RETURNAL Beginner’s Guide: Tips and Mechanics to Help You Break the Cycle and Win Your Runs

[@saboorheath7769]

Next time I play will be my 4th cycle, plus the Tower. I try to play shorter titles in between runs. 1st time player tips: Embrace death.... it's a learning tool. And the game is gonna create ways to kill you One wrong choice will doom you. Swap the wrong weapon, picked the wrong door... took a chance on a malignant item Don't be afraid to put the controller down sometimes. Bad runs compound... get some lunch, watch a show... come back in a hour. Your mental health will thank you.

[@DisappointedGiant]

Thank you for sharing this - great tips! Pinning this for better visibility. The first and last one are so legit. Death is part of progression and it's so important to take a break from this game when things get rough. I think our instinct is to just try again but sometimes taking a breather is even more helpful than trying another run.

[@gregorywalton5020]

I just finished 1bc thanks to you I’ve been watching your videos since I got dead cells a couple weeks ago and you helped me through 0bc as well rhankyou

[@DisappointedGiant]

Hey Gregory, that's great! