Alien: Isolation writer says the game "is too scary" for a lot of people and "we probably could've sold more if we'd watered it down," and speaking for the scaredy cats, I'm so glad they didn't

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Alien: Isolation is absolutely too scary, but that's what makes it so special

Alien: Isolation screenshot of the Xenomorph
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Alien: Isolation is one of the most terrifying games I've ever played, and even its own writer admits it's straight-up too scary for a lot of people.

Chatting on the FRVR podcast, former Creative Assembly writer Dion Lay shared a "famous" story about a journalist who visited the Creative Assembly studios to "play for 20 minutes" and "have a chat" about the game, but who ended up playing for an hour because they were too scared to leave the locker they were hiding out in.

Jordan Gerblick
Jordan Gerblick

After earning an English degree from ASU, I worked as a corporate copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. I got my big break here in 2019 with a freelance news gig, and I was hired on as GamesRadar's west coast Staff Writer in 2021. That means I'm responsible for managing the site's western regional executive branch, AKA my home office, and writing about whatever horror game I'm too afraid to finish.

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