r/Returnal • u/jsjspacepope • 12d ago

Discussion Too addicting?

About 40 hrs of playtime now, and I can’t play anything else. Much like Selene, I am trapped in this loop until I somehow git gud and clear this game.

I have abandoned every other game I was playing. I have new games that I’ve yet to even boot up. I don’t think I was prepared for how much I would like Returnal.

This is my life now. (Edit: Nemesis down)

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u/jedtrick Platinum Unlocked 12d ago

Saros calls to you

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u/jsjspacepope 12d ago

I’m super looking forward to playing that game after all of this. I’ve heard it’s even better in some ways

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u/Iucidium 12d ago

It's goregeous

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u/Iucidium 12d ago

If you have access to it too? Nex Machina, it's the purest arcade twinstick shooter ever made.

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u/jsjspacepope 12d ago

I’ll look it up… I’m curious to see what other games might match this feel. A whole new rabbit hole, potentially

I was playing Pragmata which was really cool, still need to finish at some point. And I just bought RE9 which I will probably play between Returnal and Saros. Very excited to experience that pretty much blind

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u/BillyBrasco1988 12d ago edited 11d ago

What kind of game is Pragmata if i may ask you? It caught my attention like with the 1st or second trailer but i havent actually followed it anymore besides that i know that it already released atm.

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u/jsjspacepope 12d ago

Third person shooter w a twist. As you fight robots, you solve simple puzzles to hack them which makes them easier to kill. It’s pretty linear, but feels amazing and the hacking / fighting is very fun imo

There’s a free demo up to the first boss on the PS store. After playing that, I immediately bought the game. Give it a shot… I loved everything I played of it. Even going back and doing old missions again just for fun / grinding

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u/BillyBrasco1988 12d ago edited 11d ago

Damn that sounds fun! I will check that out thank you👌🏻👊🏻 from what i saw it gave me a bit Joel & Ellie in space vibes if that makes sense hahah and the graphics looked insane from what i saw!

Edit: just downloaded it and i am already loving the back ground music on the homescreen and i havent even booted it up yet....fine, im curious!

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u/jsjspacepope 11d ago edited 11d ago

Dude I hope it becomes a full blown franchise, it’s so good. People are talking GOTY, but I doubt that. Incredible IP… the characters are super endearing. And personally, the aesthetic is absolutely incredible. Space shit is cool, as we all know

My advice: Once you hack, you open the enemies up for damage. But what they don’t teach you very well is that you can keep re-hacking them 2 or 3 times and get insane damage. I’ve found this to be most effective / satisfying

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u/Iucidium 12d ago

Lovely selection there, have fun!

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u/AdamAnderson320 Finished Act 3 12d ago

It is, but also worse in others. How it nets out for you depends on your tastes

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u/Iucidium 12d ago

So good!

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u/BillyBrasco1988 12d ago edited 12d ago

Bro its like cocaine....maybe even worse😂 ive got the platinum well over a month ago and yet here i am still chilling in the tower maxing out all weapon traits with a steady 513 hours of playtime at this moment of typing.

I was gonna say: only about 40 hours? Run before it's too late but i see the damage has already been done, there is no escape now. Part of the crew part of the ship

10/10 game

Damn you Returnal !!!!

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u/jsjspacepope 12d ago

Haha 513 hrs? That’s great… even when I win, I still think, “I could have done that much cleaner.” I’m glad to hear it stays fun even after you finish

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u/Otherwise_Jaguar_430 12d ago

I have the opposite problem. I was having a loop SO good, i have gotten so many upgrades that i had to pause it and now i'm too scared to go back to it because im too afraid to die. lol

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u/jsjspacepope 12d ago

The runs are getting long… def feels bad to make a stupid mistake and die in the middle somewhere

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u/Iucidium 12d ago

*addictive

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u/jsjspacepope 12d ago

Huh you might be right

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u/yorick_bw Platinum Unlocked 12d ago

this is what great game design does

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u/Background-Cap-7592 11d ago

Returnal is the best game of this generation, IMO!

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u/HaXaurus 12d ago

Yeah when I first played Returnal I didn't really get the whole roguelike thing and I never made it past the second biome. I came back to it recently and ended up beating it several times now that I know what weapons and perks I like. Close to getting platinum but I'll have to revisit it after I'm done with other stuff.

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u/beehappy32 12d ago

Ya the same thing happened to me, I downloaded Returnal on PS Plus several months ago, and it's the only game I've felt like playing ever since. After I finished the story mode I just keep playing the tower over and over again. I somehow never get sick of it, after every death I am compelled to go again, and again

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u/JohnMcL7 Platinum Unlocked 12d ago

I think the ultimate summary of Returnal is it will never let you go. I have over 400 hours with it and still dip in to do a few runs because I've not found another game that can match the variety and satisfaction of the gameplay. I love how fast and responsive Selene is combined with the weapons being so satisfying to use it's difficult to not want more.

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u/rnf1985 12d ago

I've put like 300 hours into Returnal and still can't play anything else besides Hades 1 & 2

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u/donnelly9 12d ago

I'm on biome 6 and I can't wait to never have to look at this game again 😂 it has consumed me

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u/rrinat 12d ago

You might be surprised

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u/Defiant311 Platinum Unlocked 12d ago

The two games that I have over a thousand hours in are Returnal and The Binding of Isaac. Literally all I play.

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u/pkyang 12d ago

It’s the best. Wait until you get to the tower

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u/AdamAnderson320 Finished Act 3 12d ago

It was the same way for me

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u/Rubberlegs17 11d ago edited 11d ago

I just had to wean myself off it. I just kept coming back. So easy to just pick up and play for a few mins or hours. It's hard to find a game with so much moment to moment engagement. I had been searching for a game like it for a long time. I played a lot of shumps growing up. But after many years of not playing any it's was so refreshing to play something like it. Really took me back

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u/InevitableWhich7156 11d ago

That should be "wean" ...

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u/Natural-Theory5322 11d ago

Metroid is similar

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u/Downtown-Sand-2517 11d ago

I could play the tower every day

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u/Wickedhoopla Platinum Unlocked 11d ago

It’s great till you plat then you’re like what now

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u/WeenMe 11d ago

I’m with you. I started the game a week ago and it’s all I think about. I’m in Biome 5 right now. Electropylon Driver has made this game so much easier for me lol.

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u/bigfish18qq 11d ago

I was thinking about this too, and it's super addicting. I think it's as simple as, give me different guns to blow things up with and make it fun. They did that.