A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead

Coming from Alien: Isolation and liking the original A Quiet Place movie, I really liked the story in the game, especially when you take the time to immerse yourself in it. The side stories are presented through the environments you come across and the notes placed in them. They tell the story of the entirety of the population that lived through the events of this universe, then passed tragically, or seen their close ones pass. It took me a little less than 15 hours to complete the game nearly at 100% on normal difficulty. Speaking strictly about game mechanics, I think they are less impressive than what Alien: Isolation offers. For instance, the AI in the game is really not as sharp, and it is thus way more predictable and way less flexible. Most of the time, when I died, I would point that to a game mechanic that was not explained well enough or not explained at all, rather than a skill issue. The times I died were more frustrating than in Alien: Isolation. I sometimes did not really know why I died because doing the same exact thing at one time was fine, but at the other it became punitive. Rather than the enemy itself being unpredictable, it was the game mechanics that were. Graphically speaking, this game is quite stunning. Not much to add here, except that I think Alien: Isolation also had a really great artistic design that still holds today, even with more limited technology at the time. To summarize, the best thing this game can offer is a story that, when you really get into it, is rather emotionally intense. You really feel the struggle that everyone has or had in this universe. The story is more appreciable than in Alien: Isolation, and the tragedy is more recognizable and down-to-earth. No pun intended. The game itself has less gameplay quality, and it is often the case for these types of games: the games with the best story don't always have the best gameplay. Sometimes they do, but not in this case.