Alien isolation review11/18/2023 ![]() The alien here really is a terrifying creation propelled by a dynamic AI that, outside of a handful of scripted sequences, sees it stalk you – using its very own set of heightened senses – through the twisted metal guts of Sevastopol station. It's an Alien theme park, and you just happen to be thrown into it on the day a real-life Xenomorph has been let loose. The superb 1970s Sci-fi stylings from the classic movie are intact here it's all leather-clad walls, swishing automated doors, CRT screens, blinking lights, smoke and flickering light-filled corridors, as well as the constant plinking and plonking of retro-futuristic technology. There's no Aliens: Colonial Marines daftness here this is cold, hard horror, an ordeal to suffer through – it's legit squeaky-bum time against the galaxy's most ruthless and efficient killer. ![]() Every facet of Alien: Isolation is superbly detailed and its this slavish attention to detail that sees it successfully transfer the fundamental spirit of Ridley Scott's 1979 masterpiece to video game form for the very first time. Creative Assembly created one of the great horror games of all time with this one. Add in beautifully implemented motion controls for aiming weapons and using your motion tracker, HD Rumble and all previously-released DLC content, and this is more than we could possibly have hoped for in terms of a Switch port.Īnd what a game it is. There's been the expected downgrading of some textures here and there, but all of the incredible lighting and volumetric effects have made it to Switch so the terrifying atmosphere remains 100% intact here. This is super solid stuff, a genuinely impressive showing from Feral that runs at a flawless 30fps/720p in handheld and 1080p/30fps – with some very occasional and minor stutter – in docked, with graphics that seem to sit somewhere in between the PS3 and PS4 versions of the game. The game's been out and receiving rave reviews since 2014 so we guess the first thing you'll want to know is have they managed to squeeze all of this delicious space-based terror onto Nintendo's console in decent working order? Well, the short answer is a resounding yes, and then some. Straight off the back of a fantastic port of Grid Autosport on Switch, Feral Interactive is back with Creative Assembly's survival horror masterpiece, Alien: Isolation.
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