Alien: Isolation
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Superb 2+ hour session tonight, I'm on chapter 10 now and I can't fault it now really.
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Well I can fault it now.
The one annoying thing in this game is the fact you have no idea if any humans are friendly/enemies till it's too late. After escaping Alan I walked into a room very similar to one I'd gone into earlier with friendlies and noticed a woman to my left and walked towards her. She that proceeded to shoot me in the face. Very very luckily I'd just backtracked a bit and saved it otherwise I'd have had to have gone back about 30 minutes.
I've not found the save points to be too sparse so far in my opinion as I've noticed it's something it's been criticised for here and there.
The further I'm in the more it reminds me of Dead Space. It was one of my favourite games last gen but my only criticism was the fact Isaac seemed to be ordered around to do everything for everyone and it might go the same way here.
It's still superb though
The one annoying thing in this game is the fact you have no idea if any humans are friendly/enemies till it's too late. After escaping Alan I walked into a room very similar to one I'd gone into earlier with friendlies and noticed a woman to my left and walked towards her. She that proceeded to shoot me in the face. Very very luckily I'd just backtracked a bit and saved it otherwise I'd have had to have gone back about 30 minutes.
I've not found the save points to be too sparse so far in my opinion as I've noticed it's something it's been criticised for here and there.
The further I'm in the more it reminds me of Dead Space. It was one of my favourite games last gen but my only criticism was the fact Isaac seemed to be ordered around to do everything for everyone and it might go the same way here.
It's still superb though
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Had a fallout with it tonight and think I'm going to have a break for a bit. I'm on chapter ten and I've got to leave one room, flick a switch a few rooms away then come back to said room.
Alan has killed me around twenty times in quick succession. He appears in every room without fail and has managed to find me in every locker I've hid in even when he's appeared several rooms away. He's appeared as I was saving after returning to the original room and killed me before it has completed. Dropped from a ceiling in front of me in said save area. I've got one Molotov to scare him off but when he's appearing every 5 seconds it's irrelevant as it scares him off once. It just feels unfair rather than me messing up and it'll be luck when I do get to the save point. Shame (but then I'm playing on hard)
Anyone else have this issue?
Alan has killed me around twenty times in quick succession. He appears in every room without fail and has managed to find me in every locker I've hid in even when he's appeared several rooms away. He's appeared as I was saving after returning to the original room and killed me before it has completed. Dropped from a ceiling in front of me in said save area. I've got one Molotov to scare him off but when he's appearing every 5 seconds it's irrelevant as it scares him off once. It just feels unfair rather than me messing up and it'll be luck when I do get to the save point. Shame (but then I'm playing on hard)
Anyone else have this issue?
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That bad section I had a while back sounds similar, although it was much earlier in the game. I just hit a spot where I felt like I had a massive arrow over my head, and had no idea where Alan was and couldn't get a handle on tracking him.
This was after a section of successful evasion and feeling like the balance was perfect.
I've not played for a few days, but going to try and get some time this week to get back into it. I think breaks seem to be a good idea for this one.
This was after a section of successful evasion and feeling like the balance was perfect.
I've not played for a few days, but going to try and get some time this week to get back into it. I think breaks seem to be a good idea for this one.
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Came back to it today as I couldn't keep away and did it second time round but as predicted it was luck as Alan never showed where he had previously (mind you I did lob a few flares about so that might've helped)
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arry_g
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Let me know when you get to Chapter 14 (or more particularly half way through) and then we can discuss frustration.
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Will do 
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I'll ask them why Alan is such a prick in chapter 10
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The powers that be must have decided that I need to take a break from AI! I get to the end of mission 10 and it crashes. Some online suggesting could be the new Nvidia driver, so I suspect a patch might appear this week. Very annoying, but it has been a game I've played in small chunks, so a few days off is okay - but it should be my choice really!
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I think I'm going to throw in the towel as Isolation isn't doing anything for me.
I'm not far in at all but I'm just so terrible at it that I'm finding it really hard to come back to. What makes it worse is that I've not even got as far as the alien appearing yet, and I know when it does I'm going to struggle even more.
I'm not far in at all but I'm just so terrible at it that I'm finding it really hard to come back to. What makes it worse is that I've not even got as far as the alien appearing yet, and I know when it does I'm going to struggle even more.
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The start is terrible and I can see where you are coming from but if you can stick with it till Alan gets involved.
It's a funny one as for the majority it's probably my GOTY but at the same time I nearly took it out of my PS4 and snapped it in half the other day in a rage.
If you can stick with it till you have to go get a code for a doctor.
It's a funny one as for the majority it's probably my GOTY but at the same time I nearly took it out of my PS4 and snapped it in half the other day in a rage.
If you can stick with it till you have to go get a code for a doctor.
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So Chapter 10
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Ok, I'll trust ya, I'll jump back on it this evening and give it another chance.DomsBeard wrote:The start is terrible and I can see where you are coming from but if you can stick with it till Alan gets involved.
It's a funny one as for the majority it's probably my GOTY but at the same time I nearly took it out of my PS4 and snapped it in half the other day in a rage.
If you can stick with it till you have to go get a code for a doctor.
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Nope, I tried, most definitely not for me 
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So where have you got up to?
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Lol. Did you find that chapter quite long?DomsBeard wrote:So Chapter 10
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Yeah still not finished it, I've got to what must be the end and I was hiding under the floor as Alan was patrolling above where the exit is he then went up into the vents so I decided to make my move.
He had in fact gone downwards any got me from behind ala Dallas
He had in fact gone downwards any got me from behind ala Dallas
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The alien has shown up, but I just haven't had a bit of fun playing it. I can see why people would like it, but it's just not for me and I can't force myself to keep going back while I've other games I'd rather be playing. Shame.DomsBeard wrote:So where have you got up to?