Alien: Isolation Full Gameplay Video Reviews

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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.

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

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

8/10
A solid blind playthrough by a fan of the Alien universe. Somewhat exploratory, but starts rushing more frequently towards the end of the series.

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

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

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.)

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

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

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

?/10
ProJared's series starts just after Axel is attacked, where he's exploring way off-track near the reactor. The second video begins with an incredibly frustrating few minutes, and in general he doesn't care about plot or collectibles. He skips over 99% of the written logs and I think only listened to one audio log (not counting the ones required to proceed).

The overwhelming feeling you get when watching this series is that ProJared just doesn't care.

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

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.

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