Alien is back in the spotlight. Not only has Alien: Romulus proven to be a hit at the box office, there’s a TV series and a new game in the works. Sadly, the franchise’s gaming entries haven’t always been successful, with one exception: 2014’s Alien: Isolation. Not only is this game one of the scariest entries in the entire Alien franchise, it’s got a fair claim to being the scariest game ever made. Here’s what makes Alien: Isolation work so well.
5. Tension
Any film student will tell you that a monster is scariest before we understand it. Alien understood that. The first film is easily the scariest, and part of this is due to the fact that for most of it, we don’t get more than quick glimpses of the Xenomorph.
