10 Terrifying Video Game Truths You Never Noticed

8. The Fates Of The Missing - Alien Isolation

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Alien Isolation isn’t a whimsical light-hearted adventure so it stands to reason a lot of things are going to go sideways in your cat-and-mouse game with one of gaming’s scariest big bads. If you haven’t finished this one yet I’m throwing in a spoiler warning and I’ll catch you over on Number 7.

This particular terrifying video game truth concerns the ID cards that can be found around the station.

Resident attentive player and WhatCulture commenter, Black Winter, pointed out that while some of these ID cards can be attached to nearby dead bodies, others are trickier to access, though all have a picture of said MIA person on it.

Toward the end of the game, you find yourself exploring the Alien nest. Here, you come across dozens of victims with their chests burst open. Each of these victims can be matched to an ID card, cementing that each of those missing people met with an especially horrific fate, being dragged down into the nest and infested with an Alien. Yikes.

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Jess has been a journalist and content creator in the games industry for over 15 years and has been WhatCulture's resident Australian import and sorry cop since 2020, upping the quotient of swearing and apologising in WhatCulture Gaming's annual blooper videos considerably. She previously worked at GameSpot for 10 years, most notably hosting GameSpot News in addition to E3 live shows, and PAX panels. She regularly livestreams a variety of games on her 'jessmcdonell' YouTube and Twitch channels and hosts the 'Do It On The Day' podcast. She has won awards for her news and feature work in gaming as well as an accolade for her comedic writing (likely an admin error). She can be found on X at @jessmcdonell and Instagram at @jessicamcdonell sharing her current videogame fixations, industry insights, and videos of her cat, Karma.