How are you guys dealing with Shell Shock?

[morko]

Felt like a completely different ball game, to be honest. Spent most of the my run with the generator off since I didn't want to waste fuel. The game was pretty much over by the time I found all the fuses.

[Griffith]

lmao tbh its clearly meant for people who have mastered the mechanics beyond "wait in a corner for him to leave"

I am clearly not meant for this gamemode

[morko]

Originally posted by Griffith:

lmao tbh its clearly meant for people who have mastered the mechanics beyond "wait in a corner for him to leave"

I am clearly not meant for this gamemode

Randomization plays a big role as well. Since even more things are randomized in this mode.

[Spectral_Orion]

Well, the monster's head glitched through a door in the soldiers' quarters and somehow saw me. And even if I walked off and hid under a bed before he destroys the door, he just knows where I am and kills me. This is the second time he found me under a bed when he shouldn't even see me.

[Gdudism]

Yeah usually I wouldnt bother even trying to hide somewhere in shell shocked mode. He always finds you anyway.

[DoremianCleff]

Played without a light or flashlight? only turned it on for prison and pump. It was fun.
Same rules as normal game apply to Shell Shocked - don't make noise, know when to run and use all resources available to you.

[Zippy]

Hiding under the bed seems to be this weird crapshoot. Sometimes he sees you, sometimes he doesn't but will walk dangerously close to you. I don't get that mechanic. Also, like I said in other threads, I love shellshocked, but I'm not a fan of the "need fuel to save" thing.

You have to juggle the decision of if you want to fuel the generator, pour fuel on a corpse to keep the rats off because you have to walk to through an area constantly, or actually save your game after a long fraction of a playthrough. I get that's the point, but it's kind of a headache.

You can find yourself having to replay through 3 sub-sections ALL over again because you didn't get the chance to save and you just couldn't find some fuel.

[DoremianCleff]

Just don't use fuel on generator. There are 3 major areas you can go to. 2 of them will not have fuse in them anyway. Don't waste fuel while exploring those areas, find resources that guarateed to be there and use them to clear path for progress. Fuel runs fast in shell shock anyway, so you won't get many benifits from it.

Also hiding never a solution. you aren't supposed to be in the area with monster in a first place. By the time monster in the same room as you, you've already made too many mistakes. And monster has an awarness stat that is cranked up high in Shell Shock. You are literally playing with worse odds by hiding than running away.

[Stressfull]

The game gives you plentiful amount of fuels even in shellshocked mode. Also there is fuel storage so saving cost fuel is not that big of a deal.
Make strategic decisions, don't save your every tiny move and get used to roam around without generator's lights.