He's seriously doing jumping jacks out in the street. I was able to complete the entire basement segment - normally extremely challenging with the neighbor chasing you the whole time - without him ever even returning to the house. For some reason, he chased me down the street past the point in his yard where he doesn't normally run, and then engaged in his typical AI routines like he was in his living room, but never left. In the first act, for instance, I lured the neighbor out into the street and slightly away from the house. Yes, you can absolutely use this to your advantage if you've gotten frustrated trying to reach a certain item or room. There was one verifiable change I was able to discover, and it seems to be more a bug than a new feature released on purpose.Īpparently, now the neighbor can get stuck doing calisthenics in odd locations where he wouldn't normally engage in that behavior. Now that I've got the basement key, he seems even more hyper-aware of my every move! Hello Neighbor Friendly Mode AI Modifications More than a few players are baffled by what exactly this option tweaks in the AI, with several Steam threads that can basically be boiled down to 'What the hell does Friendly Mode mode even do?!?!?!?' now at the top of the discussions page. In some cases, the neighbor seems to notice you through a wall even if you are sneaking and have closed everything behind you. He still throws pots or other objects, still chases, still drops bear traps or turns on cameras and lights, etc. In fact, in my run through, he seemed to get more aggressive, jumping through windows to reach me when he didn't normally do that before. Sadly, Hello Neighbor's Friendly Mode doesn't actually seem to do what the developers intended at this point! There's been no noticeable change in standard detection or chasing behavior. If you were having problems constantly getting caught or even just making it into the house, you can toggle this option during an existing game and don't even have to restart. Here's what one member of the development crew had to say about the new option: There was hope for those who couldn't overcome the diabolical neighbor and his nefarious traps, as a patch was just released adding in a new toggle option titled Friendly Mode.Īs with most of the game's mechanics, there's no description of what exactly this toggle changes or how Friendly Mode is different from a standard run through. Even with all that fan input over the last year, some new players have struggled to make it past the neighbor and successfully explore the interior of his mysterious abode.

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