You can grab all three of them in the Amnesia Collection, available on the PlayStation and Xbox stores. See on digital stores: Xbox Store | PlayStation Store | eShop | SteamĪmnesia: The Dark Descent, its expansion, Justine, and the sequel, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, comprise what is still one of the best horror franchises of all time.

As you're desperately scavenging for supplies throughout the corridors, those brief moments of calm would almost inevitably lead to situations where you'll come face to face with the Alien, who is all-powerful and cunning in its approach to slay any human that comes across its path. What I appreciated most about Alien: Isolation was that it not only respected the original film, but it also fully understood what it made it so scary. Serving as a sequel to the original film, it moved away from the shooting galleries and action-horror from previous games, and honed its focus on dread, anxiety, and fearing the lone alien creature that stalks the halls of Sevastopol Station.Īs a deep admirer of the original Alien, more so than the sequel Aliens, I longed for the day where we could get a game more influenced by the first film-with its quiet moments of dread and low-fi sci-fi aesthetic in full swing. After spending many years as disposable cannon fodder in other Alien games, most notably in Aliens VS Predator and Aliens: Colonial Marines, the Xenomorph was elevated to boss status in Creative Assembly's survival horror FPS. 2014's Alien: Isolation was a bit of tough sell as a horror game.

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