Alien: Isolation™ - The Collection 17+

Amazing game but no 60 FPS

This is the greatest horror game ever made. Alien isolation was to 2014 what Silent hill 2 was to 2001. It deserves a sequel or a remake. I bought the game on PC, Playstation 4, Xbox series X, Nintendo switch, and now Mac. The soul of the game is still there with all the DLC. So why do I give it 4 stars instead of 5? There’s 2 reasons. I have the most recent Macbook air but it doesn't run at 60 FPS mode like does for Xbox and PC. The second reason is that my purchase doesn’t transfer over to the iPhone and iPad versions. Those versions are another $15 but I paid $40 for the Mac version and it doesn’t rollover to the iPhone and iPad ecosystem. That’s not cool. I want to be clear, I’m speaking as a fan and not a troll. If you think my criticism is unfair then let me know.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for your purchase of Alien Isolation.

We have found that Macs with Apple M1 chips have a performance issue when running the game with SSAO enabled. This setting is disabled by default, but if you have enabled SSAO we recommend that you disable it via Options > Video from the main menu.

We are unable to provide an iOS version of the game for a macOS purchase as each platform is developed independently, with separate development costs. The same would apply if you owned an iOS version - we would not be able to provide a macOS version as the games are separate development projects and releases.

If you have any further feedback, please let us know directly via support@feralinteractive.com

Exciting adventure!

Thank you, Feral, for bringing such a great adventure to the Mac! I enjoyed the great combination of adventure, stealth, and FPS. Yes, it was hard sometimes, but the save points get more frequent in the later chapters of the story, which made it less frustrating. My audio may be different than others, but the beep of the save stations was not intrusive. Rather, it was a great relief to hear that there was one nearby! There are some surprises, and even some humor. Fortunately, I could laugh out loud without the monster or a synthetic hearing me.

Even some failures are (sort of) fun. It has been a long time since I have felt exhilaration like I did when yanked from my hiding place because I wasn’t being quiet enough!

I’m using a Macbook Pro 2015, and I did choose to run at less than max graphics resolution in order to keep it very responsive, since quick, precise action is sometimes needed. It still looked great and was fully enjoyable despite some frustrating stretches. It was hours of immersive fun and excitement. I took a chance, paying a fairly high price for it, but it was worth every penny.

Update...

After recveving a fix from developer the game is running smoothgly!!!!

Developer Response ,

Thanks for updating your review. We hope you continue to enjoy the game!