Top 10 Games Like Alien Isolation (Games Better Than Alien Isolation In Their Own Way): Page 7 of 10

Games Like Alien Isolation
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4. Dead Space 2

Dead Space 2 Gameplay

Following up from the original, Dead Space 2 was able to find its sweet-spot between sci-fi action and horror. Playing as the woefully unlucky engineer Isaac Clarke, you find yourself on the Sprawl: a massive space station that turns out to be no further from the threat Isaac faced on board the USG Ishimura. The station happens to be run by an insanely misguided cult that worships The Marker—the very artifact that is responsible for the horrifying necromorph virus.

In no time at all, Isaac is right back in the nightmare he thought he left behind. Blasting your way through the horde of terrors (you’ve got to dismember them), you have to work together with whatever survivors you can find, and try to find a way to end the slaughter—or, failing that, get the hell off the station. It’s a thrilling, atmospheric experience that takes massive inspiration from pretty much every film in the sci-fi/horror genre.

Personal space infringed: Dead Space 2 is all about keeping distance—your guns aren’t going to be as much help when you’re getting diced into spaceman salad

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Canada-born; creatively-driven; day-dreaming scribe and minstrel known as Jules. His personal idol: Geralt of Rivia. His spirit animal: Chewbacca. Dream dinner guests: the DOOMSlayer and a Xenomorph.
Gamer Since: 1998
Favorite Genre: RPG
Currently Playing: System Shock: Enhanced Edition
Top 3 Favorite Games:Alien: Isolation, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, DOOM


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