Returnal Review Thread - Current 86 Metacritic / 86 Open Critic

[Runa216]

dx11332sega said:

Runa216 said:

watch some gameplay vids. Shmup is a very apt descriptor of how the third person shooting elements are handled. 

Ok I'm not knowledgable of other shmups , But , I guess I'll consider it shmup in 3d ? IDK? But, I only know the Traditional type of 2d shmups like traditional vertical and horizontal either flight or walking, though , there's the on rail shooters also called shmups but not traditionally? You know I think I need to research this more . Thanks . Hope Sony buys Housemarquee So, Sony can unleash House Marquee full potencial. This studio is amazing .

Yeah, One of the things that made me reconsider my stance on the game was that it looked like an accurate translation of the Shoot-Em-Up genre to a third person game. We've seen top down and in the case of Furi, from behind, but this is a third person shooter that has plenty of elements of shoot-em-ups. Enemies shoot waves of balls and lasers at you, you have to use your nimble abilities to jump, dash, and attack back. It's a shoot-em-up in the truest form, it's just not 2D. 

I do love shmups, so that made me think this game looked fun. Then I saw more gameplay and read the reviews and picked it up immediately. I do not regret this.