Unable to make contact with her employer, she begins traversing the treacherous environments of this hostile planet. While on mission, she diverts course when she discovers an anomaly codenamed “The White Shadow”, leading her to crash land on Atropos. You take on the role of Selene, a deep space scout employed by the ASTRA Corporation. Returnal not only brings the heat, but brings along the otherworldly terrors of the unknown. And while I’ve dabbled with other roguelikes here and there, I’ve mostly felt bored or unimpressed with the worlds and the lack of challenge. To be transparent, my expertise in the world of roguelikes are limited, with the last one I seriously committed to was Atlus’ Baroque for the PlayStation 2. Safe to say that I am out of my comfort zone – and I am loving every minute of it. It’s the ever changing Rubik’s Cube that shuffles itself once you reach the point of failure. Everything is choreographed in this dance of death and your ability to adapt is your trump card.īut Dark Souls choreography is countered by Returnal’s improv as there’s no true second chances. Everything is laid out in front of you, and after a few deaths running down the stairs of the Ringed City, you have a sure plan on how to maneuver and identifying which enemies you’d want to fight. With my experience, I figured that Returnal would be like familiar proving grounds, but I was painfully mistaken…Īpproaching Returnal like it was just another souls-like was my first blunder, but that should be obvious right? While comparable in levels of difficulty, you can at least mentally prepare for the road ahead in Dark Souls. I’ve completed my initiation with Dark Souls, blitzed through the frantic combat of Bloodborne, and stood my ground in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. I like to think of myself an aficionado in torturing myself through playing video games. In practice, there rarely is any reprieve – constantly testing not just your skill, but your willpower to perpetually pick yourself back up to bite and claw your way to victory. It takes a special breed to enjoy a game like Housemarque’s Returnal.
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