Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Sep 28, 2021

  While the base game is pretty good (at least for hardcore alien fans like i am) pretty much all the DLC for Alien Isolation is utter crap. It‘s just that some of the DLC are less crappy than others. Since i don’t want to write an individual review for every DLC, this covers all of them. Let’s start with the less crappy ones: „Crew expendable“ and „Sole survivor“. There is really not much too say about those two, apart from that they are directly inspired from scenes from the first alien movie and that they are extremely short. We are talking about half an hour maximum for each of them. They are playable, but simply too short to waste more than maybe a buck or two on them. The rest of the DLC are map packs for survivor mode. „Corporate lockdown“, „Trauma“ and „the trigger“ each consist of 3 small, short maps, while „Lost Contact“ and „Safe haven“ are just one big map, that is at least twice the size of the others, has 10 objectives and takes considerably longer to beat. The problem that pretty much ruins the all the dlc is the fact, that you can‘t lower the difficulty (except for crew expendable and sole survivor, which can be played on any of the difficulty modes). As far as i can tell, the maps are set on nightmare difficulty, which is never fun in this game. 95% of the time the alien is right at your heels and even if you manage to hide, it just sticks around for way to long, just waiting until you leave your hiding spot. It makes completing the required tasks a very frustrating and unfair ordeal. In safe haven and lost contact you can safe inbetween the missions at least but in the other 3 dlc, there is no safe function. If you die, you go all the way back. The maps of the other three can either be played in a row (you carry all your weapons and resources over to the next map, but if you die, you always need to restart from the first map) or individually (less frustrating when you die, but you always start the next map only with basic loadout). I strongly recommend playing the second way, because if you die on the third map and have to restart from map one, there is hardly anything more rage-inducing. i completed the main game in about 18 hours, and it took me another 17 hours just to complete the dlc. It's not because the dlc is so long, it's because it's so f****** unfair and unbalanced. If you are good you can finish the 3-map dlc within 15 to 20 minutes each, but if you are not a super-patient alien isolation pro-player you WILL DIE A LOT which really ramps up the time necessary to complete even the shortest of maps. The safe haven and lost contact missions would roughly take an hour each to complete, but since i died so often it took me 3 to 3 1/2 hours for each of them to complete. Like i mentioned earlier, those two have a safe function, but the progress is only safed as long as you are playing. If you leave the game, all your progress is erased and you have to start over again, so you have to finish them in one sitting, (and i don't think that many people have 3 spare hours that often). Nevertheless IF you HAVE TO buy dlc for alien isolation, I'd suggest taking either Safe Haven or Lost Contact, since they have the most value for their price and sometimes even come close to being slightly fun. Otherwise I'd say, just play the campaign of the base game again, which is way better designed and much less frustrating than this. __________________________________________________________________________ ALL THE DLC FOR ALIEN ISOLATION Genre: Survival Horror / Stealth Release: Q4 2014 - Q1 2015 ( ) 0/8 Simply one of the worst games ever made. Don't waste any money on this. ( ) 1/8 Bad. Seriously flawed with barely any redeeming qualities. Worth a couple of Cents at best, if at all. (X) 2/8 Sub-par. Only for hardcore-fans of respective genre / series. Don't pay more than 5 bucks. ( ) 3/8 Meh-diocre. It‘s okay. Don't pay more than 10 bucks. ( ) 4/8 Decent, but not for everybody. Don't pay more than 15 bucks. ( ) 5/8 Good game, Must-play for genre- / series-fans. Worth 20 to 25 bucks max, if you are not a fan. ( ) 6/8 Great game, universal recommendation. 30 bucks would be a steal for this. ( ) 7/8 Outstanding game, a milestone of it‘s respective genre. Definitely worth its full prize. ( ) 8/8 Simply one of the best games ever made. Get this, the prize doesn't matter.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 15, 2014

  This DLC might be the shortest I've ever encountered. Walk up to three consoles and interact, lure an Alien into an Airlock and hit a button. THAT'S IT. I played it on hard and finished in ~20 minutes.
• PYRRHONIANGUNK

  Dec 14, 2022

  can't really recommend. it's a super short scene from the original movie. it's not that interesting unless you were a huge fan of the movie and want to play a scene out in game.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 26, 2015

  Short but fun. Getting to play a piece of the movie with the original actors was cool. Would be nice if there was a bit more to it but it doesn't cost much.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 5, 2015

  While it seems a little hard to justify the four dollar price-tag, this is a short yet suitably sweet trip down Memory Lane for those of us who know and love the original movie (no, not the one directed by James Cameron; the one before that)! In terms of gameplay, it's just like one of the many short-ish missions in the main game, except that you only have the flamethrower and some flares with which to thwart the alien. There's no denying that it's a bit of a kick to see the original characters in action...it's just a shame that it's all so short and simplistic and, well, basically pretty throwaway. (Or should I say "expendable"?!) Only recommended to die-hard fans of the Ridley Scott film, and even then only in a pack or in a sale. Verdict: 6.5/10.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 21, 2016

  Crew Expendable is the better of the two DLC's (which btw feel like they shouldve been included with the game, seeing they were released almost simultaneously). This DLC portrays the airlock vents scene with Captain Dallas in the original Alien movie, where you can choose to complete the mission either as Ripley, Parker or Dallas. This DLC was made with the fans of the movie in mind, and personnally, I am very impressed with the visual fidelity of this game overall. Just watch the opening scene from the 1979 Alien and i'm sure you'll see how far they went to emulate that environment, even down to the lights and the sounds. I recommend getting this if you're a fan of Alien, even if you're only a fan of Isolation, even though i'll have to agree with other reviews, the DLC in this game is terribly handled. Both story DLC's shouldve been included in the game, or atleast made available through the season pass (my opinion).
• gamedeal user

  Jun 23, 2016

  This is essentially all of the original Alien movie compacted into a half an hour dlc, but wow. It captures the movie PERFECTLY. The only cons here are the length of the dlc and the lack of Jonesy the cat. I personally played this with my oculus dk2 and I have no regrets. If you love the original movie, get it. If you haven't seen the first 1979 Alien movie, dont bother, you wouldn't understand.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 5, 2017

  Very short DLC but a homage to Alien fans. Id recommend getting it on sale.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 16, 2017

  Way too short and reuse-heavy for the price; I completed this and Last Survivor in about one and a half hours in total on Hard difficulty, and the whole thing felt like just another fraction of a level from the original game. Crew Expendable does introduce a tiny bit of cool new gameplay in the vent segment, but it still isn't worth the money.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 19, 2017

  One for hardcore fans only. If you can remember & love this scene from the film then this is for you. Is you can't, then you'll probably wonder wtf the point of it was. The main game is awesome btw.