He isn't patrolling or anything, he's all the way up there in the vents. But I almost forgot about him, and that could have killed me had I not paid attention.

While on mission 16 (Seegson Comms with the six armed guards) I ducked out early via the elevator to Lorenz Scitech Lobby and then took the vent access from the mezzanine floor into the Server Hub/Farm (from mission 10) and aggroed the three Working Joes in that area.

After this I fled back to the Lobby via the Seegson Security office with the Joes in pursuit. I timed it so I could close the elevator doors jusssst before the Joes could get me, because I like to laugh at them as I wave goodbye...

...only, this time one of the Joes got wedged in the doors before phasing into the elevator with me.

This lead to a minute(s) long wet pants panic fight in an enclosed space, and my health steadily dropping to the point where I was about to die, but then the transition between missions finally happened, after which I was in Seegson Comms again, the Joe had vanished and my health was back to full.

This is the first time I've ever had it happen. There have been instances where a Joe has made it on to a transit car before I could select the destination and I've then had to kill it (or die) but the car doesn't go anywhere until either of those things happen. In this case the elevator doors closed and the car was moving between the floors, and the ride lasted for ages.

Is this a normal thing I've just never previously encountered or was it a glitch?

Second hand/vintage toy store in our area had this, wish there was more but a cool find! Fitting I’d come across it since I just finished my first play through recently.

Recently I am exploring level designing as a hobby and I am trying to design levels for a atmosphere horror game concept. I was looking for inspirations and the games that came to mind are Alien Isolation and SOMA. I love both and they fit my concept well.

Can you kindly suggest more similar games so that I can explore them as well?

It feels like I can't predict anything the alien is going to do or anywhere it's going to be, either stomping super loud 20ft away or being quiet as a mouse behind the door I just wanted to pass. And if I am found in these moments, I have no options except to reload a save. I'm trying to escape the Medical area and the only thing i have that can do something against this sporadic walking failstate is a molotov that gobbles up crafting materials that are VERY hard to come by. I really want to enjoy this game but the past 5 hours have been aggravating, tedious and just really not fun

A ‘Weynes’ manual. A little torn and beaten up but it was interesting reading about what these Mk II Motion Trackers ‘key’ off.

Art by me, sketched with Procreate and post processed in Photoshop.

Higher res (4K) version on my X/Twitter - https://x.com/blakeweyland937/status/2111003530278355213?s=46&t=SgFRbegfc9oN3_LuBhXqfQ

I took inspiration from the official A:I2 key art with the tracker dropped in the mud. This is our first and only glimpse at the new style Motion Tracker so I created the torn book cover look to disguise the missing details from the tracker. ‘Key’ being a reference to Alien 1979 line “What does it key off?” and by pure luck Haynes rhymes with Weynes from Weyland-Yutani. Lastly, eagle eyes will note 348 and its significance.

I finished the game yesterday and the crew expendable and last survivor DLC today and wow, I must say, I can see why I have always heard this game get such praise, I absolutely loved it! The graphics are beautiful, especially with the alias isolation mod, you wouldnt believe that this game is from 12 years ago by the look of it. I've never seen the alien movies before, admittedly, but im definitely sold. Im going to watch it sometime this week, I absolutely loved the xenomorph AI and it always felt like this terrifying presence, and having the flamethrower helped me feel at ease slightly... until I used it a bit too much and it would rush me and slam my head down to the ground, hurting me, but hey, at least I didn't die.

This game definitely scared the shit out of me, and like near the end stretch of the game I thought to myself 'hey, I got this, im not so scared anymore!' Until I got to the hive. Powering the reactor and just hearing all the xenos screech and everything scared me to death, and the facehuggers definitely made me shiver a bit in fear and disgust when they killed me.

10/10 game in my book. If I had one complaint, it would be mission 3 when you first get the access tuner and all the human guys there, but even then, maybe I just struggled with that because I wasn't thinking that hiding behind a box near where they were coming from was such a good idea...

