Alien: Isolation Working Joe Androids - Explained

Rudimentary androids encountered by Amanda Ripley while exploring Sevastopol Station in Alien: Isolation.
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[@Hybrid0027]

"You always know a Working Joe." 😨🤖

[@HoyoImpact]

Is Alien Isolation sequel coming?

[@kityhawk2000]

gamlow1 that's stupid, it's literally the best Alien game ever made and the story (while not massively original) is way better than Prometheus and Alien Covenant If you ever wanted to play a game that actually made you feel like you were in an Alien movie this is it.

[@Jose10614]

kityhawk2000 I agree ☝️ with you 100%. I love this game so much! 💚🖤💚🖤 I believe I've developed a severe heart condition playing this game! Lol (not really but I do feel like it with this game at times! I swear if you hooked a heart rate monitor up to my heart you would say I’m very unhealthy at times in this game!! Lol) I have never ever been that scared of playing a video game in my life (OMG!!!!!!!!)until I played Alien Isolation💚🖤💚🖤Sega really out did themselves!!!

[@CloneScavengerVulpin8389]

Yep

[@Esdeath_0001]

Ask me about Sevastopol's Safety Protocols

[@Ascendant1]

I recently spent an hour creeping around a level in terror, hiding from a Working Joe that I didn’t realize was friendly.

[@comptoiredugaming5446]

Lol

[@rickysmyth]

That one is there to confuse you on the motion tracker. I know which one you mean. Without it, it would be too obvious where the alien is so you'd always feel safe

[@TheTMFD]

😂😂 same! I didn’t know till my character responded 😅

[@jamesgiles4517]

Same

[@sbrosier2383]

"Please, calm down" *beats Ripley to death

[@amazingamanda9701]

Same thing happened to me. My working joe became hostile and it came into my room in the middle of the night and tried to get me

[@badreedinedjellali1328]

is not really suppress that the android will betray humans because the in the aline movies that the are evil I'men the faw one who are not evil like samul

[@CrniWuk]

Well she became hysterical.

[@omegawilliam95s36]

Mine killed my neighbor’s cat after it shit in our yard, all you could hear through the painful screeching meows was “You’re being hysterical, please calm down.” They still haven’t gotten over it.

[@Paul20661]

XD

[@AbyssalSchmitt]

Working Joe's were scarier than the damn alien

[@Jose10614]

Schmityy722 No not to me! The Androids are creepy but I’m more scared of the Alien then the Androids! I don’t think the Androids are scary!

[@vitormaodevaca8469]

@@DarkAttackYT true,but their attitude is scarier the way they just...take ther time to beat you to death and are always polite and calm is just,creepy

[@Jose10614]

Aron T-900 Exactly. I agree! Androids are just machines. The Alien, a Xenomorph is indestructible in the game! The androids are nothing compared to the Alien! You can kill the androids you can’t kill the Alien!

[@theworstcritic2950]

@@vitormaodevaca8469 "Running causes accidents"

[@ironv2808]

@@vitormaodevaca8469 all it takes is one shot gun to the head for their attitude to go away tho 😂

[@rayne_4489]

Once I hit a working joe on accident in the lobby and all he said was…thank you

[@waseem2646]

*Smashes head in* Thank you.

[@stevenh2535]

“Harder daddy”

[@scpfoundation2040]

@@stevenh2535 "robotic moaning"

[@dcrvnt.s]

@@scpfoundation2040 what a great day this would be to not have eyes.

[@vladimirvojtaml]

I know they're just brainless robots incapable of feeling anything. But the way they look is just creepy and unsettling. It's that type of feeling you get when there's enough recognizable features but not enough for you to be comfortable.

[@Reyma777]

"You are becoming hysterical."

[@vladimirvojtaml]

MrReyno Tanks I'm cool Mr. Joe no worries

[@arminiusofgermania]

That's a phenomenon known as "the uncanny valley".

[@android584]

I found that I attributed humanity to them despite their primitiveness. It would be interesting to try engaging one in conversation to see how sentient they actually were. Their main downfall is that they are all identical, no individuality to them whatsoever. I wonder how much cheaper the writers of the game would price then compared to a weyland-yutani model. I'd like to think about a tenth of the price, although still might not be a bargain

[@omegawilliam95s36]

From the voice lines, they kinda feel bad when they find destroyed units.

