We are about two months away from the release of Returnal, the next great PS5 exclusive which will arrive on March 19, 2021. Developed by Housemarque, to whom we already owe Resogun and Alienation, this action game in the third person benefits from new details provided by developers on the PlayStation Blog especially. The opportunity to learn a little more about the gameplay, and in particular the combat sequences which are illustrated in this explosive gameplay video to say the least. We learn that our main character, Selene, will have a range of weapons as diverse as they are varied to survive the planet Atropos, hostile in its most total environment.
We understand in the message posted that the weapons made available will all have their importance in the game, whether it is the weapons that our soldier brought with her, or those found there. Each weapon has its own skills, but especially know that they will improve over the course of the adventure. The example is given to us with the Ptyalonic Disperser which functions like a classic shotgun, but which improves with the progression and the attributes which one grants to it. These attributes are unique to each weapon type, such as the Ptyalonic Scatterer which is capable of firing explosive projectiles or spawning acid pools on impact, while the Electrobalisor can extract loot from them. enemies or generate a shield for the player. These weapon attributes stack, and their stacked effects can have different results depending on how you play.
History that the exclusivity PS5 goes to the end, know that the developers have made sure that the features of the DualSense are used wisely, in particular thanks to the adaptive triggers. For example, just lightly press L2 to aim and use the primary fire, or fully squeeze the trigger to activate the secondary fire. Returnal will offer a total of 10 basic weapons, to which we can add 90 weapon attributes (each with three levels) and 10 secondary shots, which multiplies the combinations. Finally, to finish, the developers recall that Selene can only have one weapon at a time, which pushes us to choose wisely.
Returnal is expected to release on March 19, 2021, exclusively on PS5.
