I've now owned Alien: Isolation for almost a week, or perhaps I should say, it's owned me! It's easily the scariest and most difficult video game I've ever played, and I couldn't be happier with it.
As someone who normally hates stealth missions in games, it's taken me some time to adjust to AI's style. It really is all about survival, pure and simple. Although he takes his time showing up initially, once the titular xenomorph appears on the scene you're pretty much screwed if you don't buy into the strategy of sneaking around slowly and making as little noise as possible. I've been killed by the big-headed bugger dozens of times by now after trying numerous methods to terminate him (knowing all along that you can't, but it's still fun trying) as well as discovering countless ways to unintentionally draw his attention. What a great ride! Rarely frustrated, and never deterred.
This truly is the ultimate gaming experience for fans of Ridley Scott's 1979 masterpiece like me.
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