--- description: This game is of a different breed then its predecessors. Rather then relying the FPS genre, this Alien is pure survival-horror. title: Alien: Isolation is What Horror Should Feel Like - Inside Scoop image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94bdcf2a27126be4/69869821e8524b719960383e/06_1402071176.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [e3 2014](/tag/e3-2014/) ## e3 2014 Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The New _Alien_ Is Exactly What Horror Should Be Like by [Corey Protin](/author/corey-protin/) ## Corey Protin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 18, 2014 5:03 PM CUT  SEGA by [Corey Protin](/author/corey-protin/) ## Corey Protin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 18, 2014 5:03 PM CUT Fans of the original _Alien_ might be jaded by news of alien game tie-ins: since 1982 there have been over 30 Alien video games on everything from the Commodore 64 to the current generation of gaming consoles. SEGA’s last adaptation, _Alien: Colonial Marines,_ was released just a year ago to poor reviews. The game was filled with bugs, and failed to capture the terror of the original film. Despite all of that, SEGA’s next release, _Alien: Isolation,_ is of a different breed then its predecessors. Rather than relying on the worn genre of the first-person shooter, this _Alien_ is pure survival-horror. Set 15 years after the first movie you take control of the protagonist Amanda Ripley, who uses her wits to survive to against just one Xenomorph. The most visceral horror, whether it be a motion picture or interactive entertainment, is subtle and uses different techniques to put the player at unease. Based on SEGA’s E3 demos, the game’s developers seem to understand this. “Sometimes a huge part of horror is actually not being able to see to see the thing that is hunting you,” lead designer, Gary Napper, said. With any luck, we’ll finally have an Alien game worth playing when _Alien: Isolation_ releases on October 7th. Though, fans of the franchise have all the right to continue staying skeptical. For more of the inside scoop on the game from Lead Designer Gary Napper, check out the video above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2892457/alien-isolation-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2892457/alien-isolation-video/"},"headline":"The New Alien Is Exactly What Horror Should Be Like","datePublished":"2014-06-18T17:03:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:33.691Z","description":"Calling all Horror Junkies: Your new fix is not on the silver-screen, but rather under the thumb of a joystick.","url":"https://time.com/2892457/alien-isolation-video/","keywords":["e3 2014","Tech","Video Games","e3"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94bdcf2a27126be4/69869821e8524b719960383e/06_1402071176.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Corey Protin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/corey-protin/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94bdcf2a27126be4/69869821e8524b719960383e/06_1402071176.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"AlienIsolation","caption":"","creditText":"SEGA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/e3-2014/","name":"e3 2014"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2892457/alien-isolation-video/","name":"The New Alien Is Exactly What Horror Should Be Like"}}]}] ```