However, Raychel auto-absorbs her enemies and this method of absorbing xels completely kills the fun in score building. It’s reminiscent to the life draining mechanic used in Shinobi and Nightshade, which is one of the reasons why I was attracted to the expansion. As she travels through the stage, her life will slowly deplete and one of the key steps of staying alive is through killing robots and absorbing xels. Raychel has the option to playthrough the exact same stages as Beck, but her gameplay is slightly different.
However, unlike Beck, she’s seeking answers as to why she was abandoned and must absorb xels constantly from robots, including the Mighty Numbers, until she can confront Dr.
Aptly titled, The Vermilion Destroyer, Raychel is introduced to the story as Beck’s rival and predates him as an earlier iteration. I eventually hesitantly purchased it and gave her campaign a try after completing Beck’s. 9, I found myself constantly adding and removing the expansion DLC from my cart. When I was writing my review for Mighty No. Pay no mind to my 0.0 hrs played for this title, apparently your hours played get housed under Mighty No. For the price, you really can't go wrong. Still though, if you like a good challenge the Ray Expansion is worth it, and you do unlock some extra story which helps to flesh out the Mighty Numbers universe. This mechanic may not sound too bad, but once simple boss battles as Beck become a pure nightmare as Ray due to having to stay close range to attack along with the constant tick damage on top of any normal boss damage. That said the major downside to experiencing the game as Ray is that being an "unstable prototype" you will take a small amount of damage every few seconds, which you recoup as you absorb enemies along the way. Ray is arguably the most interesting character in the entire game and this expansion offers a new stage to play thru and then the ability to play thru each of the Mighty Number stages as Ray. 9, it really is something that you will want in order to get the full flavor of the title. While I feel that the Ray Expansion should have been included with the base game of Mighty No.