Loved this game. For one, it is actually one of the best Switch ports of all time, borderline better than PS4 version in textures!
It is just a beautiful one to look at. The art direction and attention to detail, the sound design, you feel like you're in one of the films.
As a horror game it is excellent. Every section with the Alien is intense. The Ai is adaptive and unpredictable. Running is a death sentence. Even while you hide, you can't hide too much without it finding you.
There's one particular section. If you know it, you know it. Just going into that area, you're telling yourself "I don't want to go down there." It's rare for a game to make you feel so unnerved you don't want to keep playing. Thats an example of a great game.
I have my gripes both with the story and certain moments in the game: the voice acting was hit or miss. Most of it was serviceable but there were many strange deliveries. The story also felt kind of hazard, like things were just happening, instead of it being a fully cohesive experience. The ending is also GARBAGE. It's like they hired some bad writer to come in and just add nonsense to the last 10 minutes.
Finally, gameplay wise, most sections without the alien lack the same tension. Some can still work, but they try to throw in different areas and variety when you're not fighting the alien and it just dosent work. I'm not sure how you'd fix this because over using the Alien would be the opposite problem. Many complain that the game's a bit too long which is probably the sensible answer: just trim down what's here to focus more on the best parts.
I want to score it higher, but it does have glaring issue. It's still amazing despite that and well worth your time.
It is just a beautiful one to look at. The art direction and attention to detail, the sound design, you feel like you're in one of the films.
As a horror game it is excellent. Every section with the Alien is intense. The Ai is adaptive and unpredictable. Running is a death sentence. Even while you hide, you can't hide too much without it finding you.
There's one particular section. If you know it, you know it. Just going into that area, you're telling yourself "I don't want to go down there." It's rare for a game to make you feel so unnerved you don't want to keep playing. Thats an example of a great game.
I have my gripes both with the story and certain moments in the game: the voice acting was hit or miss. Most of it was serviceable but there were many strange deliveries. The story also felt kind of hazard, like things were just happening, instead of it being a fully cohesive experience. The ending is also GARBAGE. It's like they hired some bad writer to come in and just add nonsense to the last 10 minutes.
Finally, gameplay wise, most sections without the alien lack the same tension. Some can still work, but they try to throw in different areas and variety when you're not fighting the alien and it just dosent work. I'm not sure how you'd fix this because over using the Alien would be the opposite problem. Many complain that the game's a bit too long which is probably the sensible answer: just trim down what's here to focus more on the best parts.
I want to score it higher, but it does have glaring issue. It's still amazing despite that and well worth your time.