, but it’s easily the best Alien game of all time. After the huge disappointment that was Colonial Marines and it’s dreadful plot that had Hadley’s Hope still alive and atrocious AI, Isolation chucks out pulse rifles and a swarm of Xeno’s for pant-wetting suspense and a real element of dread. I remember playing it for the very first time upon release in the dark with the sound turned up. There’s no better experience than having your palms sweat profusely when the tracker beeps and picks up the Xeno, or when you get an anxiety attack upon hearing it drop out of the vents.
I slept with the light on for a week after the nest mission. It’s THAT terrifying. Even it’s homage to the 1979 masterpiece that is Alien deserves credit.
I loved Colonial Marines more than Isolation. While I love the movie Alien more than its sequel, I actually prefer that type of action in a game than sneaking around and hiding in lockers.
The sound of the Xeno coming out of the vent is ingrained in my mind as a oh shit sound. To the point I notice it when it's used in other alien projects. That's when you know sound design is on point when something like it leaving a vent gives you a form of video game PTSD.
The sense of claustrophobia in this game is overwhelming, beautiful terrifying game
Haven't watched the video yet, but I'm commenting to tell the algorithm that it gets good engagement. Looking forward to sitting down to this tomorrow!
thank you so much!!!! 😭 I hope you like it!
Finally played this after so many years in 2020 because it’s on Game Pass.
Why’d I wait so long?
Some unfair scores, like 5.9 from IGN. And the lingering stink from Colonial Marines.
It’s amazing. Genuinely terrifying and stressful. Lighting and sound design are incredibly well done. Art direction shows so much love for Alien. Stands up 6 years later.
Nice analysis.
banginlikea747 IGN are full of the brown stuff. As much as I love Aliens and it’s my favourite movie of all time, Colonial Marines was absolute rubbish. IGN gave 5.9 because there aren’t any army of Xeno’s to mow down with pulse rifles or smart guns or using loaders to fight the queen in a final boss battle. Isolation kerb stomps CM into dust every day of the week.
I couldn't agree more, IGN is so full of shit on this one. This is easily the scariest game I've ever played that also has amazing sound and level design. It's challenging and It ALWAYS keeps you on your toes and any noise you hear makes your heart beat faster. It wasn't the ending I expected, but it was still a fantastic game. Horror fans, I highly recommend this.
They'll give a game a stupid rating.
wonderful video. The comparison between seegson’s working Joes and real life CPR mannequin was an amazing detail I hadn’t noticed, blew my mind.
The only time I felt safe was when you’re at the Marshal’s safe house, but even then I would see the motion detector beep and would make me on edge
The sound design of this game almost made it hard to finish. Truly one of the scariest games I've played. Really great analysis, I found your channel a little while ago with your Control video and I really enjoy your style. Keep it up :)
This was absolutely brilliant. Well written, edited, and narrated. Excellent analysis and research as well. Well done.
I don't play too many horror games but this has been in the top 3, there with Dead Space and RE. As a horror survival? The best one yet. The atmosphere this game induced is just life-like. First you get to travel around the station freely but as soon as the Xenomorph is introduced, it's nigh constant dread till the end.
I play a lot of horror games. But alien isolation is the only one where I was genuinely scared. This only happened in my childhood when I played Metroid Fusion.
But Alien Isolation threw me back into that time where I was a kid scared of a monster roaming a space station where everything has gone wrong, and where it is stalking you, and worst part you can do nothing against it.
It was truly terrifying. That was until I learned how it worked, but those first 5-7 hours, where bone chilling
Ash is even more terrifying than the alien. When she tries to kill Ripley with a rolled magazine, that's just beyond ugly, that's cosmic horror in its purest! That's the image that impacted me more in a movie full of impactful images. I haven't played Alien Isolation, but I purchased it a year ago during a sale of the complete game with all DLCs; however, my nephew came to play and I watched him. He liked it for a while, then stopped coming, it scared him a lot. And I'm here, watching your video instead of playing the game (yes, I'm afraid). Oh, well, perhaps next year.
