During the events of the Citadel Station incident, the Hacker jettisoned Beta Grove, one of the four wildlife groves aboard Citadel Station, which SHODAN had been using for experiments with bio-engineered viruses.Īs the grove hurtled through space, the mutagenic virus and mutated creatures stored aboard Beta Grove evolved at an accelerated rate, eventually becoming a species of parasitic annelids with distinct personality, telepathic mind control, and genetic modification abilities. Maybe if they had some crew quarters or some other really distinctive sections with their own goals it might have been more enjoyable.The Many are a creation of the malevolent artificial intelligence SHODAN. The map is kind of bland in that one part pretty much looks like the rest. So I guess maybe I miss it and the game suddenly doesn't have those extra dimensions.Īlso, maybe it's that the Rickenbacker is such a huge map but you only have one task: destroying all of those eggs. I really loved finding all of that stuff early in the game but it really all becomes irrelevant by the time you reach the Rickenbacker. You have plenty of ammo and other supplies, you've found all of the cool weapons and armor, all the upgrade software, and you have plenty of nanites. By that time you've found really all the cybernetic modules you need.

My theory is that it simply has to do with approaching the end of the game and maybe has nothing at all to do with the design of that map at all. Maybe I liked it then.īut now, the Rickenbacker just seems like a chore. I can't even remember what I thought about it the first time I played it. For me, it all comes down to the fact that when replaying the game I get bored when I reach the Rickenbacker.

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