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A Beautiful Shooter with a Great Story
dbarry_22 - wrote on 09/23/2021
Returnal brings you in with an enticing premise and solid game play but will frustrate most with its rogue-like elements and punishing enemies meaning this game is probably not for everyone.
After obtaining a PS5 several months after its release, I wanted to play a game that you could only get for that system. I've always been a fan of the sci-fi genre and recently played through Dead Cells and really enjoying it. So, I decided to give Returnal a try since it was a 3rd person shooter AAA rogue-like game set in space.
First let me start off by saying this game does a great job of introducing you to the advances of the PS5 system. Graphically its a beautiful game that gives you several different environments to show off it's abilities. The projectiles the enemies shoot have an …