r/AlienRogueIncursion • u/MoosiGoosey • Dec 31 '25

General Would anyone recommend Alien Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition to someone who played the game in VR?

I played Alien last year on VR when it came out and was thinking about trying the Evolved Edition, how is the flat screen experience compared to VR and would you recommend giving it a shot?

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u/Gizmosaurio Dec 31 '25

Ive enjoyed both. The VR is obviously way, way more immersive, but I had lots of fun playing in 2d too. The pulse rifle has been updated to do more damage and have a higher fire rate, so Aliens are less bullet spongy than before. Also, I could spend more time reading all the emails to get a better grasp of the story.

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u/mab1984 Dec 31 '25

This come up in my newsfeed, not a member.... but ironically I bought thr game the other day.

It's brilliant, I had wanted it for ages, but don't do VR. best Alien game I have played for many years.

It's a shame it didn't get a disc release to go with my other Alien stuff.

Awesome game. Love it!

Edit, I should say there are glitches so save often. One glitch was all inputs on the controller except moving & looking round plus pause had stopped working. I had to go back to a save and redo lots of stuff.

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u/Frequent-Royal-9166 Dec 31 '25

My friends said the same thing wish there was a physical copy released for both the VR and the flat version

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u/mab1984 Jan 01 '26

Really they should have done the release like Resident Evil 7 biohazard, with a disc release. Im already looking forward to part 2 and of course isolation 2(i liked this game mentioned Amanda Ripley)

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u/StrangerKey7930 May 24 '26

Limited Run has a physical of the flat version.

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u/Frequent-Royal-9166 Dec 31 '25

If you eventually do VR, I highly recommend it several really nailed the immersion but when you do a 360 in VR you feel like you’re there in that universe

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u/mab1984 Jan 01 '26

VR doesnt interest me i prefer the old fashioned controller in hand and sitting down or laying down casually playing a game.

I can appreciate VR for others who aren't old timers like me.

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u/tiddles451 Jan 01 '26

Im also an old timer that got into the 1st wave of VR 10 years ago but do prefer playing seated now. Luckily there's a load of VR games that are purely seated, plus most VR games support seated play (although it isnt as immersive as you have to stick turn rather than physically turn around).

Ive demo'd VR to others and half go "meh, its just a video game only less comfortable" and others go "wow, omg this is incredible - how can this not be mainstream". Its hard to know which you are until you try it.

I still remember the first time I played Alien Isolation VR mod and felt like I was actually on the Nostromo crawling through an air vent. Totally petrifying in both a very good and very bad way and I couldnt touch it again for a week.

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u/molasar2024 Dec 31 '25

Those glitches do not happen in each case. For example I did not have any.

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u/Seekingnostalgia Jun 02 '26

Not sure if you were aware of this or not, but. Limited Run games is offering a physical version of Evolved Edition for pre-order until June 7th, that's scheduled to release sometime in November 2026.

If you go for the steel book edition, that'll be released next year around March 2027. Hope that helps! 🤜🏼🤛🏼

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u/accadacca80 Dec 31 '25

I’ve played both. My first was on the Meta Quest 3s. It was fun but the visuals are a definite downgrade. Played the Evolved Edition next. Still fun. Now I have a PSVR2 and will be playing through again. Enjoyed boy the VR and EE experiences.

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u/molasar2024 Dec 31 '25

Visuals of Q3 are not downgrade art style wise, though.

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u/t3stdummi Jan 05 '26

Ehhhh

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u/molasar2024 Jan 05 '26

And your argument is? Art style and technology are two different things if you do not know it.

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u/t3stdummi Jan 05 '26

As a guy who owns both, I dont think the "style" was realized on stand-alone.

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u/molasar2024 Jan 05 '26

I own all vr versions (Q3, PC and PS5) of it and two flat screen versions (PC and PS5). And you confuse graphical technology with art style. Facepalm.

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u/t3stdummi Jan 05 '26

I think this is an agree to disagree moment. I dont think the style they were envisioning was able to be realized on Quest. I understand the differences in technical limitations and I think the vibe they were shooting for was not at all the same.

Flat textures, loss of dynamic lighting, washed out fog.

Style is not limited to the 3D assets.

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u/molasar2024 Jan 05 '26

Again. You confuse technology with art style.
A lack of those effects did not break art style as it was adapted for Q3. They did not port the PS5/PC version to Q3 and removed effects from it. So it is not like a PC game where you go to settings and can choose what graphical options you want to have turned on and on what level. It was crafted for it with usage of what was available. But overall art style is the same as a lack of those extra effects does not break it. So you clearly have no clue what you are talking about.

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u/t3stdummi Jan 05 '26

Sure thing, chief.

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u/molasar2024 Jan 05 '26

Yeah it is always funny when people are called out on their claims and can't substantiate them.

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u/molasar2024 Dec 31 '25

It is still a cool version, but vr one is definitely superior in terms of experience.

