The same guys who made this game should do a survival horror game based on John Carpenter's The Thing.

The easiest achievement in this game, is being killed 100 Times by the alien.

"No way he saw me" - standing in a bright light, leaning over a railing in clear view.

The only problem with Alien Isolation is that you can only play it for the first time once

Once I only had one bullet for my gun, and I had to get through a room of human enemies. I knew the alien was around, so I pulled out my gun, and I fired at one of the enemies and quickly ducked into a vent. There I waited...and listened. The xeno came into the room (presumably from the vents) saw the men making all the noise, and brutally dispatched them (the sound did a great job of playing out their fates in my imagination lol). After sniffing around for awhile, she was convinced that there was nothing else around to kill so she exited the room, and after a few more minutes, I continued on my way. This game was amazing.

I honestly think this is one of the best horror games ever ... anyone else ?

This game is 9 years old WTF? It still looks amazing I thought this came out in like 2017 or something.

It's crazy how good that game still looks over 4 years later

I thought the ID cards were a unique way to put the developers in the game.

This is one of the few games where having a save point system actually improves it. You feel an incredible sense of relief when you finally make it to a spot where you can save your game.

Update: Still 6 years and this game looks amazing

I love that being a gamer I don't play "ALL"the games that come out first launch . Nothing like playing something 8 years later and having a great time on the series x

"In the name of science i will put my face in" classic LOL

IGN seems like they were the only people who gave this game a really bad review...

2014: Meanwhile at IGN: I don't like it.

I think despite the criticisms this still deserves a 9/10. I thought it was an incredible game.

Bro this game a 10/10 for me and I’m not even an alien fan.

It's a fucking disgrace that Aliens Colonial Marines is Fox-approved cannon, and this isn't.

IGN did a review an this It has 4K likes 25k dislikes They said game was bad

I think my favorite thing about this game is Amanda Ripley's voice actress. Talk about a fucking phenomenal job voicing a video game character. She was perfect. She truly felt like a real person, it was believable and grounded in reality. Nothing I hate more than really stiff and bland voice acting in video games. I could understand it in the 90s, but not in this day and age. When Amanda was in a scary situation in the game, the voice actress sounded BELIEVABLY terrified. When Amanda was angry in the game, the voice actress sounded like she was fucking furious and it sounded totally authentic. I was hooked right away with Amanda as the main character. Awesome character design, awesome voice acting, she's not a mary sue but she's not a damsel in distress either and I wish more games would do their female protagonists like Ripley Jr here. She's gonna go down as one of my favorite female video game characters ever, right up there with the likes of Jill Valentine, Claire Redfield, Female Commander Shepard, Ellie from TLOU, Lightning from FF13, Samus of course and so many others.

12:30 Obviously the alien saw you standing straight up there staring at him while he was enjoying his meal. Rude.

I want a survival horror Jurassic Park game. I feel it would do justice to the franchise if done right.

this game is a master piece. you have to respect the amount of love and passion the developers put in it.

Watching this in 2019 and this game is still one of my all time favourites and still holds up as a top horror survival game.

Joe is almost smiling all the way through this review, which show how much he appreciate this game. Angry Joe is not angry at all :p

11:37 and THAT'S why IGN hates it.

"in the name of science, I will put my face in it" - Prometheus in a nutshell

"You were DISRESPECTING the Alien!" I can't even... That's wonderful.

I know it's an amazing game by not playing it. How? Because I'm too chicken shit to play it in the first place.

Do not play this game without headphones. I REPEAT, DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME WITHOUT HEADPHONES. Being able to accurately hear where an enemy is without excessively relying on your tracker makes this game much, much less frustrating. Just be patient and use the audio clues and you'll spend a lot less time replaying areas.

This was 6 years ago and I still do a playthrough of this gem every now and then.

Replaying this in 2021, it's still an absolute masterpiece 🙏🙏

I think this game is probably Sega's apology to the fans of the Alien franchise after what they pulled off in Aliens: Colonial Marines.

"in the name of science, ima put my face in it!" every alien cherecter ever.

I haven't had a game that scared my so much like alien isolation! The last game i can remember doing this was dead space!

This game is hard, even on the "easy" setting. This causes some hate, but don't let that dissuade you. This is possibly the best horror game ever made, and you should definitely play it if you haven't already.

That deleted cocoon scene from the original Alien always gives me the creeps.

We might not get a sequel because CA were disappointed with the 2.1 million sales.

