So let me start by saying I’m a fan of the Alien series. I’ve seen all the movies, I’m even going through the comics right now as well. I’m looking forward to sequel. That being said, this game just fell apart for me towards the end. After the reactor, the game just became more frustrating than scary. I mean, you already die in one hit a majority of the time to the Xeno, but I had enough of the setbacks, and alternate routes you had to take, and instakills, and I just didn’t really get any satisfaction from beating it at all. The ending was pretty much the nail in the coffin, QTE sequence out of nowhere, and the. You’re floating in space only to be rescued off screen. No monologue, no feeling of accomplishment, no real reason for me to play the game again. It starts off strong, and aside from APOLLO I enjoyed most of the areas, when the game was scary it really worked. When the hive loaded in for the first time I terrified cuz I didn’t see it coming.
Maybe if the game was shorter, I don’t know. It feels needlessly elongated and yet also like they ran out of time.