I can remember live streaming Isolation and attempted the one shot challenge, only to get killed towards the late game. Absolutely gutted. Best run I ever had.
Looking back at the stream where it happened, I absolutely deserved getting killed. Completely fumbled the moment, due to wanting the achievement for not killing any humans but also trying to get one shot as well.
Bruh I was doing the one life no saves mode on the dead space remake and when I go to that one boss fight outside the ship my game lagged for a sec and I got teleported to a pitch black room with nothing but a tiny square for me to stand on. No saves. Run ended. Nearly uninstalled.
The motion tracker actually still works. Its just heavily distorted. It will create many false blips that obscure the active blips. The way to tell them apart is that the active blips will have a consistent movement pattern to them. So while the tracker is "broken" its still usable
Here's the thing: I'm too paranoid and stupid to look at this thing and try and figure out whether or not one of those glitchy blips is actually fake or the Alien about to tear my legs off and beat me to death with them. I'll personally stick to not using it on Nightmare difficulty. That is interesting to know though.
Honestly, that's why I'm still subscribed to this guy. I'm not a gamer nor am I in the gaming community, so I often don't understand/don't like the game content he makes. But his personality has me finishing videos and laughing along.
Honestly I’m so glad Snam adds a voiceover narrative. It’s so much better than splicing random clips from stream together and calling it a day like others do
I'll be honest, if he didn't do that level of editing, me and my roommate would both just skip his vids, because stream VODs ain't our thing. These curated experiences though? Hells yeah.
This man casually grinding an infuriating challenge for seven months while I nearly flip tables when I have to do the comparably tame achievements for more than ten attempts.... Way to go!
To be fair, Snam is being paid to do this kind of thing, while you aren't. Also, Snam has chat to keep him entertained and motivated during the grind. You probably don't, unless you are also a streamer and I've just never heard of you, which is possible.
@@fable23not only do they need to be a streamer but they also need people who watch them...im definetly not talking from two channels worth of experience
I don’t know if everyone forgot, but isolation was notorious on release for the goofy alien AI. You didn’t see the montages of the xeno getting stuck on every single minor obstacle possible?
@@pete5516 I didn't forget. I also didn't forget I didn't see that happen even once on my run right on release. Someone had a buggy game, made a viral video and created the impression it was a widespread issue. It wasn't.
This is unironically one of the best breakdowns of Alien's AI and AI in general i've seen from someone not involved in game development. You are amazing. Have a great day!
@@SnailHatan You are technically correct, but also dead wrong. And considering you wrote this comment, either you are completely unfamiliar with the subject, or just an "axchually" contrarian. Regardless, your point is moot.
@@SnailHatanAI, or artificial intelligence, is any line of code or design where it can "think", or make decisions for itself based on a preset list of decisions and answers. AI isn't just what we've seen recently, with OpenAI and ChatGPT, but old AI, where they have databoxes of stored information that they can access to make decisions, like the AI in old CoD games, the enemies had to know where the obstacles and cover locations are, as well as the player, so they could make decisions of where to get in cover and where to shoot to hit the player. So, yes, there is AI in this game, because the alien can "think" for itself, without outside intrusion or additions.
My headcanon as to the lore explenation for the allien's behaviour is that it tracks you by smell. It can't pinpoint your exact location but it can follow your scent trail which ensures it's usually nearby. Sometimes it decides that you must have left the area so it goes to look elswhere, but once it realizes the scent trail is weaker it comes back to near you. Other times it tries to fake you out by pretending to go away, hoping to catch you crawling out of hiding when it doubles back.
A former president was shot and killed in front of his wife, family, etc on national TV. How is that funny? I guarantee if it was you or family member of yours instead, you wouldn't be saying the same thing.
Without having been there for the runs, I keep finding myself forgetting that you aren't just restarting the mission here after these short, wonky, or bullshit deaths, YOURE RESTARTING THE WHOLE GAME, and that involves having to get past every other roll of the dice you mentioned before. Truly iron willed. The God Gamer always delivers.
The ship you wake up on in the beginning is in fact the Torrens, and is the same ship you attempt to contact theoughout the game and return to at the end. The Aneisadora is the ship belogning to Marlow and his salvage team, that found the Nostromo flight recorder and then found the crashed alien ship
Bleeping out Ripley cursing then immediately saying the word in all its glory yourself got a big laugh out of me, well done. Can't believe the run is finally complete congrats!
This is genuinely one of the best TH-cam videos I’ve seen. The fact that you have the persistence to complete a challenge this hard while keeping a positive demeanour is super impressive. Didn’t know about you before this but you’ve 100% earned a new subscriber!
As one of those responsible for asking you to try for this trophy, it’s amazing to finally see the video. Congrats on completing it in the hardest way possible. Nightmare permadeth is something I will be staying away from….lol
I've actually seen a large number of players say that they surprisingly find Hard to be more challenging than Nightmare, because the Alien's aggressiveness on Nightmare is jacked up to such high levels that he's actually more predictable if you're able to keep a cool head and not panic (which definitely isn't me, lol) because he's almost always no more than a room or two away. On Hard difficulty, the Alien is still super aggressive, but he's _just_ perfectly tame enough still to keep a large element of unpredictability and uncertainty to his hunting.
