<s>
Returnal	B-Application
is	O
a	O
roguelike	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Housemarque	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sony	O
Interactive	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
on	O
April	O
30	O
,	O
2021	O
and	O
Windows	O
on	O
February	O
15	O
,	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Returnal	B-Application
received	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
for	O
its	O
visuals	O
,	O
combat	O
,	O
audio	O
design	O
and	O
technical	O
achievements	O
,	O
though	O
its	O
difficulty	O
and	O
roguelike	O
design	O
were	O
met	O
with	O
mixed	O
opinions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Returnal	B-Application
is	O
a	O
third-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
featuring	O
roguelike	O
elements	O
and	O
falling	O
under	O
the	O
psychological	O
horror	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Returnal	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Finnish	O
firm	O
Housemarque	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sony	O
Interactive	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
takes	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
's	O
DualSense	O
controller	O
and	O
Tempest	O
Engine	O
to	O
support	O
advanced	O
haptic	O
feedback	O
,	O
3D	B-Application
spatial	I-Application
audio	I-Application
,	O
and	O
real-time	B-Algorithm
ray	I-Algorithm
tracing	I-Algorithm
effects	I-Algorithm
,	O
enhancing	O
the	O
player	O
immersion	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
increased	O
processing	O
power	O
and	O
inclusion	O
of	O
a	O
custom	O
solid	B-Device
state	I-Device
drive	I-Device
storage	O
in	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
,	O
the	O
game	O
features	O
reduced	O
loading	O
times	O
and	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
enemies	O
,	O
visual	O
effects	O
,	O
and	O
objects	O
within	O
gameplay	O
scenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
runs	O
at	O
4K	B-Architecture
resolution	I-Architecture
and	O
60	O
frames	O
per	O
second	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Returnals	B-Application
native	O
resolution	O
is	O
around	O
1080p	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
used	O
temporal	O
upsampling	O
to	O
get	O
to	O
1440p	O
and	O
then	O
checkerboard	O
rendering	O
to	O
get	O
to	O
4K	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Returnal	B-Application
also	O
features	O
an	O
original	O
score	O
composed	O
primarily	O
by	O
Bobby	O
Krlic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
look	O
relies	O
heavily	O
on	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
visual	O
effects	O
that	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
built	O
in-house	O
as	O
extensions	O
to	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
:	O
The	O
core	O
visual	O
style	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
relies	O
heavily	O
on	O
particle	O
systems	O
and	O
volumetric	O
rendering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Returnal	B-Application
was	O
revealed	O
at	O
Sony	O
's	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
reveal	O
stream	O
on	O
June	O
11	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
exclusively	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
The	O
Game	O
Awards	O
2022	O
on	O
December	O
8	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
come	O
to	O
PC	B-Device
in	O
"	O
early	O
2023	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Returnal	B-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
review	O
aggregator	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
for	O
The	O
Guardian	O
,	O
Keza	O
MacDonald	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
positive	O
review	O
,	O
praising	O
Returnal	B-Application
for	O
its	O
challenging	O
difficulty	O
,	O
its	O
rewarding	O
combat	O
,	O
and	O
engaging	O
gameplay	O
loop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
Returnal	B-Application
has	O
received	O
some	O
criticism	O
from	O
players	O
for	O
its	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
save	O
feature	O
,	O
while	O
critics	O
have	O
been	O
more	O
mixed	O
on	O
its	O
absence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
noted	O
that	O
at	O
one	O
point	O
during	O
his	O
time	O
with	O
Returnal	B-Application
,	O
"	O
I	O
'd	O
paused	O
the	O
game	O
while	O
on	O
my	O
best-ever	O
run	O
,	O
and	O
came	O
back	O
not	O
two	O
minutes	O
later	O
to	O
find	O
my	O
loaner	O
PS5	B-Device
in	O
the	O
middle	O
of	O
an	O
auto-update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Returnal	B-Application
sold	O
6,573	O
physical	O
copies	O
within	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
on	O
sale	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
15th-best-selling	O
retail	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
week	O
in	O
the	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
