Any tips for a hard playthrough?

[AKOOMA]

Reset all my achievements and am going to do a fresh play through on Hard.

Anyone who has done this got any tips?

[Dayve]

Originally posted by AKOOMA:

Reset all my achievements and am going to do a fresh play through on Hard.

Anyone who has done this got any tips?

Use your ears instead of the motion tracker. Instead of hiding all the time throw a distraction (flare, noisemaker, whatever) and walk (upright, not crouched) to where you need to go. The more you move the more the alien will "lose" you.

[Vjottir92]

You mean Nightmare? Here's what I learned...

Don't be afraid to die a few times to explore ahead, to see if there's loot in a room. Accept you're dead in 30 seconds anyway. Nightmare mode is not for Achievement hunting. Explore everything, you need every loot you find.

Save every time you progress, even if you progressed a little, like picked up an item. Stand in front of the save station, even you have to wait for the cooldown. This way you minimize things you have to re-do.

Kill every Android, aim for the head. I did my Nightmare run without killing humans, to save ammo.

Use humans as bait, and while they are dying, you can rush in the elevator.

Good luck

[AKOOMA]

Man I'm struggling with the room where you get the door hacker thing, Literally not even had to deal with the alien yet

[Elizabeth]

Best trick I found for that room is, after grabbing it, you backstep out of the alcove, turn left, walk about halfway up the stairs, then crouch. Turn right at the top and loop around that way, most of the people will head downstairs and you can cross behind them. The one by the lounge will be looking your way at first, but well before the others come back up he'll get bored and go into the lounge at which point you can slip by. Worked that strat out while doing the 'kill no humans' achievement.

[Dayve]

Originally posted by AKOOMA:

Man I'm struggling with the room where you get the door hacker thing, Literally not even had to deal with the alien yet :salt::salt::salt:

Yeah, that's the room where people quit the game. Here's what you do:

After you pick it up, run up the same stairs she ran up and hide behind the box at the top.

Wait for the three people to walk down the stairs - they won't see you if you're behind the box.

When they're gone, walk in the direction they came from. Take care not to be seen by the one dude up there, or smash his head in with the wrench.

At the top, go left and through the door. You can run, they won't follow you through the door.