the hadal blacksite gets my chest tight every single time. its claustrophobic in the best way and youre so right that one wrong move ends you, no rng to blame, just you panicking. pressure earned its own spot, its way more than underwater doors.

yes this is exactly it. pressure never kills you for no reason, you died because you got greedy with stamina or misread the entity. earned dread hits so much harder than a coin flip.

you drew the doors vs pressure line perfectly. pressure actually lets you learn it, entity patterns, stamina, planning a route ahead. one mistake and its on you, not the dice. thats real difficulty and its why it clears every horror game people call scary.

this is exactly why i rank pressure over doors for runs. the entities have patterns so a death is on me, not the game, and i can lab a route and actually get more consistent. doors just decides your fate at the door. one mistake one death is the fairest design there is.