@@CraigJackson-mf1ke "i couldnt rate this glorified paperweight low enough. The character doesnt move and the drinky bird just standes there mocking you"
editing a 7 month grind into 44 minutes is an insane feat, bc it didnt even feel like 44 minutes went by! good job editors! Snam beating this felt like a Win for everyone that stream
100%! Goes to show that games which focus on engaging gameplay and storytelling don't get old. Currently repeating Bioshock 1+2. Even though the graphics are nothing like modern AAA titles, I don't really care because the game is so damn fun!
Through months of perfecting every small detail of the game, memorization, timing, execution, and still being able to improvise in tight situations when everything inevitably goes wrong, the runs become a true ballet of beauty. You start making it to the late game more often, all the while the game not getting any easier, but rather you become better and better at narrowly avoiding death at every turn. Even then, no mission is ever guaranteed, which is actually wild. The late game deaths hurt more and more as you feel "so close, but yet so far away", and are set back hours and hours just to die earlier in the game a couple times, not making it back to your PB for possibly several more grueling runs. The game is unrelentingly difficult, even when you know it like the back of your hand. I love how you felt so at peace when you finally beat it! You earned it. Congratulations Sir Snam. Truly, congratulations.
Hey man, this is the first video of yours I’ve watched, and honestly its super refreshing to watch someone fail over and over and still have a smile on their face. Thanks for being so positive and happy! It makes you so easy to watch, even during a ultra stressful game like A:I.
Loved the editing in this video. It's subtle, but really ties everything together and compliments the narrative perfectly. That transition at 1:42 was _smooth_ - it feels super dynamic and puts us right into the action, making us feel engaged in the story from the very beginning. And the story telling slapped too! It had great build up, some really funny and fascinating twists and an *awesome* pay off. Everything from 38:57 onward had me on the edge of my seat! You can tell how much care and effort went into this video, and how proud you are of this run (as you should be). Definitely my favorite one on the channel so far.
the "quit before dying" strat I used a lot in Demon's Souls PS5. I liked to call it the "Return by Death Exploit" named after the Return by Death phenomenon from ReZero
You wake up on the Torrens dude. It says it right in the mission objective. The Anesidora was the ship that brought the Nostromo’s black box to the space station.
7 months of attempting this is absolutely insane! The longest I ever spent on an achievement was about 2 months for Pantheon 5 in HK. You have inspired me to pick up this game though. I'll start on Hard and see from there if I'm up for this torture.
I got mad respect for a friend of mine, who managed to go through the Pantheon within two days. I have no idea how. He also has the entire MGS series at 100% completion.
I usually play normal mode first on any game, but I jumped right into hard mode on this one. I think it was the best choice because it made the experience more tense when the alien or the androids were near, (which is what I like in a game like this) and it was totally doable.
Dude, you have the patience, tenacity, and aura of a saintly being not of this earth. I would have quit within 20 minutes. This slog you undertook was legendary and you deserve the highest honors for what you went through. And you went through Pure Hell. I can't even believe how long this took you, what ridiculous defeats you suffered, and you laughed and jokes your whole way through it. Ultimate props to you, man! I would have destroyed my gaming system. I'm just not the type of man you are. You are the Herald, the ultimate Achiever, the Christ of Gaming. I can't even believe there is a person on the planet so masochistic as to attempt this insane achievement. And you did it! Damn, man. It was humbling and awesome to watch!!
While i personally would never do these types of challenge runs it is always super interesting to see dedicated people find new ways and strats to get through difficult parts without abusing glitches and stuff. Props to you for finishing this!
Dude, I give you so much kudos for completing this on the hardest difficulty. But I also give you kudos for using the Resident Evil Raid Mode theme, it brings back so many memories, specifically RE Revelations 2. 😊
I love you... I swear i happened to come across your content as a suggestion and have already binged 3 complete runs in a sitting !!!! Keep putting out content... You brought a wide smile on my face. THANK YOU
This was my favourite game for 3 years running, my proudest plat trophy, even over all the soulsborne plats I have. They caught lightning in a jar with this one.
I know many people say this but its TRUE. Your videos are incredibly gripping and I never find myself bored or checking out during them! For an entire 40 minutes! I also love your choice of music to play in the background :) as a big hollow knight fan, im always happy to hear the greenpath theme Love your videos man! Keep doing these horrid challenges so the rest of us don't have to
@@Snamwiches I always like hearing Super Mario Galaxy themes. Makes my brain go back to those happy(/ier) childhood times, and the use at the end of the video was... quite fitting, I dare say. I don't remember if I ever did this challenge legit. I was honestly even surprised(and felt quite accomplished) at me pulling off a no-deaths run on mission 5 alone without just running through the whole thing... while not knowing that there was an achievement for it until it popped up. (TH-cam randomly recommended this one to me. Very glad it did though. Kind of makes me want to finally go back and finish the run I started and never got done, at the start of mission 6, when I got my new beefy PC.)
can anybody tell me what song starts playing around 36:54 please? I've heard it before several times but cannot recall for the life of me what it is, and I've spent more time than I care to admit trying to figure out what it is lol
There's actually a way to cheese out the "Complete the game without dying" achievement. No matter what kills you, there's always a death animation that plays before you actually die. PAUSE THE GAME WHILE THE ANIMATION IS PLAYING, THEN RELOAD YOUR CURRENT SAVE. IF YOU MISS THE CHANCE TO PAUSE AND GET KILLED, RELOAD THE PREVIOUS SAVE. The game will not register the death, since you technically weren't dead yet and since you reloaded back to before you died, it forgets the death. I figured this out by chance and easily got the trophy.
