Alien: Isolation is a survival horror game developed by Creative Assembly and based on the Alien science fiction horror film series.

Alien: Isolation is a single-player action-adventure game with emphasis on stealth and survival horror features. The player controls Amanda Ripley from a first-person perspective, and must explore a space station and complete objectives while avoiding, outsmarting and defeating enemies. Objectives range from activating computers to collecting certain items or reaching a specific area in the game. The player can run, climb ladders, sneak into vents, crouch behind objects to break the line of sight with enemies, and peek over or lean around to gain view. The player also has the ability to go under tables or inside lockers to hide from enemies.

Amanda encounters several antagonists over the course of the game, including hostile humans and androids. These can be defeated with gunplay or other offensive means. The main antagonist, an alien creature, pursues the player throughout the game. The alien creature cannot be defeated, requiring the player to use stealth tactics in order to survive. Instead of following a predetermined path, the Alien has the ability to actively investigate disturbances and hunt the player by sight or sound. Along the way, the player can use both a flashlight and a motion tracker to detect the Alien’s movements. However, using any of these increases the chance of the Alien finding the player. For example, if the Alien is moving and close enough, the tracker’s sound will attract the Alien, forcing the player to use the tracker wisely and remove it as soon as it detects motion. The motion tracker cannot detect enemies when they are not moving and cannot determine whether the alien creature is up in the ducts or on ground level.

Although Amanda gains access to a revolver, a shotgun, a bolt gun, and a flamethrower over the course of the game, Alien: Isolation emphasizes evasion over direct combat by providing limited ammunition. The player can also craft items by collecting schematics and different materials. Items include EMP, noisemakers, molotov cocktails and pipe bombs, and help the player deal with enemies. For example, the noisemaker can be used to attract enemies in a particular direction. The Alien is afraid of fire, so using flame weapons forces it to retreat into the station’s ventilation system. The player has a limited amount of health which decreases when attacked by enemies; health is restored with medkits, which can be crafted with materials in Amanda’s inventory.

The space station is divided into sections connected by trams and elevators. Some doors require certain actions before entry is allowed; for example, some require a keycard or entry codes, while others need to be cut with welding torches or hacked. Computer terminals and rewiring stations can be used to access information, trigger actions such as disabling security cameras or manipulating the space station’s air-purification mechanism. An automap helps the player navigate the different areas of the game. To save their progress, the player needs to locate a terminal in the game and insert Amanda’s access card. If Amanda dies, the player needs to restart from the last saved point. Alien: Isolation also features a “Survivor Mode”, in which the player must complete objectives while avoiding the Alien within a time limit.

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Alien: Isolation System Requirements

Minimum:

• OS:Windows 7 (32bit)
• Processor:3.16Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo E8500
• Memory: 4 GB
• Graphics: 1GB (AMD Radeon HD 5550 or Nvidia GeForce GT 430)
• Storage: 35 GB available space

Recommended:

• OS:Windows 7 (64bit)
• Processor:AMD: Phenom II X4 955 – 4 Core, 3.2 GHz or Intel: Core 2 Quad Q9650 – 4 Core, 3.0 GHz
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: 2GB (AMD GPU: AMD Radeon R9 200 Series or Nvidia GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX660)
• Storage: 35 GB available space