Getting this day 1 at full price to support the studio. The marketing behind this game has been bizarre to me because we know the game play is shooty shoot pew pew. I really wonder if folks (outside this forum) who are getting excited for it realize the developers pedigree.
-
Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
-
We have made minor adjustments to how the search bar works on ResetEra. You can read about the changes here.
New Returnal trailer, 'Atropos'
- Thread starter --R
- Start date
looks cool but i was hoping to see some combat
if i have a ps5 by then i'll probably get this at release
i like the main character. i wish more games featured middle-aged women as leads
if i have a ps5 by then i'll probably get this at release
i like the main character. i wish more games featured middle-aged women as leads
For people commenting on the visuals.
Remember that this is supposed to be a bullet hell shooter with signature Housemarque effects flying around left and right.
Those need to be accounted for so just looking at the environment without any action going on can be a little misleading.
Remember that this is supposed to be a bullet hell shooter with signature Housemarque effects flying around left and right.
Those need to be accounted for so just looking at the environment without any action going on can be a little misleading.
Well, the last trailer, gameplay trailer and Housecast were mostly about the combat, so it's nice to see them dig into this side of the game as well. The mystery and weirdness of the planet.
I think Control is a difficult comparison because they also had the advantage (in terms of getting out of the red) with...
Epic exclusivity deal (a rumoured $10.5 million)
PlayStation marketing deal/exclusive DLC
PS Now deal
Game Pass deal
PS+ deal
They absolutely rinsed every avenue of 'how can we monetise this game beyond just sales'. Obviously a Sony first party game like Returnal isn't cutting deals with Game Pass or Epic (well, probably not) or getting money back - from themselves - for putting the game on PS Now or PS+. If Control did will and made good money, I'd hazard a guess that it was a decent mixture of sales and being helped by the amount of money they took from virtually everyone giving it for exclusivity and subscription deals.
Are they really? They've clearly stated it's AAA roguelite and all of the trailers so far pushed gameplay and ingame stroytelling, with just a few hints of cinematics here and there.
Also:
Last edited:
thanks
shame there still doesn't seem to be any longer coherent clips, showing what a minute or so of continuous combat looks like
i like that there appears to be bullet hell elements. i hope that comes up frequently when playing. and the art direction on monsters is cool
I so dig this game,I just hope it is well executed in the end in ita game systems and gameplay flow
I get why this may seem strange, and surprisingly this is the first Housemarque game I am interested in, their previous games were not something I usually play (or at all), also maybe cause it is rougelite where I expect alot of the environments to be randomly generated so it won't be as many or diverse, and the story no matter how big won't be something engaging. I probably see the whole formula as a 25-30$ thing, but with Returnal being an exclusive title and having a bigger production values to be something between 30-40$. For me it is less about how many hours I play the game, for example I am not into MP games at all, so I won't spend a 60$ on a game where the SP is 6hrs and the rest is MP, for me it is more about what the game offers to me in terms of story mainly. For the first time Housemarque seems to be offering a great story with Returnal but I am not sure how big or engaging it is, maybe that's the main reason why I am not seeing the price tag for me.
I hope this is more in line with the strength of the weird surreal and psychological thriller strengths of Control than of The Medium.
My uninformed guess: Returnal is going to be a housemarque shooter roguelike that will play a little like Risk of Rain 2 and the story we're seeing in the trailers will be told during the moments between runs. Hopefully the writing and worldbuilding will be as interesting as it was in Control.
I hope the storytelling is baked into the action too like Control. They seem to have more ambition for the story than it just seeming like story bits being in the downtime or cutscenes.
Hades did have the advantage of having a large cast for the main character to interact with. This looks like a largely solo adventure, although there will probably be other characters in what looks to be flashbacks.
No but Housemarquee was bummed out over the poor sales of Nex Machina despite the strong reviews.
They shifted their strategy for making arcade style games to adopt a full blown third person perspective because they are betting that's why reception has decreased for the type of games they make.
I hope they find their audience.