Fun fact, the alien does in fact always know where you are. its programed with 2 AI brains, the main one doesnt know where you are but searches. the second one always knows where you are and throws the first brain hints.
The alien knows where you are at all times. It knows this because it knows where you aren't. By subtracting where you are from where you aren't , or where you aren't from where you are (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation.
The alien absolutely can enter vents that you use. Happened to me once, I was happily crawling through one, and that thing just effing rounded the corner right in front of me. We practically bumped foreheads. Then I died.
That’s probably because you used vents a lot. The game intentionally will send the Alien to break some off your habits. A similar thing will happen if you use lockers a lot. The alien will start sniffing and sometimes for a lot longer than usual.
The sounds are spot on. The set design and sounds in Alien are what made it. They nailed the little things in Isolation. The little beeps, random rattles, ambients everywhere
Perhaps he was referring to hear the screams through the comms? I love this game has full silence for space scenes like you can tell there is no sound in space
The longer you stay in one area increases the chances of the Xeno first brain telling second brain exactly where you are. so moving through areas more swiftly without sprinting helps a lot
A few tips: 1. The xeno is invincible. It will temporarily flee from the flamethrower, but anything else is just a dinner bell to it. 2. You can not wait the xeno out. Once it's in an area, it will continue to patrol until you escape to another area of the station. 3. Certain areas are scripted to have it, but it can be summoned most anywhere if you make too much noise (i.e. weapons fire). 4. You can tell if it's hiding in an overhead vent by the drool. 5. All enemies will pull you out of a hiding spot if they see you enter it. 6. The ai in this game works on actual line of sight and noise. Hiding spots are only useful if they break line of sight (so you don't count as hidden just by being in them). The ai in this game is *smart* and _will_ figure out where you went if you make it too obvious.
The amount of self restraint this game exercises is insane. It takes forever to just SEE the alien, but you’re absolutely wetting yourself the entire time anyway. That’s some writing skill right there. It feels so real. Such a build up. So much apprehension, even if you don’t know the series you just feel it in the air. You are being hunted.
@@thefoosterchannel Please make this into a series. I dont have the balls to play it. Installed it 6 months ago and still havent fired it up. Easier to watch you play haha
@@thefoosterchannel Yes Fooster, we are loving every minute of it. Please, from the bottom of my heart, continue the 2+ hour lovely video's of horror, that is Alien isolation. Just look at your view counts on your latest video's, I think the people have spoken, AI is clearly the winner here. I'm so hyped for alien Isolation wooooo!
i really appreciate Fooster taking time to look at stuff and getting immersed into horror games rather than just talking over everything and rushing through the game. We all get to be scared together and enjoy well made games and ambiance. Really ups the games atmosphere and experience.
This actually seems like the one time he's way too scared to explore everything, and I don't blame him. He blew by so many access vents and other rooms and items especially when dealing with the Androids.
Its a balance. I don't really enjoy no commentary play throughs of a game as it feels a bit flat to me, but you don't want someone nattering on about stuff during cutscenes and missing important information. Fooster is one of those who does it well talking and making you feel like your there with him when he's playing but able to shut his mouth and listen when the game is telling him things. I saw another youtuber recently who took ages on a puzzle because they'd talked over the vital bit of information they needed to solve it. Gone off, found the pieces but then couldn't solve the puzzle because they'd missed how to put it together as they were talking about a trip to Austria during the cutscene.
In the 1986 film Aliens, Ellen Ripley learns from Burke that her daughter died in a deleted scene released after the home video release. Ripley's daughter is also featured in the 2014 game Alien: Isolation, which takes place 15 years after Alien and 42 years before Aliens. In the game, Ripley learns that Amanda grew up, married, and died during her 57-year stasis.
Burke: 'We found your daughter, well, information about her. Let's see. Amanda Ripley McClaren, married name, I guess. Age 66 at time of death. Cancer. Huh. Guess they haven't cured that type yet.'
I do not blame you at all for "nerding out". I'm the same way: My earliest science fiction horror films were Alien, Predator and Event Horizon, and my reactions to Alien: Isolation were very similar to yours. Nostalgia, followed by a sense of dread, knowing what's to come. Your passion for this game is infectious, and I'd love to see more of it.
At least you're playing on normal mode. We pressured a friend into playing it on hard mode. She was so terrified that we were in discord with her, guiding her, and encouraging her to get out of the lockers. In her WHOLE game play she hid a total of 300-400 times in the lockers freaking.
Props to your friend for going through with it. Hard difficulty is the proper way to experience this game. On normal difficulty the Alien will not search for you in vents unless you attract it.
I noticed you turned off the music, you should turn it back on if and or when you play again. it really, really helps with the immersion. It enhances the experience dramatically.
This game is 10 years old at this point. 10. YEARS. And yet it's genuinely so much better than most AAA games released today. Whether it's in terms of gameplay, graphics, ambience, optimization, everything. You know what games are 10 years apart? Mario 64 and Super Mario Bros. The ORIGINAL. The gaming industry is so incredibly broken it's just straight up sad honestly
FINALLY. For years I have thought that Fooster and Alien Isolation were a match made in heaven. Gonna watch the hell outta this over dinner tonight 😂👽😱
I tip my hat to you Fooster, in the 10 years I've enjoyed this game you have shown me something I never knew. I never realised that you could get the Alien to show up before the Tech Support vent cut scene, when I saw you get got by the Alien in the flight terminal transit area my jaw dropped I always thought it was scripted to just scare with the sound, so thank you for showing me something new with the game.
I like to mess with it for all the terror it's caused me, so whenever I get into a transit shuttle or elevator, I always bang around the inside to call the Xeno, and laugh as it drops and the door's already closing. A lot of "safe" areas are only safe if you don't bang around too much lol (Also, if you want to troll the Xeno as well, I recommend NOT banging around near the Comms elevator where you pick up the hacker. That vent is WAY closer than it seems...)
@@thefoosterchannel think it just wanted to say hello and welcome, but from what I saw you were doing well, its a game that crests and drops in places but well worth a full play through that adds if only a little something to the Alien universe.
