New images and info for PS5 sci-fi horror
Housemarque has offered up more details on its unnerving sci-fi adventureReturnal, which made its debut back in June as part of the PS5Future of Gaming presentation.
TheResogundeveloper has stated thatReturnalis athird-person roguelike adventure, with recurring gameplay specifically designed for “extreme replayability.” This gameplay loop is borne out throughReturnal‘s narrative, which will see intergalactic explorer Selene crash land on a strange, physics-defying planet, where every death only finds her reliving her hazardous and intriguing adventure over and over again.
This revelation may come as a bit of a surprise to those who might have assumed thatReturnalwould be a straight third-person adventure, perhaps in the vein of something such asDead Space. However, it would seem thatReturnalwill in fact have more in common with a title such asRogue Legacythan it would Electronic Arts’ interstellar horror series, at least in regards to its recurring gameplay loop.
Showing that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, Housemarque also declared thatReturnalwill feature “bullet-hell” infused combat – I guess old habits die hard – with Selene battling her way through an ever-changing environment populated by army of ghastly alien creatures, driven by a desperate desire to find a way out of this endless nightmare and return home with both her lifeandher sanity.
