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Returnal is GOTY and the best PS5 exclusive (especially with update 2.0)
A reader explains his love for PS5 exclusive Returnal and why he thinks the new 2.0 update has made it the best game of the year.
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A reader explains his love for PS5 exclusive Returnal and why he thinks the new 2.0 update has made it the best game of the year.
We’re coming up to the award season for video games, when every website and its dog will be telling us what they think have been the best games of what has, once again, been a very odd year. There’ll also be The Game Awards in December, which is the closest thing we have to the Oscars for gaming, and generally seems to make fairly sensible decisions (I believe GC themselves are on the jury).
I’m always interested to see what the critics think but for me there is no question as to which is the best game of the year. But, for me, Returnal is not only the best game of this year but one of my favourite games of all time and one of the best games Sony has ever published – and easily the best exclusive on the PlayStation 5.
It doesn’t have the greatest graphics – they’re good but apart from a few fog effects are nothing that couldn’t be done on the PlayStation 4 – and it’s extremely difficult, mostly, but if you’ve ever enjoyed a Soulsborne game, or any of developer Housemarque’s arcade shooters like Stardust or Resogun, then it will be right up your street. In fact, it’s pretty much a straight cross between them and Metroid Prime, and yet better them any of them.
Returnal is the perfect example of why a new IP is always going to be more exciting than a sequel, especially on a new format. Housemarque has been doing great work for years making old school arcade shooters and this was their big chance to move up to the next level, with a bigger budget 3D game. And boy did they knock it out of the park (so much so that Sony ended up buying them just a few months later!).
The story is excellent and while the main character doesn’t have much personality, and everything is left very vague and open to interpretation, it’s the perfect mix of David Lynch and H. P. Lovecraft that you never knew you wanted. Seriously, the game is just amazing on every level, and I cannot say enough good things about it.
The only serious complaint I’ve ever heard about the game is that the lack of a save option means you can’t go away from it and come back later. This isn’t strictly true as you could always just turn off the console and pick up where you let off, you just couldn’t switch to another game in the meantime. Given how even a good run only generally lasts a couple of hours I never found this a problem. It’s academic now though as the new update 2.0 patch adds a save state option, so that single niggle has now gone.
It may not be the flashiest game of the year, or the most heavily marketed, but Returnal is absolutely the best thing I’ve played in years and easily the best thing I’ve played on the PlayStation 5. So if you’re getting a new console for Christmas this year I strongly encourage you to give it a try and enjoy the best the next gen has to offer.
Same user who claimed XSX has 4x more RT capability than a 2080ti?
He didn’t claim what was in his tweet.
I bet you would.I would take the 2080ti since I already have the rest of the PC
He claims XSX is 4x more capable at raytracing than a 2080ti then in this other year old tweet you posted, it's now supposedly the same level as a 3080
If XSX had actual exclusives it would put out better visuals than a 2080ti.He claims XSX is 4x more capable at raytracing than a 2080ti then in this other year old tweet you posted, it's now supposedly the same level as a 3080
PS5 is comparable to XSX and its exclusives outshine the 2080ti,3090 in gaming because of PC still supporting ancient tech.
No so PC holds it down.
The possible cross gen game that could win the visual crown is STALKER 2 in April.
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Same user who claimed XSX has 4x more RT capability than a 2080ti?
These things always make me laugh. I get the closed system nature of consoles allows you to do a bit more with the tech, but a RTX 3080 is like a 30Tflop GPU, that is 2.5 times more powerful than the XSX. Sorry, but no. That is a huge gulf that can't be made up.
When was the last time a game was made to really take advantage of the top end PC hardware? I guarantee if they made a game for the 3080 and then scaled it for the XSX, the difference would be big in favour of the PC.
The cloud is a powerful resource Just look at flight simulator. But the cloud isn't platform specific anyway.But the power of the cloud!
But there are cases where the PS5 still comes out on top or on par even though it has the lower tflops number. What source of magic is this?
Probably the same reason the Series X has faster load times for many games despite having a slower SSD.But there are cases where the PS5 still comes out on top or on par even though it has the lower tflops number. What source of magic is this?
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Don't think so. The faster load times mostly due to better BC system for old games in most cases where the XSX can brute strength it.
My point is that dev and tool variables can offset hardware advantages.
Yup, which is why tflops isn't everything.
Also some engines run better on the XSX and others better on the PS5.
Have to wait and see. Technically the cloud can do what ever the best tech can do. The issue is getting it in the game when the game needs it.Yeah but can it provide the XSX with practically unlimited raytracing capabilities
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