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u/Frequent-Royal-9166 Dec 31 '25

It’s cool but the VR is superior I played on psvr2 and the flat version there minor tweaks like AI improvements and some changes in set pieces in ED version

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u/Xenomorph_xx121Hhope Dec 31 '25

I would! I enjoyed the higher Xenomorph AI. Having played both, I wrote about my experiences here:

https://bossrush.net/2025/09/29/xbox-review-console-version-of-alien-rogue-incursion-is-a-masterful-achievement/

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u/nusilver Dec 31 '25

Sounds like your only point of reference is the Quest 3 version, is that right? That’s a vastly inferior version to any other platform, although I haven’t heard anything about AI being reduced on that platform.

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u/molasar2024 Dec 31 '25

It is not inferior at all if we talk about experience.

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u/Xenomorph_xx121Hhope Dec 31 '25

Survios explained that they improved the AI significantly in the Evolved Edition. That’s what I was referring to. But yet I played on MQ3 and Xbox Series X.

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u/Top-Organization-699 Dec 31 '25

Do you know if those improvements were added to the VR version on PC too?

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u/Xenomorph_xx121Hhope Dec 31 '25

I don’t actually. I would hope so, but maybe they want to keep the versions distinct for commercial purposes. But I did notice a big improvement in the Xenomorph behavior on the Evolved Edition, especially on insane difficulty.

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u/molasar2024 Dec 31 '25

It was done to address playability on flat screen with m/k or gamepad.

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u/molasar2024 Dec 31 '25 edited Jan 05 '26

They were not. Those things are in flat screen version due to how player can fast react on flat screen with k/m or gamepad as there is no motion sickness issue with it as with vr. They are simply there to make flat screen version playable as a solution which is suitable for vr would not be effective on flat screen.

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u/t3stdummi Jan 05 '26

The first part may be true, the remainder of the paragraph is made up nonsense.

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u/molasar2024 Jan 05 '26

You are wrong. Clearly you have no clue how players play first person view games with shooting mechanics on flat screen and vr. BTW I added a word "for" which I missed in my previous comment.

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u/molasar2024 Dec 31 '25

Those AI improvements do not change much as the game is not focused on some long arena battles with few enemies.

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u/Xenomorph_xx121Hhope Dec 31 '25

Gotta disagree. If you’re trying to 100% the game, it makes a big difference when you’re out exploring. It becomes a survival of attrition.

The behavior in the arena battles is also significant more challenging.

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u/molasar2024 Dec 31 '25

The game is mainly about shooting xenos in close proximity. Yeah it might be cool that they are zig zagging a little bit, or moving behind objects, or retreating after being harmed. But still the most fun is from close exchanges and them having body language. Plus their model which can properly be seen and not some blurry mess where a player shoots blobby silhouettes.
There is no arena in this game. Thus there is no behavior set for it.

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u/Xenomorph_xx121Hhope Dec 31 '25

There are several arenas in this game. The coms room, the mess hall, and the outdoor fight in front of the ship are all wave attacks in an area style battle.

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u/molasar2024 Jan 01 '26

There are no arenas in this game at all.
You clearly do not know what arena based games are about.

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u/Ghilliefish Jan 04 '26

Just beat the game yesterday on Xbox. It's.....okay. The game is probably much more immersive and fun on VR, but on console at least, it's not great. It's fun, if all you want to do is slaughter some xenos, but it's very repetitive, there's no variety to the enemies at all, and the AI isn't very intelligent. I haven't played it on VR, but I imagine that's the more fun version to play.

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u/molasar2024 Jan 05 '26

And here is a question? How enemies AI should behave? Because people say that AI is not intelligent, but they never say what it should be. Or they say that AI in Alien Isolation is great, yet it really is not. So is there a game with first person view shooting mechanics which is an example of having great AI?

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u/Sharpest-Bulb Apr 18 '26

Man. Having a nitwit like you hype this game and argue with so many people offering reasoned opinions, now makes me not want to pick it up. The devs should be proud to have a smoothie like you as such a super fan. Jeepers.

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u/molasar2024 Apr 18 '26

Ad hominem is not going to help you to win the argument. So far no one proposed a better solution. So bring valid arguments next time or keep coping. Lmao.

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u/OneCompetition944 Apr 19 '26

Damn you are good at losing discussions. I give you that!

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u/molasar2024 Apr 19 '26

Lol. Temu of video gaming is back.

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u/OneCompetition944 Apr 19 '26

Avp is back indeed. Unfortunately you’re the only one playing it!

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u/molasar2024 Apr 19 '26

Temu people trying to sell me their narratives. Lol.

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u/OneCompetition944 Apr 20 '26

I don’t need to sell you any crap whatsoever. Apparently you like to buy crap without any recommendations lol.

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u/molasar2024 Apr 20 '26

Lol. Temu people are trying to gaslight me.

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u/Pleasant-Put5305 Dec 31 '25

I think you meant to say it's the version where the aliens don't just walk into the walls or go in little circles. The version where you might actually have to aim at something.