My personal favourite Pokemon game, flaws and all. I should play it again soon...

Oh, how I love the future-punk setting of this game. The little things that pull me right into Cloudbank. Red's singing, the combat, and the constant feeling of skirting despair. The sword is telling jokes, can't imagine that's a bad thing.

I began Returnal with the slightest of ideas of what kind of game I was getting myself into. From there, I learned that this game is unlike anything else I've ever tried.
Not only is this game one of the highest points of a roguelike I've ever had the pleasure of enjoying, but every aspect of this game will twist into bringing you down into its world. Perfect sound design, perfect gameplay, perfect story, perfect visuals. My biggest gripe is that I want more.

The OG! I played this game a long time ago. I still adore it, and come back to it from time to time. The soundtrack is a personal favourite, in fact.

That being said, it has issues. Isaac feels slow until he feels much too fast. Unfair glitches and game design are constant. And yes, the frustration does supersede the enjoyment sometimes.