This is by far one of the best video essays I've ever seen. If someone were to tell me that video game isn't art, I'd show him this video. Amazing game by the way. Bravo !
I love how good the pacing on this video is. This was an extremely interesting take, that made me want to play a game that I've played way too many times already.
Excellent review. I remember my ex buying me this, for my birthday, on its release month. I played the hell out of it, for weeks. I remember spending at least 20 minutes in the area you first encounter it, hiding under hospital beds and lockers. Nothing comes close to beating it, for horror, in my opinion.
just found your video through the Alien: Isolation subreddit. really glad I did. :)
I love your content, especially the editing! wish you the best for the future! you have my subscription!
Thank you!! ☺️
I’ve had this video on watch later for while now, I finally finished the story mode and this analysis was a nice little victory lap for me.
As per usual, great stuff.
I knew it was gonna happen when the game was announced, but the twist towards the end where a shit ton of Xenomorphes show up shivered me timberes! It's actually the only game/piece of media to come close to scaring me! I've been jaded since two and never get scared from horror stuff, but for some reason this one does something for me. Fantastic game! Haven't played it since it came out so hopefully they fixed the weird cutscene frame rate issue. Best Alien game ever!!! Pissed there probably wont be a sequel, but they released videos showing Amanda being saved so at least we know she's not flying through space for eternity like a flying meat star.
Incredible job with this video essay. Not only were all the points you made perfectly written and narrated, but the use of footage and audio from the game also worked brilliantly to convey each point. As a huge fan of the movie and game, I thoroughly enjoyed your video! Keep up the good work :D
This video was so well put together!!! Ive lost track of how many times Ive played A:I but its still an incredibly riveting game experience. Thanks for this video, it was a pleasure to watch!
Fantastic video! In-depth analysis' and critiques on, at least, specific elements of Alien: Isolation are always welcome. There's quite a lack of those on UA-cam, at least it feels that way to me.
When I first got a PS4, my uncle lent us a couple of games to get started and to this day I am still so mad I didn't play Alien Isolation when I had it RIGHT THERE lmao. The game looks so polished and clearly the devs were passionate about their work!
I literally crawled the entire game. Very intense, very engaging and very scary and we get all this in the retro alien world. Awesome game and a awesome review. Glad people are still talking about this game in 2021. Sadly it got a rock start when it was released
I forced my ABSOLUTELY REAL GF to watch me play the game, never been happier to have such a safety blanket in my life, game was to spooky
Don't lie to us
@@slothbaby2104 She was real until the end of august :(
@@SleepyOmel Oh god I am so sorry
@@SleepyOmel so why'd you leave the relationship?
GF "well you see, he forced me to watch him play a video game"
Been there man. Used to play portal with her:/
Euro. Good job on your video essay. It was well thought out and succinct.
I discovered your channel some weeks ago and I can say so far, that you make a good synthesis and explanation of the aspects of the game as a whole.
I’m just waiting to finish Death Stranding to dive into your video about it. Greetings from Mexico.
Thanks so much! :) I’m very happy you enjoy my content!
Great video. I love these types of in depth analysis videos. Your voice is really soothing as well lol. Look forward to more of your great content.
This is an excellent video essay. Intelligently written and very clearly delivered. I especially liked the long, lingering shots of the game's many beautiful interiors, and the fact you specifically mention that this was how we envisioned the future in 1979 - which was also the creative concept at Creative Assembly when putting this project together. Their mantra was that nothing that couldn't be created with the technology available to set designers at the time Scott made 'Alien' would be included in 'Isolation'. It was a design conceit that they pulled off with considerable aplomb. Thanks for this video.
So glad you covered this! Loved this game ever since release and no other horror game has made me feel as this experience does almost every time I play
Amazing video, Alien Isolation has to be my favourite horror game. Gotta appreciate how much love the developers poured into this game to make it feel like the movies.
