8/7/2023 0 Comments Alien isolation scariestAfter a terrifying few minutes of sneaking, I made it to the console that would summon my means of escape and mashed the right buttons – but instead of relief, I found terror as sirens screamed into life. The tram that would whisk me to safety was mere meters away, so I hustled across as quietly as possible. In the second it took for Ripley to turn around, the monstrous killer had disappeared into a nearby vent with Axel’s body, and was already looking for its next target. So when spiked tail tore through Axel’s chest without warning, I shrieked – kicking off the most terrifying moment of a game I’ve ever experienced. Alien is one of the few horror films I love, so I thought I knew what to expect: a slow camera pan-up, a Xenomorph clinging to the roof, a scream. The final straw was the thick fluid dripping onto Axel’s shoulder, and I steeled myself for an imminent monster reveal. The game’s camera, once rooted firmly around Ripley, shifted to watch Axel and Ripley from the ceiling. Chains, hanging from the ceiling, began to rustle. My relief at meeting a fellow survivor was short-lived, as the telltale signs of Xenomorph fuckery began to play out. I viewed Axel as a bulwark against Isolation‘s scares – after all, if anything bad were to happen to us, it would happen to him first. Though my new friend, Axel, introduced himself at gunpoint and had a penchant for scuttling around vents like a space raccoon, I was so on edge that even he was welcome company. At first, I felt a little bit silly for jumping at shadows, but that didn’t last: camouflaged beneath Sevastopol’s noisy death throes, there was something trying not to be heard in the station’s rafters and ventilation shafts.īy the time I met my first companion, I was thoroughly uncomfortable with Isolation‘s menace. It’s a suspiciously quiet introduction – for a long time, the only jumps are the creaks and bangs of a space station falling apart. However, something has gone horribly wrong, and it’s quickly made clear that you’ve arrived at a miserably inopportune time for anyone bearing the Ripley surname. Playing as Amanda Ripley, you’re tasked with searching for a flight log of the Nostromo on the dilapidated space station Sevastopol. However, this approach inadvertently led me into playing Alien: Isolation exactly the way it’s meant to be played. READ MORE: Best horror games: what’s the best horror you can play in 2022?.In short, I planned to wrap up this column without triggering anything that could even remotely be considered “good” horror. I may have fallen victim to some of its charms (the clacky keyboards and the treasure trove of world-building devices are just some of the delights on offer) but I wasn’t here to admire Isolation’s artistic merits – I was here to desecrate them: to creep through as a horror philistine, averting my gaze from any film-accurate scares that braver Alien fans might laud. If you’re here for another love letter to Alien: Isolation, look elsewhere.
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