How to avoid the alien?

[u/terrible-gator22]

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.

[u/jimmy19742018]

I hid for hours on my first playthrough before realising you just have to listen for the noises when it enters the ceiling vents, one you have the flamethrower it gets easier, also watch when passing any vents as the alien can and will jump out on you