Sony’s streak of porting their exclusives continue with one of PlayStation 5’s lauch exclusives, Returnal. Originally released in April of 2021, Returnal takes advantage of many of the PlayStation 5’s hardware benefits not just for its graphical presentation but also peripheral feedback thru the DualSense’s haptics and resistive triggers and more. In February of 2023, PlayStation Studios releases Returnal on PC and today we’ll take a look at the PC version of the game. Available now for PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, Returnal for PC takes the latest Ascension update from the PlayStation 5 and puts it on PC gamers’ hands.
Combining roguelike gameplay with Japanese bullet hell, popularized by top-down shoot-em-ups in 3D space, Returnal combines all these elements with the challenge of having no save points. Every time you die, you return to the starting point.
As polarizing as that may sound, Returnal has earned praise for its premise and now its time for PC gamers to experience the challenge that is Returnal. Originally developed by Housemarque for the PlayStation 5, for this port Sony taps Climax Studios to bring the PS5 title to the PC.
In this review, we’ll see how the game plays on PC and how it performs on a couple of the new graphics cards out right now.
