Returnal PC - Thoughts

I was provided a PC code for Returnal by Sony. For those that don’t know, Returnal is a third-person shooter, “bullet hell” roguelike that was, prior to this PC release, a PS5 exclusive. Developed by Housemarque and first released back in April 2021, it was met with critical praise. This PC release continues the trend of Sony releasing excellent PC ports of their console-exclusive games. I played the game on my 4080 RTX GPU desktop in 4K, with everything maxed out and with a super-high frame rate, and on my Steam Deck with pretty much everything set to low and a much lower, but fairly stable 30FPS… but both experiences were great for what they were. Aside from coming to PC later than I would otherwise like, I’d be hard pressed to find faults in almost any of Sony’s recent PC ports. There is a care and attention to detail in the PC ports not all games receive. Returnal is a brutally difficult game, and likely not a game for everyone, but for those that were intrigued before and don’t have a PS5, the PC port of Returnal should do you well. And while the Steam Deck isn’t how I would recommend playing Returnal, the fact that it ran as well as it did for me shows the care Sony has put into its ports and illustrated yet again why I love the Steam Deck so much.