I really appreciate this-a true art critique where it examines so much of what we took for granted that results in a hell of an emotional experience. You did a fantastic job and I really enjoyed this.
Thank you so much!! ☺️
“Not bad for a human “ Bishops quote you deserve it ! Beautiful video well explained 🖤
This was such a treat. Thank you for such an amazing video.
Such an amazing game. The best piece of Alien media since the directors cut of Aliens. Even watching this video makes me feel the uneasiness I felt playing. One of the few games that I’ve played through over and over. As others have said, I’d love to see a follow up with Amanda Ripley.
This Is A Good Video
Really high quality too- not 'just' for a small channel but in general! I am muchly impressed
The technology is fascinating because it’s archaic compared to ours, yet still light years ahead of us (especially when you take into account that this isn’t too far in the future).
This game was amazing and unique. It's sad we cannot get a sequel or another chapter.
Oh they produced alien BBLACKOUT - a sequel on a mobile XD hahaha, its sad.. These creatures produced it on mobile.. THAT is sad.
Dang, I didn't know they gave this game so much detail and attention! I'll give this a go someday.
Such a love letter to the original movie. Up there with dead space as the greatest survival horror in space ever designed. Even if the second act is a bit long.
Just finished it on Switch, glad I finally played it. Incredible game.
Anyone watching this (this time, I watched it to the end) and having a lot of background knowledge of the game will agree with your essay of Alien Isolation.
I like you mentioned Sevastopol much resembles a haunted house. As normally, you can exit this hell house and go outside; in this case, only void and space awaits.
What peaks this whole point is that the communications system has been shut down too. It could simply be one station among many others peacefully floating from the outside while, on the contrary, muteless screams and vicious carnage mask the horrors hidden within this giant, spectacularly brought by the Xenomorph and, unwillingly, by the Working Joes as well.
Furthermore, the death-masked androids always gave me a shivering, uneasy experience. Their emotionless and cruel behavior once a threat to the Alien has been located is enough to scare the crap out of a lot of players. For me, personally.. It's always been about how they stay calm and ask you to surrender. An invite proposed by them machines, yet they somehow know how death is cold just like their visage.
Finally, the masterpiece himself, the Alien. All throughout the playthrough, it feels like there is only one of them chasing you. A fact that is solidified when it is jettisoned in the gas giant. Until the descent into the reactor happens and horror itself becomes this indescribable yet living sensation.
This killing machine changing every conception and aspect of any situation when it exits the vents... is the best element to a survival horror game. You give the Alien so much respect while it doesn't give a damn about you.
A well-spoken resume.
Awesome job.
Excellent analysis, thanks for sharing it.
Alien: Isolation has became one of my favorite space survival horror video games in recent memory and no matter how much I try to get use to it, the sound design and atmosphere will always cripple me back from being brave and show my cowardice side.
Fantastic essay. You perfectly voice many of the thoughts the rest of us had whilst experiencing this game.
The fact that Sevastopol has no outside help besides the Torrens, shows how helpless the survivors are. No one that's not on the station knows what's happening. Getting on-board the station shows that it's falling apart due to decommission and lack of maintenance. Hearing the word monster from Axel, shows that there's something deadly on it. You have no hope and feel isolated. Most of the survivors are hostile due to fear, the synthetics become hostile, and the alien. All adds fear and life to it. The station floats quietly in space while at the same time, tearing itself apart from inside. The moment Ripley gets aboard, she sees the damage more clearly. The station looses its orbital stabilizers and from there on out, the station is tearing itself apart faster due to the gravity of the gas giant. The survivors are isolated from humanity. The coms are down and they got lucky the Torrens was there but the ship couldn't do anything cause of the coms and the fact that everyone is against each other
absolutely awesome video you've made me love and appreciate this game even more then i already did as always superb editing and script maria :D
Thanks so much as always!! 😭❤️
Wonderful essay, can't wait for more from you!
Love this video. I could gush paragraphs bout the editing / cinematics / pacing etc. Thank you.