I believe its a mechanic to push players who like to turtle up and move slowly. It waits for a while and then in the word of the Xeno 'fk it I want human' Kinda sucks if u spend time looking around for all items and lore as a new player
You keep walking past map updates and passing up opportunities to save the game. Always save when you can! Was fun watching you panic. You had about as many panic attacks playing this as I did. Loved this game. Just don’t recommend playing before bed. Really messes up your ability to sleep. Also programs your brain to scan every room you enter for hiding spots and places a xenomorph could jump out of.
FOOSTER! Don't forget to update your map at the glowing wall terminals! They look like angled white glowing panels waist high. This game took me 4 years to complete with multiple restarts. The anxiety was too much at times I thought I was gonna have a panic attack. 😂
Yup, over 2 years and still not finished it. When I started I was all gung-ho and played with headphones, at night, in the dark. That was all kinds of nope.
Alien is one of those games that's timeless, in both horror and graphics. You can get someone who has watched the movies to still jump while playing the game. Glad to see you play it!
Why would watching the movies make someone less susceptible to jump scares in a game that isn't based on any movie, it's not like we can see it coming lol tht doesn't make sense
@@thedevilsrockstxr2309 watching or having knowledge of the movie before, you know what the alien looks like. Even when you are expecting the alien’s appearance, it can still get people to jump. What I’m saying is, the game can scare still, even if you are expecting the horror
You should turn the music on for this game. Not hearing Alien style music is absolutely criminal. It is also a little anticlimactic without it. Can't wait for a series of this!!
I realised some sound was missing when I didn’t hear what I call as the ‘heart beater’ sound when he calls for the first tram hoping the alien doesn’t appear, and the sudden sound effects of when the alien starts killing people in the main lobby of systech spire
@@VaciliNikoMavich thousands of people have played this game on TH-cam none of them have been copyright struck. The music was all created specifically for the game and there’s no like licensed music by pop stars or anything
@@VaciliNikoMavich nah i mean he does this for every game he plays so i guess its because of copyright, but what i mean is theres no reason to worry for this game.
This exact thing happened to me at 1:12:33 on my first playthrough. I swear I've watched many lets play and first playthrough videos of this game and never found someone that had the alien drop here. Thanks for not making me feel alone.
You're safe in that area until the transit car is about to arrive, then the alien can drop if you make noise. Fooster ran for a split second at exactly the moment it was possible for the alien to drop.
Yup. Two conditions cause him to appear early there which are making too much noise (which is faster) and taking too long to get to the transit; which is what Foos did. If you take too long, he appears regardless and automatically homes in on your location.
You must be wearing your " big brave boy" underpants today chap ! Classic Foosterish fun. That was effing awesome, I hope you are going to continue with this. I have been watching your old Scum series, you have not changed a bit, good stuff. As always, be well, be safe and be good young fella.
I remember playing an early version in VR. I remember getting pierced by the alien, and I actually felt a tingle in my chest as I looked down and saw I was toast. 😂
It was terrifying. Every time I got killed, there was a split second my brain forgot that I was perfectly safe at home and that nothing bad could happen.
As a deaf person, despite this game heavily relying on sounds, it is my absolute favorite! I use a woojer strap when I play. It vibrates from sounds and changes vibrations accordingly. Nothing is more terrifying than feeling the slow increasing thump thump of the alien's footsteps as it gets closer to you. It is so much fun!
Ah it's actually because it could easily see him under the gurney! It's got a line of sight after all. By this point it hasn't had time to learn much of anything yet.
I was here at the same time, but I went to put on a video to fall asleep to, and then clicked on one of his videos then realising it was 4am now and I accidently watched the whole video (I normally just click a random video to play to fall asleep to)
Running makes enough noise to bring the alien out, that’s why you only run when it’s absolutely necessary…make sure to search all the bodies you see, and also red cooler looking boxes have stuff too even though they look small
You know, for someone who said they like to look around you missed so much stuff, lockers and cupboards with crafting items, maps etc it really was frustrating
Its great that you got attacked by the alien when waiting for the first tram! Its pretty rare, enough that its considered an easter egg that most people didn't know was possible. Its also something I really like because it subverts common game design. In basically every horror game of the last 20ish years, you have a safety period at the beginning of the game, where you are 100% safe no matter what because the game is still tutorializing you and slowly building up the threat, only after all this is done is there a clear "the game starts now" moment where you are finally in threat of the main monster. Its funny because everytime you watch someone play a horror game you always see them getting scared early on because most people haven't realized that the game won't put you into danger without teaching you how to get out of danger first, so they are getting scared for nothing. However, while this game DOES do this, there is a very clear "the alien is now a real threat" moment (well 2 actually, as the first one is slightly scripted, though still dangerous). But this one moment after the crazy guy dies and you have to wait for the tram is designed just like any other game, where its meant to put you on edge but is actually totally safe. But it subverts this by having a secret timer where if you take too long to get into the tram, the alien will be unleashed. Most people will get into the tram without noticing the alien, or hear the alien drop down right as they hit the button to close the tram door if they were slow, just barely missing the alien. While there is an invisible timer keeping the alien from attacking you, the timer can be bipassed if you make enough noise to call the alien early (which is what you did by running). This usually doesn't happen as first time players usually just stand around waiting. So basically, its awesome that this game is just willing to put you in a position of getting attacked by the alien way earlier than the tutorial for dealing with the alien! Its meant to be a moment that you never get attacked your first time and then feel safe there in future playthroughs, letting down your guard until you inevitably make too much noise and discover you were never really safe there all along. Its a very aggressive game that doesn't hold back, and that's why its one of the best! I hope I explained that well, I feel like the point of the subversion wasn't explained properly, but I'm bad at explaining things without using visuals.
One thing I always forget…Ripply records the message after the Nostromo explodes aboard the shuttle. If they “found the black box” it’s the shuttle one meaning the company found her first, pulled the info about the xeno and set her back to drift ofcourse.
The black box is the main ships, not her escape shuttle. Idea of a black box is it logs data and survives a crash/explosion, so you can assertain what caused the crash. So my understanding is it's the main Nostromo's balckbox
@@stellarproductions8888 "This little girl survived longer than that with no weapons and no training... right?" " Why don't you put her in charge?!" Hudson was the one liner king in that movie! lol
remember kids, its all up to rng if the alien always following you ontop of the map decides to phase into existence through any given vent in a room when you enter it
One of my biggest fears is being followed/chased so this game took me FOREVER to finish 😂 it’s definitely become one of my favorites and I’m so happy you’re finally playing it!
