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For the first time in its 4 years on these lists, Alien: Isolation went down instead of up. I say that as the biggest compliment I could give it really - not every game that debuts in my top 20 goes up after that. It's been over three years now since I've played this game and I still remember it like it was yesterday. My respect for it has only grown over the years, even as it hit this minor bump in the road this time.
I don't really understand how Creative Assembly, a team known for the Total War series, came out with this absolute masterpiece of an Alien game, or even how they got the gig to make it in the first place (well, I know how they got it - they were owned by Sega, who had licensed the Alien IP, and they basically begged Sega to let them make their dream game). Somehow they did, though. They made a game that perfectly recreates the awe, tension, and horror of the original Alien movie, but in videogame form - all while telling its own story that ties in to the events of the original, and their passion for the project was so evident they even got Sigourney Weaver to reprise her role for the game.
If Ellen Ripley herself thought the game was cool, what more can I say?
