Returnal is a video game that was developed exclusively for the PlayStation 5. The Game has brought Housemarque to the market in April 2021. We looked closer to the third-person shooter and exploring the planet of Atropos for you. For the graphics and technical implementation it hailed in the publication good reviews for the video game - as we experienced the game, you read here.
An impressive game - and pretty hard
Already at first glance falls on: There was a lot of work in this video game. The planet Atropos was thus praised for his graphic implementation, the game also for its complexity. Thus, however, it is also that it is pretty hard for players to survive in this world.
Housemarque has resorted to Metroidvania and Rogue-Like approaches, and every fight you fight will pronounce you. The patience of the players is regularly put on the test, because it's really complex. Success only has this video game, who has a good intuition, but at the same time acts with understood and concentrated. Only so do you manage to fight you through the levels of universe story and defeat your opponents.
Return takes us to the universe
If you start Returnal, then you take the role of Selene Vassos. It is a successful astronaut, which has made it the task of going a puzzling signal on the planet of Atropos. While we are in the landing approach, we remember: Not everything goes according to plan. The spaceship crashes, we landed on the planet surface. Unfortunately, your spaceship has not packed - accordingly, Selene has no way to request help. Of course, it is also impossible to return. But Selene survives - and so a survival game begins as we love it.
As expected, it is not so peaceful on the planet. That's even understated, because the first attack does not wait long. We see scary-looking creatures with tentacles, the luminaires or bats, which attach to the dangerous laser attack. Anyone who starts the game for the first time is probably overpaid by the action. The result: we die. Selene starts again at the point where your spaceship crashed. This time she is even worse because she loses improvements and objects. That least of the nerves, Selene suffers from the repeating scenes. At some point, she meets her corpse, she wonders: How often did I fly that through now? How much time has already passed since I am stranded on this planet? Selenes mind is wavering, and the player crashes into chaos. This is supported by different intermediate sequences, so that there is a comprehensive story.
Every death is devastating
A little bit like a game of gambling, not to die. Although you ask yourself in gambling halls at what time the things are throwing, you can not force luck. You win - or you lose. And although at Returnal, of course, you have an influence on your style of play, you will not get to die more often. And that's not just a nerve-wracking, but also frustrating because you have to start from the beginning. This means that your character value is reset, as well as losing objects or life extensions. So make sure that you have to say goodbye to your death of great weapons. Instead, it starts with a simple pistol from the front - and the normal features you had at the beginning.
But fortunately, that does not mean that you do not make progress. You can use a few important game details for you to make the game a bit easier. You are looking for permanently after improvements, chests, better equipment - and also learn to unlock an inventory slot. Also exciting is the expansion of the movement possibilities, where you take advantage of the technology of the alien: Over time, you encounter portals that allow you speedy trips and can swing through the area with gripping hooks.
What is also steadily expanded are the information available to Selene. She learns more about objects, weapons and opponents. The entries of the heroine are important because their knowledge expands. If you then die, the findings are still known. Unfortunately, this often can not show about the fact that it is extremely annoying when great weapons disappear and we start again. For which weapons you get next time, the coincidence decides.
And what are the strengths of the game?
We have already mentioned some strengths: the graphics are great, the space story draws us in her spell and takes us completely. In addition, the video game offers a lot of action, because you live in the constant risk of being overrun by your opponents. The weapons are fun, the control over the heroine is given at any time. You quickly move over the planet and learn over time as you consider your opponents best - and, of course, set themselves. Also aims can Selene pretty good.
Although the control of Selene is working properly and reacted well, no master has fallen from the sky yet. Presumably, you will spend the first hours to find and try yourself into the game, as you can discover your opponents best or shoot them. Although the game offers a lot of tension and entertainment, this can not be pushed over the frustration in some places that will be quite sure sooner or later. Because if you die, you lose everything again. This is repeated a few times, the pulse rises. If you decide for Returnal, you should also adjust changeable emotions. You will be proud if you overlook your opponents - but also have to accept this PS5 games with some defeats and complexity. Of course, the game becomes an abundance over time then even more difficult, the different biomes you will not master so easy. But if you are looking forward to the challenge and you are clear about what this game will be demanded, you will probably rate Returnal as well suited shooter.
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