@@thefoosterchannel omg especially if the next task makes you backtrack to a previous area. There were times where I had to step away from the game for like 10 minutes because I just couldn’t take it anymore 😂
This game was revolutionary at the time for its AI design. The creature is actually governed by two different systems, the creature itself and a kind of overwatch AI that tells the alien where to hunt, occasionally giving away the players general vicinity. So the alien might not know exactly where you're hiding but it's never too far away.
FOOSTER You are not going to believe this BUT, i searched on youtube today, in the afternoon, for Fooster, Alien isolation, and i saw that you didn't play or made any videos for this game, and what happened some minutes ago......, YOU post this!!!! Come ON! This is awesome mate
THIS GAME IS SO NOSTALGIC. it's one of the first games to truly scare me; i spent most of my time playing hiding in lockers lol such a good game all the way through. i agree with you about chases too. tension during a chase is my biggest weakness. i really hope you continue to play this!!!
At 1:20:02, I was SO relieved that you hid in that damn locker. I'd have spent the rest of the video in there if it were me, so mad props to you for being brave enough to exit!
And I died laughing every time after this moment when Fooster saw a locker or cabinet to hide in and said he needed to remember it was there in case he needed it, but then the moment the excrement hit the fan, that plan to hide went right out the window into outer space! 😂
I'm sooooooo happy you're playing this! It is my favorite game to watch others play as I have never been able to make it past the loading screen. I'm even more happy it's you because you are my favorite youtuber to watch.
You can run if on your tracker the alien is further than .96 removed. The tracker will give you a warning bleep when the alien is entering into your orbit again. I loved playing this game as well. It was so scary, and the design of the game psychologically impacts you to slow down. There was one point in the game where I dropped a soundmaker inside of a floor panel, making the alien crawl into the vent. And then I'd stand on top of the alien after reopening the panel. He'd scream and hiss, but his animation gets stuck if you do this, so you can just stand on his head without him attacking you. Hilarious! That cut the terror.
So glad to see isolation still getting the love it deserves- if any game is timeless, it’s this one. They really perfected the ai and aesthetic in it in a way that really makes it feel like you’re in danger, even when you rarely arent
You probably didn't know then, but dying by xenomorph before the train gets there the first time is pretty rare. It only happens if you spent A LOT of time running around instead of being careful. I've tried to get that to happen to me but failed. Meantime i died by xenomorph in vent at the very end of the game 😂
Alien Isolation is an underrated gem, the atmosphere is absolutely top notch, Sevastopol Station has such a sense of place, feels like a real lived in location, so much history, lore and environmental storytelling, the graphics are stunning, the Alien with its adaptable AI, learning and changing its behavior from your encounters, the entire game captures the vibe of the first Alien movie perfectly. One of my all time favorite games. 👏👏👏👏👏
this game is so good the atmosphere is perfect. i never progressed much passed the part of the game where the xenomorph starts actively hunting you because i was too scared to move around
This game is amazing. Creative Assembly's work on this game shows how much they love and respect the Alien franchise. I really loved this one. I can't wait to see the full gameplay! Thanks Fooster!!!
Only found your channel a few days ago and binged your entire back catalogue since. Made it to this point but I cannot watch the game even though I know your reaction will be priceless. I traumatised myself with the original Alien when I was 7 on my own in the dark, I watched the entire movie through squinted eyes and my fingers in my ears. It took me 8 years before I was able to enter a dark room without having to reach around for the light first fully expecting to either have my arm grabbed or see the Xenomorph standing in the doorway 😂 I also had the honour of meeting H. R. Giger who gave me a personal tour of his museum in Austria and an in depth insight into his creations and inspirations for them, this didn't help. Still to this day THE GREATEST horror creature and story created by man. Lastly Fooster I'm pleased to say that you have quickly become my favourite TH-camr, the unfiltered terror, the hilarious remarks, reactions, camaraderie with Fisk and sheer minerals to push through when every fiber is screaming no. A Fooster video has now literally become the highlight of my day to kick back with.
I’ve watched this game played by so many different random people a few years back and I’ve enjoyed it every time. But being able to watch you play this, given how you’ve always made even the scarier games enjoyable to watch, I am happy to watch you play this one. Thank you! 😁❤️
You finally playing this game. This was one we all have been waiting for you start playing as it was match made in hell of your worst nightmares. We gonna enjoy the fear and excitement over this tonight.
Soon as I saw the thumbnail (specifically the scanner in the thumbnail), I knew what was going on my second monitor for the next 2.5 hours. Glad to see you enter the nightmare, Fooster! Best of luck to you.
I’ve watched a few LPs of these, and yours is actually the first I’ve seen the alien appear right after killing Axel. Usually, it saves the first encounter for later. I wonder if your running triggered the attack.
I love that we share this love for this film franchise. I remember watching Aliens with my dad when I was a kid, and I was FASCINATED. Alien is genuinely one of my favorite movies. I was SWEATING the first time I played this, and I just could not get myself through it it scared me so much! 😂
Fun fact btw fooster, idk if you know this, but the ai actually has 2 brains. One that knows where you are at all times, and one that doesn’t. The one that knows where you are slowly feeds info to the one that doesn’t. If you stay in place for too long, it will ALWAYS find you
Also the alien has 3 vision cones + blindspots. So depending on which vision cone detects you have less time to get out and break line of sight. If you're skilled enough and somewhat lucky you can move in it's blindspot.
@@minicle426 yes, it changes how often the mother brains drip feeds into to the other brain, changes how often the Alien will be on patrol. It also has a better sense of the player' objective. Even learns how to handle the user having flamethrower, instead of running away they will eventually hover just outside attack range
I went "OH SHIT" aloud when I saw that you posted this game lol. The fact that the alien learns and you can't rely on the same tactics to stay safe for too long...💀💀💀 I'm cheering for you(r heart), Fooster!!!
OMG! FINALLY Fooster is playing this. I've been waiting forever for you to play this. Best Movie franchise with scared Fooster is the Best Match!. PLEASEEE make a series out of this!! It will be a dream come true!!
Love the content. I've noticed that you're experiencing an audio bug with the alien. If you cap your FPS to 90 or less, then this bug goes away and it will be 10x more immersive!
the Alien is programmed with two AI's one that knows where you are at all times on the map and another that doesn't and is in control of the Aliens body. The first tells the other where you are then when the second gets there it forgets and searches the area for you. pretty neat.
