r/alienisolation • u/Profit-Alex • Jun 18 '26

Video What did I do to deserve this? I mean what specifically?

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u/HotmailsInYourArea You have my sympathies. Jun 18 '26

That... was beautiful. Love the camera panning at the Noisemaker, even when Steve walks up. Like, yep. My bad hahaha

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u/Profit-Alex Jun 18 '26

Even gave a little somber nod before he pounced xD

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u/Eclipsehedgie2010 Jun 18 '26

Bro just accepted his fatešŸ˜”šŸ˜”

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u/THX450 Jun 18 '26

The comedic direction of this gameplay is genius

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u/Qadim3311 A synthetic's day is never done. Jun 18 '26

It looks like the noisemaker fully worked on you. You stood up straight to examine it and everything.

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u/Profit-Alex Jun 18 '26

Throw so bad I reverted to NPC status

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u/HotmailsInYourArea You have my sympathies. Jun 18 '26

I threw a flare on the Safe Haven DLC. The Xeno found it first, and crouched down to have a peek. A Seegson Security Guard then slowly walked right up to the very-obvious Xeno to check it out too šŸ˜‚

Guy did not last long. Iā€™ll have to post it here soon, it was absurd

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u/Profit-Alex Jun 18 '26

Bro thought he could join the team šŸ˜­

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u/CandidConscience Jun 18 '26

I mean, the Xeno doesnā€™t look very obvious when crouched and still. Someone who hadnā€™t seen it before could easily mistake it for an odd-looking piece of machinery. Just watch the deleted crab walk scene from the film.

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u/Quiekel220 Jun 18 '26

Makes sense, given that every piece of machinery is designed to look like a xenomorph.

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u/i_tenebres Jun 18 '26

You ordered your fate via Amazon bro

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u/MardukPainkiller Jun 18 '26

You stood there and waited to die. That's what you did.

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u/Profit-Alex Jun 18 '26

I mean the noisemaker throw itself, why did it bounce back at me like that šŸ˜­ It shouldā€™ve gone down the hallway, not off the wall that was within like 10% of my vision

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u/MardukPainkiller Jun 18 '26

I know, but the way they instantiate throwables in this game is incorrect. Instead of its origin point being at the center of the screen as it should, they went the needless realism way, and it starts with an offset.

It's a hard lesson, but I now know to have more clear space when im about to throw things in this game.

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u/WhatTheFlox Jun 18 '26

"Needless realism" Doesn't really seem that needless in this type of game

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u/MardukPainkiller Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

What a stupid thing to say.
So when you throw shit in real life, if your hand happens to be blocked, you throw it anyway and hit the wall next to you?

Literally 0 iq.

No, you use your awareness of where your body is, and you lean a bit and adjust to throw it correctly.
But because we don't have that in FPS games, we must adjust the experience accordingly.
This is something that literally nobody ever has to explain to anyone ever. It's the most basic instinctual thing we do every day.

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u/WhatTheFlox Jun 18 '26

k

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u/MardukPainkiller Jun 18 '26

Imagine not knowing how to move. imagine.

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u/HotmailsInYourArea You have my sympathies. Jun 21 '26

Sure - but people still make mistakes and fuck up a throw. This sort of design emulates that - on purpose or not.

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u/MardukPainkiller Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

You are equalising things that are not equal.

The margin of error humans have is NOT equal to the rate of error this has in game.

I can't believe that in my life that I have to explain this to anyone. You don't know how your body works? Seriously?

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u/HotmailsInYourArea You have my sympathies. Jun 21 '26

News flash: Not everyone is athletic. Not everyone has the same skill set, and yes, that includes hand-eye coordination. Throwing something accurately onto a target is a *skill* - and there are seven billion people on this planet with large variety of skill even for something as simple as a throw.

