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Returnal
Returnal’s impressive physics might be tough to notice amidst all the brutal combat challenges the game throws at you, but they are certainly there and worth admiring. Different alien materials feature physics properties, which enable the particles that form those materials to scatter appropriately to gunfire before going back to their original state a few seconds later. Certain structures can also be destroyed from gunfire, and tentacles emerging from alien plants also react to your presence in a realistic fashion. Sure, the physics don’t really alter the gameplay in any meaningful ways – but it’s one of the highlights of the presentation nevertheless.
