Reviews from

in the past


Fun gameplay, story and the lead are ehhh, nice visuals and atmosphere. The boss battles are pretty good although sometimes there's too much stuff happening on screen and it can be difficult to dodge some attacks.

I liked the house sections, they're short and spooky. Reminded me a bit of PT.

I was expecting to enjoy it more, the progression is kinda weird imo. Yeah you get some permanent upgrades but they're not that meaningful if the game's rng is against you. The story not being very intesting also doesn't help a lot, it was okay; I expected a bit more.

Overall, it's a nice game and I'm excited to see what Housemarque does next!

I ended up having to stop playing this game. Not because I wasn't having fun but because I just wasn't progressing. I really enjoyed the shooting. I thought it looked good and it felt good. I enjoyed my time with it. But unfortunately I'm just not good enough to beat these types of games. The randomness of it all is just too much for me. I understand that they don't want to put in an Easy Mode for people who don't wanna put the time in but I felt like I had maxed out all the weapons that I had available and all the traits and still wasn't able to progress. I made it to the 2nd noss a couple times but that was it. Maybe someday if this is still on PlayStation Plus I'll give it another try.
But for today I'm going to try something with a little bit more normal difficulty level

Very fun and smooth gunplay, with challenging but rewarding fights and bosses. Definitely one of the harder games I’ve played but it didn’t overall take away from my experience. However the weak point of Returnal is it’s boring lead and her dialogue, which is a shame cause the narrative premise is interesting, but not interesting enough to replay over and over like Hades was

returnal is hard to play

valorant is hard to like