I see complaints about this having cost $30 or w/e during the sale, saying it's overpriced. This game is amazing, I would've been happy with it even at full price. Wtf are they talking about?

Keep having hard time finding coop in EU. Just linked my Epic account to Steam in hopes it will automatically enable cross-(pc) platform and get some more players in (or am I keep hoping for nothing?)

I have over 135 hours into this game. I had almost everything unlocked. I got burnt out on it so I put it down for a few months. Got that itch again so I decided to play it. Immediately crashes my computer on start up. Have to restart my computer. I go to run the game again and now it has to compile shaders...crashes the game but not my computer. Start again, finishes compiling, and all of my progress is gone. Does anyone know if there is a way to get my save data back?...

To complete the game with 100 % achievements. Currently in Act 2, Biome 3. I also spent 100+ hours in Returnal on PS5 (and platinued it). Would be good to know, how to play the game. Region: EU

Are the teleporter gates between biomes meant to be accessible before the boss is beaten, across separate runs? I'm finding that I can go straight to gates (the orange node on the map) from the first, forest biome, to either the desert or citadel -- is this normal? Is it because once an area boss is defeated, the gate will always spawn for players who want to fighting the boss again...? If this is the case, what's the benefit of taking on the boss ? Is it just for building up the character? For...