Alien Isolation
Just finished it on Nightmare. As with Hard despite its somewhat frightening name I didn't find Nightmare to be that much ... hard. I mean, yeah, it's tough but not frustratingly so. Especially when you're familiar with the game - I wouldn't recommend anyone to play Isolation for the first time on Nightmare. It's good challenge of your skills and your knowledge of the game
Anyway, here are some things I've noticed:
1. Not being able to see your health bar turned out to be not that much of a problem
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2. Resources are low. And when I say low. I f**king mean it. You won't be able to craft enough of every item - so you're better choose your priorities early in the game. For example, mine were medkits, EMP mines and Molotovs, all other priorities were secondary. And use your tools only when it's absolutely necessary - only when you can't achieve your objective by stealth. The same goes for ammo. You better save it for the latter parts of the game when Stompy gets ejected and game starts to throw Joes in your way.
3. Dealing with humans and Joes significantly harder on Nightmare than with Stompy. Even though Stompy can insta-kill you, he has pretty narrow vision and it's always possible to hide from him without direct confrontation . But there are moments in the game when there is no choice but to fight humans or Joes. While hostile survivors are quite vulnerable themselves they come in groups. have long range weapons and damn good aim. While Joes are slow, they come in groups too, very tough sonovabitches, will follow you for a long distance and it's difficult to outrun them in narrow corridor without getting damage. Thankfully, the humans and Joes have same weakness - vents
4. As long as there something in between you and Alien and you don't make eye contact with it - it won't see you. And try to not stay in front of it - move with it
