Alien: Isolation

I just completed Subnautica on mobile for 10 bucks!. What a great game i was looking for something similar. I paid 15 bucks for alien isolation for mobile. It is not at all as good. I been on websites for clues. But all i realized it was many glitches. Dr Kulman i had to reload the mission before. I had to do it again for a keycard for Dr Samuals. Your time is spent mostly hiding in lockers (oh what fun!) and listening to the drone of sirens. And only 20% of lockers open. I sit there tap/hold/hide and nothing happens. I don't even get a chance, i guess the makers of this game think it's fun to finally get something done and then you just get jumped and deleted. Then for the next hour all you do is the same scene over and over without any options but just to quit. Best comment of this game that i read. I hate the game when I'm playing and i love the game when I'm not playing. Not this stressful ha ha ha got you again game. (I reloaded the game at mission 5 to the easy setting) I'll try to finish, but I'm in one of the many loops.

I initially started playing this game on my Nintendo Switch, and quickly noticed that that version had some input-response delay, so I'm now enjoying this game on my phone. This is an incredibly high-quality port, but make sure you have a charger handy because even on the battery-saving mode, it uses a substantial amount of battery, even on new, higher-end ones. That's just a heads up, though; it's not particularly an issue. The main problems that I have are few in number and not entirely major. First of all, I feel that the joystick sprinting feature is very sensitive, and I find myself beginning to sprint by accident. It would be convenient if one could separate the sprint button from the touch joystick. I also noticed a feature missing from the other versions: the ability to switch your view mode while holding the tracker, which I was definitely accustomed to using on the Switch version. And lastly, I have noticed that when you enter a hiding place, (or at least a locker, where it came to my attention,) your health bar appears to be full. I knew, however, that my health bar is never full, because I am very keen on conserving healing items. Also, there are some places where you can see inventory items floating in the middle of a corridor. They can't be picked up, and they disappear when you pull that particular item out of your inventory. That is the least minor issue though, but it was also on the Nintendo Switch version. Sorry this review was so long! This is truly among the best mobile ports I have yet seen!

I have been a fan of this game since it’s initial release around 2014, and have replayed it almost every year (around Halloween of course). I’ve played it across multiple platforms, on Xbox/PS4, PC and even the Switch (I wanted to play it while on vacation). It’s hard to compete with the PC version but this port on iOS is phenomenal if you have reasonably new iPhone or iPad and a backbone controller, or just connect a console controller. Obviously using touch screen controls is not ideal, but I don’t think you should expect to go into a game released on consoles ported to iOS to have that be the preferred option. The games atmosphere and visuals are kept entirely intact, and the game runs perfectly fine and looks amazing on my M1 iPad Air as well as my iPhone (that is currently the latest model). I can’t speak to how it runs on older devices however, but considering how the Nintendo Switch is able to run a reasonable looking port of it, I would expect it might run just fine on the performance mode on some older iOS devices if you change the Video settings appropriately.