Had no idea you were working on this! Alien: Isolation is one of my favorite games of all time alongside SOMA, I'm looking forward to diving in tomorrow.
As someone who 100% the game a few years back a lot of what you say I recall vividly on my many playthroughs trying to get the oneshot, mercy, and survivor achievement in a single playthrough. I believe the 1979 door code is located back in one of the areas you get to near the start of the game that you can only get to near the end. Its a stock of a lot of resources. I also noticed a lot of players didnt catch Samuals is an android. Famously Markiplier was convinced he was an android but also didn't realize the crew all knew he was an android, and it wasn't a secret. I recall the flight manafest lists him as such on the Torens but its been a while and I may be mistaken.
They released Alien vs Predator back in 1999. The chameleon effect was used very well in the first marine mission. You keep wondering when you are going to see an alien, then there is a scene where this metal tube that looks like an alien pops out of the ceiling as well as some wires. Got me jump scared back in 99
To sleep, perchance to dream my friend. A wonderful love letter to the greatest horror game of all time. Nothing in my entire life has ever replicated the sheer animal terror that this game provoked in me during my first playthrough. I will never forget it until I die.
Love the vid, but some clarification for a detail you missed. With the early lockdown from Apollo, it is implied it trapped most of the Hive in the reactor, leaving only the one Alien (or just a few) that were outside before the lockdown. When Amanda purges the reactor and lifts Apollo's lockdown, all of the creatures get a chance to escape as well. With all of the constant dots on the tracker in the hive, it's implied that there are a lot more than just 6 more Aliens.
Edit: the blackbox was wiped by Ransome in the DLC, that's one of the bonus objectives in his last mission. Also, the Alien can probably smell that the Joes aren't organic. It would've been cool to see the Alien looking at the Joe and being confused by it, but I headcanon it that the creatures have seen the Joes so many times by now that they're ignoring them (just like they would ignore the flamer and flares if you overused them).
Thank you! Oh yeah I did miss that connection. Now it fits perfectly why there weren't as many. So the lockdown started after the first Aliens set up the hive and thus couldn't leave.
Thanks for collecting all this info in one place, there were several things I didn't already know. I had heard the To Sleep Perchance To Dream voice line before but couldn't make out what it was saying, so thanks for covering that.
I remember the xenomorph spawning for me earlier in chapter 3 before it's normally supposed to be introduced while I was running to the revolver room because I thought I was safe back when I played the game
To sleep, perchance to dream. Just brilliant stuff. Thanks so much for putting this together. I enjoyed it so much. I've only discovered the concept of these iceberg videos and have watched a couple on a few my favourite topics but this is by far the best one I've seen. I wouldn't say that I am a fan of sci-fi or horror but I love this game and all the Alien films so much because of how much depth and detail there is in the it's universe. I think you've really shown that in this video. Thanks again! Jim
To sleep, a chance to dream. Wow what an amazing video! Wasn't planning on it but sat through the whole thing in one go.. I think I need to eat something now...
42:08 I could be wrong, but it seems like the station probably would have been built in orbit of a planet and then towed to its position during the game. It’s much like the refinery that the Nostromo was towing. It even looks like it some.
Good work, man. Did I understand correctly, that you haven't seen any movies in the series beyond Aliens?! Alien 3 is, in my opinion, criminally underrated one, everyone should give it a try. PS Perchance to dream, BTW.
Thank you man, and yes I only watched till Aliens because anything beyond that I figured would have diminishing returns for what I could put in the video lol. I do plan on giving it a watch in the future though. To sleep, perchance to dream.
Oh my god, this was amazing! I beat this game and loved every moment of it! I didn't really get caught by the Alien too much cause I played with a healthy amount of fear and vowed to only walk and crouch. However, the Joes. The fucking Joes haunt my dreams. I think they were the scariest part of the game. Their glowing red and blue eyes are terrifying and completely unsettling from start to finish. My god, even writing this it freaks me out thinking about it. The whole atmosphere and attention to detail makes you forget you are playing a game. Your video brings some amazing points that I never noticed or knew about. Really great video!
dude, 2 weeks ago? please let this hit the algorithm, blow up and revive this game 🙏 I made a playlist for my bros of longform and I'm slapping this on there rn
I hate Ransome so much. That is proof of good characterization, fits with this fictional future where you can't trust anyone. It's frightening, maybe more than the Alien itself. Great analysis.
