Playing Alien: Isolation On An iPad Is An Excellently Scary Experience
Playing Alien: Isolation on an iPad Mini became a nightly ritual for me over the past few weeks, and it’s a miraculous experience with the occasional annoyance that only served to underline the superb porting job Feral Interactive has accomplished.
Originally released in 2014 for the PS4, PS3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC, the game has gone on to achieve cult status. Fans adore the detailed and atmospheric recreation of the Alien universe while the AI of the xenomorph, which made it a terrifyingly clever foe, created an incomparably tense and suspenseful survival horror outing.
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From the crackling FMV to the cinematic prelude, Alien: Isolation is a case study of an extremely successful transplantation of a movie universe to the medium of video games. Close attention has been paid to the retro-futuristic aesthetics of Alien, from the green ‘80s-style computer monitors to the stylishly gray interiors of the spacecraft, while the sound design remains one of the best in the entire medium.
I’d highly recommend playing Alien: Isolation’s mobile version on a larger screen. A tiny mobile phone screen, even the biggest among them, fails to do justice to the superb visuals on offer, especially as your fingers will be obscuring part of the screen. Instead, opt for a tablet. The touchscreen controls work well, with only the occasional annoyance around inputting puzzles and fiddling about trying to enter vents as one’s heart is in one’s mouth trying to escape dastardly androids and the Alien.
The graphics are among the best I’ve seen on an iOS game. Smoke, light, and fire were all rendered brilliantly, while character models looked convincing without falling into the trap of
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