Or worse: you walk into Neptune’s Bounty, and instead of a standard Thuggish Splicer, a (the big daddy from the later levels) is waiting for you in the freezer section.
There is a specific kind of terror that comes from looting a trash can in the Medical Pavilion and finding a fully upgraded Crossbow. There is a different, more profound kind of terror that comes from looting a safe, expecting a First Aid Kit, and instead summoning a hostile Big Sister at Level 2.
: It fixes the "stale" feeling of repeat playthroughs by ensuring no two runs are the same, as noted by enthusiasts on this BioShock community resource .