What makes this game standout so much to me is the very little use of scripted interactions. The alien’s AI is so refined and unpredictable. Which makes it seem as if it’s not necessarily controlled by the game, but is actually alive.
That was a spooky and well done opening
A good follow-up on Isolation could be how Sovestapol got infected and what went wrong with the working joe's all the way up to, or perhaps somewhat along side the time when Amanda arrives. I've just completed a third time playing Isolation, WHAT A GAME!!!!
One of the best details they add to the game is one of the worst feelings cause it works so well. The sound of the station, they use it in a way to manipulate you into thinking the alien is always near, like when you walk through a hall and a pipe combusts, hissing aggressively naturally making you think it could be the alien. Or the thumping of a large fan making you think it could have been the alien moving.
Amazing video and love the camera work as well.
That was the most in depth and hauntingly beautiful break down of the Alien universe's retro futuristic aesthetic that I have ever heard! You have earned a subscription!
I've been following since I found your Control video, and you never disappoint! This was wonderful. 🙌
Thank you! ☺️
I just played through this again. This time on an iPad pro and still found it completely compelling and immersive. I completely agree with the sentiments that Alien Isolation deserves a sequel. TBH, I'd be equally happy with an updated VR mod with motion controller support. Anyway, in seeking some post-game closure, I found your excellent video. You summarise the greatness of this game completely. Thanks
Very well made essay. It's probably the most faithful and thoughtful game i've ever seen. I admire the developers for their sheer spirit. This is very rare in a quite corrupted market.
What an exceptionally well done video essay. Brilliance. Pure brilliance.
After the whole dread , skin crawling , terror inducing experience of most of the campaign when they made 2 hunt you I put my controller down and said good day sir
Aside from the aesthetics and the source material, one could argue that a mechanical button or lever would be easier to fix or swap in space than a cracked touchscreen or busted touchpad :D
Really appreciate your attention to the details.
Dope stuff! Thoughtful analysis, nice presentation. Love the whole commentary on retrofuturism. totally earned my sub!
This game is immersive to the point of suffocation. You're so absorbed in its world and so relentlessly hunted that achieving even one sub-objective feels like a great victory. The Alien aesthetic was so lovingly reproduced and expanded upon in every particular. The Alien's AI (especially in Nightmare mode) is so terrifying that this game made the creature just as terrifying as it must have been to moviegoers in 1979, if not moreso. Even if it has a few pacing issues and is a few hours too long, this is easily one of the greatest survival horror games ever made.
I have huge love for this game’s daring to go back to the elements that worked so well back in 1979. The Alien is again a stalker you cannot kill with a machine gun, but only scare away for a few minutes (or seconds). It makes you want to crouch with your flamethrower or Molotov ready instead of running and shooting from point A to point B.
It’s a shame though that we will likely not see anything like it any time soon. I have hopes someday someone will realize the potential for at least a spiritual successor under the Alien IP.
I’m only 30 seconds but I’ve already liked because your content is 👌🏻, will edit after enjoying the video! - amazing video as always such a great voice!
thank you! ☺️
I love this game so much. A perfect piece of fanservice for my favourite movie of all time.
It says a lot about its quality too that so many people who weren't into the original film enjoyed it as well. It's a shame CA didn't keep trying with the genre even without the licence. They make a lot of strategy games, so they could nail a game about a teenage war orphan trying to escape a war zone.
The Working Joes remind me of SCP-3008-2, the faceless entities that reside within the SCP-3008 dimension of the Infinite Ikea.
fantastic essay! one of my favourite video games & movies of all time.
Thank God I came across this channel during the Death Stranding hype. And thank God I stayed, this is a great channel.
Thanks so much! ☺️
Good quality content! This deserves more views and I hope you get them.
Its crazy how you get so soaked in by the atmosphere in only a few minutes of playing that it feels like you are actually in the game. The panic and fear of whats to come when you got spotted and you just hear the heavy footsteps running towards you. I nearly died irl from heart attack every time I play this game.
