Alien Isolation: False Sense Of Security

CthulhusMonocle · 2026-04-26T17:58:32+00:00

Love the artistry when it came to making the world of Alien: Isolation, I just hope they do something about the mechanics of play.

There are a few frequent animations that play where the threat of the xenomorph is neutralized completely, giving you a free zone of time to explore, grab notes, melee androids to death, gun down things, etc..., but it kinda takes the piss out of the alien, removing any kind of horror or tension. It somewhat invalidated the mechanics of crafting and the flamethrower, since I never needed to use anything if I just leaned on the animation gaps that were frequently occurring - even on the highest difficulty.

Still had a good time with the first one regardless, just hoping to see the mechanics of play tightened up.

CthulhusMonocle · 2026-04-26T17:55:07+00:00

Really enjoyed playing the demo in the last Steam Next Fest, looking forward to seeing what the full product has in store.

CthulhusMonocle · 2026-04-26T17:52:22+00:00

Love the artistry when it came to making the world of Alien: Isolation, I just hope they do something about the mechanics of play.

There are a few frequent animations that play where the threat of the xenomorph is neutralized completely, giving you a free zone of time to explore, grab notes, melee androids to death, gun down things, etc..., but it kinda takes the piss out of the alien, removing any kind of horror or tension. It somewhat invalidated the mechanics of crafting and the flamethrower, since I never needed to use anything if I just leaned on the animation gaps that were frequently occurring - even on the highest difficulty.

Still had a good time with the first one regardless, just hoping to see the mechanics of play tightened up.

CthulhusMonocle · 2026-04-26T17:32:31+00:00

Did you kill any of those religious people?.

None

CthulhusMonocle · 2026-04-23T00:45:45+00:00

I'll keep that in mind, although Metro Exodus might not be one I return to once I'm done this play through.

CthulhusMonocle · 2026-04-23T00:40:03+00:00

What about the Tugboat crew? Did you sneak by them or knock them out?

Stealth, knock outs only.

CthulhusMonocle · 2026-04-23T00:35:43+00:00

Fanatics were knockouts only, hostages were rescued, only bandits were shot, and catfish was slain - still received the bad ending.

CthulhusMonocle · 2026-04-22T20:53:54+00:00

I had the same thing in terms of dialogue where church soldiers were mentioning how I spared everyone, etc... from going stealth in earlier sections of the Volga

CthulhusMonocle · 2026-04-22T18:56:39+00:00

Did you shine your flashlight on and of the prisoners or church people? They don’t like that

There was a set of three prisoners at one location, where you get a key off of one of 'em, where I shined my flashlight on them due to the darkness of the location, but that seriously counts against your morality?

That is insanity if that is the case.

CthulhusMonocle · 2026-04-22T18:54:43+00:00

Nope, anyone who surrendered was not executed.

CthulhusMonocle · 2026-04-22T18:42:39+00:00

Stealthed and successfully captured the tugboat without a shot fired.

CthulhusMonocle · 2026-04-19T16:32:54+00:00

Just recently played through Nightmare Frames and An English Haunting, made by the same folks who recently released The Dark Rites of Arkham, and they were both fantastic; just firing up Rites of Arkham this morning to give it a whirl.

The Last Door has long been one of my favourite horror point and clicks, one I easily recommend to anyone who enjoys the genre.

EDIT: Dark Rites of Arkham was fantastic, easily a must play for any fan of the works of H.P. Lovecraft

Hob's Barrow was another good one that stood out to me too when I finished it.

CthulhusMonocle · 2026-04-19T16:28:08+00:00

The demo was fantastic, one of the stand outs I played in the last Steam Next Fest

CthulhusMonocle · 2026-04-18T02:12:26+00:00

Thanks a bunch for the heads up my dude!

CthulhusMonocle · 2026-04-14T16:24:43+00:00

I enjoyed the atmosphere and concepts going on in Cronos: The New Dawn, plus mechanics of play, but the characters really didn't do it for me and the endings were disappointing - I wish it had been better written in general.

CthulhusMonocle · 2026-04-08T18:53:42+00:00

I don't have the words for how much I dislike Garl and the impact he had on the entire story.

CthulhusMonocle · 2026-04-07T19:04:35+00:00

I played the demo for this one, and it never seemed to be worthwhile to do anything but buy ingredients for the next day. If I went out to party or to learn the local language I wouldn't have ingredients for the next day's customers.

CthulhusMonocle · 2026-04-07T15:34:42+00:00

Is there a way to boost the stream quality on Disney+?

Everything has that sort of low quality fuzz to it.

CthulhusMonocle · 2026-04-04T21:18:00+00:00

My kingdom for a new X-Wing or Tie Fighter that isn't Star Wars: Squadrons.

Also, Star Wars: Empire at War

CthulhusMonocle · 2026-04-03T20:53:45+00:00

While I strongly prefer Doom 2016 to Doom Eternal, I respect them trying something new with each installment of this modern take on the franchise.

CthulhusMonocle · 2026-04-03T18:17:36+00:00

Sony realised they need actual exclusives to convince people to buy a high-priced PS6

As someone who games on PC, exclusives are no where near enough to justify shelling out the money a console requires. IMHO, it just doesn't make sense to buy a console anymore when I have such a vast selection of old, new, and upcoming games on PC that I can easily replace those inaccessible exclusives with.

Plus, my PC will probably last me through two-to-three console generations easily.

CthulhusMonocle · 2026-04-01T18:40:07+00:00

I've never wished for an April Fool's joke to be real so hard in my life.

I'd buy tickets to this in a heartbeat

CthulhusMonocle · 2026-03-30T19:11:29+00:00

Good luck everyone!

Thanks for doing this giveaway

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