The game is between the first two Alien films (that of Scott and that of Cameron so) and puts you in control of the daughter of Ellen Ripley, Amanda. The girl will go well on the Sevastopol station (not smooth the way) to try to find out what happened to his mother and to the crew of the ship Nostromo, the black box has been recovered by this station. It is obviously very quickly realize that the ship has a body alien not necessarily very convenient.
So here is the starting point of this survival game, which will take you to walk the corridors of the ship to address different objectives.
Visually it is very beautiful without being slapped provided. The effects seem to all be pushed to the maximum, with a special mention for immersion spacesuit, simply stunning. The game ensures that side, but it is at its game mechanics that the miracle created. Indeed, when faced with the Alien, only your motion detector (with a sound that springs from the story joystick to freak you max) will help you, it can not be killed. You will have to walk the narrow corridors of a level while knowing that the Alien can pounce on you every moment. One mistake, and punishment is immediate. The creature wanders into the ducts and out there at will to surprise you, his appearances are random. Terrifying, especially as modeling and animation of the latter are lightning realism. It is thus constantly under pressure, under the yoke of an invincible and almost invisible threat. The game puts you almost naked in a level of resources, with the only weapon in the vast majority of the game, a simple pistol, but that will be complemented by a more substantial arsenal during the second part of the game. This atmosphere is so terrifying further supported by an incredible soundtrack, which gives the whole immersion among the largest ever seen in a video game. Feel free to play with headphones!
In terms of lifespan, it is once again well above lot with a good twenty hours and 19 chapters to overcome the adventure. And if that was not enough, the game also has a Survival mode, which involves the completion of various objectives in enclosed maps, face to face with alien and limited time. If this mode is, I find, little interest, however, he merely challenge the hardcore fans that are sure to compare their time with players around the world.
The radius of the negative points, the French dubs are frankly not famous, too surjoués to be credible. Chapter 5 also contains a rather incomprehensible difficulty spike and you will face one of your hardest rendezvous with the alien. Especially do not be discouraged at this passage, and persevere, it will rarely result provided as complicated passages. For cons, the backup system has been widely criticized as being manual, even within the game (there are backup terminals to find when you progress) and forcing him to start very long sequences of play. However the game is like so that you will have to make several return in some levels. Also, do not hesitate to come back to a terminal, even if it makes you walk a little, to save after a goal that you just made, and you will see that they will seem less punitive.
After hard, scary, and not hesitating to place the player facing a threat that can not fight, Alien insulation has everything from old school game in its design and game mechanics, and it is this making his immense strength. Giving back its pedigree to the notion of "survival", The Creative Assembly has just passed a master stroke, which is expected over the confirmation in a suite. This is far from being the case in view of the low sales of this episode, yet the best ever created on the Alien saga. Do not hesitate a moment and you obtain this wonder.
