My guess is that the game treats those panels as if they were solid, so the alien doesn't actually see through them. It is just a guess though

Really cuz I’m playing the game in nightmare mode, and doing pretty well. Apart from getting stuck at various points from map navigation, as every area of the shop looks similar and some very important pathways are easy to miss, making one go in circles, making it easier to get caught by the alien. I watched an advanced play through of a speedrun on Nightmare mode, and I missed the area I was supposed to go to, and would end up looping the area nearby by mistake, largely increasing the chance of getting seen by the Alien, while not moving forward storywise.

First, we don’t know what type of shells, Hicks shotgun is firing. Second, Hicks killed the xenomorph via point blank range in the mouth. The shotgun in Alien Isolation, is firing pellet based shells. Pellet based shells are the weakest and most common shells used in shotguns. Pellet based shells can injure or kill a human, but is severely ineffective against bullet proof. Now if the shells are slugs, that would be a different story, since these shells are overwhelmingly more powerful than pellet based shells.

A bit over 500 hours at this point

It was fun

I've lost count at this point tbh - I think I'm on 500+ hours for this game overall. I think the alien does reset to some extent - so for example if it chases you to the safe room door, it won't be waiting there for you next time you return. At the same time, I don't think it spawns in the same locations every time. Most of its behaviour looks unscripted to me

@@tompsognathus Thank you for the reply. I just finished the main game after 9 years of putting it off... out of fear haha! Incredible game and I am about to start doing the DLC content. Love how you run your missions, and there were some definite close calls there! Thank you for sharing your runs!

Who “ fuckin” cares

Not just shotguns. In Aliens, Vasquez and Gorman both kill at least one xenomorph each with pistols, a S&W Model 39 and an H&K VP70, both chambered in 9mm, and in Alien: Resurrection, Christie kills one with a single headshot from his very small wrist guns, which look to be something like .25ACP or maybe .380. The in-game revolver is a .357, which is more powerful than either of those. And flamethrowers are very effective in the other games, too. Something I think this game forgets is, xenomorphs aren't difficult to _kill._ Xenomorphs are difficult to _hit._

No this game follows Alien canon, not Aliens. The Alien in Alien was invincible to weaponry basically. It was only Aliens which had them jumping around like animals and exploding when shot.

@@windwalker5765No, it just doesn’t follow the Aliens canon (thank god). It follows the Alien canon instead and the xenomorphs are basically impervious to weaponry. Not the daft Aliens canon where they jump around, act like animals and explode when shot.

@@criert135 And nobody takes Alien alone as canon and ignores Aliens. Alien 3 and the others can be ignored by most, but 1 and 2 are one, indivisible and what made the monster and the franchise great.

@@Vrangsynn Alien Isolation basically does. So do Prometheus and Alien Covenant (even though they suck). Honestly, Alien just feels separate to Aliens in a way. The alien in Alien seems completely different to the Aliens ones.

Welll it seem that the Xeno of this game weren't like the ones of the movies and games that could have been killed with fire weapons. Despite thee Xeno of this games are called Drones they almost have the size of the Preatorians, but considering that even Preatorians and Predaliens could have been killed by Humans in some games it make sense what you said.