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I Am Alive casts the player as a lone survivor in a believable, dark and insecure post-apocalyptic world.
I Am Alive is a survival, post-apocalyptic and action game
developed by Ubisoft Shanghaï
and published by Ubisoft.
Released on September 06th 2012 is available only on Windows
in 5 languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish - Spain.
It has received 2,753 reviews of which 1,874 were positive and 879 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.6 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows® XP SP3, Windows® Vista SP1
- Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 3800+ / Intel® Pentium 4 630
- Memory: 1024MB (Windows® XP), 2048MB (Windows® Vista or 7)
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT / ATI Radeon HD 2600XT
- DirectX®: 9.0c
- Hard Drive: 2GB
- Sound: Any DirectX Compatible DirectX®: 9.0c
*I Am Alive is not designed to be compatible with Crossfire and SLI setups. Be advised that if you encounter performance issues with I am Alive, try temporarily disabling SLI/Crossfire as part of your troubleshooting.
Originally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS
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If u play this in 2025, before you start go to the game root files- src-SYSTEM- UserSettings and delete all the codes line except the ones below the following: [SystemValidation], [DefaultPlayer], [Engine.PlayerInput], [Engine.PlayerController], [Engine.MarketingCamInput], [Engine.Input]. To be more precise, the last line has to be MultiSampleType=2. nothing else needed or the game won't start or work properly In conclusion, in the same path rename the file systemdetection.dll in systemdetection.dll.BAK this will prevent the game to detect windows 10 or 11 (the game was released while windows 7 was a thing) ps: ubisoft is garbage. i had to discover this alone
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An underrated and regretfully unfinished post-earthquake survival work 7.5/10 Opening Today, when most players mention post-apocalyptic survival games, they usually think of two categories: the nuclear wasteland created by the Fallout and Metro series, or the zombie waves rendered in games like The Last of Us and Days Gone. It is rare to find a survival game like I Am Alive, set against the backdrop of earthquakes, a natural disaster that is both common and has a huge impact in our real world. As a game released in 2012, I Am Alive attracted countless players back then with its unique gloomy gray art style, critical thinking on human morality, and extremely hardcore gameplay mechanism. It is still worth a try even today and definitely could be considered a greatly underrated survival action game. However, due to the extremely difficult development process, the final release was only equivalent to the prologue of other games. The unsatisfactory sales directly sentenced this promising IP to death, making it ultimately a regrettable unfinished work. Strength Players must explore Haventon, a fictional American city after a massive earthquake. The heavy and depressing atmosphere vividly reflects the fragility and helplessness of human beings in the face of natural disasters. Instead of taking the role of an omnipotent superhero in traditional video games, players control an ordinary person. Every action consumes stamina, supplies are extremely limited, and every move must be considered twice. The city is crisscrossed with broken walls and abandoned buildings, climbing is the only way out. The player's limited stamina and the extreme stamina consumption rate when climbing requires precise route planning and resting points identification. If you move forward blindly at all costs, at best you will burn up the stamina limit that can only be restored by limited resources, having an irreversible impact on the entire exploration; at worst, you will directly fall to death from exhaustion. The tension and challenges are consistently high throughout the game. Players will also encounter a variety of survivors in the game, some of whom will treat you warmly, while others will show their weapons and warn you to leave. The vast majority of the remaining ones are gang members with ulterior motives. They come in groups and press forward step by step, just wanting to plunder you. As your stamina is depleted and enemies close in, the game's music will gradually intensify, with increasingly tight drum beats creating an eerie and terrifying feeling, giving the player an excellent sense of tension and fear. The overall process of the game is primarily linear, and the downtown area of Haventon is designed to be semi-open, with many victims and supplies for players to explore. The combat mechanism is also quite unique. Players often have to face multiple enemies, in addition to pretending to surrender and catching them off guard, you can also raise your guns to intimidate knife-wielding enemies, forcing them toward cliffs or fire for environmental executions. Some cowardly enemies are most likely to surrender after witnessing the death of their comrades, some others are more likely to struggle and wail in their final moments. While the hardcore mechanisms and designs do add a lot of difficulty, the sense of accomplishment you get from overcoming it on your own is unparalleled. The map design is equally ingenious too. Not only are there plenty of collectibles placed in various corners, bringing endless surprises to players who love exploration, but most of the climbing and combat scenes can also be cleared with proper operations and clever strategies. Weakness Throughout the entire game of I Am Alive, there is an extremely depressing atmosphere and ubiquitous tension. In the downtown area, sandstorms will continue to deplete the player's stamina, high difficulty levels also require players to be more careful with their planning. A single mistake in climbing or combating may lead to total failure. Since the game's S/L mechanism is unique, except for the lowest difficulty, the number of retries for each chapter is limited. Once exhausted, you must start from the chapter's beginning. This makes the player's exploration and trial-and-error costs very high. S/L is often very frequent or even necessary for many players. Some chapters are quite long, which puts considerable pressure