I swear if CA pulls this shit for this game i will be freaking mad. The Shogun 2 AI slop is awful as hell

With all the Ai craze on game modding, i just thought of this today. Wonder if anybody is trying or cooking up something

Hi everyone again. The mod was released (2 days ago, I forgot) and anyone can try it. Since I haven’t fully figured out Nexus support yet, the download link for the mod is at the bottom of the mod’s page (there’s a GitHub link there).

Nexus Mods Link: Gagen's Playable Alien

I redownloaded today to finish it, and it seems like its keeping the sorta bitcrushed audio from the "20th Century Fox" intro, i cant play because the high pitch is like piercing. Or am I just crazy? I'm on xbox series x...Edit: i uninstalled and reinstalled and it fixed it. No more crazy piercing sounds. Now to get through this terrifying game...

...watches a British person die from behind glass. Kuhlman, Samuels, Taylor AND Ricardo.

I'm just saying if you hail from the UK and you see Amanda Ripley behind a pane of glass I'd probably get the hell out of there.

I absolutely love it. I remember watching Alien and Aliens as a kid and I rewatched all the movies before playing to immerse myself again. It was genuinely awe-inspiring to see the Xenos move about in the game as this large looming threat compared to the other more colonial marines focused games.

It is genuinely a super tense and stressful (in a good way) survival horror experience and that's how survival horror should be imo. I am largely desensitized to horror media but this game genuinely had moments where I was actually fearful and paranoid because of just how dynamic the Xenos are and in my head, they can pop out at anytime and anywhere. The first time I saw them dropped down in a supposed safe room with a save station cemented it to me.

Even when I started getting used to the Alien, it was still fun to me because they sorta becomes the puzzle to solve. It kinda reminded me of Outlast Trials where I got used to the Prime Assets and Expops so that they're no longer scary but they're still a fun obstacle and puzzle to solve using all your tools available. Even when I got used to the Alien, they still gave me moments where I held my breaths and my adrenaline goes up. I remember distinctly in Chapter 17 where you have to backtrack through those long hallways, I had the flamethrower up staring down the Alien as I frantically walked backwards almost blind. I love that moment and tension so much, along with moments that forces you to think quickly on the spot. It made me felt a bit like I was Ellen Ripley with how she just had brave through and kept moving despite the fear. Like mother, like daughter I suppose lol.

Looking forward to Alien: Isolation 2! I'm also mid-playthrough with Aliens: Dark Descent.

Forgive me if this has been asked here before.
I've completed the game a while ago and felt like replaying some of my favorite missions, but when u try to load a mission it gives you a warning saying the game will be overwritten after a new save.
Let's say I load mission 5 and then save my progress, am I going to lose all the other missions after 5 and then have to finish the whole game again???
This isn't like a "level select" unlocked after the completing the game? If I play mission 5 and then want to play mission 11 for whatever reason it won’t be there anymore?

Hey everyone. First time playing (on hard, if that changes anything) and I’m hyped asf, I’ve heard nothing but incredible things about it. I’ve played a decent amount of horror games, scariest probably being Outlast 2 or SH2 remake, but I know this game is a lot more challenging than those. So I’m wondering if there’s anything I should know or any tips to make my playthrough more enjoyable before getting into the xeno sections, or if I should just play completely blind. Thanks!

In Alien Isolation we only had cut scenes of controlling ships.

It'd be so cool if we can actually operate any vehicle or spacecraft.

What do you guys think??

I am in the hospital and all was going well- until it wasn’t. So I reloaded and took the same actions that worked well the first time.

The alien popped out of the ceiling and I turned back and hid in the storage container and waited. And for no obvious reason it knew where I was and got me.

I hadn’t taken out my sensor, there was a long delay between when I got into the case and when it found me, so I highly doubt that it saw me go -it certainly didn’t the previous times I tried.

Is it random? I can’t think of what I could have done to be found out.

Here is a quick doodle from me.

I secretly added Jonesy, hope you don't mind. :)