Previously, PlayStation 5 only had 3 exclusive games and did not launch on any other platform, namely Demon’s Souls, Destruction AllStars. The rest of the games are available on other platforms like Spider-Man Miles Morales is also available on the PS4 version, or on the Xbox version there is also the Control Ultimate Edition game.
With shooting gameplay revolving around rogue-lite style, mixed with elements typical of the shoot em up game genre, players will focus on dodging bullets like rain from enemies.
The game is literally raining bullets maliciously towards the player, only the player will do somersaults to avoid bullets in a high-quality 3D environment rather than on a 2D plane. With such an attraction and horror, the game has quickly attracted the attention of gamers around the world.
Returnal has a special thing that when you die in the game, you have to fight and collect the gas from the beginning. Many times, when the player has just got a good gun, he is killed by the boss. During the game play, the player can feel the difficulty of the game increasing every minute, every second, but that is the main point of this Returnal game.
Game Returnal tells about the space scout Selene, on a mission, her spacecraft crashed and crashed on an alien planet called Atropos.
This planet is known to be a scary place, with not only dangerous terrain, but also the environment around it has the ability to change constantly. Not only that, this planet also has many ancient alien creatures, and these creatures are extremely aggressive. They are always lurking and waiting for an opportunity to attack the player. In such a dangerous planet, Selene has a plan to survive and overcome all difficulties ahead.
However, the deeper into the planet Atropos, the more Selene discovered many inexplicable mysteries. She first found her body scattered in many places while this was her first time on this planet. Then there is a life-and-death loop every time a monster is defeated. And finally a strange signal emitted by an astronaut’s illusion of the 20th century.
After realizing that every time you die, everything (terrain, environment, levels) will change back randomly. So the hope to answer for Selene is to find the source of that mysterious signal, it is important that she does not die in the middle. So Selene’s adventure has officially begun.
Battle scenes in Returnal
Returnal’s combat mechanism revolves around crazy shooting and dodging gameplay, plus the death element is losing everything. Therefore, gamers will need to be very focused in monster battles to avoid the “rain of bullets” and counterattack the enemy.
And of course to increase the difficulty, as well as create a highlight for the game. The game will give the player something capable of making the player’s character stronger the next time he plays. In this case, it’s Selene and some kind of resource that she (the player) has collected after “dead and alive”. After respawning, we can use them to upgrade weapons and make some support accessories. The game also features a variety of enemies, from monsters of odd sizes and shapes to giant Bosses with many dangerous attacks.
In addition, the game also has 3 main levels, which are composed of many different areas and ecosystems. Each area is divided into rooms and each room has a special gate. There are 2 types of gates that players need to pay attention to: the main gate has a rectangular shape and the secondary gate has a triangle shape.
The main gate will take Selene on the main quest and uncover the secrets of Returnal. And the side gate will take her to rooms containing all kinds of items. The game’s items are also randomly designed. In-game items will usually always come with one or more side effects, sometimes with good items, sometimes with bad items.
For example, the item that increases 10% of the available health will cause the player to take 75% of the damage from all weapons IF they stand still, which means we will need to move while shooting.
Returnal and hidden beauty
The game’s graphics can also be said to be one of the factors that have contributed to the unique and interesting game. From the movements in the game, changing the environment or the beautiful plant networks or the battle phases with all kinds of colors look very attractive.
This is an exclusive game for PS5 so it’s not too late that the sound system network is also thoughtfully polished. One of them is the vivid 3D sound technology. Make the player feel realistic sounds from the enemy, or the noises of the surrounding environment.
The sound is realized in detail from the sound of water dripping in the dark forest, the wind in the desert, to the roar of monsters.
The Haptic Feedback feature and the Adaptive Trigger of the PS5 controller also provide extremely realistic experiences. With Adaptive Trigger mode, gamers will feel the weight of the trigger every time they fight.
The game gives players a lot of emotions and appeal, but it is impossible to mention the inadequacies encountered in the game. First of all, the game does not support the Save / load feature, because this is a dead game, you have to start over. Honestly, no one wants to accidentally lose everything they’ve spent half a day, or even days, “plowing”. But in the near future game developers will also find a suitable solution for this problem.
In general, Returnal is a good game. Not only because of the lively sound, beautiful graphics in the game, but also because of the harmonious and rhythmic combination of bullet hell and the “difficult” rogue-lite style. Although the game has many times of inhibiting the player due to dying in a bullshit way or simply being too weak compared to the Boss. But when players master the basic operations and belong to certain terrains, they will gradually feel the appeal of the game.
Hopefully in the near future, the developer Housemarque with many years of experience with Sony will continue to update more interesting content for the game.
