Alien: Isolation - The Collection (PlayStation 4) Review

For an Alien game, visuals have never looked better. From every direction, there are incredible sci-fi concepts and design. From the space suits, all the way to the recreational facilities, the Sevastopol is a very impressive space station that will keep players busy exploring every nook and cranny for supplies, ammo, files of information, and most importantly, a safe location to prevent the creature's meaty discovery of Amanda's flesh!

The use of lighting is extremely moody and overall stunning. Those who have viewed the original Alien film will feel as if experiencing Ellen Ripley's scenario first hand, thanks to how incredibly done everything is when put together. In addition to that, a special mode is available where users can relive events on the first movie's spaceship, the Nostromo, by selecting the "Crew Expendable" mode on the main menu!

Alien: Isolation provides possibly one of the best frightful experiences within the past decade, and continues to provide bone-chilling emotions throughout the gameplay. Enjoy being trigger happy? Not a wise option. Feel the need to always be sprinting? Death will always entail with a Xenomorph's stinger penetrating right through Amanda's body. Shooting or making any loud noises from running or banging walls will most likely alert the alien. There is no way to take it on, and it will always kill Amanda if it grasps her, so hiding, and walking slowly, or even crouching, is a very recommended strategy any time the radar picks up its movements.

Luckily, Amanda isn't the only thing on the menu for the alien; other survivors are on board the Sevastopol, as well. Some will even attack Amanda, giving players the option to use them as bait; by using such devices like the "Noisemaker," tossing or placing one safely near other humans will always draw the alien's attention, and thus feed on the victims. Unfortunately for Amanda, the alien is ungrateful and will not befriend her with repeated meals of other humans.

The alien has the capabilities to adapt and learn, which grows to become very difficult for Amanda. For instance, repeated use of the flamethrower against the alien will eventually become less effective, since the alien slowly begins to learn that it cannot be defeated by it. Another example would be things such as loud sounds or even the noisemaker. The alien will gain understanding that it is being toyed with. Ultimately, the best option is simply to stay hidden, and tread lightly, if planning on surviving the Sevastopol nightmare.

Aside from the alien and other surviving humans, one more type of foe resides in the station: the Working Joes. These are synthetic creations designed for corporate working objectives; however, due to unfortunate circumstances, the Working Joes also wish to take a hit at Amanda. Luckily, they are a lot less dangerous than the alien, but can appear in numbers. Sadly, aliens have no appetite for synthetics, so they cannot be used as bait. A jocular instance can happen, where if a Working Joe approaches the alien, it will ask, "Unidentified species. What are you?" as well as a few other strange quips that can be heard.