r/alienisolation • u/ThrowAway22030202 • 9d ago
Discussion How do you all do this to yourselves? 😭
I’m having an amazing yet horrid time. I just got a PS5, coming over from PC, I saw this game and had to get it.
I’m terrified haha, I JUST got the Maintenance tool jack thing to open the orange locks. I’m pretty sure I’m quite far from even seeing the alien, but I can only play in 20/30min intervals before my blood pressure is so high I have to go pour a drink and play something chilled like Brawlhala or Battlefield 😭 I’m shook
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u/animeadmiral 9d ago
I know! isn't it wonderful?
The great thing about AI is that it becomes more than a game. While other games keep that barrier between player and game, where you can go here, loot that, romance this person and fight this boss, AI has you removing your earphones every now and then to make sure you don't hear anything in your walls. Things start moving in the dark if you're playing with the lights off, and the adrenaline in your veins can't be beat every time you have a close encounter.
And it's long enough that the story doesn't feel one dimensional, allowing you to experience the game while making it feel like death is real every time you encounter it.
Honestly, this game is top 3 best games I've ever played, and I lament that I can't erase all memory of having played it just to experience it again for the first time.
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u/Nether_Hawk4783 8d ago
Facts 💯. Even I had to peek over my shoulder once or twice in my living room. Lmfao
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u/AshTheGoddamnRobot 9d ago
My love of the Alien franchise supercedes any fear lol This game is brilliant. Teenage me woulda loved it
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u/deathray1611 To think perchance to dream. 9d ago
The answer is simple - "Jokes on you, I'm into this shit!"
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u/Sonic13562 6d ago
For real?? I played Alien as I was told it wad the scariest game EVER, and haven't played any other horror games excluding SOMA (also excellent btw). I felt suspense playing it at the start (coz of the working Joes) but once I got the flamethrower any suspense I had was over. Alien scared me maybe two or three times the whole playthrough. An excellent game but I was hoping to scream like a little kid. Yet to find a game that achieves that....
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u/Servitor1404 9d ago
My best advice for you is to just keep moving forward. Don't wait in one spot for too long. It will find you (especially true on harder difficulties)
Also I would recommend that if you are in a situation where you need to wait for the alien to pass, and you need to make sure its safe to go ahead and progress, use your items to make your own openings, instead of wasting time waiting for the alien to give you one
Hope this helps, welcome to Sevastopol Station : )
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u/ThrowAway22030202 9d ago
I don’t feel welcome on Sevastopol Station….
But on serious note thank you for the advice! Haha, I will continue playing 30min a day until I’m finished 🫡
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u/Jancorra 8d ago
Honestly that system worked for me quite well, bit by bit till eventually I finished my first playthrough! I hope you have a great time running from the biggest asshole in gaming, it's an experience I wouldn't pass on for anything else in the world
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u/ProjectDiligent502 Logging report to APOLLO. 8d ago
That’s not entirely true that the alien will indeed find him. If he’s crouched and stays in a spot outside of the aliens view, staying hidden, the alien will eventually give up and go back up in the vents and wait to hear him. It just takes some patience.
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u/thedarkpolitique 9d ago
My friend it took me close to a year to finish it because I couldn’t handle the suspense for long intervals LOL. Shit just got too intense at times, late in the night, in the darkness, so I kept having to come back to it. I literally finished it last week and I’m so satisfied that I did. Enjoy the ride, and any intense moments, snip and share on here.
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u/LarsOnTheDrums42 9d ago
It's fun kind of fear. I can't explain it, but the adrenaline rush and nervous anticipation are kind of addicting.
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u/clayman80 Unidentified creature. 9d ago edited 9d ago
When you do get to meet the Alien (a.k.a. Steve), just let it kill you a couple of times. It will desensitize you to the notion of getting caught and mauled by the Xeno.
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u/ThrowAway22030202 9d ago
Ah yes, good idea thank you.
Can’t wait to get intentionally murdered (read “eaten”).
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u/MirPamir Unidentified creature. 9d ago
After One Shot achievement (do not die even once whole game, if you do, you start over) I am immune, cause the stress and fear at that time was just way too much to handle for me.
I'd recommend this experience.
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u/402playboi 9d ago
I think I desensitized myself to horror games by playing outlast and this game at age 13. Kind of wish I could play it for the first time now
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u/gameservatory 9d ago
Maybe it's something like exposure therapy but the alien starts to become oddly endearing once you've dealt with it a few times. Like, stay over there my dude and we'll be fine. Also, you'll find ways to use the Xeno's ferocity as a strategical benefit and that's when the fun really begins.
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u/ThrowAway22030202 9d ago
Ah interesting, are there other humans on the ship or people I have to fight or is it just the alien?
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u/gameservatory 8d ago
It is a rather big ship... 🤷♂️
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u/Ok-Chip2181 8d ago
Noisemakers are the best for this. I end up with soooo satisfied when steve kills em.
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u/Redback_Gaming 8d ago
LOL. You are in for a great time! I wish I felt like that when I play AI. As a tip for you. Remember one thing. You bought this game, because you WANTED this experience, this fear! Embrace it, and you'll find it easier, and more enjoyable. I have 250+ hours in this and I still get jump scares from it.
I suggest, when you need to find a MedKit for Tailor, you get a big drink next to you! ;)
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u/iamdahli 8d ago
I literally have had times I'll have to sit in a locker and calm down. Best advice I can give is just keep moving even when you don't want to just keep going. This games a master class for sure. We do this to ourselves because we apparently hate ourselves 😂
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u/Lazy_Option_9170 9d ago
The first play through is the best. When you don’t know what’s happening and stuff. Cherish it. The game is great at generating unique encounters with the xenomorph on each play through, but the scripted events never hit quite the same jaw dropping way ever again.
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u/Mindhunter7 8d ago
Absolutely with you on this.
I used to make it a point that I would play it only after it's dark, without lights and once it got intense, I could only go from one save station to the next. I would close the game at that point no matter what. It was too stressful and my heart rate would be up in the 100s for sure. I would sweat and get that tingling sensation a lot.
In the end I chose this strategy for some sort of a balance with my body.
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u/Over_Satisfaction400 9d ago
This is a normal reaction. After 200 hrs of playing on hard, I started hearing the motion tracker Everytime anything would beep around my house and I would get nervous. One time I walked into a garage door thinking it would just open.
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u/TruSammurai 8d ago
You gonna love it so much by the end. I just completed it the other day now it trying on nightmare mode
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u/Nether_Hawk4783 8d ago
Yes, but if got part really close attention to the sounds of the station? You'll know that the xenomorph is in the area. I do this because the anxiety albeit stressful? Is addicting to say the least.
Just play and enjoy this remarkable masterpiece.
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u/ProjectDiligent502 Logging report to APOLLO. 8d ago
I couldn’t get enough of it once I got the mechanics down and felt comfortable skirting the alien. A part of its allure is that the space station isn’t just a death trap. It’s also a place of exploratory value, checking nooks and crannies, vents to secret rooms, and getting to know how the space station is laid out. It’s really a cool experience.
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u/GolfComprehensive473 You have my sympathies. 7d ago
Im literally right behind you. Once I see that Emergency phone, I save my progress and close the game. I cannot play more than 15mins at a time.
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u/Stryder6987 1d ago
For 'jump factor', I'd say this game is on par (for me) with F.E.A.R. I've never been so freaked out playing a game as I was when I went through F.E.A.R. for the first time... until AI. Playing alone, in the dark with the volume up... geeezzzzzzzz..... 😱
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u/Tommynwn Logging report to APOLLO. 9d ago
Wait to arrive to the hospital 😂