Ha! I just made a similar comment a bit ago. Didn't see your comment until now. The one that controls the xenomorph also learns how you play and adapts its style.
Ohhhhh maaaaannnnn!!! This horror game is definitely one of the ones that just keeps you on the verge of panic with fear….and watching Fooster get scared but also fascinated by the story and gameplay is something I could watch all day every day! With that being said I’d like to put in my vote for more Alien Isolation! Soooooo gooood!
I LOVED the Aliens series! I literally fall asleep to them🤣I couldn't get into anyone else playing this tho and i didn't want to play for myself cuz it looked heavily stealth based and i would've fallen asleep 😅 PLEEAAASEE make this a series! Hearing Sigourneys voice was sublime...
Fun fact, the alien does in fact always know where you are. its programed with 2 AI brains, the main one doesnt know where you are but searches. the second one always knows where you are and throws the first brain hints.
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The alien knows where you are at all times. It knows this because it knows where you aren't. By subtracting where you are from where you aren't , or where you aren't from where you are (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation.
@@thefoosterchannelSomeone has created a Mod that disables this, which also makes the Alien unpredictable in when it might turn up.
@@perry4589 Replace the word "alien" with "government". lol
And technically that's how I ended up paying 18 years of child support.
The alien absolutely can enter vents that you use. Happened to me once, I was happily crawling through one, and that thing just effing rounded the corner right in front of me. We practically bumped foreheads. Then I died.
That’s probably because you used vents a lot. The game intentionally will send the Alien to break some off your habits. A similar thing will happen if you use lockers a lot. The alien will start sniffing and sometimes for a lot longer than usual.
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@@gilet102that's so scary. The aliens ai is smart af
Xenomorph: BUMPER CARS 😊
PLEASE make this a series, one of my favorite horror games ever that I would love to see you play through
SAME X4
and the medical bay center is such a good part and its the next one!
With Fisk and Olaf.
Share, tell your friends! He can't do a series if there's no interest!
Please do more of this game
The sounds are spot on. The set design and sounds in Alien are what made it. They nailed the little things in Isolation. The little beeps, random rattles, ambients everywhere
100% - this is why I adore the game - the soundscape is spot-on.
Absolutely nailed the audio and visual style of the original movie, so so good.
The fact it puts you in a deep sense of dread. Waiting for the alien to show itself.
And it doesn't. I love the start of this game!
It's heartbreaking this game didn't get a sequel. It's one of the best love-letters to a franchise ever.
comes out in december lol
@@kevinusher9312thats crazy just found out through your comment
It did get a sequel. A mobile game.
It's truly terrible.
@@kevinusher9312 And it's a VR game!!! It's on my wishlist and it's gonna be one of the only games I pre-order along with DB Sparking Zero!
It's not getting a sequel lol. Maybe some trash mobile game, but it's not an actual game in the sense
Fooster: Surely you would hear the screams
Ridley Scott: IN SPACE NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU....
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Clever - that's the new ALIEN: Romulus tagline
Perhaps he was referring to hear the screams through the comms? I love this game has full silence for space scenes like you can tell there is no sound in space
@@Seb-Storm I think they are short range coms, cause for about a half second at ~18:36 you can hear Taylor screaming as she flies across the screen.
@@jazzx251 It's originally from 1979, the first Alien movie.
The longer you stay in one area increases the chances of the Xeno first brain telling second brain exactly where you are. so moving through areas more swiftly without sprinting helps a lot
I'll try to keep that in mind
A few tips:
1. The xeno is invincible. It will temporarily flee from the flamethrower, but anything else is just a dinner bell to it.
2. You can not wait the xeno out. Once it's in an area, it will continue to patrol until you escape to another area of the station.
3. Certain areas are scripted to have it, but it can be summoned most anywhere if you make too much noise (i.e. weapons fire).
4. You can tell if it's hiding in an overhead vent by the drool.
5. All enemies will pull you out of a hiding spot if they see you enter it.
6. The ai in this game works on actual line of sight and noise. Hiding spots are only useful if they break line of sight (so you don't count as hidden just by being in them). The ai in this game is *smart* and _will_ figure out where you went if you make it too obvious.
I discovered an abandoned space station. It has some strange rules...
@@SabertoothedTiger69 I understood that reference
Molotov works too.
The amount of self restraint this game exercises is insane. It takes forever to just SEE the alien, but you’re absolutely wetting yourself the entire time anyway. That’s some writing skill right there. It feels so real. Such a build up. So much apprehension, even if you don’t know the series you just feel it in the air. You are being hunted.
Fooster: Has gun.
Also Fooster: Holds comfort flare instead.
honestly the flare should be your comfort item in this game
Guns doesnt do anything but aggravate them, aliens have been seen with a temperature weakness to heat
That gun ain’t doing anything to nobody
its his emotional support flare
Gun = loud, loud = alien, alien = fucked
You gotta make this into a series. Easily one of the best horror games ever made.
Seems like you guys are enjoying it so we will see!
@@thefoosterchannel Please make this into a series. I dont have the balls to play it. Installed it 6 months ago and still havent fired it up. Easier to watch you play haha
@@thefoosterchannel No no no Foos, you jumped in, you owe it to us and yourself to see this through to the end now mate ^^
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@@thefoosterchannel Yes Fooster, we are loving every minute of it. Please, from the bottom of my heart, continue the 2+ hour lovely video's of horror, that is Alien isolation. Just look at your view counts on your latest video's, I think the people have spoken, AI is clearly the winner here. I'm so hyped for alien Isolation wooooo!
i really appreciate Fooster taking time to look at stuff and getting immersed into horror games rather than just talking over everything and rushing through the game. We all get to be scared together and enjoy well made games and ambiance. Really ups the games atmosphere and experience.
This actually seems like the one time he's way too scared to explore everything, and I don't blame him. He blew by so many access vents and other rooms and items especially when dealing with the Androids.
Yesss. I love this too
Its a balance. I don't really enjoy no commentary play throughs of a game as it feels a bit flat to me, but you don't want someone nattering on about stuff during cutscenes and missing important information. Fooster is one of those who does it well talking and making you feel like your there with him when he's playing but able to shut his mouth and listen when the game is telling him things. I saw another youtuber recently who took ages on a puzzle because they'd talked over the vital bit of information they needed to solve it. Gone off, found the pieces but then couldn't solve the puzzle because they'd missed how to put it together as they were talking about a trip to Austria during the cutscene.
