Oh. My.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/01/07/alien-isolation-pc/
Thanks for the heads up. The game looks nice and the second video is quite encouraging but I can't forget even Colonial marines had a decent trailer. I didn't buy Colonial Marines and so didn't get burnt by Sega. I know they got shafted by Gearbox but I'm not happy about forgiving them for shipping a complete piece of junk and happily taking peoples money. I'll need to see some very positive reviews first.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/alien-isolation-preorder-bonus-missions-reunites-c/1100-6420995/
OK I'll bite, pre ordered.
Awesome.
It's release day DLC essentially, but at least it's genuinely extra content and not stuff they've chopped out of the single player campaign to sell back to us.
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Has anyone had a go on this yet? I played the first half an hour earlier, nerves already shredded and I haven't even met the alien yet :S
First impressions are very good.
What to play it will do when I get home.
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I'll admit that the whole Giger/Scott vision of Alien had me gripped from the very start, so I'm a sucker for the franchise.
But setting aside my fan-boy status for a moment - I haven't so much been playing a game for the last few hours.... as it's been happening to me. Shattered and shredded.
I do have a tip for anyone starting this game and I think it really helps.
Aim for the eyes!
Quote from: smilodon;388962I do have a tip for anyone starting this game and I think it really helps.
Aim for the eyes!
Do you seriously think I'd be capable of 'aiming' ... period?
Bought it this morning knowing I'm gonna be crapping myself playing this. First impressions were not great tbh. The GUI shouted 'console port' and my heart sank. But now I'm into it and enjoying it. No aliens yet so underwear still in working order.
I have it, saving it for the LAN!
Quote from: Chaosphere;388984I have it, saving it for the LAN!
Not sure the LAN is the best place - you really need a nice quiet environment....
Although that is true mate, and normally would not approve of playing a survival horror in any conditions other than dark room w/ good headphones, I have so little time for gaming at the moment, I have quite a list of games I am 'saving' for the lan :D
Wait until everyone's gone to bed, and fire it up.
You're going to need a stiff drink.
Day 1 Working on the theory of 1 set of underpants per chapter......
Day 2 Ran out of pants
Day 3 Ran out of cleaning products
Day 4 Bicycle clips and baggys
Best game of hide and seek ever. Love the atmosphere and tension. Im not one for enjoying sneak-em-ups but i'm hooked.
Wallowing in my own fear and loving it. Great game so far and have only just met the alien. Guess I truly am a wuss!
Remember, you can always trust a Working Joe...
Don't know what all the fuss is, not scarey at all :lmfao:
for next time[video=youtube;bwLUHEG4oNs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwLUHEG4oNs[/video]
be careful explicit language if your offended dont watch....(disclaimer)
I'm really afraid.. when you first see some of the other survivors run across in the background the hair on my arms stood up.... haven't had a game do that in a loooooonnnngggg time.
Working joe....
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What a game. Ninja keep going through the fear it just gets better (/ worse)
Sneaky wrote:
be careful explicit language if your offended dont watch....(disclaimer)[/QUOTE]
The one where she's looking at the radar and confused for ages then finally look upwards. Superb!
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Quick update:
Suddenly found I was unable to load to a new level. AI just froze up on the loading screen. Turns out it's a bug in Nvidia's latest drivers 344.48. Rolling back to 344.11 fixes the problem. In case others are getting a similar issue (plenty of people are according to the Steam Forums) it might be worth a go to see if it fixes the issue for you.
OMG the Joe grabbed my leg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If anyone's interested, this is very cheap on green man gaming..http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/ie/en/pc/games/action/alien-isolation-season-pass/
Sounds like a game that I would enjoy, might have to invest into this one.
I finally grew a pair and am now making good progress..... I've found the rest of my team. There's quite a few twists and turns and fans of the original will enjoy an occasional trip down memory lane (no spoilers). The main criticism of the game was repetition and frustration, but that was from reviewers who probably played through in one sitting. I drop in and out as often as my nerves allow and the pace is just fine. Enjoy
smilodon
so that medlab...
Is freaking hard. I'm struggling to escape the end of chapter 6 :/
Quote from: Tutonic;389857Is freaking hard. I'm struggling to escape the end of chapter 6 :/
If it's the bit with the sirens and the yellow flashing lights Get back to medical reception (follow the signs) and keep following the big exit signs on the walls (you should be going round anti clockwise. Go through the big automated door at the end and ....... enjoy!
