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I got this game not too long ago and recently started playing more often. I'm surprised no one has been talking about this game as much as R.E.P.O. Everything is underwater and if you're a subnautica fan that's scared of the unknown in the depths of the ocean and likes games like lethal company, then THIS is your game to play. I'm 10 hours in and I have so much to say about this game already. Everyone that I've recommended this game to has enjoyed it as well.

Anyways, I feel like there's a lot to do in this game compared to Lethal Company and R.E.P.O. You can tell as much as soon as you load into the game. It has the same mechanics as far as collecting items from a location and taking it back to your ship. In this game, the locations are considered "expeditions" and the items you collect are called "body parts" that you need to shred. You get paid for getting rid of the evidence your company leaves behind. There is of course entities you must be wary of in your search of the evidence and body parts. One of the key differences in this game that I think expands on cooperation, is the submarine it's self!!! There's 3 different kinds. Small ( 1-2 players), medium (3-4 players) and Large (5-8 players). And instead of picking a location for the job and teleporting there (like in lethal or phasmophobia), you have to manually get there yourself and search for an appropriate place to anchor (land/park? lol). During the journey searching, there's all kinds of obstacles (some good and some bad) that you either have to avoid or purposely collide with. There's a role for each player on the submarine. There's steering the submarine, controlling the speed of it, the signal identifier and the Sonar watcher (they direct everyone on where to go or what to avoid and works with the signal identifier by telling them what pings to identify, i.e ping B5 is good and ping A9 is BAD ). There's also additional roles that I wont mention except for two. Which is the anchor (the one that stops the sub at expeditions) and the sub repairman (if you crash into something bad, you got to maintain your submarine's health). Just this feature alone motivates everyone to work together! Can't really get anywhere without cooperation. You can upgrade your submarine as well and you can upgrade yourself. There's also a place to change outfits that kinds of serves as a "trophy" or achievement showcase. Certain things you accomplish in the game can unlock certain outfits. Everyone gets the same outfits but different colored by default when you load in the game. But any outfits you've unlocked are permanent and can be changed at any time.
There's more to the submarine, but you'll enjoy it more if you figure it out, so I'll stop talking about it. But to reiterate, this is by FAR my favorite thing about this game. (Especially if you're someone who likes to stay behind on ship while everyone scavenges, you have something you can do in between expeditions with everyone.)

There are 3 difficulty levels. So far, I've only played normal, but I assume that anyone who found lethal company to be too hard and enjoyed R.E.P.O because its easier would appreciate the easier difficulty here, and for those that want the challenge will appreciate the harder difficulty. I feel like the game easily satisfies both horror and humor!

In this game, there actually feels like a goal here. It truly feels like you're working towards something and not just rinse and repeat when it comes to collecting items and selling them (or shredding in this case) for money. There's so many different mechanics at play, it's hard to get bored.

While you're at expeditions, I mentioned the body parts but there's another form of making money and it's the random computers you'll come across that you can punch and destroy. These computers are also apart of the evidence you must get rid of. And one MAIN thing the game is clear on you avoiding is the POLICE. Yes...the PO PO is AFTER YOU, so you have to be careful and evade them as they also implemented a GTA like function ( 6 stars in top right corner) that ends your run when you end up reaching all 6 stars. There's at least 4 ways you can get stars that I've found out. So it always feels important to not screw up.

I forgot to mention that there is a time limit as well ( different depending on difficulty, for normal it's 8 minutes for each expedition). Some people might feel as if it's too short, though I haven't had much issue with it. It is a little difficult searching for evidence and finding your way back to the submarine, especially because you also have to keep note of your oxygen tank levels on the top of your screen. But I personally like this detail ( so it truly depends on your gasmeplay and what works for you.) There are of course modules (or upgrades) that you can go through that can make searching for evidence or navigating the site easier, even protecting yourself or carrying items can be easier with things you can buy from the vending machine in the submarine. You can only carry about 3 items. Evidence or a battery in one pocket, a tool in your other pocket, and anything in your hand (so yes, 3 things in total). So it's constant swimming back and forth to site and to submarine. But i truly feel like everything is balanced.

Any other things I'll mention about this game will be too much so I HIGHLY recommend you figure the rest out on your own and play the game for yourself. It's (imo) the best one in this genre. I cant express this enough :)