Who else came here after seeing the game on sale for less than 2 € on steam

the crazy thing is it took a strategy game developer to make a horror game, let that sink in!

To be fair, this game is based off of the original film, and in that one the alien wasn't really slithering or wall crawling, it was more like a man.

There needs to be a game like this but with the Predator, I mean think about it, you and a squad of soldiers are put in a jungle and have to complete objectives then the Predator show up and starts picking your squad off. It would be like the first predator movie and if the Predator ai is done as good as the alien ai in this game, the experience would be amazing.

The other reason for the lack of auto-saves and the save points is how the Alien gets redeployed every time you load. It's pretty clever stuff, since it gets around you being stuck behind the Alien in an unfortunate area. Also, look into how the Alien AI works. For when the game came out, it's very clever stuff.

"It can take out the fun when you have to play a lengthy section multiple times." Shit that was the norm for us old timers back in the 80's, son. No saves at all! It's what made FINALLY beating a game like Castlevania or Ninja Gaiden EXTREMELY satisfying!

12:10 this was not a random "cheat" by the alien ai. you were running to see the alien killing the guy. as soon as you run you attract the alien. you were queued to be chased by the alien as soon as the script kill of the guy ended. THE TIP ON THE DEATHSCREEN AT 12:25 EVEN CONFIRMS THIS....

I think the Reason you never see the Xenomorph on any walls or on all fours is because we never really saw that till Aliens. and the suit from Alien was way to stiff for that. and it is clear this is based off the first movie, a slow horror movie rather than a fast paced shooter like every other alien game, for some reason every game has tried to be Aliens and up and this looks like the first game that tried to be Alien.

I've noticed that the Xenomorph toys with you, as every time he left when I was in a locker, and when I get out, he just comes back quickly. And I know he's toying with me, cause he runs towards my location, but never kills me.

Imo Alien: Isolation is just the perfect game. The atmosphere and graphics are just top notch and they stayed so true to the original series. They also made the xenomorph perfectly. It's just so stressful whenever it's close by since it's really unpredictable while actively searching for you. I get very anxious playing it and that's also the problem. It's too scary. They perfected the monster so well that it's just incredibly hard to play through the game even on easier difficulties. I think that's why the game didn't sell that well and it's sad. Cuz what these developers did is just god damn amazing and I doubt we will see a game as polished as this one in a long time.

Normally I don't like heavy stealth games because usually bad AI goes beyond logic... But this game is the shit!

This game looks like it could be very good. Why did IGN give 5.9\10?

Played this game a few years ago with a headset - so stressful. Never finished it. Lol

Favorite thing to do in this game when I saw human enemies is throw a noisemaker hide and listen to the carnage

In my opinion save points were one of the best parts of the game. They not only added to the immersion of the game, paying homage to the 80s future feel with the emergency key card stations, but also providing that extra nerve racking feel whenever death is close. Do I have time to reach that safe locker or room with an emergency door, or will I have to risk hiding under this small hospital bed where I'm easier to see? It's these decisions that the game forces upon you simply due to the save system that makes the game so tense. The A.I. is amazing, learning from both its and your mistakes. You spam that noisemaker much, it learns to determine where you are from which way it rolls. You use flares too much, it learns to ignore them. The flamethrower, your best friend, becomes your worst enemy through overuse, as the aliens learns to trick you, staying back letting you waste your ammo and even then charging at random moments to take you by suprise. It also becomes more resistant to the fire, and eventually you run out of ammo and are forced to retreat back to your roots of hiding, something you unfortunately might have forgotten after running around thinking you own the station. The sound too made the game terrifying. Though the alien itself had a few jumpscares when you first experience each unique death animation, the sound was what really did it. Being able to hear every creak, thud and clang the alien makes above you, knowing its right above you then realising the vent just to your left, hearing that oh so spine chilling screech as it drops down in the distance, or even worse behind you, and trying to distinguish the sound of it leaving and entering the vents in just another desperate method of survival, you come to learn to track it using sound, and just as soon as you do a portion in the med bay takes that away from you, masking the aliens sounds by a wailing sirens. It can hear you, but not the other way round and you're forced rely on your motion tracker, all the time you use it risking the alien will hear it. This game perfectly captures survival horror in the alien universe, and the alien itself, like it should be, the unstoppable monster, the bloodthirsty killer, the perfect organism, and you are trapped with it, unable to kill it, your only weapon being your own mind, using it to outwit the beast you are stuck with after each futile attempt of escape. If this game isn't a true survival horror legend, I don't know what is.

