Housemarque has shown off an extended look at the upcoming Ascension expansion for Returnal.
The free Returnal update was revealed earlier this month at the most recent PlayStation State of Play. Now, PlayStation has released a 19-minute long gameplay trailer game with director Harry Krueger and narrative director Gregory Louden showing off the free update. While the update also introduces the ability to play the game through online co-op, the gameplay trailer focuses on the endless mode, Tower of Sisyphus.
According to Louden, the story you experience in Tower of Sisyphus depends on how far along you are in the main campaign of Returnal. “If you play this and you’ve finished Returnal, Selene will react and bit differently in subtle ways,” says Louden.
Judging from what Krueger describes, this new mode in Returnal should be closer to the more arcade-like titles Housemarque has developed in the past.
The tower tracks players’ progress from room to room, and phase to phase. There is also a score that will measure players’ success, and to get a good score there is a multiplier that players will need to keep up to get higher points.
“This will be a very familiar element to players who have been accustomed to our previous games,” said Krueger. “And we felt this is a great way to and some depth and replayability to Returnal through a familiar package but with an entirely new twist.”