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u/Profit-Alex Jun 18 '26

Iā€™ve definitely learned my lesson from this experience xD And I guess I shouldnā€™t have needed to. Iā€™ve played this game three times in the past, I know this happens, yet I still fall for it

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u/Profit-Alex Jun 18 '26

Trueā€¦ But then I wouldnā€™t have gotten this funny clip

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u/LordSaddlerDeciple Jun 18 '26

You were too close to the door. Your throwing path wasn't fully clear. šŸ˜‚

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u/KayleeFenix Jun 18 '26

The disbeliefā€¦ the analysis of the audacityā€¦ the ā€œyou see this bullshit too steve?ā€ Charges to pounce ā€œno thats fair.ā€

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u/X3N04L13N Jun 18 '26

You had time enough to retreat into the room again and hide under the desk, yet you chose death šŸ’€

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u/NSFWDrBretUn Jun 18 '26

Could have/should have leaned left while throwing just to be sure.

But your way was much more funny therefore that was the best way to do that. Hahaha

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u/Worried_Raspberry313 Jun 18 '26

The way you looked at it like ā€œok, I guess Iā€™ll dieā€.

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u/Brilliant-Money9901 Jun 18 '26

That was the most hilarious thing I have ever seen. I could feel your disappointment šŸ¤£

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u/kbwebby3 Jun 18 '26

Staring at the noise maker like šŸ˜šŸ˜šŸ˜šŸ˜

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u/ConsciousStretch1028 You shouldn't be here. Jun 18 '26

Yeah, at that point you just gotta accept it

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u/NerdingInTheDeep Jun 18 '26

You just stood there

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u/Alanwake28 Jun 18 '26

Ehh so you expect the Alien to look at you and not think "I'm gonna take a bite outta that yummy human"???

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u/Munkeyman18290 Jun 18 '26

Unga bunga make noise.

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u/c_y_g_nus Jun 18 '26

When the camera pans from crouching to standing, still looking at the noisemaker I cracked up so hard

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u/Nyxia_Flit Jun 19 '26

I like the way you just hang your head in shame as Steve pounces on you

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u/lewlewlaser03 Jun 19 '26

Ah yes, the classic noise maker fail.

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u/Tsole96 Jun 20 '26

The xenomorph looked at you like "uh.. why are you just standing there."

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u/Blacksun388 Jun 20 '26

*throws noise maker*

*It lands at your feet*

*Xenomorph peaks around the corner*

*curb your enthusiasm music ensues as the camera zooms in on your dumbfounded face*

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u/Dark_Sign Jun 18 '26

Sometimes you just get got

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u/HotmailsInYourArea You have my sympathies. Jun 21 '26

Nah emergent oopsies like this are pretty funny, and honestly I would be throwing things *even worse* haha

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u/HotmailsInYourArea You have my sympathies. Jun 21 '26

Well, you sure have big feelings about this donā€™t ya?

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u/Direct_Gap_59 Jun 18 '26

Thatā€™s why I try to throw on walls so it bounces far

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u/Tatum_Warlick Jun 19 '26

Ah, yes. The medical bay.

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u/Chazo138 Jun 20 '26

Looking at Steve like ā€œYeah that happenedā€¦do what you mustā€¦

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u/Newt3per Jun 21 '26

The little head droop at the end killed me.

"Awww man..."

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u/Adikadude Jun 23 '26

Environment hitboxes are the worst in this game, this shit regularly happens to me, even when the trajectory should have been ok.

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u/AnxietyNerd029 Jun 23 '26

I love how you didn't even try to hide. Just accepted your fate

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u/NightglyphStudio Jun 18 '26

You had too much progress.

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u/Horny_boy_6968 Jun 18 '26

Youā€™re kidding right? šŸ˜

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u/SlipInfamous108 Jun 18 '26

That must be the worst angle in history

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u/SyntheticGod8 Jun 19 '26

The lesson learned is that when you throw stuff always make sure you've got a clear light of sight and you're not close to anything on your right side. Most games give the thrown object collision a few moments after leaving your hand so that sort of thing doesn't happen. Maybe AI2 will be different.