[@MisterHughes]

I hate those creepy super Joe's with the orange rubber overalls at the Apollo core. Can't cattle-prod 'em, can't EMP them, very satisfying if you can fry them with the floor plates though. It's so nice when you get the occasional white-eyed Joe who let's you go about your business.

[@ShortSight32]

BRUHH IM SCARED SHITLESS WHENEVER I SEE THEIR EYES COME OUT OF THE TOXIC MIST AND THEN RUN AWAY BUT THEN TWO COME OUT FROM OPPOSITE SIDES

[@ShortSight32]

They're called hasmat suits

[@theburningman5047]

I really like the Joes, especially the tanky heavy Joes. I changed them up via a modding tool called OpenCage. Now the heavy Joes (and ordinary Joes) walk faster, walk larger distances to find idle jobs (like the consoles they use in the two rooms near the Human Consultation Chamber), increased the hearing range, meaning if you run in the right hemisphere, all Joes in the left hemisphere will join in, they will check lockers a lot more, I made them more unpredictable (they turn sometimes when they walk if you sneak walk behind them). They visit places where they heard you a second time, not all of them do that but a there's a small chance that it will happen. Joes have a small chance to become suspicious for no reason, will search for you even if you made no sound (2%). You can only really kill them with the bolt gun now, as other weapons do far less damage. All I need now is the cathode script editor to spawn a few more in, I'm planning to put eight instead of four in the Apollo core. Worked on human enemies and the Alien as well to make them a bit smarter and aware. Hoping to release it as a mod for veterans that want a bit more of a challenge :)

[@ricniks4619]

@@theburningman5047 Jesus the game is already scary enough don't have to make it impossible/RNG bssed

[@TheBurleybrawler]

Isolation > Covenant

[@pabloop9891]

And Prometheus

[@nobodyofknowhere973]

I think promethius and covenant focuses more on how the xenomorph was made and "who" made them

[@pabloop9891]

@@nobodyofknowhere973 Yes but it's bullshit because we don't have yet the explication of why the ingenior created the aliens, how they are made and why there is an ingenior spaceship on Lv 426. More than, there is a lot of strange things in Prometheus and alien convenant like the "pulp" , the "zombie" and the white alien with no mouth... Ridley Scott don't even respect his own saga...

[@ShortSight32]

@@pabloop9891 stop being a lil bitch about it

[@BFP879]

Isolation>literally everything after Aliens.

[@patm232010]

Hated those blue, bald, monotone bastards! Very cool though and would like to see them in an Alien film

[@Galvars]

Nah you are just the Joefob!

[@magnetometalbender5725]

They are white

[@Xenosaurus]

I'd like to see onw in the movies to tbh

[@Carl-ld5jy]

@@magnetometalbender5725 No...

[@Redman_real]

@@Carl-ld5jy yes

[@frankiediamonds718]

They were so creepy I hated running into them in the game

[@amazingamanda9701]

“This could require my attention”

[@lookinass2332]

The androids are scarier than the alien.

[@Jose10614]

No, the Alien is way scarier! Androids are just machines. The Alien, a Xenomorph is indestructible in the game! The androids are nothing compared to the Alien!

[@beaviszdcddcd3599]

Yeah, sometimes they were scarier than the alien.

[@ShortSight32]

@@Jose10614 nah. Alien isnt ruthless. The working joe is

[@spoonfedtruth7666]

The funniest joe called asked the alien, what are you? Then calls it disgusting lol

[@Xenosaurus]

Can it seriously say in game that the alien is disgusting?

[@Jose10614]

No the Working Joes don’t say that!

[@theburningman5047]

Not a line they say, they don't even have opinions like that

[@rulerofroombas1443]

Lol liar

[@floatingchimney]

@@Xenosaurus He's lying, android never calls the alien "disgusting". When an android meets an alien it just says "What are you?" an then says "Logging report to Apollo".

[@joshuaweston6531]

The Working Joes we're a great addition to not just the game, but the Alien universe as a whole. You always know a Working Joe!

[@herbivorethecarnivore8447]

I actually understand the appeal of Working Joes. Maybe they could look a bit less creepy, but they're actually quite appealing in a world where people might be worried about the difference between a synthetic and a human. Working Joes were meant to compliment and support Human work, not replace it, which would definitely make a lot of people prefer them over W-Y synthetics.

[@johnmarks3179]

Working Joe's are both a pain in the ass and hilarious! As he is strangling you, he says: "here, let me help you".

