Alien: Isolation Full Gameplay Video Reviews

There's this game called Alien:Isolation that you could say I'm... Mildly obsessed with. Let's just say that I've seen a lot of gameplay videos and decided to keep track of them.

8-bitRyan

Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx8vbgWs666cAS7wsKos5sA
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSIYrUsOI8i4FExn5KwduYyFnysUYhgK3
Number of videos: 13
Total length (approx): 466 minutes (7 hours, 46 minutes)

Gameplay Info

System: PC
Difficulty: Unknown

Video Info

Type: Unknown, likely Not Live Streamed
Quality: Locally-recorded
Facecam: Yes
Audio Commentary: Yes
Text overlay: Yes
Editing: Yes

Audience Interaction

Onscreen chat: No
Tipping: No
GIFs: No
Noises: No

Review

6/10
8-bitRyan's gameplay has a good balance between action / progress and plot exploration. The commentary is mildly entertaining, though could be a bit incessant for some viewers. (Though I believe it's entirely PG-13.) Though he's not deeply familiar with the Alien universe, he seems to enjoy the plot as he picks up on pieces of it. Unfortunately, he does suffer a bit from the common game-commentary-streamer issue of missing some important information from time to time. The best part of this series is how invested Ryan gets with the character's experience; at times he's shaking, screaming, and even crying from the intensity of the playthrough.

CJU

Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeAXVwwurpvQVJozU1GipTg
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3AISiWybyWesvAgeDEprgacggDo8B7-i
Number of videos: 25
Total length (approx): 467 minutes (7 hours, 47 minutes)

Gameplay Info

System: PC
Difficulty: Hard

Video Info

Type: Not Live Streamed
Quality: Locally-recorded
Facecam: Best moments at end of videos
Audio Commentary: Yes
Text overlay: No
Editing: Yes

Audience Interaction

Onscreen chat: No
Tipping: No
GIFs: No
Noises: No

Review

7/10
A solid blind playthrough by a fan of the Alien universe. Somewhat exploratory, but starts rushing more frequently towards the end of the series.

Gab Smolders

Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYLHs-NR2le96KKqXofUOXg
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW29gMK6Pls&list=PLGxV8JnoT5QjFklN8VpnVxzN-zHYwkxd5
Number of videos: 5
Total length (approx): 669 minutes (11 hours, 9 minutes)

Gameplay Info

System: PC
Difficulty: Nightmare

Video Info

Type: Live Streamed
Quality: Locally-recorded
Facecam: Yes
Audio Commentary: Yes
Text overlay: Yes
Editing: Almost none

Audience Interaction

Onscreen chat: No
Tipping: Yes
GIFs: Yes
Noises: Yes

Review

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Kukakkau

Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Kukakkau
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj5l0dG7_wBtaYNj0jklw5wIc1UwVA2HW
Number of videos: 19
Total length (approx): 347 minutes (5 hours, 47 minutes)

Gameplay Info

System: PC
Difficulty: Unknown

Video Info

Type: Unknown, likely Not Live Streamed
Quality: Locally-recorded
Facecam: No
Audio Commentary: No
Text overlay: Yes
Editing: Yes

Audience Interaction

Onscreen chat: No
Tipping: No
GIFs: No
Noises: No

Review

9/10
Hilarious and well worth the time to watch in it's entirety. Also recommended for disco lovers.

Lady Lilia

Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5970RJMoEcRNZl0MNp8tlQ
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL14p1fPgxfv9KoHQuZI0dl0qzWG1uFDI2
Number of videos: 20
Total length (approx): 1,395 minutes (23 hours, 15 minutes)

Gameplay Info

System: PC
Difficulty: Medium

Video Info

Type: Live Streamed
Quality: Locally-recorded (1080p@60)
Facecam: Yes
Audio commentary: Yes
Text overlay: Minimal
Editing: Almost none

Audience Interaction

Onscreen chat: Yes
Tipping: Yes
GIFs: Yes
Noises: Yes

Review

5/10
Overall, this series is a little boring to watch, mostly because it's a full-length unedited streamer's video. Lady Lilia has very cautious gameplay and isn't very exploratory. She says that before starting this game, she hadn't seen the original Alien film. Partway through the playthrough she watces it and seems to gain a new appreciation for the game's environment and details.

The game audio is a little low compared to the commentary audio, which is unfortunate but again understandable, being a streamer's video. The constant distraction of audience interaction noises and watching the comment stream seems to take away from her ability to pay attention to what's going on in the game, but does provide for some fun jump scares. Often the commentary will revolve around Lilia's confusion as to what is going on in the game, which can get frustrating after a while. It seems like she has a tight-knit group of followers, which is nice. (There's an inside joke about cheese in their community.)

Markiplier

Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3tRBEVW0hiAK8t_xWh50ZuZ0I1iTRLSt
Number of videos: 14
Total length (approx): 662 minutes (11 hours, 2 minutes)

Gameplay Info

System: PC
Difficulty: Medium

Video Info

Type: Not Live Streamed
Quality: Locally-recorded
Facecam: Yes
Audio commentary: Yes
Text overlay: Unknown
Editing: Yes

Audience Interaction

Onscreen chat: No
Tipping: No
GIFs: No
Noises: No

Review

7/10
Markiplier was legitimately excited to play this game. He says that he's a big fan of the Alien universe, "I'm a huge nerd about Alien stuff!"

