Games of 2014 - Alien Isolation
The pitch read like an inevitable disaster: development studio known for only making RTS games to create a first-person horror with only one enemy, based on the film Alien. Not only that, but it was to release in the year following publisher Sega's last Aliens effort, the abysmal Colonial Marines. Things weren't looking good for Alien: Isolation.
Creative Assembly absolutely pulled through, though. Alien: Isolation is a tense and terrifying triumph; an immersive trip into director Ridley Scott's 1979 vision of a cruel, industrial future. It is, without question, my favourite game of 2014.
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