Very rarely are you going to receive a buff without a “Malfunction”. This is where player choice and skill really come into play. Simple, right? What makes it difficult is the RNG (Random Number Generator), this gives every item you receive a random stat. You’ll have main path rooms, challenge rooms, side paths, and bosses. The gameplay consists of moving from room to room clearing out the enemies. The gameplay loop itself is simple, but there are many levels of complexity layered on top. Yes, this means you will need to beat Returnal in a single run, but it’s not a very long game, it’s just a hard game. In this way there is a sense of progression, so it’s not as punishing as a roguelike where death means a complete restart. However, you do retain certain key items that will make each run easier or unlock shortcuts and other paths. Returnal is a roguelite game which essentially means that if you die, you must start from the beginning. Returnal’s level design will always have you in awe.
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With each death you uncover more and more about the mystery of this planet and hopefully how to leave it. You’re stuck stuck in a constant circle of death and discovery. You quickly find out that on this world there is death around every corner, and death isn’t so permanent. Unfortunately, things aren’t as simple as that.
To escape you must fight your way through hordes of monsters in order to repair your ship and escape.
In Returnal you play as Selene, an astronaut who has crash landed on a very strange alien planet. Fortunately, my worries were quickly washed away because Housemarque nailed just about everything with Returnal. Hades balanced story and gameplay, but also had the benefit of being isometric, which helps the player observe more of the battlefield. Not only that, but a small amount of roguelite games balance story telling with the gameplay, and do it well. However, moving to third-person adds an additional level of player control needed for fast paced gameplay. I know they have their skills in the bullet hell genre and they have nailed that with expertise.
I have to admit that I was at first worried about Housemarque doing a AAA third-person shooter.
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