I absolutely love the masochistic challenges you set for yourself! It’s always great to watch you smash these goals. I can’t even imagine trying to play this game on Nightmare.. I played on Easy back in the day and still consistently got my butt kicked 😂 Thank you for the great content as always!
I have watched this multiple times by now since I just love it so much. But every time I remember that something at the beginning is weird and it's you calling the Torrens as Anesadora, Anesidora? Whichever it was. 😂 No doubt it has been pointed out multiple times already. The demonstrations of differences between difficulties were some of my favorite bits, and Axel of course. Either way, absolutely love it and the vods were a joy to watch too! Thank you for playing this!
This alien insolation runs were the best content i have seen this year ,congrats for the great video Snam all the time and effort that you invest editing was worth it 10/10 ign
Yay! Alien Isolation! This is my all time favorite game but damn getting that achievement on Nightmare is waaay beyond what I could manage lol. Well done Snam! I'm gonna go watch the full VOD, now.
It took me maybe 6 years to beat this game on Nightmare, and I didn't even get the One Shot achievement. Most of that time was because, like you, I was getting HARD filtered by the xeno once it shows up in Chapter 5. I was too afraid, game was mad scary. A few years ago I decided to give it a REAL try and start over fresh. FWIW I never finished the game on any other difficulty, only Nightmare. I played a bit on easier difficulties but _really_ wanted to do a full playthrough on Nightmare. It was worth it. When I realized you can actually _walk,_ it completely changed the way I was able to play the game. The only time you _EVER_ have to crouch walk is if you are sneaking by a human, android, or the xeno is literally in the same room as you. As long as the xeno is in the vents, you are free to just get up and walk. If you run when it's in the vents, it WILL drop down and sprint full tilt towards where it heard the noise. You even have a lot of wiggle room to walk when it's not in the vents, and is actively wandering around. Pretty much the only time you have to play the game like Splinter Cell is when the xeno is literally breathing the same exact air as you are. From then on I managed to complete the game in a couple of weeks. BTW, the motion tracker DOES still work even on Nightmare. It just behaves like you're always in vents. It WILL show the xeno, it's just not as clear where it is exactly and it will throw a lot of echoes. On Nightmare you have to watch it for a bit longer than usual. TBH you even have to do this on easier difficulties, because you'll also get pings from things that AREN'T the xeno. I managed to unlock 42/50 of the achievements, and while I didn't get One Shot, I still got some rare ones most people don't have. I even did a run with that crazy mod that completely unshackles the xeno AI and makes it way more difficult. Honestly it's amazing and I highly recommend giving the game a try with that mod. I put in a couple others just to make it a _little_ less impossible, like slightly reduced fuel consumption. Just something so I don't burn through half a tank of gas from a handful of bursts. It's more like a a third a tank, lol.
Damn man, this is hella impressive. I remember being super stoked that I got the achievement for beating Chapter 5 without getting killed by the Alien completely on accident, but this is another level. A challenge that demands near literal perfection is perhaps quite fitting for a creature so terrifying, it became known as "The Perfect Organism". Congratulations!
i gotta say, this is by far my favorite video that you've put out. not only do i simply love this game i love the dedication and patience that it took you to complete this!!! it was really a joy to watch
Congratulations for the achievement! Is really impressive how you remain so happy despite all the failed attempts ahaha. Your chat is great! Also, huge props to your editor. Don't know how hard it must have been edit this 7 months video. 🔥
Fun fact: You can earn this achievement by not dying - my method? If I know I'm about to die, I reload from the last save-point. The game doesn't register it as a fault to the achievement, so you can complete it without dying but by reloading. Edit: I should have just watched the video.
“This is the hardest achievement I have ever gone for.” At first I was skeptical. Not even half-way through the video however, I became convinced that you’re a masochist. RNG like that is indeed a nightmare!
I never catch lives, too busy now. But snam, im really glad to see your channel grow. Congrats my dude. TH-cam randomly have me your *first* video when it was new but it was good. Youve obviously studied/worked on your craft from day 1 and even as the only achievement based channel i watch, i could tell you had something special. Happy to see your success and wish for you to have much more in the future.
I am really enjoying his challenge videos. It's interesting how he walkshrough each game one mission at a time teaching steps without hanging on the 30 times he redid a mission xD
Amanda wakes up on the Torrens I thought, not the anesidora. Thanks for the video, I’ve been inspired to revisit this game and get this achievement. Hopefully I’m not dog water at the game lol.
I don't think I've ever seen a YT video with a better "soundtrack" or background music. You hit me with classics, with the RE6 mercenaries theme (what a great and epic song, the memories...) AND the soundtrack for MY FAVORITE GAME EVER, MASS EFFECT. Damn.
Btw, know how the Alien is always manage to find him and spawn at literally the perfect angle? Because it actually is fully calculated where he will be going next. The more noisemaker he use, the Alien will might just disregard and going directly for the direction he throwing from. It also does not follow pre-planned "patrol paths", instead evaluating data from its senses to determine where the player is or is not and moving via corridors or vents to where it has the best chance of finding prey. It will not only follow up on significant noises but also double-back and re-check areas it has just left if the information available to it indicates the player may have actually been hiding there. Who makes this AI is an absolute demon.