In the 1986 film Aliens, Ellen Ripley learns from Burke that her daughter died in a deleted scene released after the home video release. Ripley's daughter is also featured in the 2014 game Alien: Isolation, which takes place 15 years after Alien and 42 years before Aliens. In the game, Ripley learns that Amanda grew up, married, and died during her 57-year stasis.
According to Weyland-Yutani.
Yup basically is WY point of view and if that was even the truth.
Burke: 'We found your daughter, well, information about her. Let's see. Amanda Ripley McClaren, married name, I guess. Age 66 at time of death. Cancer. Huh. Guess they haven't cured that type yet.'
@@itsjustme8947fun fact, the picture of Amanda in her golden years, is actually a picture of Sigourney’s mom in real life.
@@NotLikeUs17 Yep, I've known that since they did the 'making of' special like 30+ years ago, but I'm sure others will appreciate the shared info! 🙂
This game is 10 years old now and it was a breath of fresh air from nowhere, it's still unique and special till this day.
Yeah, and made by the Creative Assembly no less
I do not blame you at all for "nerding out". I'm the same way: My earliest science fiction horror films were Alien, Predator and Event Horizon, and my reactions to Alien: Isolation were very similar to yours. Nostalgia, followed by a sense of dread, knowing what's to come.
Your passion for this game is infectious, and I'd love to see more of it.
Calling the vents a *_Xenomorph_* highway is so spot-on lol
I always used to think that watching the movies 😂
@@thefoosterchannel
I never thought of it until you said it, perfect description lol.
Honestly one of the best space horror games to date and its 10 years old.
Correction one of the best survival horror games ever made.
It has the best monster AI ever which is an incredible feat
Could have been scarier, imagine Puff daddy chasing you down those halls
@@franklydum5056 thats less scary. i can punch the pdiddler, i cannot punch a xenomorph.
C'mon it has to be the best space horror game, whats the alternative dead space?
At least you're playing on normal mode. We pressured a friend into playing it on hard mode. She was so terrified that we were in discord with her, guiding her, and encouraging her to get out of the lockers. In her WHOLE game play she hid a total of 300-400 times in the lockers freaking.
I was in them for 20 minutes each time I played
Props to your friend for going through with it. Hard difficulty is the proper way to experience this game. On normal difficulty the Alien will not search for you in vents unless you attract it.
@@jessemaskell157 alien does search in vents but it’s very rare
@@jessemaskell157 Are you sure? I played on normal difficulty, and it did search vents, got eaten a few times.
and they hear you when you got you mic on xD
I noticed you turned off the music, you should turn it back on if and or when you play again. it really, really helps with the immersion. It enhances the experience dramatically.
I'm sure he did it for us
Wrong; it warns you when things are close. That reduces immersion/tension.
I can't hear the alien when the music kicks in, but at the same time, it does freak me out a lot haha
@@ZoeSummers1701A wrong; you’re an idiot
This game is 10 years old at this point. 10. YEARS. And yet it's genuinely so much better than most AAA games released today. Whether it's in terms of gameplay, graphics, ambience, optimization, everything. You know what games are 10 years apart? Mario 64 and Super Mario Bros. The ORIGINAL.
The gaming industry is so incredibly broken it's just straight up sad honestly
FINALLY. For years I have thought that Fooster and Alien Isolation were a match made in heaven. Gonna watch the hell outta this over dinner tonight 😂👽😱
Same!!!
SAME X3
In Fooster's case. Hell.
Same
same
PLEASE make this a series and long-play videos! This game is amazing!
You guys seemed to really enjoy it so we will see 👀
@@thefoosterchannel It's a bit frightening, but I forced myself to play it because its Alien! I never regretted it and its such a good story/game.
I tip my hat to you Fooster, in the 10 years I've enjoyed this game you have shown me something I never knew.
I never realised that you could get the Alien to show up before the Tech Support vent cut scene, when I saw you get got by the Alien in the flight terminal transit area my jaw dropped I always thought it was scripted to just scare with the sound, so thank you for showing me something new with the game.
I like to mess with it for all the terror it's caused me, so whenever I get into a transit shuttle or elevator, I always bang around the inside to call the Xeno, and laugh as it drops and the door's already closing. A lot of "safe" areas are only safe if you don't bang around too much lol
(Also, if you want to troll the Xeno as well, I recommend NOT banging around near the Comms elevator where you pick up the hacker. That vent is WAY closer than it seems...)
Right!? I thought it was all smooth sailing up until the cutscene 😅
Lmao so it wasn’t even supposed to be there but with my luck it was 😂
@@thefoosterchannel think it just wanted to say hello and welcome, but from what I saw you were doing well, its a game that crests and drops in places but well worth a full play through that adds if only a little something to the Alien universe.
I believe its a mechanic to push players who like to turtle up and move slowly. It waits for a while and then in the word of the Xeno 'fk it I want human'
Kinda sucks if u spend time looking around for all items and lore as a new player
Holy crap the anxiety and fear in your voice is so genuine that it starts becoming scary for me who is only watching.
You keep walking past map updates and passing up opportunities to save the game. Always save when you can! Was fun watching you panic. You had about as many panic attacks playing this as I did. Loved this game. Just don’t recommend playing before bed. Really messes up your ability to sleep. Also programs your brain to scan every room you enter for hiding spots and places a xenomorph could jump out of.
That's what Dead Space did to me. The most abnormal nightmares I've ever experienced.
And the books...the books where SO MUCH WORSE.
😂
FOOSTER! Don't forget to update your map at the glowing wall terminals! They look like angled white glowing panels waist high. This game took me 4 years to complete with multiple restarts. The anxiety was too much at times I thought I was gonna have a panic attack. 😂
I I find myself shouting at the TV to Update Map and pick up all the items😂
Yup, over 2 years and still not finished it. When I started I was all gung-ho and played with headphones, at night, in the dark. That was all kinds of nope.
A few people let me know about them thank you 👍
@@dunny666watch your blood pressure that’s not good for you
What difficulty were you on?
Alien is one of those games that's timeless, in both horror and graphics. You can get someone who has watched the movies to still jump while playing the game. Glad to see you play it!
