Alien Isolation captures the essence of the first Alien movie perfectly. It's slow paced and builds up horror over time. Not knowing where the alien is is more horrifying than looking straight at it, partly because in the latter situation you know you're almost certainly dead.

Alien Isolation captures the essence of the first Alien movie perfectly. It's slow paced and builds up horror over time. Not knowing where the alien is is more horrifying than looking straight at it, partly because in the latter situation you know you're almost certainly dead.