It demands too much time, does nothing to save your progress and, by the time you’ve restarted for the 10 th time, everything is basically the same. It seems impossible to prevail but somehow – you do. You even get into a kind of meditative mindset, especially with boss battles. Do not be deceived: This is a very difficult game but that does not negate the enjoyment. There’s a massive sense of accomplishment at reaching the end, finding great powerups and weapons. I’ve never had to wipe down the controller and wash my hands every hour or so, due to the intensity of the combat. There’s no denying the game is beautiful, has high productions, gorgeous music and sound, shows off the PS5’s features and is dazzling to behold it’s also, in its moment-to-moment play absolutely incredible and like nothing else I’ve ever encountered. And this is not a forward journey, after all, since there’s a high chance that all your hours of progress will vanish because of a split second decision – an arrow or explosion you don’t see coming from off-screen (which is why bullet-hells tend to give you a view that lets you see the whole level, like Housemarque’s other titles Resogun and Alienation). Returnal will sit, occupying your machine, keeping it alive, demanding you… return. That means you cannot quit, turn off the PS5 or load up another game. Returnal’s runs, from beginning to the only continue point, can last up to 5 or 6 hours. The reason for this is that other roguelikes rarely have runs that last north of an hour or so or they have clever systems for saving. I cannot recommend this game to anyone to purchase. Some people enjoy this, take pleasure in live-die-repeat formula of these game. The maps for each level change, too, so you cannot memorise areas that much – meaning you also need to navigate new paths. You retain some aspects like a rare currency and traversal upgrades (like grappling hooks).
All you’ve accumulated disappears: no weapons, no common currency, no upgrades. Returnal is a roguelike/lite, which sees your character return again and again to the beginning of the game (until a certain point, then it’s starts at a midway point).
There are no loading times and the game launches almost instantly from the main screen.īut it’s not worth the price of admission. You can feel the adaptive triggers… well, adapt, to the scenario you find yourself in. More pertinently, it fully utilises the ignored DualSense controller features: You feel the rain, wind, sand in your hands – tiny taps and thuds in your hands emulate the world around you. It’s a PS5 exclusive, showing off the incredible technology built into the latest next-gen console hardware from Sony. Your character is a determined, driven female scientist-warrior, with a penchant for exploration and careful documentation of a hostile alien world: Ellen Ripley meets Jane Goodall. This is, after all, a classic bullet-hell experience.
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Combat encounters are fast and terrifying, with alien creatures dazzling the screen with lethal lightshows, your character dancing between their attacks, setting your TV on fire with what I can only describe as gorgeous but chaotic deliberation. This game feels like you’re in a ballet of chaos and beauty, in a world lovingly designed with layers of interest and intrigue mysteries are stacked within mysteries. What is this place? Why are there corpses and audio logs of herself from different times? Why does she keep returning to the crash site upon death? Why is there a 20th century country house in the middle of an alien planet? And why is everything trying to kill her? This is the mystery at the centre of Returnal.Īnd as someone who loves mysteries, particularly those set in space with elements of cosmic horror, this would all otherwise be perfect. The game begins where Selene’s ship has crashed and she finds the body of another scout – only it’s hers. Selene is seeking the source of a mysterious signal called “White Shadow”. You play Selene, a scout who crashes on a mysterious, hostile alien planet. This beautifully-crafted, bullet-hell, third-person sci-fi, action-horror adventure game from the masters at Housemarque is carefully crafted.
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