Analysis of Returnal a brutal roguePS5 exclusive psychological horror like

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Analysis of Returnal a brutal roguePS5 exclusive psychological horror like

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PlayStation 5 You will enjoy this exclusive title: «Returnal» which has been released by Sony Interactive Entertainment today April 30, 2021. The development team is the Finnish studio Housemarque, a developer who specializes in shooting games known as "RESOGUN" and "STAR STRIKE HD".

The mystery deepens beyond the cycle of Life and Death en Returnal

Warning: Contains spoilers from the start of the game

The main feature of Returnal is the mystery. The protagonist, Selene, who is an explorer belonging to Astra, and goes to the "Planet Atropos" following a signal emitted by the "white shadow", perhaps out of intellectual curiosity, (a slight reminiscence of Alien 1979) however, the ship scout, Helios, explodes and lands in a forest. With the ship useless but with the suit fortunately intact, Selene continues searching for the sign of the white shadow. While exploring, she finds a human corpse and, upon examining it, Selene witnesses the start of her nightmare, the corpse being herself.

As we delve into the mystery, Selene is attacked by a monster and dies. But this is not the end, he wakes up aboard the research ship Helios and again crashes on the planet Atropos. You must unravel why you do not die, get rid of the monsters and solve the mystery of the planet, this is Returnal.    

Gameplay de Returnal

We will handle the heroine Selene from a third-person point of view. The controls are similar to what most shooters have accustomed us to, but a curious feature is the L2 button and its way of using the adaptive trigger: if you lightly press the L2 button, you will be ready to shoot, and if you press it hard , you will enter the secondary fire firing system.

Returnal is a very unique game with a style system roguelike Housemarque, who has created many shooting games so far, may have turned it into a somewhat arcade-like and shooter game. The story is also deep, and invites you to play it because you want to know what happens next, but the difficulty is high, so it is difficult to advance. It is a perfect balance.

There are also some Metroidvania-style elements that will prevent you from advancing to a specific area until you manage to unlock them. The key elements will carry over even if you die, so you can overcome the route on the next lap.

It has a high loading speed, the game starts immediately after you start it with just a small logo screen, and even if you die, you can immediately try again (although you can start from the crash site, of course).

In addition, there are other interesting features, such as online interaction with other players and challenges.


Immerse yourself in this third-person shooter, in a captivating sensation of one of the exclusives of Ps5 that will be talking about in the coming months. I am sure there are many people who do not yet have PlayStation 5, but if you get a chance, you should try Returnal.