You know, a survival horror game featuring the Predator would be pretty interesting too. In my opinion, it would be even more intense since you know it could be watching you at all times, or you could end up walking into it's traps. There could even be two ending: One where you end up outsmarting it and killing it. Another where you end up dead and flayed as a trophy.

I know this is an old video but I truly do love it when angry joe finds a game he actually enjoys. I see a lot of videos where he is disappointed and I'm sure that's the whole point of his channel I mean due to the name and all, but finding these videos where he is impressed makes me happy. To have such a good critic like a game really helps with my choice of purchase. And the reason I'm on this old video is because I've just been marathoning your videos you are a great critic sir!

This game is STILL good to play right now! And its cheap!

This game is truly a rare gem, it goes against everything people want and expect from a game and it's unashamedly tough. That's why the true decent gamers love it and why IGN despises it.

"In the name of science Imma stick my face in it!" And that pretty much sums up most of the Alien franchise.

10 years after i finally have decided to play the main campaign, even though i did play the DLCs back in 2016. Who else is replaying after 10 years?

Still can't believe this game is nearly six years old and still, the best Alien game ever made!

One of the most Important rules of Alien: Isolation: NEVER, in any way, shape or form, try to attack the Alien.

I stopped countless times in this game just to admire the amazing work put into the environment.

*Rapidly presses Pause/Play button to figure out what that split second image was at **02:30**.* Aaahhh!! Damn you Joe for making me curious enough to find that image! Damn it!

This game gave me anxiety during all the alien parts, especially lv5 when you had to do the whole mission without dying for the achievement

I got 41/51 trophies for this game. Saw one of the achievements I needed say "Complete the game without dying" , I just turned off the system. Like, who can play this game and not die?

Alien Isolation is the best horror/aliens game ever made. I think we can all agree

21:07 "Joe talks about crashing" My KZfaq crashes "Coincidence"

Playing this for first time in 2021, in a VR headset with headphones, and it's a totally immersive anxiety-fest, I love it. Once completed I intend to play it through all again, but on the difficult setting.

this game is awesome, now i want another one in jurassic park with raptors in it.

No Auto-Save!? Awesome! I just might get this game then! I frickin' HATE auto-save in horror games! Also, finally a horror game with some backtracking! I hate roller-coaster-type play-&-forget level design in horror games! Backtracking gives a personality and immersion to the environments. The only problem would be if the backtracking is overdone but... is it? Anyone can answer that question?

Who else is revisiting this because of breakout just praying for a true sequel?

hi joe :) love your videos you and the crew do a great job :) i was wondering if you could do a video of the top 10games you have already review as bad but are worth trying now days, just a thoug, anyway keep with the good work you are great :)

Stopped the video for a moment to check a message, I come back, and ended up in a frame of Joe's crotch.... Joe, wtf...

I think what I like about Joe is that he comes at games as a gamer FIRST, and a then a reviewer second. The turds in the punch bowl over at IGN and Gamespot play the game as a REVIEWER, seeing the game through a different, more sterile lens than the normal gamer would.

Stealth games were always a 'maybe' for me, but now that a fan ported this thing to VR, I had no way of avoiding it... and it's worth it...

Finally found a channel that giving this alien masterpiece a pretty fair score, anyway i would give isolation a 9,5/10, this the only game that ever took me a re play...

I think they should make a movie of Alien Isolation, so that it can rightfully cement its place in the cannon of Alien films. My dream cast would be: Amanda - Jennifer Lawrence Samuels - Benedict Cumberbatch Verlaine - Juliane Moore Ricardo - John Boyega Waits - William Hope (he was Gorman in Aliens - and does a great job in the game, so why not?) Taylor - Carey Mulligan Murphy - Harry Dean Stanton Ransome - Lance Henriksen Axel - Robert Carlyle Julia Jones - Courtney Cox Hughes - Bradley Cooper Dr Lingard - Halle Berry Dr Kuhlmann - John Hurt Foster - Reese Witherspoon Marlowe - J.K. Simmons Heist - Bruce Willis "The Message" & "Opening Credits" (voice) - Sigourney Weaver Android voices - Ian Holm Alien - Simon Cowell Director: either Sam Mendes or Alfonso Cuaron I've chosen Jennifer as the lead because she made me shit my pants when she was about to go into the arena in the first Hunger Games. The fear on her face - wow, she would make the film extremely scary - brilliant actress who can do action as well as all of the emotional stuff. Plus - she's gold dust at the moment - all of my expensive acting choices would be bought and paid for if she was the star of the film. It would easily be the most successful horror film of all time. What does anyone else think?

