Far Horizons: Tales of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. Issue #13 April 2015 | Page 65

to give the area you are hiding in another look before
moving on.
What makes the Alien scarier than the humans? You
can’t use weapons to kill it. The closest thing you can
do is scare it with fire by shooting red gas tanks or
throw a Molotov at it PRO TIP: Make lots of Molotovs. As scary as the Alien is, after a while it really
just becomes annoying. The Alien, the “Main” antagonist of the game becomes annoying literally like a
fly buzzing around your face. Earlier in the game play
you sit in a closet and pray it just walks away then later on as you get used to the creature you find yourself
doing crossword puzzles as you wait for it to leave!
That’s what made me so angry at the game, they took
something so scary and made it annoying to the point
that I would start to make fun of it because it would
keep on with the repetitive actions, “I hear something
in the vents time to hide. There it is. Wait for it to
leave. Is it gone? Nope. Wait for a while. I think it’s
gone, Nope its back, back into the hidey hole.” Hope
is not lost in the scary department. There is one more
enemy you encounter in this game that I personally
found to be scarier, the Working Joes.
The Working Joes, unlike the synthetics made famous
in the Alien films are out of date and don’t look that
human although they have human faces; following the
laws of the Alien franchise, the Joes have bugs in the
software. The Working Joes are malfunctioning and
like the Angel Hosts from the Doctor Who Episode
“Voyage of the Dammed” they actively seek out survivors and kill them. Why these guys are scarier in my
opinion - you can fight them but they are harder than
hell to kill! They do talk but in a monotone voice and
are extremely polite as they attack you, the key thing
they always say as they do, “You’re being hysterical.”
Well you would be too if a bald pale skinned gapped
mouth thing with a dead fish eye stare is attacking
you, you would be a bit panic-stricken too. Speaking
of their dead starring eyes, they glow in the dark…
there are times you have to be in the pitch black and
all you see is that!

them the gunfire attracts the Alien but if you run away
from the Joes let’s just say PROTIP: NEVER run
under open vents. This is where it’s terrifying in the
game, when facing one or more Working Joes you’re
left with little options, they can be stopped but now
you bring in the annoying Alien (Who does not attack
the Joes like it will the humans) but if your able to get
by them and break the Joe’s line of sight, they will
(sometimes) stop looking for you. Unlike the Alien,
that I said before every little sound you hear could be
it, the Joes are quiet so be prepared to turn a corner
and see one walking down a hallway but they do alert
you to where they are because most of the time they
can’t stop talking.
Overall the game is a must have if you’re a fan of the
Alien franchise as much as I am, sadly the game has
a low ‘replayability’ rating which I have to admit is
true, once you finish it you’re kind of done with it but
that was ME so I can’t speak for any of you. My last
‘PROTIP’ to everyone is this, if you’re going to play
this game for the first time, watch the move Alien first.
If you are able to play the game with headphones, DO
IT. If you really want to make things interesting, play
in the dark (but have a dim light source since the light
from the screen could hurt your eyes.) Happy gaming!

You can use your weapons on them but it takes a lot
of ammo (depending on the weapon) to bring one of
them down and also on the bad side when you shoot

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