Then maybe the rogue-like part could be unlocked afterward for an extra challenge, or just optional. Heck, keep the ‘help five survivors escape’ idea and just make it a little more complicated for each, with more to discover. I would’ve been far happier if Arkane had kept the new areas - which are wonderfully designed, with loads of neat secrets, hidden areas, and shortcuts - and just given us missions that would take us over the entire base. Unfortunately, and I’m saying this as a huge fan of Prey, it’s not the kind of challenge I’m interested in. Just unlocking all five characters, and getting their unique story escapes, will take a decent amount of time - and learning enough to get the five survivors out in a single run? That’ll take ages. It’s not just exploring, it’s exploring quickly and working out what needs to be done, improving your time, learning where everything you need is, getting everything done - and then restarting to try again. Undoubtedly a lot of people will enjoy it, and it’s a very different challenge to the main game of Prey. I don’t want to be too harsh on Mooncrash. Forcing us to play through that same bit of world many, many times… that’s torture, not fun. The world is why these games are so entertaining. The fun of games like Bioshock and Prey, at least for me, is in taking time exploring every location and then moving on. The trouble is, it still boils down to replaying the same area over and over again. There is a lot of challenge and value in Prey: Mooncrash, with five characters to unlock and more than five ways to escape, not to mention a really decent-sized new area to explore. If you take too long, not only will enemies get too difficult to take on - the simulation will reset. While the game will autosave on exiting, otherwise there is no saving in Mooncrash. The general goal is to escape, with the overall final goal being to escape with all five characters in a single playthrough. One is weak but has access to a lot of Typhon powers, another starts with a shotgun and has security access, etc. There are five characters to unlock, all with different weapons, powers and abilities.
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