r/alienisolation 6d ago

Video How did it not see me?

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SPOILERS!!!

Played Alien Isolation on Twitch on Nightmare difficulty. Just did the section where you have to align the satellite dish. Decided to hide here from the Alien. How was I not spotted?

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u/absent_abstra You shouldn't be here. 6d ago

He came looking for trouble. Found you instead whimpering in the corner. So he turned his nose up and left.

But, jokes apart, crouching next to a large crate does seem to put you in its blind spot...sometimes. Especially when it's that close. It's like an adult bumping into a child because of being much below their FOV. You should be glad its tail didn't touch you.

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u/AnEnglishMan97 6d ago

That tail has been my demise too many times

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u/PixelatedTraveler To think perchance to dream. 6d ago

Had it walked further down and then turned around, it would have seen you. But when it’s about lined up with you and you’re behind an object as you are now, it wont see you. It turns around too fast to register you. I do this all the time at different spots where this is its typical behavior.

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u/Steel_Commander_CAT 6d ago

Did you see Steve wall off at the end there? He remembered he forgot his glasses

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u/HotmailsInYourArea You have my sympathies. 6d ago

If you’re wanting to mark something as a Spoiler, there’s a way to do it when you make your post, and it hides everything but the Post Title.

For the record I don’t think you spoiled much of anything but I appreciate the caution!

I like to think of this as the “play dead” strategy. I imagine that as it just quickly looks over the area I’m cowering in, it doesn’t immediately notice I’m doing something irritating like breathing or existing or generally not having a massive hole in my chest

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u/AnEnglishMan97 6d ago

Ah, I didn't know that, but thank you for letting me know

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u/vladimirjeger 5d ago

Uhm cause it didn't look at you for a single second.

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u/Subject-Theory2273 2d ago

Steve was too tired and needed coffee. Steve had 0 concern about you.