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vaguely-concerned · 1 month ago

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there we go I'm pretty sure I've gotten all the endings of returnal, including the tower of sisyphus ones! amazing game, enthralling gameplay, stunning art direction, phenomenal pacing of introducing new environments and elements (this is maybe the thing that has me most impressed, actually -- it really felt like they found the perfect pace to take between letting you settle in with skill or place or element, and introducing a new one, there was this perfect sense of discovery and mastery that rarely got boring or overwhelming and had me in a constant state of pleasant surprise and intrigue), psychologically evocative story with some of the most deliciously insidious ludonarrative resonance I have ever seen, we must imagine selene if not happy (definitely not happy) then at least somehow at home in hell.

...and still somehow 11 days until veilguard releases :')

#returnal #this game is pretty difficult I honestly thought it would keep me much longer but I have uh. I have played it A Lot this week fhskda #I have like 30 out of 38 achievements now and I think most of the last eight are the grindfest ones based in random drops #I beat algos in level 3 too early to get the ending b/c you have to go through all the poppy memories first #so I had to do a whole run just to get the proper ending lol. uplifting stuff of course as you might expect from this game #also discovering this is probably a finnish studio by seeing all the finnish names in the credits (which have rolled like... four times now #I was less enthused with the endless mode -- it really does feel like grinding for a more op gun to do most of your work for you #and I missed exploring new environments a lot. BUT it adds some very interesting stuff to the story!#and if you want to grind weapon trait unlocks I think it's your friend #I actually preferred some of the early game stuff without all the op traits -- the pure back and forth dance of it --#but I'm like that in soulsborne games too I prefer that rhythm to getting clever with it lol #abyssal scar is deeply unfair if you don't have some of that to help you along tho so *shrug* it is what it is and still very very fun #can't believe they got the cutest most floppy-haired kid ever to be helios btw. awful. terrible. all is suffering #I suspect I will have 'don't fear the reaper' on repeat in my head for approximately three months after all of this

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