I've finally been motivated enough to pick up this game and playing it again (The first time I quit on like one of the first trams just from stress lol) I appreciate your calm and relaxed attitude towards achievement hunting so I'm happy I can finally watch this without worry of spoilers 🧡
I was recommended this video and have been binging all your achievement runs for the past two days :) I really love your style of videos and personality. I'm looking forward to any of your upcoming survival horror runs. I don't usually subscribe or comment, however I did both! your content is definitely amazing.
i just discovered this channel and just. A video on one of my favorite horror games, with quotes like "this mission is a cakewalk, and its hard to die here. unless you're Axel." Really got a rise out of me
@@SleekHeroo Yeah, I remember it being that there's short-range eyes in the back of its head, and if you touch its tail, you'll be in its line of sight before it even turns around. I don't remember if there is actual nerve sensors in the tail though.
maaan i finally finished Isolation on stream, after starting and stopping it for years, on a different channel. and THAT DAMN HALLWAY near the 41:00 mark in your video was such a pain. Kudos on you for being able to do this challenge, i dont think I could ever go for it, personally.
It's crazy how good this game still looks. 10 years old, yet a person could be easily deceived into believing it just released within the last few years. Phenomenal graphics.
More or less, there are save points throughout the game. And if you miss one, you risk going back like 2 hours if you die. And there is no automatic save, only at these points (they are those phone booths)
I can remember live streaming Isolation and attempted the one shot challenge, only to get killed towards the late game. Absolutely gutted. Best run I ever had.
I feel this dude, you got next though
Looking back at the stream where it happened, I absolutely deserved getting killed. Completely fumbled the moment, due to wanting the achievement for not killing any humans but also trying to get one shot as well.
Bruh I was doing the one life no saves mode on the dead space remake and when I go to that one boss fight outside the ship my game lagged for a sec and I got teleported to a pitch black room with nothing but a tiny square for me to stand on. No saves. Run ended. Nearly uninstalled.
Hello
where does he stream
The motion tracker actually still works. Its just heavily distorted.
It will create many false blips that obscure the active blips. The way to tell them apart is that the active blips will have a consistent movement pattern to them. So while the tracker is "broken" its still usable
So it's even worse than simply not working?
@@steelbear2063 Nah, sometimes you get scrabbled up but most of the time youll be fine
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Oh okay then
Here's the thing: I'm too paranoid and stupid to look at this thing and try and figure out whether or not one of those glitchy blips is actually fake or the Alien about to tear my legs off and beat me to death with them.
I'll personally stick to not using it on Nightmare difficulty. That is interesting to know though.
You remind me what a sheep I am xd
I assumed it wouldn't work at all
The fact you are able to keep a cool head and smile after MANY attempts and hours of play time is amazing in itself.
Honestly, that's why I'm still subscribed to this guy. I'm not a gamer nor am I in the gaming community, so I often don't understand/don't like the game content he makes. But his personality has me finishing videos and laughing along.
It’s because he is a paid actor😅
“I don’t feel enthused, I feel at peace” bro, I felt the exact same way
Right?! 😭
@@Snamwiches The Great Axel smiles upon you, His soul now also at peace 🥲💕
Honestly I’m so glad Snam adds a voiceover narrative. It’s so much better than splicing random clips from stream together and calling it a day like others do
I'll be honest, if he didn't do that level of editing, me and my roommate would both just skip his vids, because stream VODs ain't our thing. These curated experiences though? Hells yeah.
I like his music choices too. It really adds to the hype.
yes! i love how he summarizes/prefaces what he did. keeps me hooked lol
The way he pronounces "exactly" is infuriating.
@@kingconcerto5860 he’s British he’s trying his best:(
I died on 17 to a face hugger, it's been 8 years and I've still not recovered from that. Soul crushing!
I died on 18 to a face hugger after you get kidnapped never been so sad
@@MrBee77301so close
I'm about to attempt it at ps5, after some levels will upload the save to the cloud and if im killed i will donwload and continue from there.
@@MrBee77301you could just turn the game off or be better on the draw
That hugger had a dream.
This man casually grinding an infuriating challenge for seven months while I nearly flip tables when I have to do the comparably tame achievements for more than ten attempts.... Way to go!
Anyone can do any achievement with enough practice. Trust me I normally suck lol
@@Snamwichesgod gave you patience and the strength to keep it that way, I would’ve been in an insane asylum if I did half the games you have done lol
To be fair, Snam is being paid to do this kind of thing, while you aren't. Also, Snam has chat to keep him entertained and motivated during the grind. You probably don't, unless you are also a streamer and I've just never heard of you, which is possible.
this guy's vid popped up in my feed after watching tyler1 play this😂. the contrast...i cant😂
@@fable23not only do they need to be a streamer but they also need people who watch them...im definetly not talking from two channels worth of experience
It's crazy how Aliens: Colonial Marines had AI so broken that the game is practically unplayable. And this game has AI that's scary in its efficiency.
And also the fact the AI is broken because a SINGLE typo
I honestly like colonial marines even though it was received badly I wish I could play it again. Maybe with the typo in the code being fixed 😂
@@Devilish69420 the PC version has update that fixes the error and it fully works
I don’t know if everyone forgot, but isolation was notorious on release for the goofy alien AI. You didn’t see the montages of the xeno getting stuck on every single minor obstacle possible?
@@pete5516 I didn't forget. I also didn't forget I didn't see that happen even once on my run right on release. Someone had a buggy game, made a viral video and created the impression it was a widespread issue. It wasn't.
This is unironically one of the best breakdowns of Alien's AI and AI in general i've seen from someone not involved in game development.
You are amazing. Have a great day!
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There is no “AI” in this game. There is no AI in 99.9999% of games.
@@SnailHatan You are technically correct, but also dead wrong.
And considering you wrote this comment, either you are completely unfamiliar with the subject, or just an "axchually" contrarian.