Why would watching the movies make someone less susceptible to jump scares in a game that isn't based on any movie, it's not like we can see it coming lol tht doesn't make sense
@@thedevilsrockstxr2309 watching or having knowledge of the movie before, you know what the alien looks like. Even when you are expecting the alien’s appearance, it can still get people to jump. What I’m saying is, the game can scare still, even if you are expecting the horror
I rank this game as the best game in 15 years at least. Everything else is a copy of something else or just not as good.
You should turn the music on for this game. Not hearing Alien style music is absolutely criminal. It is also a little anticlimactic without it.
Can't wait for a series of this!!
I realised some sound was missing when I didn’t hear what I call as the ‘heart beater’ sound when he calls for the first tram hoping the alien doesn’t appear, and the sudden sound effects of when the alien starts killing people in the main lobby of systech spire
Probably wants to avoid potential copywrite strikes.
@@VaciliNikoMavich thousands of people have played this game on TH-cam none of them have been copyright struck. The music was all created specifically for the game and there’s no like licensed music by pop stars or anything
@@Gideon_the_Seraph Oh. Maybe to just be able to hear the game better?
@@VaciliNikoMavich nah i mean he does this for every game he plays so i guess its because of copyright, but what i mean is theres no reason to worry for this game.
This exact thing happened to me at 1:12:33 on my first playthrough. I swear I've watched many lets play and first playthrough videos of this game and never found someone that had the alien drop here. Thanks for not making me feel alone.
You're safe in that area until the transit car is about to arrive, then the alien can drop if you make noise. Fooster ran for a split second at exactly the moment it was possible for the alien to drop.
Yup. Two conditions cause him to appear early there which are making too much noise (which is faster) and taking too long to get to the transit; which is what Foos did. If you take too long, he appears regardless and automatically homes in on your location.
12:00 when Samuel does this, you know he is a robot, Ash in Alien 1979 does exactly the same warmup.
The Working Joe's do it too. But you obviously know they are androids. 😊
You must be wearing your " big brave boy" underpants today chap ! Classic Foosterish fun. That was effing awesome, I hope you are going to continue with this. I have been watching your old Scum series, you have not changed a bit, good stuff. As always, be well, be safe and be good young fella.
Thank you very much Fizz 👍
Ligament
Will you make a, part 2 soon?!@@thefoosterchannel
I remember playing an early version in VR. I remember getting pierced by the alien, and I actually felt a tingle in my chest as I looked down and saw I was toast. 😂
OMG I can't even imagine the anxiety of playing this game in VR!
I can’t imagine what this is like in VR
It was terrifying. Every time I got killed, there was a split second my brain forgot that I was perfectly safe at home and that nothing bad could happen.
This is one of the best games ever made in my opinion. Please make this a series.
As a deaf person, despite this game heavily relying on sounds, it is my absolute favorite! I use a woojer strap when I play. It vibrates from sounds and changes vibrations accordingly. Nothing is more terrifying than feeling the slow increasing thump thump of the alien's footsteps as it gets closer to you. It is so much fun!
Its already adapting to your playstyle you know how you hid for so long thats why it immediately went to attack you after you threw the flare.
Ah it's actually because it could easily see him under the gurney! It's got a line of sight after all. By this point it hasn't had time to learn much of anything yet.
I’m pretty sure it just attacked him because it obviously saw him lol
This is the only game I've ever played that literally had me too scared to keep playing it. With headphones on this game is insanely creepy.
Same i just closed the game at one point and played something else
My 2nd, Silent Hill 2 was my first.
Completely understand what you mean 😂 you know that moment where I popped a squat in the elevator? Yea that was me tapping out!
Yes, but it's actually so helpful to hear the sounds of the alien. I trust the sounds more than the motion tracker.
@@gymnodinium9 ye it Is good to hear if it is in the vents or outside
It's the 1 am time.. and we here with another horror video. 😨 Would love a full series on this! I've liked the video to do my part!
3 pm here.
1am here for me now just started watching lol
I was here at the same time, but I went to put on a video to fall asleep to, and then clicked on one of his videos then realising it was 4am now and I accidently watched the whole video (I normally just click a random video to play to fall asleep to)
Running makes enough noise to bring the alien out, that’s why you only run when it’s absolutely necessary…make sure to search all the bodies you see, and also red cooler looking boxes have stuff too even though they look small
You know, for someone who said they like to look around you missed so much stuff, lockers and cupboards with crafting items, maps etc it really was frustrating
Yes, take in the sights while murderous synthetics and one highly aggressive Xenomorph that will un-alive you on sight is running around.
Its great that you got attacked by the alien when waiting for the first tram! Its pretty rare, enough that its considered an easter egg that most people didn't know was possible. Its also something I really like because it subverts common game design.
In basically every horror game of the last 20ish years, you have a safety period at the beginning of the game, where you are 100% safe no matter what because the game is still tutorializing you and slowly building up the threat, only after all this is done is there a clear "the game starts now" moment where you are finally in threat of the main monster. Its funny because everytime you watch someone play a horror game you always see them getting scared early on because most people haven't realized that the game won't put you into danger without teaching you how to get out of danger first, so they are getting scared for nothing.
However, while this game DOES do this, there is a very clear "the alien is now a real threat" moment (well 2 actually, as the first one is slightly scripted, though still dangerous). But this one moment after the crazy guy dies and you have to wait for the tram is designed just like any other game, where its meant to put you on edge but is actually totally safe. But it subverts this by having a secret timer where if you take too long to get into the tram, the alien will be unleashed. Most people will get into the tram without noticing the alien, or hear the alien drop down right as they hit the button to close the tram door if they were slow, just barely missing the alien. While there is an invisible timer keeping the alien from attacking you, the timer can be bipassed if you make enough noise to call the alien early (which is what you did by running). This usually doesn't happen as first time players usually just stand around waiting.
So basically, its awesome that this game is just willing to put you in a position of getting attacked by the alien way earlier than the tutorial for dealing with the alien! Its meant to be a moment that you never get attacked your first time and then feel safe there in future playthroughs, letting down your guard until you inevitably make too much noise and discover you were never really safe there all along. Its a very aggressive game that doesn't hold back, and that's why its one of the best!
I hope I explained that well, I feel like the point of the subversion wasn't explained properly, but I'm bad at explaining things without using visuals.
Lots of words
THERE IS NO WAY, Just few days ago I went looking through the channel for this game, because for some reason I always thought you played it. Let's go!
