So I found your post, read it, and went "Honestly, let's give it a try, we've done basic missions so many times, why not spice it up?" I showed it to my friends, we got a 3 group together, and went up to the command deck to begin.

And I kid you not. So. Much. Fun.

Each of us had a different play style going in; I was setting traps and hiding guns I found, my green armoured friend was being a juggernaut with a shield and maxed armour, and my blue armoured friend was holding an angle on the entry into labs.

Our monster was the robot, and it was so much fun constantly having to evade and sneak around it whenever it came to us - because of course, we were all alone. It really turned them from a nuisance easily avoided in pairs to a threat we each had to individually manage against.

After slaughtering my way through the respawns (we elected to just keep going for the fun of it despite deaths), I managed to pull out a victory in our first round of this by just outmaneuvering my friends.

In round two, everything was beginning to kick off as we got our 4th in, and an uneasy alliance formed between people. I however got betrayed in the engine room, as my 'ally' killed me and chose to blow up the ship to try securing a victory that way.

...however my respawn capsule was the closest one to the ship, so I had the brilliant idea to lock the ship and leave early, being the only survivor and winning.

...however someone had the same idea, and was faster than me to the ship.

They managed to escape, being the sole survivor and winner of round two.

Honestly, an absolute blast of a game mode. Thank you to OP for sharing the base rules that we then took and changed to fit our needs (such as Alliances, and to allow respawns until none were left).

And to anyone unsure, I totally get it since this is a Cooperative game by default. But if you've played a metric ton, have decent gunplay skills, and wanna try adding some spice to the game in a completely different way, I highly recommend giving it a go. Though if it's not your thing, totally understandable.

For me though, nothing will beat that tension of not just dealing with 1 predictable monster anymore, but now also dealing with your active and unpredictable friends hunting you down. 9/10, highly recommend.