Game:

Returnal (2021)

Duration: 45:54

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I find my way through Biome 1 until I can find the gate to Biome 2 again, and make a second attempt at it. At least the game is kind enough to guide me there with a waypoint.

Chapters:
0:00 Making my way through Biome 1
9:39 The Crimson Gate again
11:00 Cube fliers and a drake
13:40 Cube flier and I open a grate
15:47 Platforming
16:14 Trapped chest
17:07 A waiting drake
18:00 Two more drakes
19:26 The Hollowseeker gun
20:07 Turret and cube fliers
21:26 Giant cube flier
22:50 The foot of the mountain again and The Severed with turrets
24:55 A rest platform (trapped)
27:07 Platforming to a grate
30:25 Yeah no thanks
31:45 Turret, trapped chest, another Severed, more turrets
34:48 More platforming to a grate
35:48 Fabricator chamber
37:23 Turret room
38:32 Ascending the mountain, Turret welcome
40:31 Cube family
43:05 Trapped chest
44:22 More turrets, yay, forgot my consumable
44:55 Advanced Giant Cube

I manage to ascend the mountain.

Unfortunately while fleeing a turret I end up in a fight with an advanced giant cube flier.
At least I'm learning to open the barred gates.

But I still have the Crimson Key. So I can just keep trying.
I'm really glad I don't have to work my way to fight Phrike again.
That really changes the nature of the challenge of this game.

I notice that the open arenas make things not so constrained for the fights. I haven't run into anything awful like the pair of Sun Zombies that I hate fighting in Biome 1. Not a lot of bullet hell in biome 2 yet, except for the turrets.

I do not like the Wide Maw shotgun at all. Without adrenaline to back it up, it's doesn't do enough damage. I really like the Hollowseeker. And the Carbine with Rising Pitch.

By the way, what's that item in the Helios cargo hold that I should remove?

I tried a few more runs after this one. The Severed is by far my most hated enemy here. I have the hardest time with him. Next is the Advanced Giant Cube flier while I'm ascending the mountain. There is another Severed right after that encounter. I have yet to get past it. My favorite gun continues to be the Hollowseeker, as long as it has a decent damage stat, and especially when my adrenaline is up. When I can make it all the way to the boss, die or not, I'll upload another video.

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