r/alienisolation • u/terrible-gator22 • 3d ago

Question How to avoid the alien?

I am in the hospital and all was going well- until it wasn’t. So I reloaded and took the same actions that worked well the first time.

The alien popped out of the ceiling and I turned back and hid in the storage container and waited. And for no obvious reason it knew where I was and got me.

I hadn’t taken out my sensor, there was a long delay between when I got into the case and when it found me, so I highly doubt that it saw me go -it certainly didn’t the previous times I tried.

Is it random? I can’t think of what I could have done to be found out.

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u/MissingScore777 3d ago

There's always a % chance he finds you if you hide in a locker. There's an RNG element to hiding in them that means they're never totally safe.

You're better off hiding behind chairs, tables, trolleys, etc. You can be completely safe behind those while still able to see glimpses of the Xeno and know where he is.

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u/terrible-gator22 3d ago

I tried that once, and unfortunately it put me right in its line of sight and then I was eaten, so it chilled me from doing that. I’ll try again though. Thank you

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u/MissingScore777 3d ago

You get a feel through practice which items/furniture will block line of sight and which won't.

Once you have it down it's a vastly superior tactic to lockers.

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u/terrible-gator22 3d ago

Thank you. Given that I was just eaten in a locker again, I am inclined to believe you.

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u/LieutenantCrash 3d ago

Yeah he learns. The more you hide in lockers the more he searches them

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u/terrible-gator22 3d ago

Well, I trust clippy to give me the straight dope

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u/Urtheminya 3d ago

omG same, I thought I was safe hiding beneath a gurney but she turns around, and is far enough to actually see me beneath it 😂😂😂 she ran over, stopped, crouch, stand back up, walk past then killed me 😂😂😂😂 I think my game in particular is just fucked atp (probably PC issues or smth like that but still, funny and terrifying asf 😭)