About two weeks ago, a State of Play presentation by PlayStation gave us a glimpse of more content coming to Housemarque's excellent roguelike Returnal. The Returnal: Ascension expansion promised to deliver even more enjoyable adventures on the planet of Helios, and now, you can give it a try yourself as the downloadable content (DLC) is now available. [embed]https://youtu.be/ZsVRtrRsUBk[/embed] As part.
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Developer Housemarque, known for the celebrated likes of Resogun and Nex Machina, has shared new details of its upcoming PS5-exclusive sci-fi shooter Returnal, this time focussing on the looping structure and combat driving the game s moody, rogue-like action.
Returnal sees Housemarque moving away from the small but perfectly formed arcade experiences that have earned the studio huge acclaim over the years, and instead opts for something a little more blockbuster in outlook. The end result, which follows space scout protagonist Selene as she attempts to escape a hellish loop of endless resurrection while stranded on a deadly planet at the edge of the galaxy, blends third-person action and platform elements with a strong focus on narrative.
New Returnal Trailer Highlights Its Combat
While there has been a fair amount of information released recently about the upcoming video game
Returnal from developer Housemarque for the PlayStation 5, today the company has highlighted the game s combat and weapons specifically with a new trailer. While the game s weapons all start off a certain way, players can then further modify and upgrade them, stacking different traits to create unique methods of taking on enemies across the game s hostile landscape. The game features a number of base weapons that are augmented as you play, Housemarque Creative Director Harry Krueger says in a new PlayStation blog. For example, the living Spitmaw Blaster weapon starts as a shotgun archetype you all know and love. As you progress, you’ll unlock and add on various Weapon Traits, each providing a unique gameplay modifier to the base weapon’s behavior. These Weapon Traits are custom tailored for each gun type – so your Spitmaw Blaster mi
Returnal Gets Brand New PS5 Gameplay Trailer, Details on Combat
Sony s slate of software for 2021 is looking amazing, and part of that is Housemarque s roguelike shooter Returnal. Today, a new trailer has been released, showing off a couple more minutes of gameplay from the PlayStation 5 exclusive.
The video shows off a variety of weapons and tools you ll be able to equip as you explore the hostile world of Atropos. In typical Housemarque style, your guns and abilities are all super flashy, and there look to be some really interesting weapon types. There are your usual go-tos, like a machine gun, but even that gets a sci-fi boost with alternate fire modes. The Electropylon Driver looks cool, firing off nodes that then outline an area of damage. The trailer also highlights some new environments, parasitic lifeforms that will alter gameplay, and mysterious alien artifacts you ll find in each run.