[@anthonysmith9648]

WHY NOT ASK ME ABOUT SEVASTOPOL SAFETY PROTOCOLS

[@Jose10614]

Anthony Smith Your becoming Hysterical

[@aristes1880]

I‘ll have to report this. I‘ll find you, you knowY

[@paulpritchard1980]

I think they would make a great Halloween costume. You could have a rubber mask with LED eyes and a voice modulator pair of work gloves and some snazzy looking coveralls boom instant costume. Go to the party start dancing the robot anybody says anything he just turned to them and say you're being hysterical.

[@SynthesisZane]

Androids were a lot scarier than the Alien imo.

[@lHDISMAEL00]

Chinese versions of japan versions

[@alanbouet-willaumez1390]

TUT TUT.... HAVE A GOOD DAY

[@rickysmyth]

I like how since they are computers, they have better reaction time than humans and so would be ready to grab your arm whilst you're going to take a swing at it

[@Kovugamez]

I still remember that first Jumpstart. I turn around after using a console and it's in the doorway staring at me with its glowing yellow eyes.

[@laracroftvideos]

This game is far better than any of the lackluster Alien/Prometheus movies, but I'm not sure if people are ready for that type of conversation

[@android584]

Whoever created the game was definitely an Alien fan trying to add to original creative vision rather than exploit it. I like the approach of keeping the technology at a 1979 level. Just wish it didn't look like a PS3 game on a PS4 Pro.

[@rswpt]

@@android584 but..on a PC, playing it on ultra graphics settings, it looks like a movie.. brilliant graphics even for 2021

[@lenakingsleigh]

I looooved the working Joe's. They're are somehow so annoying and creepy that i tend to like them again. They make the game even creepier, when the Alien isn't that active in certain situations. And to get jumpscared by one of em when you try to sneak around several of them is just sooo damn creepy! Tut Tut

[@donosporidium]

You are becoming hysterical.

[@DJVideso]

I'm sick and tired of seeing characters look like their in a sauna, even when they're in a very cold room

[@DJVideso]

@@EpicDrew15 What do you mean

[@CloneScavengerVulpin8389]

I like the working joe synthetic model.

[@theburningman5047]

The Joes in the Apollo core, and the heavy Joe in that one room where you need to open the shutters via terminal are probably my favorite encounters

[@binary_ironclad]

They were faaaaar more frightening than the alien, IMO.

[@licoricesnail]

would've been cool if they'd had damaged working joes show up somewhere in the game. Imagine these guys but with the skin peeling off their faces revealing the robotics underneath.😬 also yep I thought Davis 01 was a Joe when I first opened up defiance lol

[@velocelot1652]

I've noticed there are three eye settings on the normal Working Joes. The White internal pupil, the red pupil, and the third is a white disc, larger than the normal pupil. I don't know what these differences mean (if anything). You can occasionally see these different eye settings as they go about there business, but they are mostly found on the dormant joes in the synthetic storage.

[@Jose10614]

Velocelot At 1:43 it’s explained in the video the difference between the Androids color eyes!

[@KeylondTroy]

Them getting they ass whooped by Samuel

[@DG_Haus]

I love the industrial looking neck skinfolds, but rage quite that game too much to enjoy it

[@sylle8504]

You are becoming hysterical

[@Waffles283]

Lmao once a joe saw da alien it asked:"what are you?" Then said:"logging report to apollo." I laughed my ass off-

[@Lexandmax81]

I loved them.. working joe.. awesome

[@android584]

The game's selective AI made them annoying at times, one stood in place near a doorway until you walked right behind it. Another one wouldn't move at all, you had to find an alternate route as it turned out. It is satisfying when you work out that you are actually capable of killing them, so you don't have to hide in fear. I've heard of the phenomenon that the human brain has a hard time with a close but not exact copy of something (eg. Open Office), so it's good to see obvious androids in action.

[@MattCFC300]

Uncanny Valley

[@宋祖維]

Strange...

[@amazingamanda9701]

“Follow me please”

[@GeneralGrievousCIS]

2:20 to be fair, Working Joe Androids MIGHT have protected the humans on board Sevastopol, or tried at any rate, if they hadn't been ordered to prioritize the protection of the alien itself above all other considerations. Operating on standard protocols, they may actually hage acted to attempt to ensure the safety of station residents.

[@th3_b3ast_slay3r]

seems that you and i have problem

[@atticuscorbitt8199]

YOU ARE BECOMING HYSTERICAL.

