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  • Returnal is really nice, feels like a proper next gen game, great graphics, play style and the instant loading times are brilliant...

    I really like the premise of the plot,
    What puts me off is watching the gameplay trailers it looks like

    • run from room to room at high speed
    • shoot aliens
    • shoot bigger alien
      Rinse and repeat,

    Am I being unfair to the gameplay?

  • Am I being unfair to the gameplay?

    You have a buff mechanic called adrenalin that levels every 3 kills for max 5 stacks. each stack grants e.g. improved melee or dash.. If you get hit once then you reset the adrenalin buff to zero.

    The green health/armour ground loot are ok, but to level your health bar you have to collect them whilst at max health and armour so collecting them as you come across them is a mistake, instead you're better to clear the level without getting damaged and then level up your health with it all before the boss fight.

    Then you have weapons which drop with improved stats if your proficiency has levelled (which starts at lvl 0 each game)

    The rest of items can be useless, including parasites you can attach which buff you in exchange for a debuff
    Your dash command has dark souls-like invincibility frames baked in, so its a bit like playing destiny with a mix of dark souls and amnesia.

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