Game:

Returnal (2021)

Duration: 43:37

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I used as much avoidance tactics as I reasonably could to get to Ophion with 3 full heals and an Astronaut. I farmed up biomes 4 and 5 after a few failures (which was more effort than getting through this biome). I had to pause and shake my hands and wipe them off before dropping down.

I'm happy to say I only needed to use one light heal during the boss fight. It's a very easy boss, all things considered.

I was hoping to get an answer to why I'm in this cycle. Although the circumstances of the 'crash' are quite sad.

Important note: Leech Rounds work on the red nodules that you have to kill on Ophion!

Chapters:
0:00 Arrival
18:42 Fabricator
19:40 Oh crap just run RUN
23:04 Boss fight begins
24:30 Phase 1 done
25:50 Phase 2 done
27:29 Ophion defeated!
29:40 I remember a car crash off a bridge in a news report
31:40 The crash
34:21 Credits
41:23 Wait, so I didn't escape?
42:49 Final (kind of) game status

109 deaths, 50 hours of playtime. Around 3 weeks of playing.

Apparently, there is a true ending. But I'm not sure if I'll play through again to see it. I guess I need to collect the pieces of the sun decoration to reach it? So it doesn't require a full second playthrough, per se.

Frankly I would have preferred the credits didn't show up yet and you just start over in biome 1 with some slight difference to let you know you have more to do yet. I wasn't sure if I was just in a New Game+ mode.

Why did the astronaut appear in the road? The rest of the event could be dismissed as a shared relived memory, or a vision. Something made her swerve. What is the White Shadow?

I try another run through biome 1 next video - I almost complete it. Almost.

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