SallyNasty's Game Club - Alien: Isolation - Discuss(Spoiler Zone for whole game!) We made it through!!!

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Hey gang, a few of us in IRC were talking about how we had a copy of Alien: Isolation but hadn't started it yet and thought it would be neat to do a concurrent playthrough and talk about our experiences while we go. Sounds fun, right!?!

Here is how I am thinking to structure this - starting August 3(this gives everyone over a month to find a cheap copy of the game, to finish The Witcher 3 and Batman and be ready for a pile game again before fall lineup) we will do a chapter every night Monday - Thursday, then 2 chapters (total) for the Friday-Sunday spread. This thread we be total spoiler territory for everyone to discuss events *only of the chapters to which we have officially reached (i.e. if it is Thursday, August 9th - you can discuss up to Ch. 4 without tags, anything after - needs to be tagged or just hold your tongue until we get there)* I will update OP every day to keep it extremely clear as to what Chapter we are on.

I am planning to play on Hard on Xbox One:)

Anyone want to play?!?!?

As you know, I like my cheevs - so will be playing on hard and attempting to beat the game with no deaths! That probably sounds crazy hard - but luckily you can cheese it if you are careful. Link on One Shot details. (I will try this until it becomes apparent that a speedrun on the easiest difficulty will be faster).

Collectible Guide.

Play Schedule! Spoiler/discussion is for the day after!

19th: Chapter 16
20th: Chapter 17
21st: Chapter 18
(depending on chapter length, of course)

You have my bow! Or sword! I can't remember which comes first.

And my axe! (if it goes on sale on PC, or I pick up a PS4 before this all commences)

I keep getting stuck half way through, hopefully this will help me get over the hump. Count me in!

I'm in on PS4

I think I'm through the first chapter or two. I'll have a go at it.

Glad for the interest!

Here are some very cheap copies (for today only - gamefly sale!).

That does sound like fun. I'm tentatively in.

Question: how much time do folks think each chapter takes? 1hr? 30min?

I think some chapters are about 45 minutes, some can be up to an 1.5 hours - depends on difficulty and if you are going for collectibles:)

So it's like a book of the month club but for a game? It's a really clever idea

Already completed this but I'll be watching on with interest

YES.

I have it, and I played about 30 minutes of it, but now I'm on to Dragon Age: Inquisition, so it's back burnered.

But by August, I should maybe be done with DA, so will go on this.

In.

I'm in, but definitely not playing on Hard.

Also, I'm in!

I am just tickled people are interested in this. Will be sure and keep everyone updated as to starting and chapters we are playing!

Bumping to invite people to get a copy before we start this up! 3 weeks!

I'll be trying to participate, but man this game is hard (I haven't played in a while, got stuck in Medical) and terrifying, so I can only play so much at a time.

I'm in. PS4.

I'm in... bought it way back on PS4

I already started because I'm going to be gone on vacation for ~10 days in the middle of August.

I will start off by saying that they nailed the atmosphere. Just the opening splash screens of the Sega and Creative Assembly logos, and the main menu screen, and I was like 'YESSSSSSS'

SallyNasty wrote:

Bumping to invite people to get a copy before we start this up! 3 weeks!

Oh man, I completely missed this thread! I actually *just* started last night (~ less than an hour in and bounced between this and Outcast because I just needed that extra horror fix ) so I'll hold off until the 3rd and play with everyone!

OK, 2nd day. Ran into a bit of wall as far as 'where do I go now?' but figured it out.

This really is the Dark Souls of Dead Space games.

Now that I've ordered a PS4, I'm keeping an eye out for sales (kinda wish I'd jumped on that Gamefly one the other day).

I'm in on PS4!

For any stragglers still on the fence, rumor is that it'll be on sale on PSN this weekend.

This is a charming idea. I might be in on this.

Tanglebones wrote:

Now that I've ordered a PS4, I'm keeping an eye out for sales (kinda wish I'd jumped on that Gamefly one the other day).

It's been hovering around the $20-22 mark on Amazon for a while now.

Day 2.5 (babby decided to wake up at 5:30am this morning, so dad only got a 1/2 cup of coffee and 15mins of gametime in):

This game is really bold in the sense that it relentlessly does NOT tell you how to proceed. Be prepared for trial and error.

Also, anyone need a Nostromo Edition code? I have an extra one.

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