New to the genre

[Sneaky Beaky]

Hello, i just bought this game on a sale, its the first horror game i will play, any tips for beginners?

[The Mobian]

lol play it when you have the lights on :D its very spooky and watch out for the alien.

[[TW]Sergeant Beanbag]

Here's some tips :
1. always use the door override, to isolate yourself from the alien. (around 15 sec)
2. use leaning , alien won't see you when you leaning from the cover cause alien got bad sight (won't work with driod/human)
3.place smoke grenade around the place that you think the alien might comes out when you have to stay on a spot for a period (ex:hacking),don't worry you can pick it up if not activated.
4.use flashbang if you are being spotted. (throw more if needed and run to the nearest cover
fast, most of time it won't able to chase/sense you)
5.ALWAYS MOVING from room to room using shortcut like vent even you know you're safe in
this place for now(because the alien will always sense you , but you can use it as your advantage , moving with the shortcut makes alien to use the ceiling vent more often to get to you ,hence the corridor will be pretty safe for a period,while always stay/hide in a place/room just makes the alien become more careful when finding you -> always moving = the alien is always learning how to hunt you )
6. try not to hide in the locker on hard mode (the tall one)
7.If you can see above the alien's neck when hiding under a desk means it's will definitely sees/senses you.
8.Don't touch/stand on/poke its tail
9.Go back save more and NEVER run

[[TW]Sergeant Beanbag]

More interesting tips/facts:

1.pistols is utterly useless against the alien - don't even try to slow it down with it, it will only pisses him off.

2.though the pistol is useless you can still manage to harm the alien by shooting the explosive barrels/tanks near him (a flaming barrel can even create a no man zone for you )or create a distraction since explosion are louder than your shot.

3.when shoot near (<8 meter) , a shotgun can stun the alien as effective as a flash bang does.

4.a fully charged boltgun can stun the alien five times longer than a flashbang does.

5.the only weapon can harm the alien are the flamethrower,the molotov and the pipe bomb unless you use my mod : http://www.moddb.com/games/alien-isolation/downloads/flaming-boltgun-v20

6.you can actually use the stun baton to kill the facehugger but won't have any effect on the alien.

[Sneaky Beaky]

Many thanks, these tips will surely be helpful

[Stryder]

And patience. Lots and lots of patience.