Ransom reminds me a lot of Benny from FNV a lot but he really does around 1:07:00 not just how he sounds but what he says is a very Benny line. RIP Matthew Perry
when did he said that after or before his mental breakdown ? i say , its canon once i see a roy betty combat unit throws a xenomorph out of the airlock
1:18:22 What if after trying to impregnate and ripping apart a bunch of Working Joes the Aliens realised that the guys with grey skin and guts aren't suitable to lay their eggs in?
My theory is that most of the Xeno'd Joes are that way literally just because they annoyed the Aliens in some way so they broke them out of sheer pettiness (in the Alien 2003 alternative cut they include the alien swatting Jonesy's cage away for no real reason besides again, pettiness)
Xenos use heat signature, which could explain it, but my theory, using what we know about them, is that they are just smart enough to know that they aren't human or of any use to them, so they don't bother with them, unless they get in the way or pose a threat. "It can't help us reproduce, it's not bothering us, I'm not wasting my time on it"
5:35 you only hear announcements from this voice in a couple places (usually it's the Apollo AI voice speaking) and it's actually Hughes, one of their tech heads. He's the first guy you see get killed by the androids when you're in the vent. Edit: don't make fun of me, I wrote this comment like 10 minutes in
57:23 Idk but the things on the back of the alien resemble pili used by bacteria in order to pass on traits like anti-biotic resistance, this is a very long stretch but here it could be a case of them somehow transmitting the manerisims of the character or something like that .
Sinclair is probably referential to Sir Clive Sinclair who was famous for revolutionizing British computing technologies in the 1980s and Thatcher was fond of him, a real company man. A lot of the people developing this game would have got started in development on a ZX Spectrum which is very reminiscent of the the low tech vibe of Alien the movie. Alien is a thoroughly British movie even if the cast is mostly American and the influences of British computing technology are very obvious in the game. Alien 3 has a lineup of fine British actors too.
i think the easieste explanation for why the xeno does not attack androids is that it doesnt sense heat from them? i think that would be the easiest way to differentiate it from a living animal along with smell!
I love this game at least you do pranks in this game😂 0:24 I’m getting some Prometheus vibes of a mural if you want him watch the movie but anyway I think you’re on something😅 58:02
I keep trying to force myself to play this game as it's been sitting in my Epic library for a while now. Each time I start it up though, my brain just goes "nope, fuck this shit. I'm out"
@@IsUserADuck bruh what ! this is like the most intense experience on the first run . the only bad thing , you can only play it once after that its sadly done
i thought the same thing but its actually not that bad u get used to the alien by a while its just the way that it is fast and stealthy only the atmosphere can freak you out and thats what is alien isolation about just a masterpiece but outlast 1 2 is definitely way worse for me than this idk i cant decide (but since the alien mixes with humans and androids it makes the game way scarier actually i think i get way worse feeling from the android than the xeno the joes are so uncanny valley)
I actually 100%% the game this last week, I'd got it a while back on ps+ and not started it up, then last week I've been off work with a rather large bereavement (I wont bore you with details, that's not why I'm posting this), I'm posting this having loved survival horror since the original RE on PS1, I never thought a game could out-do the first few Resi games, the last few Resi games (didn't like 5 or 6 😁), but Alien Isolation genuinely was bad for my health at times I was forgetting to breath when hiding in lockers etc 😂. At least in Resi you can fight back! Isolation you just have to run like a bitch.
Sadly they f up with alien movement. Its movement is inaccurate with the steps it takes. There was a vid with Half-Life:Alyx when they demonstrated on the fly pre programmed combine soldiers steps.
The only game where you pay money to experience the thrill of being absolutely useless against a space lizard
Had no idea you were working on this! Alien: Isolation is one of my favorite games of all time alongside SOMA, I'm looking forward to diving in tomorrow.
