Alien Isolation (pc, Ps4 and One)

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purbeast0

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Totally worth the $6. I loved it. If I did it all over again I would have taken my time and played it a chapter at time while I take my time and can game at night with it loud and lights out.
I'll be playing on my 120" screen with crazy good surround sound. I plan on having it turned up loud when I play.
 
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For $6, it's a no brainer! I have it and only got a few hours in. I do this a lot ;(

But what I did see was pretty damned cool. The environments are pretty cool but also kinda silly.
 

purbeast0

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I played it for like 20 minutes last night but didn't get "into" it really. I wanted to play South Park instead but will get back to it in a bit after Mario and SP.

I didn't really like the controls though. It's a bit heavy/laggy with the movement. It reminds me a little bit of Killzone controls.
 

RearAdmiral

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I'll be playing on my 120" screen with crazy good surround sound. I plan on having it turned up loud when I play.

I could play Alien Isolation on my 120" screen for about an hour before I got horrific motion sickness. Apparently it's a bit of a known issue with the FOV in that game too. That was last year and I am scared to play it again. I was down and out the entire night.
 

purbeast0

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I could play Alien Isolation on my 120" screen for about an hour before I got horrific motion sickness. Apparently it's a bit of a known issue with the FOV in that game too. That was last year and I am scared to play it again. I was down and out the entire night.
I didn't get any of that last night so I think I'll be okay.
 

Justinbaileyman

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I beat it last month. pretty good game but I can only play it for so long each day to. I dont know what it is about this game but I get so nauseous and dizzy if I play for to long.same with that game Evil Within. Dont know why cause I have played hundreds of games and havent found any others that do this to me.
 
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sze5003

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Kind of a dead thread but I just was looking on the PS4 store and figured I'd give it a try. I tried the game a long time ago when it came out on PC but it was too tense for me to play sitting at the PC.

Man is this game loooong..very good though there aren't many games now that are long at all. But it does get tough having to backtrack to areas. I'm ashamed I have to play it on Easy but on normal I had a very hard time. Even on the easier mode the AI is very unpredictable and I like that. Always keeping me tense and on my toes.

I don't think I've stayed hidden in any other game..I think in the medical bay, I hid for a good 5-10 minutes just trying to figure out the alien's paths..they are all pretty random and he seems tethered to you no matter where you go.

I do get some relief, when I see lockers that don't have the lit up panels on them, means he won't be coming down from the vents to hunt me yet.

I'm at the part where I've made it to the quarters with the two Marshalls and the chick that has a broken leg. Of course I get sent to power up the train station. You need patience for this game for sure and to be honest I've crafted a lot of gadgets but I never used them.

I wanted to use an emp mine on the Android in the operating theater where you have to initiate the emergency sequence but I ended up not using one.

It is taking me forver to get to places and explore, mainly because I don't know if I should be walking or crouching but I've played the game 99% crouching.

On the PS4 touchpad controller though I think the controller chimes when the alien arrives in your area and also when he goes away, but not sure if this is foolproof.
 

whm1974

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I played this game for a bit then didn't back to it for some reason. I guess when I'm finished with Wasteland 2 I play this game again. Works fine with the Steam Controller.