October 7, 2014.
Before getting started, let's first address the 1000-pound gorilla in the room: Yes, Alien: Isolation is easily a much better game than Aliens: Colonial Marines, so if that is your only barrier to purchasing, you can stop reading here and get yourself to your nearest game store to snap this game up. Of course, the above criteria likely applies to over 80 percent of all videogames ever made, so if you are interested in how Alien Isolation measures up as an "Alien" game as well as a game overall, keep reading.
Taking place 15 years after the events of the original Alien film, Alien: Isolation puts players in the role of Amanda Ripley, daughter of the film's protagonist, Ellen Ripley."
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