No one should preorder this or any other game. Its not out until 7th October wait until unbiased reviewers on Youtube have played it and then only get it then.
Remember this is from the developers of the Total War franchise who have a history of shovling crappy day 1 games that take months to become playable who are now working on a survival horror game.
Plus this is the same publisher who brought you Aliens Colonial Marines.
No one should preorder this or any other game. Its not out until 7th October wait until unbiased reviewers on Youtube have played it and then only get it then.
Remember this is from the developers of the Total War franchise who have a history of shovling crappy day 1 games that take months to become playable who are now working on a survival horror game.
Plus this is the same publisher who brought you Aliens Colonial Marines.
Wait until all the reviews are in
It's not always about reviews is it, I mean COD always gets good scores and that's garbage
It's worth it just for the music and the auto destruct sequence
It's not always about reviews is it, I mean COD always gets good scores and that's garbage
It's worth it just for the music and the auto destruct sequence
I am not talking about the paid reviews by the 'Professional' Gaming magazines/web sites, I am talking about those youtube reviewers who provide honest reviews. There are a few out there.
I never preorder or buy as a result of paid reviews and have never been conned - (well I have been on the Total war games !)
I think this is a different case you can tell by looking at it attention and care has gone into the game with details and nods to the first movie everywhere
Developers have been open about the project leting lots of people play it most of them having good feedback
Reviews lift tomorrow usually a good sign letting reciews out before release day
Im not saying its gonna be a perfect game but i reckon reviews will average it somewhere around 7-8mark which is very good but for some reason these days gamers have this idea that if it does not get a 10/10 9/10 its not worth full price
I think this is a different case you can tell by looking at it attention and care has gone into the game with details and nods to the first movie everywhere
Developers have been open about the project leting lots of people play it most of them having good feedback
Reviews lift tomorrow usually a good sign letting reciews out before release day
Im not saying its gonna be a perfect game but i reckon reviews will average it somewhere around 7-8mark which is very good but for some reason these days gamers have this idea that if it does not get a 10/10 9/10 its not worth full price
What I've never understood is why MS have never done anything about people changing the location to get games cheaper. Not that I'd be complaining if I owned an xbox one getting games at those prices. Seems weird though.
It was one of their main selling points when they announced the Xbone. That it and all the games on it would be region free.
Kinda fell to the side with the initial backlash and most people seem to have forgotten about it now.
I think this is a different case you can tell by looking at it attention and care has gone into the game with details and nods to the first movie everywhere
Developers have been open about the project leting lots of people play it most of them having good feedback
Reviews lift tomorrow usually a good sign letting reciews out before release day
Im not saying its gonna be a perfect game but i reckon reviews will average it somewhere around 7-8mark which is very good but for some reason these days gamers have this idea that if it does not get a 10/10 9/10 its not worth full price
Indeed.
I would be worried if reviews were embargoed until the release date, but they're actually going to start coming out from 2pm on Friday:
What I've never understood is why MS have never done anything about people changing the location to get games cheaper. Not that I'd be complaining if I owned an xbox one getting games at those prices. Seems weird though.
not really true, if the majority of reviews say something is rubbish then it's generally rubbish. Blindly buying a game for £50 is just madness.
If I took notice of reviews I wouldn't have played the likes of residentevil 6 etc ... Allot of the professional reviews are imo rigged & USER reviews (most of the time) are merely sheep jumping on the internet bandwagon!
Besides you'd have to be insane paying £50 for a game now anyway especially with the cheap digital titles on the Indian X1 store! :cool:
not really true, if the majority of reviews say something is rubbish then it's generally rubbish. Blindly buying a game for £50 is just madness.
But you don't just blindly buy a game. You see screenshots, gameplay videos and write ups about it well in advance and decide if it's one to keep an eye on or not.
Just to add. I blindly bought Fallout 3 for full price having never played any of the previous games and that's my one of my favourite games of all time.
Cancelled my preorder a while ago. Going to be out of the country for a couple of weeks just as the game launches, so figured there may be a slight price drop on it when I get back.
Cancelled my preorder a while ago. Going to be out of the country for a couple of weeks just as the game launches, so figured there may be a slight price drop on it when I get back.
Kind of glad I did now.
you see i love the original film...i grew up with it, im an old fart though...
im still getting it....some of these reviewers are probably 12 years of age...
ahh good ol ign its scary how much of a hold it has on the gaming comunnity
its a very marmite game with some issues but for fans of alien this is definatly the game for them so im gonna pick it up
the big plus here is none of them mention any game breaking elements like clonial marines
the main issue is
overly long and the ign negative of unpredictable alien AI is abit stupid
since they would mark it down if the alien AI was predictable lol you cant win
Gamepro.de - 73/100
GamesTM - 9/10
Gametrailers - 7.4/10
GameZone - 7
Joystiq - 4/5
Metro - 7/10
Game Informer - 7.75
Kotaku - Yes
The Escapist - 4.5/5 [13 Minute Video Preview by Jim Sterling]
CVG - 8/10
IGN - 5.9
Polgyon - 6.5/10
PC Gamer - 93/100
Videogamer - 9/10
Gamespot - 6/10
Eurogamer - 8/10
Destructoid - 8.5/10
TheSixthAxis - 9/10
The Guardian - 5/5
overly long and the ign negative of unpredictable alien AI is abit stupid
since they would mark it down if the alien AI was predictable lol you cant win
lol if the game was too short then they would have moaned about that. For me a long game isn't a bad thing, if anything you get more for your money.