Regardless, your point is moot.
@@SnailHatanAI, or artificial intelligence, is any line of code or design where it can "think", or make decisions for itself based on a preset list of decisions and answers. AI isn't just what we've seen recently, with OpenAI and ChatGPT, but old AI, where they have databoxes of stored information that they can access to make decisions, like the AI in old CoD games, the enemies had to know where the obstacles and cover locations are, as well as the player, so they could make decisions of where to get in cover and where to shoot to hit the player.
So, yes, there is AI in this game, because the alien can "think" for itself, without outside intrusion or additions.
My headcanon as to the lore explenation for the allien's behaviour is that it tracks you by smell.
It can't pinpoint your exact location but it can follow your scent trail which ensures it's usually nearby.
Sometimes it decides that you must have left the area so it goes to look elswhere, but once it realizes the scent trail is weaker it comes back to near you.
Other times it tries to fake you out by pretending to go away, hoping to catch you crawling out of hiding when it doubles back.
"The alien is immune to headshots, like a bizarro J.F.K."
And with that, you earned my sub. That's some next-tier fuckery and I love it.
It's not funny, at all.
@@I_am_a_cat_ it kinda is lmao
@@I_am_a_cat_
Behold, the arbiter of comedy
A former president was shot and killed in front of his wife, family, etc on national TV. How is that funny? I guarantee if it was you or family member of yours instead, you wouldn't be saying the same thing.
@@robertl.wilson1199 well it depends on the family members
Without having been there for the runs, I keep finding myself forgetting that you aren't just restarting the mission here after these short, wonky, or bullshit deaths, YOURE RESTARTING THE WHOLE GAME, and that involves having to get past every other roll of the dice you mentioned before. Truly iron willed. The God Gamer always delivers.
Lemon from The Backlogs calls himself a Patience Elemental, but Snam here is the real OG.
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@@KainYusanagi😊
The ship you wake up on in the beginning is in fact the Torrens, and is the same ship you attempt to contact theoughout the game and return to at the end. The Aneisadora is the ship belogning to Marlow and his salvage team, that found the Nostromo flight recorder and then found the crashed alien ship
Okay and who asked?
You are stating something obvious like you are the smartest
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@@weijie1523 who hurt you?
Bleeping out Ripley cursing then immediately saying the word in all its glory yourself got a big laugh out of me, well done. Can't believe the run is finally complete congrats!
Timestamp?
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@@TheDutchGuy110 18:35 👌🏼
"Omg hilarious he said the word" 🤪
This is genuinely one of the best TH-cam videos I’ve seen. The fact that you have the persistence to complete a challenge this hard while keeping a positive demeanour is super impressive. Didn’t know about you before this but you’ve 100% earned a new subscriber!
As one of those responsible for asking you to try for this trophy, it’s amazing to finally see the video. Congrats on completing it in the hardest way possible. Nightmare permadeth is something I will be staying away from….lol
Understandable lmao
Achievement*
@@jarlwhiterun7478 Yeah my bad. As a hunter of both, I switch between saying the two
@@jarlwhiterun7478it's a trophy for me homie.
I've actually seen a large number of players say that they surprisingly find Hard to be more challenging than Nightmare, because the Alien's aggressiveness on Nightmare is jacked up to such high levels that he's actually more predictable if you're able to keep a cool head and not panic (which definitely isn't me, lol) because he's almost always no more than a room or two away.
On Hard difficulty, the Alien is still super aggressive, but he's _just_ perfectly tame enough still to keep a large element of unpredictability and uncertainty to his hunting.
Imagine THAT IGN reviewer going through this.
-86,000,000,000,000/10 too hard couldn't even get past fist mission 🤬
@@CraigJackson-mf1ke "i couldnt rate this glorified paperweight low enough. The character doesnt move and the drinky bird just standes there mocking you"
@CraigJackson-mf1ke nooo... not the fist mission!
editing a 7 month grind into 44 minutes is an insane feat, bc it didnt even feel like 44 minutes went by! good job editors!
Snam beating this felt like a Win for everyone that stream
This game is still amazing 10 years after it came out . Unbelievably well made
100%! Goes to show that games which focus on engaging gameplay and storytelling don't get old. Currently repeating Bioshock 1+2. Even though the graphics are nothing like modern AAA titles, I don't really care because the game is so damn fun!
Through months of perfecting every small detail of the game, memorization, timing, execution, and still being able to improvise in tight situations when everything inevitably goes wrong, the runs become a true ballet of beauty. You start making it to the late game more often, all the while the game not getting any easier, but rather you become better and better at narrowly avoiding death at every turn. Even then, no mission is ever guaranteed, which is actually wild. The late game deaths hurt more and more as you feel "so close, but yet so far away", and are set back hours and hours just to die earlier in the game a couple times, not making it back to your PB for possibly several more grueling runs. The game is unrelentingly difficult, even when you know it like the back of your hand. I love how you felt so at peace when you finally beat it! You earned it. Congratulations Sir Snam. Truly, congratulations.
Hey man, this is the first video of yours I’ve watched, and honestly its super refreshing to watch someone fail over and over and still have a smile on their face.
Thanks for being so positive and happy! It makes you so easy to watch, even during a ultra stressful game like A:I.
Loved the editing in this video. It's subtle, but really ties everything together and compliments the narrative perfectly. That transition at 1:42 was _smooth_ - it feels super dynamic and puts us right into the action, making us feel engaged in the story from the very beginning.
