Alien: Isolation adds Nightmare mode for masochists and Novice mode for beginners

Alien: Isolation is a hard game. I played on the game's Normal difficulty and felt that it was pretty freaking hard. While I personally loved the difficulty and challenge, there were many who thought the game was a bit too hard for their liking. On the flipside, there were players who wanted even more challenge. I like to call them the video game masochists. Today, Creative Assembly is satisfying both parties.

Both Nightmare and Novice mode have been added to Alien: Isolation, making sure that those who find the game difficulty can play on a much more manageable mode, and those that want something insanely challenging can try their hand at Nightmare mode.

Novice mode is described as:

You’ll be given more resources and ammunition, with synthetics and fellow survivors being less troublesome. Our Alien will also be more forgiving, more easily distracted and less aggressive in his hunting style.

Nightmare mode is described as:

Explore the world of Sevastopol with a motion tracker featuring a damaged display and undependable information. Resources will be even more limited, the map systems have gone offline and fellow survivors and synthetics are even more deadly and aggressive.

In this heightened, terrifying atmosphere, our Alien will be hunting you like never before. With an upgraded AI that has amplified its fatal hostility, every step you take may be your last. Our monster is more adaptive, learning from your tactics with chilling speed and with intensified senses that will give you no second chances…

You can experience both modes of the game today across all platforms.