This is a wonderfully produced analysis.
No other piece of media has stayed soo true and faithful to the original film as this game. We need a sequel! There’s soo much more lore that can be explored.
I watched a streamer play this and he was far more afraid of the Average Joes that the Alien and I honestly agree. The Alien you expect to be an enemy, it looks dangerous. But the Androids look just human enough (that uncannyness) to make it worse. I hadn't thought about the CPR dummies but I will never not see it now.
This is such a great review. Well thought out and eloquent
Very great video! I love watching videos about the game because I'm too scared to play it myself, but the game and its world are so beautiful I can't help but learn about it.
thank you for this awesome content, i think alien isolation didn't receive the attention he really deserves, it’s an really good game ^^
also, did you play the last survivor dlc? such a nice fan service :)
I'll stick my nose right in to also advertise other DLC's that are for the Survivor mode, which, being what they are - a set of arcade-y, difficult challenge maps where the devs were focused on exploring and experimenting with the level design and mechanics of their baby - are so much fun and are absolutely fantastic experiences that I recommend to anyone who didn't have enough of the gameplay. While they might be a tad bit overpriced, imo they are still severly underrated.
@@ЯношБан I think the DLCs like Safe Haven and Corporate Lockdown nailed the Isolation formula. Doing multiple tasks in one big level. I think if we had a few more of those it would be great
@@HypoZilla they are indeed fantastic, although ultimately I still prefer the campaign
@@ЯношБан I wholeheartedly agree, although some of my tensest moments were undoubtedly in Safe Haven, at the end where you’re dealing with two Xenos. You’re in such a tight space and you can’t do much to repel one because then you’re attracting the other
@@HypoZilla oh yeah, the finale of Safe Haven is some of the best this game can offer in entirety. Especially if you were going for the score, which meant minimizing saves, task N10 where you had to go in to both areas and complete tasks there with little resources and aggressive Alien was just nightmare. I only wish that Salvage Mode maps didn't de-spawn the enemies and entities like Human Survivors and Working Joes once you gone back the Safe Room and chose a new task, because if you left some alive it doesn't matter as the game just takes them away from the area and the next task. It would have added more decision making and strategizing aspects to objectives, where you had to think whether you should waste more resources and kill all the enemies in the area so that they don't become a nuisance later on, or save up for later, or hell, find a way to get rid of the enemies cheaply.
What an absolutely BRILLIANT video. Thank you for this.
It’s the greatest first person survivor horror game I’ve ever played.
This is a beautiful review!
Absolutely fantastic video!
Yay new video!! Havent watched it just yet bt I'm about to. Thank you for putting the time into this and putting so much effort in your videos. Thank you!! 😄😊
Love the working Joes, I remember my encounters with them more than with the Xeno..
Good ol ALIEN: Isolation. The scariest Horror game of ALL time.
Your review is spot on, and very well thought out. However, I could point out that building large structures and spacecraft in space, is very expensive. All you need do, is look at the costs involved in building space craft, at NASA and SpaceX, to realize that perhaps that retro look, your talking about, might be out of nessesity, in order to keep production costs to a minimum. Just a thought.
This is awesome work! Time to binge the whole channel.
A wonderful breakdown of horror elements.
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it ☺️
Your video just ended up in my feed coincidentally, and I want to say that you have a very nice and relaxing voice. I'm only a minute into your video though, so I'm going to go back to watching it now.
Signed: Some American with a boring accent. :)
Your videos are so awesome!
criminally underrated channel.
this content is way too good.
6:47 loving this part of the video wherein the video is initially framed in a retro console type screen then it cuts into the video being framed by a smartphone to compare the past and the present in relation to what is being said in the voice over/narration.
Like Video Game Story Time, look forward to watching this!
Thank you!!! ☺️
Great work Maria, I will try to finish the game someday :)
Great video with lots of interesting insights. Thank you.
Awesome video, you are making some great content.
Excellent video essay