And the story telling slapped too! It had great build up, some really funny and fascinating twists and an *awesome* pay off. Everything from 38:57 onward had me on the edge of my seat! You can tell how much care and effort went into this video, and how proud you are of this run (as you should be). Definitely my favorite one on the channel so far.
Thank you! Considering the effort it took to get the run done in the first place, I knew I had to make this one special. I’m glad you enjoyed it!
@@Snamwiches While the original commenter is a bot that post the same message on many channels, I really do like your content style.
"The alien is resistant to bullets and headshots like a bizarro JFK" lmfao all right that's worthy of a sub right there
the "quit before dying" strat I used a lot in Demon's Souls PS5. I liked to call it the "Return by Death Exploit" named after the Return by Death phenomenon from ReZero
Quit out is secretly your most powerful spell in Souls games
@@minerman60101 And Fallout.
The way you handle losing hours of progress is commendable. I can’t fathom having that kind of patience.
I'm pretty sure he gets paid while streaming but sure.
@@robertl.wilson1199what a lame comment lol
@@Talesfromtheshelfhonestly that would be the only thing that could motivate me
It's finally here, mate I've been SO excited for this upload. You're insane.
Thank you my friend! Looking forward to the Yakuza 0 video from you too haha
You wake up on the Torrens dude. It says it right in the mission objective. The Anesidora was the ship that brought the Nostromo’s black box to the space station.
7 months of attempting this is absolutely insane! The longest I ever spent on an achievement was about 2 months for Pantheon 5 in HK. You have inspired me to pick up this game though. I'll start on Hard and see from there if I'm up for this torture.
I got mad respect for a friend of mine, who managed to go through the Pantheon within two days.
I have no idea how.
He also has the entire MGS series at 100% completion.
Good luck!
Ngl this does remind me of my dog@@GigiBranconi
@@furrygaesex Okay how xD
I usually play normal mode first on any game, but I jumped right into hard mode on this one. I think it was the best choice because it made the experience more tense when the alien or the androids were near, (which is what I like in a game like this) and it was totally doable.
The Anesidora is Marlow’s ship, you start on the Torrens
Dude, you have the patience, tenacity, and aura of a saintly being not of this earth.
I would have quit within 20 minutes. This slog you undertook was legendary and you deserve the highest honors for what you went through. And you went through Pure Hell.
I can't even believe how long this took you, what ridiculous defeats you suffered, and you laughed and jokes your whole way through it. Ultimate props to you, man!
I would have destroyed my gaming system. I'm just not the type of man you are. You are the Herald, the ultimate Achiever, the Christ of Gaming.
I can't even believe there is a person on the planet so masochistic as to attempt this insane achievement. And you did it! Damn, man. It was humbling and awesome to watch!!
it's been 84 years.... and I'm so excited for this video
Honestly that’s quicker than I would’ve thought while I was doing this haha
sending the VOD to my great great grandchildren
I made it to the VERY end thought i was watching a cutscene and didnt press the red button and died... took me 2 years to go back to it.
That is tough. Smh real depression
While i personally would never do these types of challenge runs it is always super interesting to see dedicated people find new ways and strats to get through difficult parts without abusing glitches and stuff. Props to you for finishing this!
Dude, I give you so much kudos for completing this on the hardest difficulty. But I also give you kudos for using the Resident Evil Raid Mode theme, it brings back so many memories, specifically RE Revelations 2. 😊
We all know this is the hardest achievement he's ever gone for.
So far
What could be harder than this?
@@johnlasker5408
LASO
@@steelbear2063 what is LASO?
@@johnlasker5408Guess any Halo Legendary All Skulls On, but that's easier than this Alien achievement
Snam can only be harder and harder from here
I love you... I swear i happened to come across your content as a suggestion and have already binged 3 complete runs in a sitting !!!! Keep putting out content... You brought a wide smile on my face.
THANK YOU
PEAK has arrived, super proud of you for sticking with this challenge for as long as you did!
Love your humor throughout and fantastic editing. Subbed. Cheers to many more achievements.
"The stupid part, the dumb part, the stupid dumb bullsh!t part... and the science lab".
You are super dedicated, and this was a very crazy thing to accomplish. Can't even imagine doing it in easy. Good work, man.
This was my favourite game for 3 years running, my proudest plat trophy, even over all the soulsborne plats I have. They caught lightning in a jar with this one.
Hell yeah man congrats!
Love the vid Snam! Shocked you've managed to get it down to only 44 minutes despite how long it took you. Thanks for sharing your pain ;)
Honestly me too Zac lmao
I know many people say this but its TRUE. Your videos are incredibly gripping and I never find myself bored or checking out during them! For an entire 40 minutes! I also love your choice of music to play in the background :) as a big hollow knight fan, im always happy to hear the greenpath theme
Love your videos man! Keep doing these horrid challenges so the rest of us don't have to
Thanks! My music library has been growing since I started doing vids and now I have some great songs to choose from :)
Hey dont think i didn't notice the vectorman music and re mercenaries music @@Snamwiches
@@Snamwiches I always like hearing Super Mario Galaxy themes. Makes my brain go back to those happy(/ier) childhood times, and the use at the end of the video was... quite fitting, I dare say.
I don't remember if I ever did this challenge legit. I was honestly even surprised(and felt quite accomplished) at me pulling off a no-deaths run on mission 5 alone without just running through the whole thing... while not knowing that there was an achievement for it until it popped up.
