It's Alien Day! Sega celebrates the horror franchise and gives you a big discount on Alien: Isolation in an alien steam sale. You get the creepy game about Ripley's daughter for less than 2 euros, All DLCs are also discounted. But you have to be quick, because the offer ends tomorrow, April 28th, at 7 p.m.
For fans of less polished entertainment, there is also the infamous aliens: Colonial Marines for 6 euros. Despite the discount, we can only recommend the game to a limited extent – you can read more about this below.
Alien: Isolation is a really good horror
Hardly any title from the alien universe succeeded as convincingly as alien: Isolation, die oppressive horror mood from the films capture. You don't play as a soldier who fights mass aliens with big guns, but as Ripley's daughter Amanda.
She explores an abandoned space station – it quickly becomes clear to her that an alien has caused the crew to disappear. The rest of the game you mainly spend sneaking, hiding and making useful gadgets. Amanda is extremely vulnerable and as soon as the alien detects you, the fragile human being is lost.
The lighting, the settings, the sound, the gameplay – all of these combined to create a really atmospheric horror survival experience. However, we also had to cut back on the Alien: Isolation test. Sometimes the game is really frustratingbecause it's so unpredictable. You have to find out for yourself which rules the alien uses. And learning means in this case: die a lot.
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Alien: Isolation tested – the game of a thousand deaths
Those of you who find many modern games too easy and who are happy brutal and relentless horror game with gripping mood we can highly recommend Alien: Isolation – especially for the ridiculous price of two euros.
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Alien: Isolation – Gameplay Trailer: It's Chasing You
Aliens: Colonial Marines was terribly bad
The second alien title that is currently on sale received a rating of 59 points in our test. The community was even more merciless and punished the shooter with an average of 48 points. Most reviews on Steam are also pretty mixed. What was it?
We quote from the test: Aliens: Colonial Marines is a B-movie to play yourself. Unfortunately, we didn't feel horror and horror because of the mood, but because the game was technically just a disgrace. The terrible German setting made it even worse. Don't you think Check it out for yourself: At that time we showed the intro in the video.
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Aliens: Colonial Marines – The Intro
Now it would be unfair to say that nothing has happened since then. The graphics have been improved, many technical bugs have been fixed and the miserable AI has been fixed. This is also reflected in the newer user reviews on Steam, some of which are surprisingly good.
Meanwhile, many players appreciate it because of the undeniable trash factor. It should be really fun, especially as a co-op experience with friends.
If you want to give Aliens: Colonial Marines a chance and are aware of what you should expect for your money, it's best to take action now during the campaign.
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