If you're having a real problems here's a map which should be very helpful :blink:
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Gonna wait till later tonight before I start at the beginning...
Playing on hard setting from the off.
Anybody know how to get rid of the splash screens at the start?
Splash screens... not sure what you mean :S
If they are tutorial things erm, check in game options I guess
Sorry can't be much help
The 20th century fox stuff when the launches, I assume. No idea tbh, but in the past its been possible using either launch parameters or swapping out the video files for blank ones.
Worth a Google ;)
Oh I see makes sense
in that case
http://www.crashwiki.com/skip-intro-startup-videos-alien-isolation/
edit - tested, and confirms it works
Still stuck at the same point, it's actually becoming frustrating now.
There's some random jerk wandering around with a pistol, and once the Alien hears him it's damn hard to get away :/
Do you know the route to get out. It's a bit convoluted but does include a vent which the Alien doesn't seem to use. That gives you some separation from it. Once I worked out where to go it was fairly straight forward. No spoilers but have you passed the cut scene towards the end of the mission?
So after I chucked my toys out the pram and ALT-F4'd, I took a beer break and had a Sopranos 'They pull me back in...' moment - and managed to escape that wretched Med Lab.
My winning strategy was to lob a noisemaker at the idiots with guns, and hide in a locker for 5 minutes while the Alien tore them to pieces :(
Back in the game!
Quote from: Tutonic;390092So after I chucked my toys out the pram and ALT-F4'd, I took a beer break and had a Sopranos 'They pull me back in...' moment - and managed to escape that wretched Med Lab.
My winning strategy was to lob a noisemaker at the idiots with guns, and hide in a locker for 5 minutes while the Alien tore them to pieces :(
Back in the game!
Post of the day mate post of the day!
It's a solid strategy. I've managed to do similar myself. It's a damn shame the alien doesn't seem inclined to off the Androids in a similar way! Another tactic I've discovered that works well if the Alien is between you and the exit is to run at it, flame it and then as soon as you get to your feet, seriously leg it as fast and as far as you can. I've made it to a few lifts that way. It can also work if you still have places to go on that level, as the ALien which mighht be patrolling ahead will hopefully end up patrolling behind. This can allow you to sneak quietly off to your next objective.
Sad thing is there is worse and much harder stuff to come :blink:
Noisemaker + Pipebomb = Win
Into the final phase now, and something really very very bad has happened. I can't deal with anymore tension tonight though. This will have to wait till the morning.
I found the perfect way to experience this game. I'm watching a full playthrough on youtube. I just get too scared if I try to play these kinds of games myself!
Jesus H Christ! It's been a very long time since I became so emotionally involved in a computer game. I feel physically and mentally drained. Beyond intense and an extraordinary ending. There really is only one Alien game and this is it.
I haven't played for a few evenings, but I'm still enjoying it immensely.
I've just been given a flamethrower, and have been told to trap the thing. This won't end well at all....
I'm less than a quarter into it and enjoying it immensely.
Being attacked by a working Joe is traumatic.
On the strength of people opinions I have gone and purchased it, it's taking an age to download, I can't get any quicker than 170KB/s download speed :(
QuoteBeing attacked by a working Joe is traumatic.
This is true .. It made me jump ...That made the wife jump ... the cat jumped from her lap ... I think we had a small moment where the whole household was hovering :blink:
A few tips, basically stuff that everyone except me probably worked out from the beginning...
You can't beat Working Joe's do death if they are attacking you. You can break free but you will need to use the charged stun baton on them. Otherwise they will catch your arm each time. Sneaking up and smacking them hard and fast with the wrench does work.
To replace batteries in the torch press and HOLD the F key, duh!
Don't use the same tricks on the Alien as it learns. By the end of the game using lockers became useless for me as it would enter an area and make a beeline for the locker I was in. Likewise it got less and less bothered by the flamethrower and ignored noisemakers.
Line of sight is a great way to avoid the Alien. It might seem counter intuitive but towards the end the only really effective way to make progress was to keep moving and keep something between me and the Alien. Sometimes I would get caught in the open but often it was the only effective way to get through a level.
I'm still scarred by my brief encounter at the LAN and the wife is still trying to clear up the mess. I'll be following Verner's example..
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EMP grenades disable a Working Joe, but setting them on fire does nothing more but ensure that you are grabbed by a flaming android :/
Burn them long enough and they do die.... although it's not as effective as a wrench to the head, and fire doesn't make them spew grey goo everywhere....... :blink:
Thanks for the link for ridding the splash-screens (http://www.crashwiki.com/skip-intro-startup-videos-alien-isolation/)
I'm finding that I can only do about 20 mins at a time.
