



The first time I made it to Chapter 13 on Hardcore I skipped saving with the intent on using it just before the eye machine but I died in the room immediately after the elevator (which is where I'm currently saved) and got reverted back to the Chapter 7 checkpoint before the Solar Aray. Does anyone have any late-game tips or am I now at the point where it's best to play it safe and take my time? I really want to finish the game because I'm so close but I can't motivate myself because I'm afraid of wasting my time upon death I survived, yeah, but then it was just panic the whole way until i died. The first time I got to Chapter 14 on Hardcore I forgot he spawned in the same room as the eye machine and he attacked me when I just exploring the room for items and started my hack. And once Chapter 14 starts that damn Ubermorph gives me anxiety. Sure it's safer but if I die I just wasted (let's say) 3 hours of my time. I've been careful but then it takes about an hour to clear one chapter, sometimes less than a chapter. I've watched speedrunners and tried to emulate their moves but I die at the rotating lasers so I've started "speed running" to that room and then taking time to kill everything. My loadout consists of a fully upgraded Force Gun and Contact Beam, max rig (using the Bloody Vintage DLC one) and a barely upgraded stasis (I almost never used it because I mastered the Force.Gun) and I've been running train for several days only dying when I got careless or played too cautiously. I have the fire inside that wants to play but as soon as I boot up the game I lose all interest. I died in a dumbass way (tried to be cautious and enemies swarmed me and I was out of Contact Beam ammo) and ever since that death last week I've lost all desire to try anymore. So I made it as far as Chapter 14, the room immediately before the zero g area. I'm actually on Chapter 13 of Hardcore mode and used all my saves. Before I start let me say that I'm not new to the game, series, or enemies.
