![]() I can remember walking the halls, and corridors of the Sevastopol – like I was there in person, more like a memory of being somewhere than just playing through a video game. I can still clearly remember exact level layouts. Playing Alien Isolation in VR felt more like a dream now that I think about it. I played a good portion of Alien Isolation on my tri-monitor surround setup in 2D and the transition to VR was far beyond what I’d thought the experience would add. It’s a fully fleshed out, darkly beautiful world that can be fully explored and interacted with. The authenticity of the world is a big reason why this game works so well in VR. Developer Creative Assembly has taken the essence of the first Alien movie, and has captured the atmosphere, the 80’s stylistic future tech-noir, pumping music, high-quality visuals, and used it all to faithfully recreate that feeling in the game. VR surrounds you with visuals and sound in full 360 environments, providing the ultimate sense of immersion, and when the developer meticulously replaces your world with one of their design, the results in the case of Alien Isolation are remarkable. Alien Isolation is able to leverage these AAA production values and create a game that can instead focus on world building, suspense, story, atmosphere, and gameplay. Since it’s still early for many big game developers to commit big budgets to VR projects, most recent horror games have so far been created by small indie teams and they generally feature simplistic game mechanics, low production values, and often rely on cheap jump scares to get a reaction out of people. Luckily for us Oculus Rift DK2 owners at the time, Sega left the VR build intact in the final retail release.Īlien Isolation is still, to this day, the premiere showcase for what can be achieved when a AAA horror game is given the VR treatment. Sega used the VR version of the game to help promote the 2D version during E3, and it worked as many a reporters came away scared silly by their first horror experience in VR. The full potential of the genre was realized when Sega released Alien Isolation on October 7th, 2014 and a few weeks later I had eagerly modded a couple of lines of code in the config file unlocking an “experimental” VR build of the game. As simple as those games are, they still scared me more than any other horror game I’d ever played at that point. So naturally the first thing I did when I started experimenting in VR was look for some great horror experiences.ĭreadhalls, and Lost in the Rift were the first VR horror games that made me realize the potential there was for scaring the crap out of people in VR. It was always that sense of atmosphere, immersion and fear of the unknown that kept bringing me back for more. I’m a horror fanatic, and always have been ever since I played the first Resident Evilon the original PlayStation. VR and horror are a match made in Heaven (or Hell, depending on who you ask). Now this is one of the best VR horror games that you totally can play again! It now has support for both Oculus Rift CV1 and the HTC Vive directly through SteamVR. Check out the mod here and let us know what you think if you give it a try! It’s still one of our favorites.– This article was previously published on November 23, 2016, but has been republished today to coincide with our latest article here about the Alien: Isolation VR mod. ![]() Now, be aware of course that this game is six years old at this point, so it’s not exactly the most graphically impressive but it still looks really good. Your goal is to unravel the truth behind your mother’s disappearance and try to get out alive. In Alien: Isolation you play as Amanda Ripley, the daughter of the original movie’s protagonist, Ellen Ripley, fifteen years after the film’s events. ![]() Getting chased by a xenomorph, hiding, and literally holding my breath because it felt so real, is easily one of my most memorable gaming moments. I’ve played and reviewed a lot of VR horror games and few of them measure up to the quality of Alien: Isolation’s atmosphere and palpable sense of slow-building terror. ![]() It doesn’t have motion controller support, but plays great with a gamepad and enable full head-tracking. VR support was scrapped for the game’s full release, but it works very well using this mod. That’s until 10:00AM PT 4/28/20.įans of the Alien film franchise or just fans of horror games in general owe themselves this treat if they haven’t had the chance to play Alien: Isolation in VR on PC. Grab the game now on Steam for 95% off (that’s just $2!) today only for Alien Day. Alien: Isolation is one of the best and most tense horror games from the past decade and even though it doesn’t have official VR support, you can play it in VR thanks to a great mod. ![]()
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