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With the Ruin DLC out now, I couldn’t play it straight away since I was away at the time, but now I’ve got all the ending and complete most things I’ll get to what I haven’t done later, here are my quick thoughts on the DLC:

Is it better than Security Breach? Yes, it’s almost everything SB should’ve been, it has improved stealth gameplay, the atmosphere is better, there’s actual tension and terror, gameplay mechanics actually feel useful and not utterly wasted, while the Entity isn’t perfect, he’s much better than those stupid staff bots. Does this redeem Security Breach? No, the base game is still bad, yeah it runs better and some of the presentation is improved like the Game Over screen but game’s design is still rotten to the core the only way to fix that is a complete overhaul which is definitely not happening anytime soon. Even the Story is better, more environment storytelling like the cutouts around the map, showing Monty’s and Glamrock Bonnie’s origins, showing Cassie has a friendship with Gregory and she has a history with Roxy, it’s simple but effective. However much like the base game, the worst part of the story is the final section, the endings feel very anticlimactic and just suddenly ends, very clear sequel bait, and the reveal of the Mimic, and oh boy… I have a lot of things to say about him but that’s for another day.

Right now I want to make something I felt this DLC is missing, trophy support, this is the same problem I had with Curse of Dreadbear, I get that it’s free DLC but that doesn’t mean it can’t have trophy support, even other games that offer less content have some form of trophy support and those DLCs cost money. I’m a bit of a Trophy Hunter so these really appeal to me, despite having a bad time with Security Breach, I still got the Platinum, I played through it multiple times to get everything. I know Steelwool and FNaF in general have had a rocky history with PSN trophies, some of Security Breach’s trophies either didn’t work or where impossible to get due to soft locking or mechanics not working, Help Wanted had the Platinum Trophy Glitch, I’ll never forget that one and the PS4 version of Sister Location entire trophy set being complete broken for more than a year until someone finally noticed.

I was doing a second playthrough to get all the collectables using a guide, so far, I’ve found everything until Chapter 7 and I know so because I have the tick on each chapter in the select screen. My problem now is the Wet Floor Bots, I’ve deactivated all of them, yet the last Floor Bot won’t appear in Bonnie’s Bowl corner, is this a glitch? Have I somehow missed one? Do they even count towards the collectable tally? It would be nice if the game had some form of on-screen counter to show how many you’ve deactivated on the chapter select screen. If this DLC had trophy support I might have done a potential third playthrough but right now I cannot be bothered, I know what the secret is anyway since I looked it up. I’m unsure if Steelwool is going to make anymore DLC for Security Breach because most of their talent has moved on to Help Wanted 2 with only a skeleton crew remain for Ruin bug fixes.

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With the Ruin DLC out now, I couldn’t play it straight away since I was away at the time, but now I’ve got all the ending and complete most things I’ll get to what I haven’t done later, here are my quick thoughts on the DLC:

Is it better than Security Breach? Yes, it’s almost everything SB should’ve been, it has improved stealth gameplay, the atmosphere is better, there’s actual tension and terror, gameplay mechanics actually feel useful and not utterly wasted, while the Entity isn’t perfect, he’s much better than those stupid staff bots. Does this redeem Security Breach? No, the base game is still bad, yeah it runs better and some of the presentation is improved like the Game Over screen but game’s design is still rotten to the core the only way to fix that is a complete overhaul which is definitely not happening anytime soon. Even the Story is better, more environment storytelling like the cutouts around the map, showing Monty’s and Glamrock Bonnie’s origins, showing Cassie has a friendship with Gregory and she has a history with Roxy, it’s simple but effective. However much like the base game, the worst part of the story is the final section, the endings feel very anticlimactic and just suddenly ends, very clear sequel bait, and the reveal of the Mimic, and oh boy… I have a lot of things to say about him but that’s for another day.

Right now I want to make something I felt this DLC is missing, trophy support, this is the same problem I had with Curse of Dreadbear, I get that it’s free DLC but that doesn’t mean it can’t have trophy support, even other games that offer less content have some form of trophy support and those DLCs cost money. I’m a bit of a Trophy Hunter so these really appeal to me, despite having a bad time with Security Breach, I still got the Platinum, I played through it multiple times to get everything. I know Steelwool and FNaF in general have had a rocky history with PSN trophies, some of Security Breach’s trophies either didn’t work or where impossible to get due to soft locking or mechanics not working, Help Wanted had the Platinum Trophy Glitch, I’ll never forget that one and the PS4 version of Sister Location entire trophy set being complete broken for more than a year until someone finally noticed.

I was doing a second playthrough to get all the collectables using a guide, so far, I’ve found everything until Chapter 7 and I know so because I have the tick on each chapter in the select screen. My problem now is the Wet Floor Bots, I’ve deactivated all of them, yet the last Floor Bot won’t appear in Bonnie’s Bowl corner, is this a glitch? Have I somehow missed one? Do they even count towards the collectable tally? It would be nice if the game had some form of on-screen counter to show how many you’ve deactivated on the chapter select screen. If this DLC had trophy support I might have done a potential third playthrough but right now I cannot be bothered, I know what the secret is anyway since I looked it up. I’m unsure if Steelwool is going to make anymore DLC for Security Breach because most of their talent has moved on to Help Wanted 2 with only a skeleton crew remain for Ruin bug fixes.