(TH-cam randomly recommended this one to me. Very glad it did though. Kind of makes me want to finally go back and finish the run I started and never got done, at the start of mission 6, when I got my new beefy PC.)
can anybody tell me what song starts playing around 36:54 please? I've heard it before several times but cannot recall for the life of me what it is, and I've spent more time than I care to admit trying to figure out what it is lol
There's actually a way to cheese out the "Complete the game without dying" achievement. No matter what kills you, there's always a death animation that plays before you actually die. PAUSE THE GAME WHILE THE ANIMATION IS PLAYING, THEN RELOAD YOUR CURRENT SAVE. IF YOU MISS THE CHANCE TO PAUSE AND GET KILLED, RELOAD THE PREVIOUS SAVE. The game will not register the death, since you technically weren't dead yet and since you reloaded back to before you died, it forgets the death. I figured this out by chance and easily got the trophy.
This man is the GOAT!
Doing the challenges Legally and WITH EXTRAS!
This content is the GOLD among achievement hunters
24:27
Dude really put the Liu Kang vs Reptile fight song in there!❤
I absolutely love the masochistic challenges you set for yourself! It’s always great to watch you smash these goals. I can’t even imagine trying to play this game on Nightmare.. I played on Easy back in the day and still consistently got my butt kicked 😂
Thank you for the great content as always!
I love your positivity through death in the game. You have my subscription young sir.
snam!! so cool to see this result of all your hard work!! getting to see the entire journey was such a treat :-) great vid as always!!
is there a link to the stream for the final run? I'd love to see it
Yep! If you go to my channel page, there should be a link to the VOD channel where I uploaded it in its entirety!
Gg Snam! All that hard work paid off glad i was able to witness that journey of yours in the live streams
I have watched this multiple times by now since I just love it so much. But every time I remember that something at the beginning is weird and it's you calling the Torrens as Anesadora, Anesidora? Whichever it was. 😂 No doubt it has been pointed out multiple times already.
The demonstrations of differences between difficulties were some of my favorite bits, and Axel of course.
Either way, absolutely love it and the vods were a joy to watch too! Thank you for playing this!
This alien insolation runs were the best content i have seen this year ,congrats for the great video Snam all the time and effort that you invest editing was worth it 10/10 ign
Yay! Alien Isolation! This is my all time favorite game but damn getting that achievement on Nightmare is waaay beyond what I could manage lol. Well done Snam! I'm gonna go watch the full VOD, now.
great job Snam, whole episode kept me on the edge of my seat. can't believe the level of commitment and skill it must've taken. congrats
It took me maybe 6 years to beat this game on Nightmare, and I didn't even get the One Shot achievement. Most of that time was because, like you, I was getting HARD filtered by the xeno once it shows up in Chapter 5. I was too afraid, game was mad scary. A few years ago I decided to give it a REAL try and start over fresh. FWIW I never finished the game on any other difficulty, only Nightmare. I played a bit on easier difficulties but _really_ wanted to do a full playthrough on Nightmare. It was worth it.
When I realized you can actually _walk,_ it completely changed the way I was able to play the game. The only time you _EVER_ have to crouch walk is if you are sneaking by a human, android, or the xeno is literally in the same room as you. As long as the xeno is in the vents, you are free to just get up and walk. If you run when it's in the vents, it WILL drop down and sprint full tilt towards where it heard the noise. You even have a lot of wiggle room to walk when it's not in the vents, and is actively wandering around. Pretty much the only time you have to play the game like Splinter Cell is when the xeno is literally breathing the same exact air as you are.
From then on I managed to complete the game in a couple of weeks. BTW, the motion tracker DOES still work even on Nightmare. It just behaves like you're always in vents. It WILL show the xeno, it's just not as clear where it is exactly and it will throw a lot of echoes. On Nightmare you have to watch it for a bit longer than usual. TBH you even have to do this on easier difficulties, because you'll also get pings from things that AREN'T the xeno. I managed to unlock 42/50 of the achievements, and while I didn't get One Shot, I still got some rare ones most people don't have.
I even did a run with that crazy mod that completely unshackles the xeno AI and makes it way more difficult. Honestly it's amazing and I highly recommend giving the game a try with that mod. I put in a couple others just to make it a _little_ less impossible, like slightly reduced fuel consumption. Just something so I don't burn through half a tank of gas from a handful of bursts. It's more like a a third a tank, lol.
the RE6 mercenaries music triggers my brain
I agree, great song. RE6 might be a jackshit horror game, but it's an amazing action game.
Damn man, this is hella impressive. I remember being super stoked that I got the achievement for beating Chapter 5 without getting killed by the Alien completely on accident, but this is another level. A challenge that demands near literal perfection is perhaps quite fitting for a creature so terrifying, it became known as "The Perfect Organism". Congratulations!
"I can't lie to you about your chances, but you have my sympathies."
This is by far my favourite video of yours so far Snam, amazing job 😊
i gotta say, this is by far my favorite video that you've put out. not only do i simply love this game i love the dedication and patience that it took you to complete this!!! it was really a joy to watch
Congratulations for the achievement! Is really impressive how you remain so happy despite all the failed attempts ahaha. Your chat is great!
Also, huge props to your editor. Don't know how hard it must have been edit this 7 months video. 🔥
I keep him in my basement and don’t feed him until he gets the cuts just right
Fun fact: You can earn this achievement by not dying - my method? If I know I'm about to die, I reload from the last save-point. The game doesn't register it as a fault to the achievement, so you can complete it without dying but by reloading.