Haven't CA been plugging the fact that the AI is unpredictable all along? Why is it a shock to reviewers?
And a long game? WTF? In an age when short games get slated. FFS.
Haven't CA been plugging the fact that the AI is unpredictable all along? Why is it a shock to reviewers?
And a long game? WTF? In an age when short games get slated. FFS.
but there are long games that and then games which just go on and on with no purpose just for the sake of creating the game longer. It seems the issue IGN has is that Isolation does the latter.
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Remember this is from the developers of the Total War franchise who have a history of shovling crappy day 1 games that take months to become playable who are now working on a survival horror game.
Plus this is the same publisher who brought you Aliens Colonial Marines.
Wait until all the reviews are in
It's not always about reviews is it, I mean COD always gets good scores and that's garbage
It's worth it just for the music and the auto destruct sequence
I am not talking about the paid reviews by the 'Professional' Gaming magazines/web sites, I am talking about those youtube reviewers who provide honest reviews. There are a few out there.
I never preorder or buy as a result of paid reviews and have never been conned - (well I have been on the Total war games !)
Same here!!! 👍 .... I don't bother with reviews, only my own when I buy it & check it out myself! 😉
(Everyone's opinions are different so reviews are kinda pointless) 😉
Developers have been open about the project leting lots of people play it most of them having good feedback
Reviews lift tomorrow usually a good sign letting reciews out before release day
Im not saying its gonna be a perfect game but i reckon reviews will average it somewhere around 7-8mark which is very good but for some reason these days gamers have this idea that if it does not get a 10/10 9/10 its not worth full price
I was 11 when Alien released in theatres.....
The average age of your typical COD player..
Kinda fell to the side with the initial backlash and most people seem to have forgotten about it now.
Indeed.
I would be worried if reviews were embargoed until the release date, but they're actually going to start coming out from 2pm on Friday:
https://twitter.com/DMC_Ryan/status/517388732325187584
They've explicitly said it's allowed
not really true, if the majority of reviews say something is rubbish then it's generally rubbish. Blindly buying a game for £50 is just madness.
If I took notice of reviews I wouldn't have played the likes of residentevil 6 etc ... Allot of the professional reviews are imo rigged & USER reviews (most of the time) are merely sheep jumping on the internet bandwagon!
Besides you'd have to be insane paying £50 for a game now anyway especially with the cheap digital titles on the Indian X1 store! :cool:
But you don't just blindly buy a game. You see screenshots, gameplay videos and write ups about it well in advance and decide if it's one to keep an eye on or not.
Just to add. I blindly bought Fallout 3 for full price having never played any of the previous games and that's my one of my favourite games of all time.
5.9/10
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/10/03/alien-isolation-review
interestingly, IGN Italia gave it 8/10 and IGN is the only site to give it bad reviews so far.
Cancelled my preorder a while ago. Going to be out of the country for a couple of weeks just as the game launches, so figured there may be a slight price drop on it when I get back.
Kind of glad I did now.
4 stars from Dspy, 5 stars from The Guardian...
metacritic rating it high in the 80s as well
you see i love the original film...i grew up with it, im an old fart though...
im still getting it....some of these reviewers are probably 12 years of age...
its a very marmite game with some issues but for fans of alien this is definatly the game for them so im gonna pick it up
the big plus here is none of them mention any game breaking elements like clonial marines
the main issue is
overly long and the ign negative of unpredictable alien AI is abit stupid
since they would mark it down if the alien AI was predictable lol you cant win
Gamepro.de - 73/100
GamesTM - 9/10
Gametrailers - 7.4/10
GameZone - 7
Joystiq - 4/5
Metro - 7/10
Game Informer - 7.75
Kotaku - Yes
The Escapist - 4.5/5 [13 Minute Video Preview by Jim Sterling]
CVG - 8/10
IGN - 5.9
Polgyon - 6.5/10
PC Gamer - 93/100
Videogamer - 9/10
Gamespot - 6/10
Eurogamer - 8/10
Destructoid - 8.5/10
TheSixthAxis - 9/10
The Guardian - 5/5
dont let it put you off, its still going to be awesome
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/03/alien-isolation-review-giger-game-ridley-scott
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-10-03-alien-isolation-review
http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/alien-isolation
http://metro.co.uk/2014/10/03/alien-isolation-review-not-another-bug-hunt-4891377/
But again I didn't bother to read any reviews, and I won't. I've liked what I have seen and will form my own opinion when I get it.
Oh, I'm a huge fan, been lucky enough to see Alien in cinema twice.
I will pick it up down the line for a tad cheaper.
Just happy to see it getting better reviews than 'Colonial Marines'.
And a long game? WTF? In an age when short games get slated. FFS.
but there are long games that and then games which just go on and on with no purpose just for the sake of creating the game longer. It seems the issue IGN has is that Isolation does the latter.