Alien: Isolation 17+

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First off. Well done Feral, for making another one-off purchase game. I am so sick of IAP’s. About an hour in, finding my way around etc. This game is simply astonishing. I know the iPad Pro is pretty competent at graphics capability, but this is another level. Interesting that the ‘most critical’ reviews doesn’t contain any bad reviews, even after a month from release. I always look at these first before paying for a game. Of course, I am one of this users who is totally a sci-if nut; especially the Alien genre; and as such I will expect a high level of accuracy. This has certainly delivered and I have hardly even progressed passed the ‘wake-up from hyper sleep’ bit in the main campaign story yet! I don’t give 5 stars lightly, but I have very high expectations (and heart-rate) even now. Now….where was I? Ah, yes……..aaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggghhhhh!!!! Well, after about a week, this game has made me jump more times than I care to mention. The attention to detail is impressive. I love the totally random spawning of the Alien in area’s where it has ‘eaten my face’ multiple times. Also the random power-ups leave you unsure what you will obtain on the next try. It all serves to provide a scary and uncertain outcome to every section of the game. The relief you feel when you have found one of the ‘save points’ is almost overwhelming; but even then, you have to constantly check your motion sensor because so often, ‘IT’ will grab you mid-save!! ……………😳🥺😩

Exceptional

EDIT: How I missed the customisable controls is beyond me, but the developer has pointed out exactly where to find what I needed. This has to be one of the best customisable features I’ve ever seen on an iOS game. This game is practically perfect, and I’m so eager to find out what this company ports next! Feral I salute you! —————————- The game is one of my favourite in the PC, and although this is excellent, the ability to move the action buttons to somewhere I desire would be ideal (for example the sides of the screen) - I’ve died several times unnecessarily due to catching the buttons whilst moving or looking! (The floating joysticks are perfect, however) Please update this with this ability - I don’t need two fire buttons either, so even adding the ability to remove one would be great!.. but the above is more essential to me. Will change to 5 stars if updated, but otherwise this is just frustrating at times.

Developer Response ,

EDIT: Thanks for updating your review. We hope you continue to enjoy the game!

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Thanks for your purchase of Alien: Isolation.

If you wish to move the on-screen action buttons, you can do so via Options > Controls > Control Scheme. Choose a Custom preset and then select Configure; you will then be able to move the buttons around the screen as you wish.

We hope this helps. Please let us know if you need further assistance via support@feralinteractive.com

Nothing short of incredible!

I’m not one for writing reviews but when I saw this on the App Store I was sceptical. Having played Alien Isolation on Pc several years back it’s one of those rare horror/survival games that is actually genuinely terrifying and fun to play. Slimming down a game like this to run on mobile I thought a lot of the magic of this game would have been lost but I have been really surprised.

If anything this game looks better than the console and PC versions. I’m playing on a 2020 IPad Pro and the visuals are incredible. Performance wise the frame rate is buttery smooth and I haven’t really noticed any performance issues. I definitely recommend playing this game in a dark room with headphones on and a gamepad for a fully immersive experience.

You’ll definitely spend most of your time in game hiding in lockers and under desks desperately clinging onto your trusty motion detector trying to figure out when to make a mad dash to the next hiding spot. There are some much needed calmer parts to the game where you can explore a richly detailed Sevastopol station.

I don’t know how they have managed to get this game to run on mobile, look so great and run flawlessly, it’s nothing short of a miracle. I can only wish more great games like this were brought to the iPad.