One thing I always forget…Ripply records the message after the Nostromo explodes aboard the shuttle. If they “found the black box” it’s the shuttle one meaning the company found her first, pulled the info about the xeno and set her back to drift ofcourse.
Great theory.
The black box is the main ships, not her escape shuttle. Idea of a black box is it logs data and survives a crash/explosion, so you can assertain what caused the crash. So my understanding is it's the main Nostromo's balckbox
@@Signy8you’d have to to watch the first two movies to appreciate this theory.
@@NotLikeUs17 That’s not why I said that lol.
"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit.
It's the only way to be sure."
I wouldn't play this one, watching is enough for me
They cut the power. What do you mean they cut the power, their animals man.
@@stellarproductions8888 "This little girl survived longer than that with no weapons and no training... right?"
" Why don't you put her in charge?!"
Hudson was the one liner king in that movie! lol
@@mikestash9362 Your totally right about that, king of the one liners says, game over man, game over, drops mic. LOL
Send the whole Sevastopol Station into the nearest *_NEUTRON STAR._*
Hudson was my favourite. Love that film❤
I noticed you edit your voice track to suit the ambience around you, and had to double back to make sure. Talk about immersion - great video my man!
remember kids, its all up to rng if the alien always following you ontop of the map decides to phase into existence through any given vent in a room when you enter it
One of my biggest fears is being followed/chased so this game took me FOREVER to finish 😂 it’s definitely become one of my favorites and I’m so happy you’re finally playing it!
I hate that feeling and when it’s combined with losing ground on the thing that is chasing you if you turn around it makes it so much worse for me 😂
@@thefoosterchannel omg especially if the next task makes you backtrack to a previous area. There were times where I had to step away from the game for like 10 minutes because I just couldn’t take it anymore 😂
@@lalechuza120 me2 man
This game was revolutionary at the time for its AI design. The creature is actually governed by two different systems, the creature itself and a kind of overwatch AI that tells the alien where to hunt, occasionally giving away the players general vicinity. So the alien might not know exactly where you're hiding but it's never too far away.
FOOSTER You are not going to believe this BUT, i searched on youtube today, in the afternoon, for Fooster, Alien isolation, and i saw that you didn't play or made any videos for this game, and what happened some minutes ago......, YOU post this!!!! Come ON! This is awesome mate
Incredible synchronicty I would say! You should use this consciousness on other matters ;)
Sure
0:18 the alien 👾 really said: get your A$$ here we have a party
😅
You have the energy and charm of old gaming youtube. I can tell you grew up watching those things. Please make this a series, I'd love to see more! ^^
THISSSSS SO TRUE
It's probably the voice
Well said
THIS GAME IS SO NOSTALGIC. it's one of the first games to truly scare me; i spent most of my time playing hiding in lockers lol such a good game all the way through. i agree with you about chases too. tension during a chase is my biggest weakness. i really hope you continue to play this!!!
At 1:20:02, I was SO relieved that you hid in that damn locker. I'd have spent the rest of the video in there if it were me, so mad props to you for being brave enough to exit!
And I died laughing every time after this moment when Fooster saw a locker or cabinet to hide in and said he needed to remember it was there in case he needed it, but then the moment the excrement hit the fan, that plan to hide went right out the window into outer space! 😂
I'm sooooooo happy you're playing this! It is my favorite game to watch others play as I have never been able to make it past the loading screen. I'm even more happy it's you because you are my favorite youtuber to watch.
I was the same way. Gotta get through it though it's worth it
Running is a natural instinct when we are in danger, but it's the absolute worst thing to do in this masterpiece lol
Fooster, I have played the hell out of this game. My favorite game of all time. NEVER RUN UNLESS YOU WANT THE ALIEN TO HEAR YOU.
Good luck
You can run if on your tracker the alien is further than .96 removed. The tracker will give you a warning bleep when the alien is entering into your orbit again.
I loved playing this game as well. It was so scary, and the design of the game psychologically impacts you to slow down.
There was one point in the game where I dropped a soundmaker inside of a floor panel, making the alien crawl into the vent. And then I'd stand on top of the alien after reopening the panel. He'd scream and hiss, but his animation gets stuck if you do this, so you can just stand on his head without him attacking you. Hilarious! That cut the terror.
So glad to see isolation still getting the love it deserves- if any game is timeless, it’s this one. They really perfected the ai and aesthetic in it in a way that really makes it feel like you’re in danger, even when you rarely arent
If you continue this series I highly recommended reading all the terminals when possible there are so many layers to the story you can uncover in them
I was actually really hoping you'd play this game mate but with it being out so long I wasn't sure if you would delighted 😊❤
You probably didn't know then, but dying by xenomorph before the train gets there the first time is pretty rare. It only happens if you spent A LOT of time running around instead of being careful. I've tried to get that to happen to me but failed. Meantime i died by xenomorph in vent at the very end of the game 😂
Alien Isolation is an underrated gem, the atmosphere is absolutely top notch, Sevastopol Station has such a sense of place, feels like a real lived in location, so much history, lore and environmental storytelling, the graphics are stunning, the Alien with its adaptable AI, learning and changing its behavior from your encounters, the entire game captures the vibe of the first Alien movie perfectly. One of my all time favorite games. 👏👏👏👏👏
OMG Alien is one of my favorites franchises. I'm so glad you're playing this. I can hear the terror in your voice! Please make this a series!
this game is so good the atmosphere is perfect. i never progressed much passed the part of the game where the xenomorph starts actively hunting you because i was too scared to move around
This game is amazing. Creative Assembly's work on this game shows how much they love and respect the Alien franchise.
I really loved this one.
I can't wait to see the full gameplay!
Thanks Fooster!!!
Only found your channel a few days ago and binged your entire back catalogue since.
Made it to this point but I cannot watch the game even though I know your reaction will be priceless.
I traumatised myself with the original Alien when I was 7 on my own in the dark, I watched the entire movie through squinted eyes and my fingers in my ears.
It took me 8 years before I was able to enter a dark room without having to reach around for the light first fully expecting to either have my arm grabbed or see the Xenomorph standing in the doorway 😂
I also had the honour of meeting H. R. Giger who gave me a personal tour of his museum in Austria and an in depth insight into his creations and inspirations for them, this didn't help.