[@SR71ABCD]

I like these type of Synthetics but they're directly in control by the Apollo AI. In the gameplay I've encountered a Joe inside a Stasis pod in a small room not far from Communications. Went near the pod, jumped into the locker and hidden for a while until the Joe came out of nowhere, pulled me out and attacked me for no reason. I managed to break free after but before I attack, it just stood there with no eye LED activity, no White or red, just a Malfunctioning Joe who just wakes up and attacks you for no reason. I know that the more you play this game the glitches starts to appear but this has happened more than 4 times before I sold the game.

[@joshuaweston6531]

This game was so much better than it should have been! This seriously holds up against the first two films!

[@thedawkturr4481]

Seegson = PC; Cheap, affordable, easily replaceable. Weyland Yutani = Apple; Expensive, quality, but never disposable.

[@sriyanperera6607]

Maloney: They're friendly unless you do something unauthorized. Alien isolation

[@TheBeastofTrinity]

"Here, let me help you..." (Proceeds to strangle person)

[@Jose10614]

Ok, you’ve got to understand something. The reason why the Androids were hostel is because of APOLLO. Remember APOLLO is the central AI that monitors and provides guidance for all the Seegson Working Joe synthetics on Sevastopol Station! Seegson sold out, Weyland-Yutani took control of APOLLO and made sure that the Androids was hostel because they had to protect the Alien. The corporation wants the Alien. Remember, They thought they could capture it in a net, like Dr. Lingard said in one of the audio logs in the game! The corporation made sure the Alien was protected so the only way to do that was to make the Androids hostile!

[@robertjohnsonfox8829]

There was a glitched out WJ in the ps3 version of Isolation that would ignore you unless you hid in his locker, and once you mash 'x' the get out of his grip he goes right back to ignoring you. Scared the sense outta me.

[@spencerbrown3875]

The working joes in the showroom was pure horror.

[@Someone_wrf]

They're essentially every standard monotone corporation job employer rolled into one, I'm sure

[@Kyroks_mp]

anyone else heard working jews at 0:15?

[@ctdaniels7049]

One of the big lessons of Alien is that no one is truly prepared to contain the titular Alien. One of the other big lessons is, no one's been smart enough to try containing the Alien by just bullying it with robots who can't be burned, bitten, or egged. I feel like even a xenomorph would feel like it was on the back foot if it was always having to deal with robots.

[@bulgingbattery2050]

Ask about the Seegson safety protocols.

[@Vigilance108]

you're becoming hysterical

[@matthewprice2199]

Whenni see one i run past it also my favorite inconter is when the one is laying on the ground then grabs your leg

[@rswpt]

something amiss?

[@richardblack3385]

Behind you every.... Step of the way

[@HigHrvatski]

You always know a Working Joe

[@raoul3016]

"Why not ask me about Sevastopol's safety protocols?"

[@Fnaffan2001]

awesome video like!

[@rajakegelapan7055]

You become hysterical

[@huynhdo6208]

my favorite encounter was when I saw one and tested the flamethrower on it

[@greenman1200]

i like them,they're my favorite alien isolation enemies/characters btw i like them while they're white and all

[@Concreteowl]

Autons from Doctor Who

[@lyndonmacaraig6108]

Running causes accidents

[@GLARebel]

"Affordable quality."

[@lunar9p]

Scarier than the Alien 🙈

[@adampalmer6491]

The makers of the game used the uncanny valley effect to its maximum

[@thoughts2536]

I've playing video games since the early 90's... Wokring Joe is the creepiest character I've ever seen.. he puts Alien isolation on top of many many horror games including resident evil, dino crisis and silent hill.. If Capcom wants to come back to lead the horror genre.. they should stop making resident evil.. focus on a remake for dino crisis using re engine make it fps like alien isolation and swarm the labs with working joes...

[@firelightyear]

I bet the Combat Androids from the AVP 2010 game would take on those Working Joes.

[@MadlyParakeet]

Ok so, Dont judge me but i did find a mod that lets the working joe in a hostile position when they are met with the alien. Means they will attack the alien but there is a 50% Chance that the joe will win against the alien.

[@jacobplayer2709]

I want one.

[@Kumari_44]

They scare the living shit out of me lol.

[@Boywhoisheadcrab]

Samuels is a mega-chad

[@ballisticinkproductions3237]

"What are you?"