Markilplier's playthrough is fast-paced, rarely exploring beyond where he needs to be. He misses several items and due to the pretty constant commentary and he has trouble paying attention to the audio cues. He finds the xenomorph to be an extremely frightening opponent, and perhaps fears the Working Joes even more due to his self-declared Automatonophobia.

His fear is frequently and loudly made obvious with a fair amount of yelling and screaming. It's entertaining, but could easily be a bit too much for some people. His commentary is overall fairly fun and lighthearted. Markiplier's sleep deprivation in Part 7 makes for some especially funny moments.

"This game is awesome! And frankly, that alien is a son of a bitch and is terrifying and I love that! I love that he's actually scary and threatening and everywhere and omnipresent and wont leave me alone! He's the biggest dick! And I love that!" - Part 5 ending.

Offensive Jake

Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3L2nP4xQIvzDNhZdbfA-AQ
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfcEfDrN8S-1r_eOqrAv4NIRQsDynhCpr
Number of videos: 24 (Plus 6 more videos for the DLC)
Total length (approx): 1,241 minutes (20 hours, 41 minutes) (148 minutes for DLC)

Gameplay Info

System: PC
Difficulty: Medium

Video Info

Type: Not Live Streamed
Quality: Locally-recorded
Facecam: Occasionally
Audio Commentary: Yes
Text overlay: Occasionally
Editing: Yes

Audience Interaction

Onscreen chat: No
Tipping: No
GIFs: No
Noises: No

Review

6/10
Offensive Jake complains a lot, which might just be part of his persona, but it was a bit tough for me to get through the first few videos. Fortunately, it gets better around part 6 as he starts to express a favorable opinion of the game itself. He has valid criticisms, generally finds the xenomorph to be quite scary, and repeatedly praises the graphics/look/atmosphere of the game. He states that he's never seen any of the Alien films, but that he knows many things about them. True to his word, he does seem to know several things from the first two films. Jake's gameplay is fairly balanced between being aggressive and being cautious. There's not a lot of exploring, but he does find many of the collectibles. You can probably skip the DLC videos.

Episode 18 ends with Jake piecing a lot of plot information together, saying, "Fuck Weyland-Yutani, man." In his credit roll review, he praises the xenomorph AI, the graphics and performance, and says that there should be a sequel for the game, "Excellent Horror title, definitely in my top three." His criticisms of the game are that it's, "a couple hours," too long and that the flamethrower detracts from the fear of encountering the xenomorph. (I say he should play on Hard or Nightmare - limited resources.)

ProJared

Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi7GVfMNROkrw5F2YrdBkNw
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnECGpr5DfBv0Tj4OmC6Vu2lZdNWAH1PE
Number of videos: 9
Total length (approx): 327 minutes (5 hours, 27 minutes)

Gameplay Info

System: PC
Difficulty: Hard

Video Info

Type: Not Live Streamed
Quality: Locally-recorded
Facecam: Yes
Audio Commentary: Yes
Text overlay: No
Editing: Yes

Audience Interaction

Onscreen chat: No
Tipping: No
GIFs: No
Noises: No

Review

5/10
ProJared's series starts about an hour in, just after Axel is attacked, and he's exploring way off-track near the reactor. The second video begins with an incredibly frustrating few minutes, and it's quickly obvious that he doesn't care about plot or collectibles. He skips over 99% of the written logs and I think only listened to four of the audio logs (not counting the ones required to proceed). The series ends suddenly, shortly after Waits is killed.

The overwhelming feeling you get when watching this series is that ProJared just doesn't care. He seems to mildly like the hacking mechanic and thinks that Ripley's thumbnails are very pretty, but finds the xenomorph to be more frustrating than anything. Many of his complaints stem from the fact that he never bothered to learn the game's controls.

SovietWomble

Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/SovietWomble
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBitIgZ_UvGHeg7sx5TuXbrzn3S-EsHfQ
Number of videos: 8
Total length (approx): 107 minutes (1 hour, 47 minutes)

Gameplay Info

System: PC
Difficulty: Unknown

Video Info

Type: Live Streamed
Quality: Locally-recorded
Facecam: No
Audio Commentary: Yes
Text overlay: Yes
Editing: Yes

Audience Interaction

Onscreen chat: No
Tipping: No
GIFs: No
Noises: No

Review

8/10
Hilarious, but can get intense with the yelling sometimes.

theRadBrad

Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpqXJOEqGS-TCnazcHCo0rA
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs1-UdHIwbo4QEI8cOYrBltlTulPWtgk7
Number of videos: 25
Total length (approx): 608 minutes (10 hours, 8 minutes)

Gameplay Info

System: PlayStation 4
Difficulty: Normal

Video Info

Type: Not Live Streamed
Quality: Locally-recorded
Facecam: No
Audio Commentary: Yes
Text overlay: No
Editing: Yes

Audience Interaction

Onscreen chat: No
Tipping: No
GIFs: No
Noises: No

Review

?/10
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TODO

Note to self:

• dcruze : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0P6Csvf7MwXhoVqJCe8ym8gin6HYmi_v
• Mr. Odd : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj_Goi54wf0c5TCrHuNASCW4OzI-pTs87
• John Wolfe : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqfNLQec1ZRnZzc06qdtImDWL-dEqRB4h
• etc