The appeal of tight, single-player games cannot be overstated; the type that stands the test of time, that you can revisit again and again, and that leaves an indelible impression after just a handful of hours of play. Early Resident Evil and Silent Hill, Max Payne, Portal - you know the ones. In fact, outside of megahits like Elden Ring, there seems to be a bit of open-world malaise setting in, opening up the door for shorter, stranger surprise hits like Crow Country and Dredge. For me, one game that has hammered home the importance of not overstaying your welcome is Alien Isolation.
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I remember watching Felix 'PewDiePie' Kjellberg play Alien: Isolation as a kid. I wasn't allowed to play it because the movies terrified my mom and would therefore horrify me, so watching Pewds was as close as I got. It was like a delayed chorus; he'd scream, I'd scream, he'd scream, I'd close YouTube. Whether I knew it back then or not, Isolation had implanted a seed in me; one that would grow and entice me back to the eerie, abandoned halls of the Sevastopol again and again. It's been years since I played Isolation, but with the release of Alien: Romulus and a pretty hefty discount, I might just have to terrify myself all over again.
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