Today sees the launch of Alien: Isolation on Nintendo Switch, a game which we heavily praised in our full review posted last week.
If you've read through our review but still feel like you could do with a little bit of persuading before throwing your money down, you might want to check out this gameplay video (above) shared by developer Feral Interactive. In it, we get to see around seven minutes of footage taken directly from the Switch version of the game, with the player running and sneaking their way around Space Station Sevastopol.
Yesterday, Digital Foundry posted a tech analysis of the Switch port, saying that the game actually looks better on Switch than it does on PS4 and Xbox One. It's not often we can say that as Nintendo fans, so enjoy it while you have the chance.
Are you picking this up today? It's available on the eShop right now for £29.99 / $34.99.
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I will be playing this tonight will all lights off and headphones. Mostly nothing wrong will happen... mostly.
I gave it a very brief go before work this morning and it's looking really good. The one disappointment is you have to hold ZL down to use gyro aiming! I'm really confused as to why they would do that when you can always free look with the right stick.
I think Nintendo just needs to gift every Switch developer a copy of Doom 2016 to show them how to do gyro aiming right.
Edit: I’ve played a bit more of the game now and Feral do deserve major props for giving this thing the most sensitive gyro aiming yet, even tiny amounts of tilt translates to very smooth and accurate movements. Take note other developers, you can ramp up the gyro sensitivity! 😁
Looks very sharp and I enjoyed the review you guys did over on YouTube. I won’t be buying it though I way too much of a scaredy cat.
Is it download only?
Looks gorgeous, it's just not a genre I have much fun with. I'm a Dead Cells kinda guy- I like fast, fluid action vs. slowly creeping around. I slowly creep around enough at night when I'm trying not to wake up toddlers so I can play video games.
Bought it first thing this morning 🙂
Only had a few minutes so far but I’m really impressed. I’m really warming to Feral Interactive after this and Grid Autosport, can’t wait to see what they port next to the Switch.
Yeah, this one needs a physical.
It's definitely something I want to play, but I've got too much stuff to be getting on with at the moment. I'll get round to it though.
I brought my Switch with me to the office to download it at my desk since it’s 17GB’s. I want it ready to go when I play tonight. Lol. Can’t wait. It’s been almost 5yrs since beating this game twice on PS4.
Then tomorrow, off to Gamestop I go to pick up my Rebel Collection. 🤘
This game is amazing, and terrifying, but waaay too long.
@nimnio I tend to use gyro for all my aiming although it depends on how far out from the target the right analogue stick has left me. I normally use the right analogue stick on maximum sensitivity to get myself aiming in the right general direction and then use the gyro to add extra precision to the aim.
If you’re trying to do all of the aiming with the gyro it will definitely be difficult as the sensitivity level in Doom doesn’t go high enough for that (for me at least, although it does in Alien Isolation! 😅)
Keep practicing though, I think it’s definitely an acquired skill that I’ve built up over time (I think my first exposure was Ocarina of Time on the 3DS when using the bow, hook shot, etc). Once you’ve got it I’m sure you’ll love it! 😊
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