Alien: Isolation and The Evolution of Horror Simulators

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Alien: Isolation and The Evolution of Horror Simulators

Added: 17.10.2014 20:23 | 0 views | 0 comments

Gamsutra: Alien: Isolation is an interesting game. It is the latest entry in a lineage of games that I refer to as horror simulators. It does an excellent job at creating tension and uses a lot of the knowledge built up over the years to great success. But, because it has such a laser focus on a certain type of play, a bunch problems arise and other parts of the package suffer. It is a great game in many ways, truly excellent really, but there are some fundamental problems. These lead to for me at least a devastating flaw: At its core it fails to be a faithful emulation of the original Alien (1979) movie.