Pacing problems and a lack of variety take their toll, but in its best most moments this is the most successful big budget survival horror in a decade.

Incredible visuals and a near perfect recreation of the world of Alien; Solid stealth gameplay and uncompromising survival horror thrills; Fan service is off the charts for movie buffs

Pacing problems and an overstretched running time expose an inherent lack of variety in enemies and gameplay; Minimal plot and no memorable characters

It's a bad sign that the weakest parts of Alien: Isolation are the parts with the alien. You'd think getting that right would be a priority. Instead, the best parts of the game involve running around space corridors and turning space handles and flipping space switches and pressing space buttons and...

This game is dope. First game on the ps4 to make me literally jump out of my seat. I often don't play alone because it is ridiculously scary. At times your forget that you can just stop playing if you want. In my opinion this is a must buy for anyone who likes suspense games.

Isolation Look at that front cover. Just look at it. It's everything an Alien franchise fan (who's into gaming) has been waiting for ever since they sat through the whole 'Quadrilogy'.

Graphics; Audio; Plot; Environments; Weapons

AI,Predictable; Ending; Repetition

It's the first step towards the Alien game you've always wanted. But it's a tiny, uncertain step. Given the poor showing of the last few major games set in the Alien universe, however, it's a welcome one.

Alien cat-and-mouse encounters can be tense and frightening; Nails the right retro-futuristic atmosphere; Great use of sound and motion-tracking

Loaded with uninspired filler, Trial and error + distant save points = frustration, Some mechanics are inconsistent; others are illogical

Alien: Isolation is a first-person survival horror experience that will focus on capturing the horror and tension evoked by Ridley Scott's 1979 classic film.

If an enemy is dangerous enough, it can be even more intimidating than 10 of one enemy. We saw it with Resident Evil 3, in which the tall, monstrous, powerful and intimidating Nemesis creature was an enemy to be feared every time he showed his ugly face.

Proving to us that a first person shooter doesn't need to be all shooty, is the latest in a string of hit and miss games set in the Alien franchise. Set between Alien and Aliens, Isolation is a fairly solid cat and mouse game.

I remained cautiously optimistic as I removed the shrinkwrap from my review copy of Alien: Isolation. I had seen the first-person survival horror title in person at an event just a month or two before, and I came away impressed, but the sour taste of Aliens: Colonial Marines still lingered long...

Very intense gameplay and solid controls. Must have for fans of the series.

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