One more thing, I had a thrill of tension when I was low life on mountain map with 4 spammers you have to hunt down. I was mopping up the last of the drones with less than 400 health. It was a tense fun moment. If I had died, I would have quit, but living pushed me to the next level.
ironically, the health drops reduced the tension. I was worried about dying right at the end after I spent a bunch of time hunting the drones down.