Learn your own strengths and weaknesses so you can strategically pick encounters

No Return has branching paths, so if you find yourself excelling in certain encounter types, you can choose to take the route that starts with the kinds you do best in. The random weapon drops mean you need to account for both your own playstyle and what equipment you’ve got on hand.
Each of these varied encounters will also have you facing a different faction with their own strengths. Infected are more predictable than human enemies, but Clickers have a one-hit kill that can end an entire run in a second. The WLF forces have more weapons at their disposal, but you don’t have to worry about one of them one-shotting you. It’s all about weighing the pros and cons of an encounter before you make a decision about which route to take.