The Citadel certainly delivers that payoff. And that was the idea of this payoff of delivering The Derelict Citadel."
They want to see what this alien civilization actually was living in. "So for us as developers, we were thinking for players, they want to see what this was really like. “We knew that we have The Derelict Citadel that we needed to develop this sense of epicness, and in the big picture of the game, make sure that it felt like it was escalating to something," Narrative Director Gregory Louden explained. Is it going to have a happy ending?' And my answer would always be, 'Yes, but we're going to put it in the middle of the game.' And that was kind of the idea, that we do build up the first act of the game, the first three biomes to tell the story of Selene.” "I had the story in mind and I would often get asked, 'Hey, this is a pretty bleak kind of game.
“I think we actually settled on the beginning, middle and end of Returnal fairly early during the concepting phase," Game Director Harry Krueger told IGN. That’s no easy feat, but thankfully, the developers planned for that pretty early in Returnal’s production. It’s a devious and impressive trick, but one that Housemarque pulls off with style. The level is, in fact, just the finale to Returnal’s first of three acts, and is only the midway point of Returnal. Selene’s journey has led her to the Citadel and the White Shadow Signal in the hopes of escaping AtroposĪnd she does indeed find the White Shadow Signal and leave! But as we learn in a haunting scene that follows - The Citadel is hardly the end, and Selene is more tethered to Atropos than she realizes. Your first time playing through The Derelict Citadel, you might assume this is the final chapter. Story spoilers will follow for The Derelict Citadel and some of what takes place after. And, it now appears, to hang onto those handy cheats just a little bit longer as well.Spoiler Warning - If you haven’t played through Returnal, you may want to turn back now, and repeat your cycle of viewing once you have. Housemarque is yet to share specifics of that incoming update - which some fans are desperately hoping will include a save and quit option to make those inescapably lengthy play sessions less of a concern - but the developer has warned players currently mid-run to turn off auto-updates ahead of its release to avoid losing progress. Not that players are likely to need to grapple with the moral implications for long - according to JayTheAverageGamer, it sounds like Returnal's cheat codes will be scrubbed from existence when its latest patch arrives later today. But is that forgivable in a single-player game that can at times, as Eurogamer's Chris Tapsell put it in his Recommended review, be "so arduous, so unpleasant"? Perhaps. Players be warned, however JayTheAverageGamer notes those yet to complete the game should avoid using the ship respawn command after biome 3 - otherwise they'll be returned to biome 1 with no way to continue their progress. With this done, a new, more powerful weapon of their choosing can be spawned to continue a run - all without disabling Trophies. Watch on YouTube Let's Play Returnal - Returnal First Hour Gameplay PS5.Īs detailed by reddit user JayTheAverageGamer, this means players can whip back to their ships (retaining their weapon proficiency, health, money, and so on in the process) at any time to upgrade at the nearby shop.