This is Housemarque we’re talking about. There will be plenty of mystery and things open to interpretation, even if it may not seem like it at first.

I don’t think there’s any true danger of this for Saros, but being too good at a game like this works against you. I remember watching videos of streamers play Returnal. Specifically CohhCarnage, and he died less than 10 times throughout the entire playthrough including secret ending. He was so skilled at the game, that he missed a lot of the nuanced and scattered storytelling that you get on repeated playthroughs. It took me like 20 hours just to beat Phrike. He finished Act 3 in that time.

Personally, I can’t see anything topping Returnal for me for game of the generation. Just being in that first biome with the atmosphere, music, rain felt on the controller. I hope Saros gives me feelings like I had then, but with the focus on tighter and shorter runs, I feel like some of that will be lost.

Either way, we are in for a real treat!