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Gearburn • 7 Apr 2015

Alien: Isolation, The Talos Principle and OlliOlli: the Better Late Than Never roundup

By Wiehahn Diederichs

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It’s Better Late Than Never time again, the review series that takes a deeper look at the gaming titles we have unforgivably overlooked in recent months. This is the second installment, featuring the likes of the immersive and cinematic Alien: Isolation, the mindbending The Talos Principle and the ever addictive OlliOlli.

Alien: Isolation

I only got to play Alien: Isolation very recently and, I must admit, it is one of very few truly innovative titles to come from 2014. This statement might be a bit biased as I am a great fan of the Alien film series (and I’m very much looking forward to Neil Blomkamp’s take on the franchise). But I’m sticking to it.