Waiting for Xen was really long; I played through this game twice before Xen dropped, and in 2016 I refrained from playing it until Xen releases, which was quite some time. Today, after finishing the full game, I can safely say that the wait was totally worth it. Crowbar Collective recreated the most boring, bland 1 hour chapter into this beautiful, colourful, and essentially completely different experience. Xen has recieved completely different flora here, at times making it seem like an actual jungle, except with aliens. Big Spider Mommy also got revamped, this time making the fight actually scary and longer, and not being meme material.
FINAL FIGHT SPOILERS AHEAD


The final fight with Nihilanth in the first game felt really underwhelming; his most powerful attack was teleporting you into a sub-area, where you usually had to fight off some enemies, or just escape the sub-area through a portal leading back to his chamber. Rest of his attacks were easily avoidable with the long jump module. Now, the fight gets more intense the more you hurt him. He can throw vehicles at you at mach 10, shoot laser beams, spawn AoE energy explosions around the map, and more. I kind of do miss his teleport attack though.

If you haven't bought this game yet, go ahead right now and spend 18 euros on this masterpiece. It's the least you can do for content this good.

Waiting for Xen was really long; I played through this game twice before Xen dropped, and in 2016 I refrained from playing it until Xen releases, which was quite some time. Today, after finishing the full game, I can safely say that the wait was totally worth it. Crowbar Collective recreated the most boring, bland 1 hour chapter into this beautiful, colourful, and essentially completely different experience. Xen has recieved completely different flora here, at times making it seem like an actual jungle, except with aliens. Big Spider Mommy also got revamped, this time making the fight actually scary and longer, and not being meme material. FINAL FIGHT SPOILERS AHEAD The final fight with Nihilanth in the first game felt really underwhelming; his most powerful attack was teleporting you into a sub-area, where you usually had to fight off some enemies, or just escape the sub-area through a portal leading back to his chamber. Rest of his attacks were easily avoidable with the long jump module. Now, the fight gets more intense the more you hurt him. He can throw vehicles at you at mach 10, shoot laser beams, spawn AoE energy explosions around the map, and more. I kind of do miss his teleport attack though. If you haven't bought this game yet, go ahead right now and spend 18 euros on this masterpiece. It's the least you can do for content this good.