{"id":1463,"date":"2021-05-12T12:59:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T10:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/12\/returnal-review-epic-dance-of-death-with-beautiful-brutal-aliens\/"},"modified":"2021-05-12T12:59:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T10:59:12","slug":"returnal-review-epic-dance-of-death-with-beautiful-brutal-aliens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/12\/returnal-review-epic-dance-of-death-with-beautiful-brutal-aliens\/","title":{"rendered":"Returnal review \u2013 epic dance of death with beautiful, brutal aliens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PlayStation 5; Housemarque\/Sony<\/strong><br \/>Exceptionally hostile creatures are round every corner on a glorious, punishing quest through the perilous landscapes of another planet<\/p>\n<p>This is not the best year for a game about being stuck in an eternal time loop, where nothing much changes but things are always extremely difficult. Many people will find it hard to find the motivation to face down a punishingly challenging game about the unreliability of memory and the elasticity of time. But, despite that, I didn\u2019t find it hard to become totally absorbed in Returnal \u2013 it\u2019s unforgiving, sometimes dispiriting but also intriguing, mysterious, and just glorious to play.<\/p>\n<p>As Selene, a deep-space scout, we crash on a planet called Atropos, full of eerily beautiful and exceptionally hostile creatures that look like the Borg on a nature trip and sound like something out of an Alex Garland movie. Leonine creatures with fronds of glowing LED tentacles leap towards you, emitting glowing orbs of death; looming robots shoot walls of orange bullets from the sky; skinny aliens screech and lob sticky acid.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2021\/may\/12\/returnal-review-epic-dance-of-death-with-beautiful-brutal-aliens\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/38688cfea5bb46c7327ff18e659a3d6a7b9ce4c2\/87_333_2838_1703\/master\/2838.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=81b4e869f3c7603b2f27b812f312130c\" title=\"Returnal review \u2013 epic dance of death with beautiful, brutal aliens\" \/>PlayStation 5; Housemarque\/SonyExceptionally hostile creatures are round every corner on a glorious, punishing quest through the perilous landscapes of another planet<br \/>\nThis is not the best year for a game about being stuck in an eternal time loop, where nothing much changes but things are always extremely difficult. Many people will find it hard to find the motivation to face down a punishingly challenging game about the unreliability of memory and the elasticity of time. But, despite that, I didn\u2019t find it hard to become totally absorbed in Returnal \u2013 it\u2019s unforgiving, sometimes dispiriting but also intriguing, mysterious, and just glorious to play.<br \/>\nAs Selene, a deep-space scout, we crash on a planet called Atropos, full of eerily beautiful and exceptionally hostile creatures that look like the Borg on a nature trip and sound like something out of an Alex Garland movie. Leonine creatures with fronds of glowing LED tentacles leap towards you, emitting glowing orbs of death; looming robots shoot walls of orange bullets from the sky; skinny aliens screech and lob sticky acid. 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