I’m not entirely sure if I would describe Returnal as a complicated game that simplifies things well, or a simple game that needlessly overcomplicates things. It has a twisting and unsettling story, one that is fed to you in meagre breadcrumbs and at a slow enough pace that you feel like you’re always learning… at […]
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Returnal’s intense, unsettling first hours offer more risks than rewards
Despite having an infinite amount of lives to solve the mystery behind Returnal, many of the ones I’ve lost felt like the result of gambling at an unfair table. Each death brings me back to where my journey began: alone, after crash-landing on an alien planet. To understand what’s going on and return to safety, […]