Sound stuff is pretty intense in this one and ive learned a few tricks that might help you stay alive longer. The monsters can basically hear everything you do through your mic and any noise you make in-game like breaking stuff or running around. Tried whispering a few times but honestly, it doesnt help much since they still pick up on it anyway.

One thing thats really helped me is using push-to-talk instead of open mic, makes it way easier to control when youre making noise. Also, crouching around is definitely your friend especially when youre trying to be sneaky. Pretty interesting how the voice distortion effects can actually make things worse, learned that the hard way when we tried messing around with them and the monsters went completely nuts.

Something cool you can try is throwing stuff to distract them but dont rely on it too much cause they actually learn from it over time which is pretty wild. Silent looting is usually your safest bet and if youre playing with others, try to coordinate when youre gonna talk. That new overcharge thing they added makes grabbing enemies more risky now but thats more about combat than sneaking around. Oh and if you do get spotted, those updated melee weapons actually work better than you might think for fighting back.

Tip for new players - maybe avoid using those voice effects until youre more comfortable with the basics cause ive seen whole teams get wiped just from someone trying to be funny with the voice mods