Went back and actually finished cause I had that itch. I dont say this often; this is a real fun shooter. This is coming from a guy that has hated every third person shooter in recent memory. Only minor complaints are the lack of gyro aiming support and the lacklustre air mobility, really wish adjusting your character in the air was much more snappy and precise.

Returnal has solved my main gripe with other roguelikes, which is the repetition in levels. If you beat the main boss of each expansive biome in Returnal, youre allowed to take a shortcut to the next level without forcing you to run through all the same rooms again. This kind of design made all other roguelikes I tried a real slog past the first few dozen attempts. Returnal skips the needless busywork, providing a fresh new attempt every single run while not hampering the core of what makes up a rogueli(k/t)e.

Here's to hoping the pc release will allow simultaneous keyboard and controller inputs, so I can easily add in gyro with steam input.