Alien: Isolation

Takes place 15 years after the events of Alien (1979).

Some rendering issues when it comes to facial animation and natural body movements. Other than that everything seems decently conceived. Most of 'em were pov cut scenes from the game.

Amanda Ripley deserves a live-action treatment and it's long overdue.

I think this was an earnest attempt to try and get some buzz for a sequel and to advance the story of Amanda Ripley. It was a nice new way to look at the story, especially if you hadn't played the game. There are several minutes of new storyline added which hadn't appeared in the game.

What a waste of my time, and I Iove the Alien universe.

Just to clarify, the actual Alien Isolation game is a horror masterpiece. Easily a 8-10/10 game.

Besides the ACTUAL animation used for when Ripley is floating in space, this 'series' is literally just either reused cutscenes from the game, or in-game shots with a badly mocapped Amanda Ripley green-screened into them. The lip-syncing is also atrocious. The in-game character lip syncing is bad enough but when mocap Amanda talks, its almost a joke.

Coming from a massive Alien fan, this is a total waste of time, and I expected far more from an Alien Isolation series. The two stars go to the actual original animations of Ripley in space which were actually a decent watch. Otherwise, this series' existence is pointless. And to further salt the wound, it was hosted by IGN on Youtube, the same company that gave the original game a 5/10.

As an avid Alien fan and long-time consumer of cartoons and comics, I was thrilled to watch this animated Alien series about Ripley's daughter, Amanda, and her search to uncover what happened to her mother. Along the way, Amanda encounters xenomorphs firsthand and embarks on a dynamic, high-energy adventure. The story is set after the events of the original 1979 Alien film and before Ripley is found drifting in space in the 1986 sequel Aliens.

The series is an adaptation of the 2014 video game of the same name, which is evident throughout many of the episodes. At times, it feels almost like a first-person shooter, with visuals that often resemble video game graphics. Other times, however, it delivers neat and polished visuals, closer to a high-quality animated film. Overall, the inconsistency in animation quality was a major drawback for me. On the positive side, though, the story moves quickly, and each episode ends sooner than you'd like-always leaving you wanting more.