If you are a fan of the Alien video franchise this is a game for you. From bottom of my heart there isnt a downside to this game I can think of. I finished the game in Novice mode, then replayed in Easy again. The game AI knows you are replaying it so it makes it harder each time. The alien starts to pop up even in the vents which never happened before, or piercing you from behind without any prior warning or sound - just a complete silence and then you are dead! Looking forward to harder modes, can't wait actually.
An absolute delight this game is - I will be very disappointed if they don't release a sequel . This comes from a 55 years old man who plays only two game franchises ever - NFS and now the Alien. Please make a sequel game, I beg you.
The game should come with a few side effect warnings.
1) You will keep waking up in cold sweat a few times a night after the androids had murdered you in your dreams. For some reason I didnt have any nightmares about the alien, but the androids scared the bejezzus out of me, especially since they kept repeating that they only were trying to help while suffocating me to death. What a nice bunch of robots!
2) You will - as long as you play the game, may be a few weeks later as well - keep rewatching the original Alien movie. It will look somewhat better because you will start noticing things that you saw in the game - the keycard shape which is identical, the vents, the ladders, a lot of details will be in a different light. It will be a different movie, at the same time it will be the same. I kept rewatching the original Alien at least twice a week the entire frightening month I was playing this game. Double pleasure, the game and the movie.
3) A few times a day you will search for a sequel of this game (who knows, may be they just announced it?).
Anyways, scary fun. It will be a while till I will experience the same amount of fright and pleasure, and never together for the same game. Unless... Who knows... May be they just announced it?