on the players. Also, as a game released in 2012, its compatibility today is quite poor. In addition to freezes and out-of-sync game audio and subtitles, the game is more likely to have errors when loading. When it occurs, the player will lose all progress except the starting point of the chapter, and the game might be forced to stop responding when exiting the game, which will have a significant impact on the gaming experience. To create a gloomy and depressing gaming atmosphere, the developer intentionally added a gray filter and massive image noise to all scenes. Visibility is extremely low in the downtown area during sandstorms, at night, and in dark locations. The lighting effects are hazy and dazzling, with significantly high saturation. Although it highlights the authenticity of the game, it brings a very poor viewing experience to players. The combat system is also a point of criticism for many. Due to the unique design, limited resources, numerous enemies, and the fact that players are not invincible when judging melee attacks, the game's combat strategies and operations are very unique. Only by cleverly using sneak attacks and deterrence can you achieve victory, which takes some time to adapt to and learn. In the early stages, when ammunition is scarce and recyclable bows are unavailable, players may even need to exploit mechanisms and weak enemy AI to find shortcuts. The game has very few enemy types, and the rewards for delivering supplies to the intricately distributed victims are underwhelming. The effort rarely matches the rewards, and the overall playability is relatively limited. The extremely short process is the biggest problem of this work. Aside from the thought-provoking on the player's morality, the plot of the game lacks proper foreshadowing and development, the main characters are not well shaped, and the ending is extremely abrupt, with too much blank space. Even on the lowest difficulty, the relatively hardcore game design, ubiquitous sense of oppression, and tension are quite unfavorable to players who just want to easily experience the game's story and atmosphere. Conclusion From my personal perspective, I like this work very much, but compared to the concept trailer first presented to players at E3 in 2008, the original version of I Am Alive undoubtedly had more potential. If it can be more finely polished, it will definitely be a game that can make history. In comparison, the official release of I Am Alive is just a decent game, its limited gameplay and playthrough make it difficult to attract players to play it multiple times. Considering the twists and turns and the arduous development process that lasted nearly seven years, perhaps it is already a miracle that the game was released at all. Due to its highly experimental nature and niche audience, reviews of I Am Alive have been quite polarized too. If you enjoy hardcore, extremely challenging post-apocalyptic survival games with climbing features, and quite relish the immersive sense of oppression and tension throughout the game, then this is definitely one you should not miss-it certainly won‘t disappoint you. Found my review valuable? [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/43837750-Just-Game-Curator/] Follow my curator to get the latest review push! [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/justgamecurator] Join the Group for various events including Give Away! Your support is my greatest motivation!
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Sadly a underrated gem, The atmosphere is perfect, being able to trick the enemy with an empty gun is genius, that we don't see very often if at all. People reviewed bombed for slightly jankey controls, and graphics. It deserved a second game, one which completes the cliffhanger this game ends on. But no, Ubisoft is to preoccupied with destroying themselves. To the people that keep getting crashes and everything...Look up fixes. The internet exist and ubisoft will never patch/fix this game. I have a crap pc, like bottom of the barrel, and the first fix i found online fixed every issue you all complain about.
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I highly recommend this game it's short but not too short I beat in just over 4 hours with 98% completion but mainly bought it because I originally played it when i was younger on my ps3 (didn't get too far because I sucked at stamina management lol) if you have time I recommend giving this gem a try. Anyways thank you for reading this you're a legend! P.S I Am (still) Alive
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I had never heard of this game until now and having played it - I really enjoyed it. The combat has a cool twist - even if you don't have any bullets, you can point your gun at people and intimidate them, although some of them will try and call your bluff. You can also intimidate them to step back near a hole or a fire and then you can push them in it. I'd like to see similar things in more games. The climbing with decreasing stamina will be a turnoff for some people, but I didn't have any issues with it, I enjoyed those parts. I very much enjoyed the dreary world, too. What I didn't enjoy - the save system is balls. The graphics are too overprocessed, although it does give it this bleak and unique vibe. And the ending is very abrupt and not very satisfying. But overall - I'd definitely recommend this game.
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I Am Alive is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.
I Am Alive is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.99€ on Steam.
I Am Alive received 1,874 positive votes out of a total of 2,753 achieving a rating of 6.64.
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I Am Alive was developed by Ubisoft Shanghaï and published by Ubisoft.
I Am Alive is playable and fully supported on Windows.
I Am Alive is not playable on MacOS.
I Am Alive is not playable on Linux.
I Am Alive is a single-player game.
I Am Alive does not currently offer any DLC.
I Am Alive does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
I Am Alive does not support Steam Remote Play.
I Am Alive is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Ubisoft Shanghaï
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Ubisoft
Release
06 Sep 2012
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