I didn't know you were also a big fan of Alien: Isolation! I hope you enjoy, a lot of work went into this one lol
As someone who 100% the game a few years back a lot of what you say I recall vividly on my many playthroughs trying to get the oneshot, mercy, and survivor achievement in a single playthrough. I believe the 1979 door code is located back in one of the areas you get to near the start of the game that you can only get to near the end. Its a stock of a lot of resources. I also noticed a lot of players didnt catch Samuals is an android. Famously Markiplier was convinced he was an android but also didn't realize the crew all knew he was an android, and it wasn't a secret. I recall the flight manafest lists him as such on the Torens but its been a while and I may be mistaken.
They released Alien vs Predator back in 1999. The chameleon effect was used very well in the first marine mission. You keep wondering when you are going to see an alien, then there is a scene where this metal tube that looks like an alien pops out of the ceiling as well as some wires. Got me jump scared back in 99
To sleep, perchance to dream my friend. A wonderful love letter to the greatest horror game of all time. Nothing in my entire life has ever replicated the sheer animal terror that this game provoked in me during my first playthrough. I will never forget it until I die.
We are in a post Alien: Isolation Iceberg era…historic moment
Sisyphus finally rolled the boulder to the top of the hill.
Love the vid, but some clarification for a detail you missed. With the early lockdown from Apollo, it is implied it trapped most of the Hive in the reactor, leaving only the one Alien (or just a few) that were outside before the lockdown. When Amanda purges the reactor and lifts Apollo's lockdown, all of the creatures get a chance to escape as well. With all of the constant dots on the tracker in the hive, it's implied that there are a lot more than just 6 more Aliens.
Edit: the blackbox was wiped by Ransome in the DLC, that's one of the bonus objectives in his last mission. Also, the Alien can probably smell that the Joes aren't organic. It would've been cool to see the Alien looking at the Joe and being confused by it, but I headcanon it that the creatures have seen the Joes so many times by now that they're ignoring them (just like they would ignore the flamer and flares if you overused them).
Thank you! Oh yeah I did miss that connection. Now it fits perfectly why there weren't as many. So the lockdown started after the first Aliens set up the hive and thus couldn't leave.
@@gregorynikolay Sound theory
Bottom of the ocean. A sequel is coming 🎉
Thank you for this amazing and outstanding content! I love the Alien universe and I always missed a good Iceberg video. To sleep, perchance to dream
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed haha. To sleep, perchance to dream.
Thanks for collecting all this info in one place, there were several things I didn't already know. I had heard the To Sleep Perchance To Dream voice line before but couldn't make out what it was saying, so thanks for covering that.
1:25:15 aliens can also drop down in the vents while you’re in there. It’s scary as shit
just watched the ftl video i hope u will grow much more , ty for the content
Thanks a lot man! Glad you enjoy it :)
I remember the xenomorph spawning for me earlier in chapter 3 before it's normally supposed to be introduced while I was running to the revolver room because I thought I was safe back when I played the game
The algorithm gods have blessed me once again 🙌🏾
To sleep, perchance to dream. Just brilliant stuff. Thanks so much for putting this together. I enjoyed it so much. I've only discovered the concept of these iceberg videos and have watched a couple on a few my favourite topics but this is by far the best one I've seen. I wouldn't say that I am a fan of sci-fi or horror but I love this game and all the Alien films so much because of how much depth and detail there is in the it's universe. I think you've really shown that in this video. Thanks again! Jim
Thank you so much for your comment :) Stuff like makes the amount of work that went into it very much worth it haha
Greatest Alien game by a mile
Truly captured the essence of what Alien was , and should be
Completely hopless , trying to survive
To sleep pretends to dream
Thank you so much ❤️
Also I subscribed. I look forward to more! You are a talented essayist! So good!
Great research and very high effort editing. This must have taken forever to produce. Thanks man
Thanks for noticing haha. It did indeed take forever lol
To sleep, a chance to dream. Wow what an amazing video! Wasn't planning on it but sat through the whole thing in one go.. I think I need to eat something now...
Thank you soo much, you don't know how happy this comment made me :)
Thanks for scaring the utter crap out of me 😭 5:44 lmao
IT'S HERE!
Enjoy!
This was an amazing video about one of my favorite games! Nice job!!
To sleep perchance to dream.
Thanks a lot!! Happy you enjoyed :)
to sleep...perchance to dream....
excellent work, i look forward to more
Thank you :) Glad you enjoyed
To sleep, perchance to dream. Cheers for this, I enjoyed every second!
