One of the greatest survival horror games of all time. The gameplay is extremely dense and interesting, which is the main reason why I have replayed the game multiple times. The game itself recommends Hard mode, and I have to agree with that. However, if you do not like a challenge, Medium or Novice will give you much more resources and, most importantly, you will take much less damage from, for instance, androids and humans.For me personally, the best experience the game has to offer is Nightmare mode. That to me was a true challenge and horror. The Alien is quite smart even on the lower difficulties, but on Nightmare, it is insanely dangerous and actually feels scary. Humans also one-tap you, which in my opinion is the main con of Nightmare mode. For me personally, the humans were a bigger threat than the Alien sometimes because the Alien mostly reacts to sound and can be outplayed by good stealth gameplay. Humans cannot—at least in some locations, it felt literally impossible and it seemed like just running past them was a better, but obviously more risky, option.Also, the humans do not have nearly as good an AI. Even if the Alien is near them, they often prioritize shooting you over, for example, hiding from the Alien. Missions and most tasks in general are enjoyable and not very repetitive. The story in general is quite well executed with a bittersweet, close-to-tragic ending, which I prefer for horror games.If I had to pick a few things that I did not like, it was mainly bugs caused by high FPS (the game slows down, for example, or some dialogues are bugged or frozen). Another main con is the human security AI, which is bad, and that is mainly a problem on Nightmare difficulty. The game is long—roughly 15 hours if you play on Hard or Nightmare, otherwise it can be shorter. For a game that has good gameplay with a lot of variety, I think that is a very reasonable length. Overall, I would rate this game roughly 9/10. If it was not for the bugs and maybe slightly better human AI, it could have been a 9.5/10.
