Returnal - Do I just suck?

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pitzy272 said:

Something odd I found is that I got all the way to Phrike on my second play through, and I nearly beat him (got him down to about half health in his final of 3 stages), but I’ve spent about 5 hours+ since then and haven’t felt I’ve gotten good enough or powered up enough to face him again.

Yeah, I feel like there are many runs where there just isn't enough to do to get "leveled-up" high enough. It's also super frustrating to feel powerful enough, but you've exhausted all rooms and pick-ups and there's nothing you can do to get any more health. You're just dead to rights to face the boss. I wish rooms could re-spawn or something with the chance of having drops of health.