The Cursed Expedition was one of my favourite expeditions, so of course I'm redoing it.
The constant drain of the Anomaly Suppressor and the harassment of the Boundary Horrors lends an incessant pressure. That first dash to the ship with an underpowered Boltgun and no Elixirs at hand is reminiscent of a Permadeath start.
I think the slightly reduced targets of the Redux version make it a little less grindy.
And of course, the trash talk…
The 3rd portal was weird for me as well, and I it before the update. All the other elixirs of blood took me to a planet that others had been to, and discovered by Hello Games a month ago. 3 brought me to a new system.
Still completed the objective, so just carried on.