Still to this day THE GREATEST horror creature and story created by man.
Lastly Fooster I'm pleased to say that you have quickly become my favourite TH-camr, the unfiltered terror, the hilarious remarks, reactions, camaraderie with Fisk and sheer minerals to push through when every fiber is screaming no.
A Fooster video has now literally become the highlight of my day to kick back with.
Fooster, the way you and the character both screamed at that doctor when you got back to see him was HILARIOUS!
I’ve watched this game played by so many different random people a few years back and I’ve enjoyed it every time. But being able to watch you play this, given how you’ve always made even the scarier games enjoyable to watch, I am happy to watch you play this one. Thank you! 😁❤️
You finally playing this game. This was one we all have been waiting for you start playing as it was match made in hell of your worst nightmares. We gonna enjoy the fear and excitement over this tonight.
Soon as I saw the thumbnail (specifically the scanner in the thumbnail), I knew what was going on my second monitor for the next 2.5 hours. Glad to see you enter the nightmare, Fooster! Best of luck to you.
That’s very kind of you thank you
54:38 the way the hiding animation is so fast gives me such a sense of relief and safety
Pro tip: always build stuff until maxed out and keep your loot reserve full with another item ready to build
I was literally screaming at him to do this the whole time! That and picking up the map updates!!
Thank you Fooster! Been watching you close to two years now and been wanting you to do an Alien game. Please continue? This is gold!
Thank you for the upload Fooster
"Is this gonna be a stand up fight, sir, or another bug hunt?"
I love that Ripley's reactions to things are basically the same thing every player thinks at that moment
I’ve watched a few LPs of these, and yours is actually the first I’ve seen the alien appear right after killing Axel. Usually, it saves the first encounter for later. I wonder if your running triggered the attack.
I love that we share this love for this film franchise. I remember watching Aliens with my dad when I was a kid, and I was FASCINATED. Alien is genuinely one of my favorite movies. I was SWEATING the first time I played this, and I just could not get myself through it it scared me so much! 😂
Fun fact btw fooster, idk if you know this, but the ai actually has 2 brains. One that knows where you are at all times, and one that doesn’t. The one that knows where you are slowly feeds info to the one that doesn’t. If you stay in place for too long, it will ALWAYS find you
Also, if you get though too much of the game without being seen, it will spawn a second xeno.
+ it has machine learning. the more "close encounters" you have the more it will start look in lockers/hidng places.
Also the alien has 3 vision cones + blindspots.
So depending on which vision cone detects you have less time to get out and break line of sight. If you're skilled enough and somewhat lucky you can move in it's blindspot.
@@Haelda Doesn't the difficulty settings also affect how it works?
@@minicle426 yes, it changes how often the mother brains drip feeds into to the other brain, changes how often the Alien will be on patrol. It also has a better sense of the player' objective. Even learns how to handle the user having flamethrower, instead of running away they will eventually hover just outside attack range
I went "OH SHIT" aloud when I saw that you posted this game lol. The fact that the alien learns and you can't rely on the same tactics to stay safe for too long...💀💀💀 I'm cheering for you(r heart), Fooster!!!
1:28:34 throwback to The Amanda Show on Nickelodeon, anyone?
Horror Games nowadays don't have nearly this much detail and its actually really sad.
OMG! FINALLY Fooster is playing this. I've been waiting forever for you to play this. Best Movie franchise with scared Fooster is the Best Match!. PLEASEEE make a series out of this!! It will be a dream come true!!
Holy moly, what in the fresh hell did I put myself through watching this? The anxiety. I can't imagine what you felt Fooster, haha. Well done.
Love the content. I've noticed that you're experiencing an audio bug with the alien. If you cap your FPS to 90 or less, then this bug goes away and it will be 10x more immersive!
I would be saving every chance I get, but you've walked past save points a few times that you knew were there, but I guess it makes things more tense!
Gets into the locker, "Finally a safe space!" ~Maniacal laughter~
YESSSSS!!!! I've already watched some other people play this, but you can bet I'll watch it again if Fooster's playing it.
Fooster and Alien Isolation? You just made these long days of summer more bearable 😎
the Alien is programmed with two AI's one that knows where you are at all times on the map and another that doesn't and is in control of the Aliens body. The first tells the other where you are then when the second gets there it forgets and searches the area for you. pretty neat.
Ha! I just made a similar comment a bit ago. Didn't see your comment until now. The one that controls the xenomorph also learns how you play and adapts its style.
It only adapts on Med or Hard. Easy is a breeze on here and that looks like what we are watching. Med is super hard and Hard is next to imposable.
@@theprime6489oh, my sweet summer child.
There is mode called nightmare, that’s been added to the roster
@@missdirehonestly sounds like the first time I took my nursing boards when they had just started implementing using an algorithm. 😂
1:12:50. As long as you don't run, he won't exit the vents and kill you
2:15:20 you needed audo it explains how the zenomorph got there
Ohhhhh maaaaannnnn!!! This horror game is definitely one of the ones that just keeps you on the verge of panic with fear….and watching Fooster get scared but also fascinated by the story and gameplay is something I could watch all day every day! With that being said I’d like to put in my vote for more Alien Isolation!
Soooooo gooood!
Am i really about to watch another playthrough of alien isolation? Well yes but i thought they'd make a second one by now
Someone needs to remaster this with UE5 graphics.
We need another iteration of this franchise. Set the benchmark for atmosphere and AI.
The peacefull music in this game always collied with the horror
I played this Game with a broken heart. It saved me in a very difficult peroid i had. So, thanks "ALIEN: Isolation".
PLEASEEEEE Fooster make this a series! You’ll love it it’s incredible! You have to 😭
I LOVED the Aliens series! I literally fall asleep to them🤣I couldn't get into anyone else playing this tho and i didn't want to play for myself cuz it looked heavily stealth based and i would've fallen asleep 😅 PLEEAAASEE make this a series! Hearing Sigourneys voice was sublime...
Needs to be a series. I've watched many playthroughs of this game but I would love to watch you go through it lol.
Love your stuff man. Could you maybe do a Fears to Fathom long play? Would love to see you do all 4 chapters!
1:57:03 lmao the moment the first Joe got killed The second one walked away
I imagine it in Working Joe voice : "Fuck this shit I'm out"
I love how you manage to trigger the Alien in places where I thought the Alien couldn't even spawn