[@RevengerPhoenix1990]

They were incredibly irritating

[@aksitatar9184]

Just don't turst anyone synthetic or organic...motto of modern society...

[@fart_boss]

who’s robot is this

[@Sodaspells]

working joes are pretty handsome.

[@Brrainrottt]

I’ve played a fuck tonne of games. And this is definitely the best game I’ve ever played.

[@markus-hermannkoch1740]

Alien Isolation is often criticized for overemphasizing the Joes. Personally, I love them. And do not believe, the game would have worked with more of the Alien than it already has. Alternative antagonists really siding with the Alien were needed. And the Joes excel in that role.

[@talkaboutwacky]

It would’ve been great if the working joes and Xenomorph though Axel was a working Joe cause of his pronounced baldness.

[@ShortSight32]

SOMETHING AMISS?

[@prototypebharrat]

I just wanted to help Grabs Ripley's leg

[@RiotShieldMan]

I'll take a faceless droid like off of Star Wars, thanks D:

[@ET42Driver]

... Good day.

[@levitan71]

id rather have androids look like those from call of duty, functional but clearly robotic.

[@roopapathania]

I hope epic games they add working Joe in fortnite in chapter 4 season ??? Or bundle pack backbling robot pack, working joe weapon :plasma blaster (it can shoot anywhere when character were target) , emotes name : Transformation (When ever character turns into working joe) pickaxe: knife dialogue: " don't move or this robot will kill you forever" Info : (Working joe is a alien: isolation x fortnite collaboration Working joe is a robot who exterminate the world he is a robot Android he was created by sevastapol and his eyes were red but don't look at him if you look at him then he will exterminated with you if he see you.) Release date: ?/??/ 2023 Update: ??.??

[@Mechaniz89]

Awesome video. These bald bastards were annoying as all hell, but being a machine freak, i enjoyed them in the game. I always enjoy the addition of new machines to any series. much like the combat androids in AvP 2010. i would say seeing them in a film would be awesome, but that's highly unlikely with the way the films are going now. ps, i enjoyed Alien Covenant. just saying. have a good one everyone.

[@thedutchfisherman7078]

Tut, tut tut!

[@nastyboir822]

JOE MAMA

[@gators2728]

The were so much more scary then the Xeno.

[@septicwerrr5558]

No I hate them even really easy difficulty their hard I wish there was a guide to beating them with ease

[@SufferPinkehh]

Blast them in the face with the shotgun. :p or just stun them with the stun baton and beat the shit out of them with the jack.

[@ugabuga1361]

This straight from lore website. Word for word. This is actually plagiarism…. But what isn’t plagiarized anyway

[@ShortSight32]

I liked all the encounters before i crawled into the pipes. And looked through the vent. I think its so creepy how humane they kill you. Idk something ab them makes them superior to the alien

[@theburningman5047]

Humane? Well yes sometimes they kill efficiently and quick, most of the time they just beat you to death though

[@ShortSight32]

@@theburningman5047 its creepy how they are like emotionless humans. They're way creepier than the xenos

[@mochillinfish4953]

so...there the cheap version of samsung with gone horribly wrong

[@kabyrra]

What would happen in the station if Predators are there too? According to the Predator movies the predators won't kill ladies and this charachter is a lady. It would be nice to have a little bodyguard Predator. ☺

[@vitormaodevaca8469]

hmmm yeah,but the game is somewhat canon,so no predator for you buddy

[@gsquadxz]

@@vitormaodevaca8469 What a shame. The only good thing Ridley Scott did was creating the Neomorphs and showing the Engineers... The Predators were a good concept in the universe even if the AVP sucked a bit.

[@vitormaodevaca8469]

@@gsquadxz yeah man,it sucks,but it can't be made canon,not anymore at least,the timeline doesn't even make sense

[@gsquadxz]

@@vitormaodevaca8469 Yes, everything has plot holes.

[@rs-tarxvfz]

Working Jews - Lamo the Auto Closed caption.

[@Xenosaurus]

T U T T U T

[@jmm1233]

still not as good as the skin jobs of tyrell , even the wayland-yutani models

[@ShortSight32]

Who cares

[@asrullahpalalloi829]

Ha ha ha,...📉📈😺🧞☣️🕸️⛓️👍✔️

[@jasonwhite7905]

Love how this game also triggers autonomophobia in the players. Markiplier has it bad, and boy did it show in his let's play.