Any more and I get too stressed.
I'll be getting my money's worth at this rate!
The other humans in this game are really irritating.
I'm trying to get through without killing any of them!
I killed the first bunch I met, thinking it was the right thing to do! Now I just try to leave them to the Alien. However, their insistence to shoot at me despite me posing no threat to them whatsoever irritates me.
There's an award for getting through the game without killing any humans, but I guess some of them want your stuff and are willing to kill you for it. You do seem to be the only person with a working motion tracker...
All noted
Nice game though
Quote from: KKND;390768Nice game though
My god not only is there a Xenomorph stalking you but out of the darkness a KKND appears.
Hey mate glad your still around hope to catch you soon:)
Agreed amazing game!!!!
So that mission where you have to deactivate the beacon (putting it this way avoids spoilers!) is very cool.
Yeah that was very nice and there really is no way to describe it without making a huge spoiler. Very immersive though.
Yup, great mission really enjoyed that one.
Now trying to trap the thing. Most action I have seen in the game so far, have already used the flame-thrower 3-4 times to try to make the Alien run away long enough for me to scuttle off and hide... and maybe half of those times I 'escaped', albeit temporarily.
Do wonder if I am less 'scared' of the Alien now I have fire... but let's see how long that fuel lasts eh?
Hint - short bursts, and it's a very precious resource
I got this game over the weekend and just loving it. I only play it after the kids AND wife have gone to bed and the lights are out ....... can't play that long though. Makes me jump out of my chair!
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I was chatting with some colleagues about this game this morning, and I reckon its my game of the year - and by quite a distance...
Tut I think I agree with you so far.
Would have to have a proper sit down and think about what has been released this year to be sure, but AI is certainly up high in the list if not number 1.
Still playing it, just at the bit where the game 'should' have ended, and I am still enjoying it and actually feel very different now I have some temporary breathing room from our scary friend...
Will carry on and see how the rest goes from here, but so far I've been playing this game little and often, and loving it still. [SPOILER=]The bit where I had to trap the Alien in the Gemini lab and escape the lab after being ejected into space was fantastic. In fact the whole part of the game from the moment you get the flamethrower and try to trap it is just brilliant. Tense, more action heavy than any other parts so far, and rewarding when it all goes 'well'.[/SPOILER]
FYI - Alien:Isolation is on a flash sale on HumbleBundle store (https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/alien_isolation_storefront)for £15.99 today until 6pm GMT
For goodness sake, if you dont already have a copy, buy it now.
It'll be cheaper at the Christmas sales, anyway, I'd get 5 mins in, poo myself and never play it again.
Quote from: albert;391626It'll be cheaper at the Christmas sales, anyway, I'd get 5 mins in, poo myself and never play it again.
Me too, I'm actually too scared to buy it :(
The more you play the better it gets, and less 'scary', the fear just becomes sort of enjoyable.
Quote from: albert;391626It'll be cheaper at the Christmas sales, anyway, I'd get 5 mins in, poo myself and never play it again.
Dammit man, you buy the game and I'll buy the rubber underpants for you :poster_oops:
So @ a LAN my friend "saves". Sadly this is a limited save game - current and previous.
Soooo, I redid missions 1 and 2.
Got cocky - found a schematic I missed 1st time around, and I think I found an extra ID tag.
Did I say cocky? Cock of the walk.
So, I finished mission 2 previously, no sweat. So I think "lets hunt for secrets" while the transport arrives.
I know this is safe as I did this previously.
***? no ARRRRRRGGHHHHH! Xeno ate me and smiled doing it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jumped out of my chair!!!!!
Morale of the story, if you like your undercrackers, don't have a flare out while waiting for something to arrive, otherwise it's clean undies time :help2:
There's a YouTube video somewhere of the Alien actually getting into a lift with you (possible if the timing is right). Doesn't end well.
Yeah the Alien is randomly scripted. The game controls the levels it is present on, but once it is there its actions are (almost) entirely 'random'. It responds to what goes on in the game in terms of sights and sounds, and so on. A few set piece moments here and there do dictate certain patterns, but generally speaking it can be very hard to predict.
Spoiler if you haven't got to the bit that involves the ship's reactor yet.
