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Returnal review: impressive but punishing PS5 exclusive aims to be the Hades of hardcore shooters

Dazzling next-gen graphics belie a hardcore rogue-like which could test your patience as much as your reflexes

By Dan Silver

29 April 2021 • 1:00pm

Returnal: welcome to (bullet) hell

Returnal: welcome to (bullet) hell

If BAFTA bestowing the Best Game accolade on Hades last month was a sign ‘rogue-likes’ had become mainstream, then the release of Returnal marks the hitherto hardcore niche genre’s breakout to bona fide blockbuster status. Sony’s first major PS5 exclusive of the year comes billed as a sci-fi psychological thriller but it owes as much to the ‘Live, Die, Repeat’ mantra of Tom Cruise’s Edge of Tomorrow than the claustrophobic horrors of Alien....


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