I almost gave up after level 2 because Sam is frustratingly slow. I'm glad I didn't.

This game is some premium-garbage. Once you accept the games tendency to say "fuck you" as hilarious instead of annoying, it becomes a lot more fun.

I still do think Sam moves too slowly. The game speed should have probably been upped across the board.

The copy and paste arenas do start to get a little old, and the massive levels and such slow walking speed led to me never really secret-hunting. Most secrets are also just another "fuck you" anyway though.

The First Encounter was overall a great time and I look forward to possible refinements in the other games.