Edit: I should have just watched the video.
LMAO all good, I do this a lot too 😅
Outrageous challenge. Nightmares in real life to accompany nightmare mode in game.
“This is the hardest achievement I have ever gone for.”
At first I was skeptical. Not even half-way through the video however, I became convinced that you’re a masochist. RNG like that is indeed a nightmare!
I never catch lives, too busy now. But snam, im really glad to see your channel grow. Congrats my dude. TH-cam randomly have me your *first* video when it was new but it was good. Youve obviously studied/worked on your craft from day 1 and even as the only achievement based channel i watch, i could tell you had something special. Happy to see your success and wish for you to have much more in the future.
I am really enjoying his challenge videos. It's interesting how he walkshrough each game one mission at a time teaching steps without hanging on the 30 times he redid a mission xD
I remember playing this game for the first time, absolutely terrifying, amazing work as always! :D
this may have been 6 months ago but i just saw this. had to watch it all through 2 sittings. you have more patience than me good sir. job well done!
15:20 deceive and desert you
15:25 relieve and comfort you
You have such a nice attitude while you play. This was totally enjoyable. Subscribed.
1:50 a ship called the Anisedora huh?
Man, I admire you dedication, I finished it on hard today and was exhausted from some of games parts
Amanda wakes up on the Torrens I thought, not the anesidora. Thanks for the video, I’ve been inspired to revisit this game and get this achievement. Hopefully I’m not dog water at the game lol.
I don't think I've ever seen a YT video with a better "soundtrack" or background music. You hit me with classics, with the RE6 mercenaries theme (what a great and epic song, the memories...) AND the soundtrack for MY FAVORITE GAME EVER, MASS EFFECT. Damn.
Btw, know how the Alien is always manage to find him and spawn at literally the perfect angle? Because it actually is fully calculated where he will be going next. The more noisemaker he use, the Alien will might just disregard and going directly for the direction he throwing from.
It also does not follow pre-planned "patrol paths", instead evaluating data from its senses to determine where the player is or is not and moving via corridors or vents to where it has the best chance of finding prey. It will not only follow up on significant noises but also double-back and re-check areas it has just left if the information available to it indicates the player may have actually been hiding there.
Who makes this AI is an absolute demon.
Amazing accomplishment - congrats!! Thanks for giving so much love to one of my all time favorite games!! 😎
Wish they would make a sequel.
Is in development 👍
Is this real 😮
9:47 the most understandable and relatable reaction to finding out which room you were at 😭
Bro this guy is completely Rage proof. He just laughs off everything. Bro is the ZEN MASTER
I've finally been motivated enough to pick up this game and playing it again (The first time I quit on like one of the first trams just from stress lol) I appreciate your calm and relaxed attitude towards achievement hunting so I'm happy I can finally watch this without worry of spoilers 🧡
Alien Isolation sequel just announced! Get Hyped and Get Ready!
Whooooooo!
I’m so glad I found you! Polished video and you are a hoot! Props to the editor too
underrrated game, glad to see you playing it even if it was torture
Even after this, it’s a top 10 game all time for me. Goes to show how good it is even after causing this much distress haha
How at all is this an underrated game?
I was recommended this video and have been binging all your achievement runs for the past two days :) I really love your style of videos and personality. I'm looking forward to any of your upcoming survival horror runs. I don't usually subscribe or comment, however I did both! your content is definitely amazing.
7:10 don't tell the cast of the film Aliens...
i just discovered this channel and just. A video on one of my favorite horror games, with quotes like "this mission is a cakewalk, and its hard to die here. unless you're Axel."
Really got a rise out of me
I gotta ask: how long did it take you to figure out that touching the alien tail was death?
Wait? Is this real? Thank you the heads up
@@SleekHeroo Yeah, I remember it being that there's short-range eyes in the back of its head, and if you touch its tail, you'll be in its line of sight before it even turns around. I don't remember if there is actual nerve sensors in the tail though.
I called it, he had to make a jfk joke when comes to headshots
there is something very satisfying about getting an achievement that's got a very low rate of success
Love the hollowknight music at 27mins! Thank you for your hard work getting the achievment Snam.
2:34, CLIP?!?!?
Shut up
love the inclusion of mountain hymn at 18:00, fav rdr2 song
It’s a crime against the video game industry that we didn’t get another Alien game like this
Hmo: aliens land on a hive world and the space marines arrive 2 weeks later to cleanse the xenos
maaan i finally finished Isolation on stream, after starting and stopping it for years, on a different channel.
and THAT DAMN HALLWAY near the 41:00 mark in your video was such a pain.
Kudos on you for being able to do this challenge, i dont think I could ever go for it, personally.
Next one with sound control on
It's crazy how good this game still looks. 10 years old, yet a person could be easily deceived into believing it just released within the last few years. Phenomenal graphics.
Not you re-awakening my obsession with Alien Isolation close calls 😂
I'm really surprised you don't have more subs. The quality is very high. Good job. Looking forward to see what are you up to
There's waypoints in this game?
More or less, there are save points throughout the game. And if you miss one, you risk going back like 2 hours if you die. And there is no automatic save, only at these points (they are those phone booths)
@@joaquimpoco3517 no no waypoints as in where to go, not save points
@@hiyasuamv9776i don't remember tbh
Axel is the new Rebirth Of Evangelion , keep up the achievements snam !
Love how you added the RE6 Mercenaries theme !
32:24 android what
💀
"Android in the area"
I can't even force that to sound like anything else