Alien: Isolation - Last Survivor

Game Info

As Ellen Ripley, it is down to you to complete the last mission on board the Nostromo. The rest of the crew are dead. In a desperate bid to survive you must set the ship’s self-destruct and attempt to reach the escape shuttle.

Name

Companies

The Creative Assembly

Released

10/14/2014

Platforms

Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One

Engines

CATHODE

Type

Adventure

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Monday, August 19, 2024 10:24:33 AM

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CorvusCorax

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After Crew Expendable this is the 2nd story-oriented DLC and once again it follows the story of the original Alien. They should be played in this order. We now control Ripley and our job will be to start the self-destruct sequence and use Narcissus, one of the ship's lifeboats, to escape the Nostromo once and for all.
Once again it's fascinating to see the various sections in Nostromo in a videogame. I particularly liked the hangar with a lot of vehicles. Opening the door is an automatic but slow process with a lot of noise. Even if you want to completely avoid the Xeno you won't have the chance to do so completely. Then, of course, the end section should be mentioned where we have 5 minutes to reach Narcissus. There is smoke and gas everywhere. The visibility is awful and it makes the game even more terrifying.
There is no special outro with the Alien being fought in the Narcissus. Everything ends with Ripley sending her message. It seems - and various sources confirm - that this is not the original message from the movie but (just like everybody else in Crew Expendable) Sigourney Weaver came back and did a re-recording. There is no Jonesy, unfortunately. We don't get to save the cat (I assume they just didn't want to take time to model it in-game). The escape section is still the most memorable scene with Ripley singing You Are My Lucky Star. And, similarly to Crew Expendable, we have some audio collectibles to find.
Short, but very decent DLC. I prefer these ones to the scavenging / survivor-based ones.

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It begins with a shot of Mother processing data and displaying the text "INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY. EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL PROCEDURES TO TO ESCAPE NOSTROMO." The screen then cuts to black and recalls the remaining crew's discussion on how they will take their chances in the shuttle. The screen then cuts to Ripley in the shuttle docking bay contacting Parker regarding the coolant cylinders. A short while later Ripley hears the Alien attack the two, with Ripley hearing their frantic screams. As she reaches them on C Deck, she realizes she's too late, only finding her fellow crewmembers' corpses in the room. She takes Parker's keycard from his body to unlock the door to engineering control. There, she is able to reverse a ship lockdown to access the area where the Self destruct system is located. Ripley arrives at the destination and initiates the self destruct system. The game then replicates the sequence in the original movie in which Ripley runs through the corridors of a perishing Nostromo under the duress of the Alien. As she manages to get on board the Narcissus, the screen fades to black and then cuts to a screen of the Narcissus broadcast system, with Ripley's voice being heard. She then delivers her final monologue seen at the end of the original movie: "Final report of the commercial starship Nostromo. Third officer reporting. The other members of the crew - Kane, Lambert, Parker, Brett, Ash and Captain Dallas, are dead. Cargo and ship destroyed. I should reach the frontier in about six weeks. With a little luck, the network will pick me up. This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off." As the screen fades to black a second time, an extra line of dialogue can be heard: "I'll see you soon Amanda. Be a good girl, I love you."