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A metallic “clank” echoes above sending my nerves into hysterical overdrive. I freeze, too scared to gently push the analogue stick of my controller forward slightly just in case it makes a noise.

In addition to the aforementioned menace gauge, the creature's behaviour is also dictated by its own clever little AI system. The alien's own AI - which worked in tandem with the directorial system - ...