
Barring Astro’s Playroom, this is the best usage of haptic feedback and adaptive triggers so far on the platform because it actually makes a difference in how you play. Where Returnal does show its “new-gen” chops is in the ways it uses the DualSense controller. IGN gave Returnal 8/10, calling it one of Housemarque’s best games and complimenting its story, gameplay, and technical aspects. When I didn’t, I struggled to make even incremental progress. This is true in most roguelites to some degree, but it’s especially prevalent here: When I had the right gear, I was unstoppable. On the other, your success is largely contingent on finding the right stuff. This wide range of weapons and gear is both a blessing and a curse: On the one hand, you’ll never have to run the same strategy twice. However, it criticized the title’s progression that sometimes is heavily randomized. GameSpot gave Returnal 9/10, praising the game’s mysterious story, scary cutscenes, shooter mechanics, and the usage of DualSense features. It’s the equivalent of Marvel spending “Infinity War” money on something as hostile as “The Turin Horse” It’s even harder to invest tens of millions of dollars into a hardcore, largely single-player game that’s designed to humiliate tourists for daring to take it lightly… even as it lures them deeper towards obsession with every subsequent death run. įor one thing, it’s hard to land on a concept that’s rich enough to offer a fortune’s worth of mind-blowing graphics, but also flexible enough to hinge on procedurally generated environments. Opinions about ReturnalĮight critics gave the game the highest score, with IndieWire calling it a “roguelike epic worth dying for.” The media praises Returnal’s gameplay and style, which combines deadly grandeur of Dark Souls with the addictiveness of Hades. Returnal combines elements of third-person shooter, roguelite, and horror game. Every time she dies she goes back to the crash scene, with the planet changing with every loop. The game tells the story of explorer Selene who crash-lands on planet Atropos. Returnal is also Housemarque’s first legit AAA title. It is known for games hardcore games like Resogun, Dead Nation, and Nex Machina, as well as the Stardust series. The stats shared by VGTech reveal that at the minimum, Returnal drops to 46 FPS but the performance will vary player by player because of the procedurally generated nature of the game.Returnal was developed by Housemarque, the oldest game studio in Finland. They tested the latest Returnal version 1.003.000 and shared their finding on the resolution as well as the frame rate.

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The game appears to run at native 1080p resolution which is then upsampled and reconstructed at a higher resolution to achieve 4K and 60 FPS on the PS5. Our friends at VGTech have analyzed the game and shared their findings in a video. It is also an impressive technical showcase of what the PS5 hardware is capable of with near-instant load times 3D audio, Haptic Feedback, and Adaptive Trigger. Returnal carries a bigger budget and appears to be their most ambitious game to date.

Returnal is a brand new IP from Housemarque who dazzled everyone with their voxel-based side-scrolling shooter Resogun during the launch of the PS5. Here’s how well it runs including the resolution and frame rate.

PS5 exclusive Returnal is one of the best next-generation experiences on Sony’s latest console.