Thank you! I'm really happy you enjoyed :)
Perchance to love this video.
42:08 I could be wrong, but it seems like the station probably would have been built in orbit of a planet and then towed to its position during the game. It’s much like the refinery that the Nostromo was towing. It even looks like it some.
Good work, man. Did I understand correctly, that you haven't seen any movies in the series beyond Aliens?! Alien 3 is, in my opinion, criminally underrated one, everyone should give it a try.
PS Perchance to dream, BTW.
Thank you man, and yes I only watched till Aliens because anything beyond that I figured would have diminishing returns for what I could put in the video lol. I do plan on giving it a watch in the future though.
To sleep, perchance to dream.
Oh my god, this was amazing! I beat this game and loved every moment of it!
I didn't really get caught by the Alien too much cause I played with a healthy amount of fear and vowed to only walk and crouch.
However, the Joes. The fucking Joes haunt my dreams. I think they were the scariest part of the game. Their glowing red and blue eyes are terrifying and completely unsettling from start to finish.
My god, even writing this it freaks me out thinking about it. The whole atmosphere and attention to detail makes you forget you are playing a game.
Your video brings some amazing points that I never noticed or knew about. Really great video!
Thank you very much! I'm happy you enjoyed it haha Yeah, the Joes also haunted me at some point, the creepy bastards.
To sleep, perchance to dream
Looking forward to more
Ransome is despicable. What's scary is that there's no shortage of people like that in the real world.
Thank you for current-daying us. Appreciated
very good review brother! You deserve alot more subs you convinced me to buy the game.
Thank you very much :) Enjoy the game
dude, 2 weeks ago? please let this hit the algorithm, blow up and revive this game 🙏 I made a playlist for my bros of longform and I'm slapping this on there rn
Here's hoping man :)
I hate Ransome so much. That is proof of good characterization, fits with this fictional future where you can't trust anyone. It's frightening, maybe more than the Alien itself. Great analysis.
Ransom reminds me a lot of Benny from FNV a lot but he really does around 1:07:00 not just how he sounds but what he says is a very Benny line. RIP Matthew Perry
Bladerunner & Alien are the same universe. Confirmed by Ridley Scott himself. Look it up
when did he said that after or before his mental breakdown ? i say , its canon once i see a roy betty combat unit throws a xenomorph out of the airlock
I still cant believe IGN only gave this game a 5.9
I always like to think the scary door is a Futurama reference.
Thanks for this, this was great - to sleep, perchance to dream 😎
Thank you for watching :))
abt to have the best sleep of my life
Perchance to dream?
1:18:22 What if after trying to impregnate and ripping apart a bunch of Working Joes the Aliens realised that the guys with grey skin and guts aren't suitable to lay their eggs in?
Wow that... makes a lot of sense actually damn
My theory is that most of the Xeno'd Joes are that way literally just because they annoyed the Aliens in some way so they broke them out of sheer pettiness (in the Alien 2003 alternative cut they include the alien swatting Jonesy's cage away for no real reason besides again, pettiness)
Xenos use heat signature, which could explain it, but my theory, using what we know about them, is that they are just smart enough to know that they aren't human or of any use to them, so they don't bother with them, unless they get in the way or pose a threat. "It can't help us reproduce, it's not bothering us, I'm not wasting my time on it"
5:35 you only hear announcements from this voice in a couple places (usually it's the Apollo AI voice speaking) and it's actually Hughes, one of their tech heads. He's the first guy you see get killed by the androids when you're in the vent.
Edit: don't make fun of me, I wrote this comment like 10 minutes in
Shit me pants when that damn door popped up
57:23 Idk but the things on the back of the alien resemble pili used by bacteria in order to pass on traits like anti-biotic resistance, this is a very long stretch but here it could be a case of them somehow transmitting the manerisims of the character or something like that .
H.R Giger's whole thing is mixing the biological with the mechanical, so he very well may have used that feature in his design.
Remember, Alien Isolation sequel!!!
Great video!
Thank you!
Imagine if they made a sequel… wait… they are making ❤🎉
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22:10 "There's always a bigger fish" reference???~?~??!!?!?