One of the best survival horror games I've ever experienced.

Can’t believe its almost nine years since release.

Still remember the day you were sitting right behind me in the preview room at E3 for this game Joe. Was great meeting you for a brief moment right after!

What is so brilliant about this game is how much attention was given to the alien. In most games everything is static. The Alien however is ever changing, always moving around like a real creature, able to hear even the smallest sounds including realistic things like a closing of a locker, the beeper from the tracking radar, etc. It will run away and trick you only to come back and kill you like a real predator. It's amazing to me. Never to my knowledge has their been a game that has accomplished this much in A.I. and immersion to such a famous and fantastic fictional creature (and universe as well). Ladies and gentlemen you will almost literally face against the perfect organism itself in this game and it lives up to its name.

WHY DOES THIS GAME NOT HAVE A SEQUEL? YOU GIVE OUTLAST A SEQUEL AND NOT THIS ? WTF?

I can't believe that this game is 9 years old... One of my favs.

I absolutely loved every minute of this masterpiece, it’s literally the best horror game bar none, I really hope they make a sequel, creative assembly and sega get on it! 👍

I wish a good alien game where you get to be a colonial marine would be made.

How can IGN give this 5/10??!!

I just started playing this today(its in the steam summer sale) and i am very impressed with how they recreated the feel of the ship and technology from the original movie. I especially love how a lot of the noises are the same. The computers making those clicky noises from the 70s, the super advanced version of 70s tech. Pure charm. Its very intense. I havent gotten more than a couple hrs through, but i loved every second of it.

It’s almost 10 years old and is still one of the best horror games ever made.

This is one of the best gaming experiences ever created. It's a shame that Creative Assembly and SEGA didn't get more recognition for this work. It's unbelievably true to the original film, even going as far as having the sounds from the film as well as the look. The VR experience of this game was second to none. There is no AAA VR experience that even remotely comes close to the roller coaster ride this game packs and Creative Assembly didn't even finish the VR support. In fact, it only works on the DK2 version of the Rift. We need to contact SEGA and plead that they get this game finished and playable on the consumer version of the Rift as well as the Vive. This game is THE killer VR app. Nothing else comes close.

10:00 "how did he find me?" You had the tracker up dude. It can hear it.

I love how the next video after this is his Aliens: Colonial Marines video. At least for me. XD

this is the first review i ever saw of angry joe and been subscribed ever since!

Auto saves ruin the experience, specially for a game like this. Oh dear I died never mind I will just load up the auto save. Not the best punishment if you ask me if you die. This game has the best saving dynamic I have ever seen if you want to save then you have to take the risk of being caught. I do agree with some that we all don't have the time to play none stop and were all very busy these days and saving allows us to stop when we have to and continue when we have more time, but it really dose ruin the game the way a lot of people abuse the save system to get that perfect score or whatever. If you treat the game like real life you only have one life and for some games I feel when you die you have to start again from scratch. For games like Skyrim for example or Minecraft Hardcore mode, I like to play using the one life rule, when I die, I die. I have to restart from scratch and I find sometimes it can be much more rewarding. But that's just my opinion.

Joe...about this particular Xenomorph "not crawling the walls and ceiling". Dude...seriously? Come on. It's the classic Drone type. Like in the first movie. If you watch the movie closely, you will see that Drone never ever climbed any walls or ceilings. Drones are too big and undeveloped for that. They're walker-type of Xenomorphs that mainly walk on their two legs in corridors and move through the vent shafts. They never use walls or ceilings to simply move about. The ones who climb walls and ceilings are Warriors, Runners and Predaliens, not Drones and also not Praetorians (too heavy and too big). The Queen also cannot climb walls or ceilings, by pretty obvious reasons. Xenomorph in this game is a Drone.

Paused to see what that single frame was about at 02:30. Can never unsee it now. Thanks.

I like the ID cards thing, its like this old school secret room with the developers names

Stealth games aren’t my particular cup of tea but Alien: Isolation is one of the best survival horror games I’ve ever played.

In my opinion one of the best games ever made and so underated the atmosphere alone !

Still my most memorable and favorite video game experience of all time! The stress and anxiety I felt during the game was crazy and yet I felt so good whenever I saved! My definite favorite horror game

8 years later, still phenomenal. On my first PC playthrough after playing through probably 4 or 5 times on the Playstation when it came out. Crazy how time flies!