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MrDabollBlueSteppers t1_ja9gquy wrote

Reply to comment by FearDeniesFaith in Returnal is an underrated game by KikiBrownLove

The sales were middling at best despite it being an excellent game, so it definitely is underrated in a way

Maybe niche would be a better word though

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Lemmejussay t1_jaccxgd wrote

Just gonna take this opportunity to let any Americans here know that the word 'niche' is pronounced 'neesh', not 'nitch'. No offense meant, just makes intelligent people look very ignorant.

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No-Plankton4841 t1_jaa9wr6 wrote

>so it definitely is underrated in a way

Underrated refers to ratings or the general opinion of something.

The game (PS5) has a 86% critic score on Meta right now. That's fair. Although the users score PS5/PC is at like 7.5 and 6.5. So that is kind of 'underrated'. Not sure why thats so low there. Did it get bombed or something?

Underappreciated, maybe.

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PM-ME-PMS-OF-THE-PM t1_jac2yj7 wrote

>Although the users score PS5/PC is at like 7.5 and 6.5. So that is kind of 'underrated'. Not sure why thats so low there. Did

Anecdotally, a lot of people really hated it because they had no experience with roguelites before and didn't like the starting from the beginning after you die aspect of it. There was also quite a bit of hate because you couldn't save mid run and come back to it the next day, also pretty common in rogue games but not really mainstream.

As for the roguelite aspects of it they are lite, the powerups that you loot are pretty basic stat boosts that don't really change up how you play all the much, that being said it was a solid game with 10/10 sound and visual design and I'm excited at the prospect of a Returnal 2 or a spiritual successor.

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From a personal viewpoint I'd also have loved a "loop" mechanic where you start from the beginning after killing the last boss in an NG+ sort of sense.

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