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I'm surprised alien in the vents was so low. I died in there the first time I played
Sinclair is probably referential to Sir Clive Sinclair who was famous for revolutionizing British computing technologies in the 1980s and Thatcher was fond of him, a real company man. A lot of the people developing this game would have got started in development on a ZX Spectrum which is very reminiscent of the the low tech vibe of Alien the movie. Alien is a thoroughly British movie even if the cast is mostly American and the influences of British computing technology are very obvious in the game. Alien 3 has a lineup of fine British actors too.
What a cool effin movie, man! Thanks a lot.
Thanks for watching!
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i think the easieste explanation for why the xeno does not attack androids is that it doesnt sense heat from them? i think that would be the easiest way to differentiate it from a living animal along with smell!
I love this game at least you do pranks in this game😂 0:24
I’m getting some Prometheus vibes of a mural if you want him watch the movie but anyway I think you’re on something😅 58:02
Hope they dont fuck up the sequel 😂
Jumpscare at 0:00 😢
Omg thx 🙏🏼
No problem ✌🏼😉
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best horror game of all time
To sleep, perchance to dream. Hope I got the color purple.
Thank you so much :))
I keep trying to force myself to play this game as it's been sitting in my Epic library for a while now.
Each time I start it up though, my brain just goes "nope, fuck this shit. I'm out"
It's just a game. And it's not even that scary.
@@IsUserADuck bruh what ! this is like the most intense experience on the first run . the only bad thing , you can only play it once after that its sadly done
i thought the same thing but its actually not that bad u get used to the alien by a while its just the way that it is fast and stealthy only the atmosphere can freak you out and thats what is alien isolation about just a masterpiece but outlast 1 2 is definitely way worse for me than this idk i cant decide (but since the alien mixes with humans and androids it makes the game way scarier actually i think i get way worse feeling from the android than the xeno the joes are so uncanny valley)
To wake, perchance to hallucinate.
The GOAT
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We meet again.
To sleep; perchance, to dream. 🤖
52:57 "A better ship for a name"?
they call me John nitpick
Bro scrolls for a good horror game to plat at 0:06 and doesn't pick barony , games gone soft
And you would finish gow's story but not fight the Valkyries, actually gone soft.
Chronically online ahh@@mr_scorpion321
Ayy lmao as always
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31:05 - 31:27 Hit a shot challenge (IMPOSSIBLE).
Bro I'm giving you so much comment engagement it's crazy, you should thank me.
Oi a new iceberg?
Yessir
I think you're thinking too hard about the "stand-by" thing.
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54:33
You son of a bitch I almost choked to death on my cookie.
'Video liked'
>:)
Ok dude, do yourself a massive favour and go watch Blade Runner ASAP. Great video!
Thank you! I've put it on the list lol
You keep saying that things in the game resemble the alien.
You got it wrong way around. The Alien was given industrial look on purpose.
I'm positive the developers made some effort to make the similarities stand out more though
I actually 100%% the game this last week, I'd got it a while back on ps+ and not started it up, then last week I've been off work with a rather large bereavement (I wont bore you with details, that's not why I'm posting this), I'm posting this having loved survival horror since the original RE on PS1, I never thought a game could out-do the first few Resi games, the last few Resi games (didn't like 5 or 6 😁), but Alien Isolation genuinely was bad for my health at times I was forgetting to breath when hiding in lockers etc 😂. At least in Resi you can fight back! Isolation you just have to run like a bitch.
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27:08 Bro really pronounced "SUS" as "SUC", I have been telling to give up on the video a long time ago man, you're just embarrassing yourself.
LMFAO I think I just might be dumb who knows
hop off moron no1 really cares about ur opinion sorry to break your delusions
Get a load of this brain-dead loser
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Sadly they f up with alien movement. Its movement is inaccurate with the steps it takes. There was a vid with Half-Life:Alyx when they demonstrated on the fly pre programmed combine soldiers steps.
You sound like a Working Joe (joke)
You sound like a homeless joe😊
@@ahmadghassan1795 i dont know if u get it but it was meant as a joke not to sound rude :D
@@diablo-mn4ih ^_^ none taken
No subtitles? Bro fell off, just delete the video my guy.
They're coming soon inshallah
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