[SPOILER=rant time]Wow ok so first of all the androids. Jesus. I thought I hated them already, and then they go and put on magic rubber suits and take away all of my useful weapons. That bit trying to gain access to apollo was not fun. And by not fun I mean seriously why did they put it in the game? This whole section of the game after the alien disappears is weak, and its mainly due to infuriating combat with the androids. I love the alien, love it. And I don't mind the occasional android thrown in every now and then to change things up, especially when combined with the alien (noise noise noise)... but I must have encountered maybe 20 androids in a row now, and I hate every single one of them. It is not fun. It is frustrating, and not at all in a good way.
I think a better approach would have been to just cut the length of this section down, and have very few hostiles in it (a much needed break?). If we just went straight from getting back onto the station down to apollo, then on to the reactor with little fuss, not only would it cut time but get rid of this frustrating android rubbish. I can't stress enough how much I do not enjoy this part of the game, when compared to the rest. It is slow paced, dull, frustrating, uninteresting... its just 1-2 hours of completely redundant filler that should have been cut.
Now, I have just entered the reactor, and I am actually happy to see the damn alien again. I can get back to playing the game I was enjoying. The reactor scenes are very cool, and I am sure I will somewhat forgive the game when I get further away from this weak section. I just wish they had cut it entirely, really is no need for it. Game of the year? Well, when it is good, its great. But when it is bad... its such a shame they put this sort of filler in, it really spoils what has otherwise been a fantastic experience so far.
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Rant over...
I did find that bit slow, but there are a few clever ways to bypass some of the androids. H owever with most of them I just ran fast and dodged them. They're a lot more stupid than the alien and once out of sight I just ducked into a locker until they gave up looking for me. Not once did they try opening a locker door. Even when they watched me enter a dead end room with nothing in it except a locker! As I say it's easier if you just run through the left and right reactor rooms, but hardly immersive.
Quote from: smilodon;391704I did find that bit slow, but there are a few clever ways to bypass some of the androids. H owever with most of them I just ran fast and dodged them. They're a lot more stupid than the alien and once out of sight I just ducked into a locker until they gave up looking for me. Not once did they try opening a locker door. Even when they watched me enter a dead end room with nothing in it except a locker! As I say it's easier if you just run through the left and right reactor rooms, but hardly immersive.
Are you playing on the hardest setting like I am?
I find that the working joes are pretty difficult to get past.
I hate them
Normal mode, I was told that it's naturally a hard game and that hard mode was really tough. You can change the hardness setting on there fly and turn it down for really tough bits.
If you get within grabbing distance you're toast. It's just that they don't run which can work to your advantage.
Yeah blunt im doing it on hard too. Although for the bits I was ranting about smilo is right your only real option is to run. What frustrated me so much is I attempted stealth so many times only to end up getting caught, and at parts when you don't know where to go, getting caught can be a frustrating nightmare with 4 of them following you into every room.
I think the game narrative suggests there are areas where you travel far away from the Aliens location (to other spires?). It's not very clear but I think the idea is that in these sections you're safe from the Alien and noise, gunfire etc won't bring it down on you. The much if not all of the reactor section, from memory, is in an Alien free zone. I do remember a part where you can manipulate the environment to bring down a lot of Working Joes.... I'll say no more so as not to spoil it for anyone, but it's very loud.
You do seem to come out of stealth mode and into run around like a lunatic mode. I sort of found this a bit jarring as up till then I had played it stealthy and bold. Head down, keep quiet, keep moving. But definately quiet! Then it's all bash your wrench on the wall, draw the Joe's in, duck round the table and sprint to another room, duck in a locker, wait, repeat. The good news is once your past that it gets very, very good!
yes, very very good indeed.
I am just happy to be past the android bits... like you said, jarring!
currently £15.99 on steam.
Quote from: Snokio;391944currently £15.99 on steam.
Buy this game!
Also at a thousand million hours of game time - Elder Scrolls Skyrim £2.49! Two and a half pounds for a game that takes a minimum of 75 hours to complete properly and that on average is played for 350 hours! That's about 1 and a half pence per hour. Someone at Bethesda has obviously gone completely insane.
played eso up to vr12 it was a horrid grind, i wouldn't recommend it to anyone!
This is a bargain!
Seriously, buy this game. Hours of pant-soiling fun(?)
£12.79 on getgames http://getgamesgo.com/product/aliens-isolation
Quote from: Arcon;391946played eso up to vr12 it was a horrid grind, i wouldn't recommend it to anyone!
This is the single player RPG game which is a delight. I have heard that ESO is pretty dreadful.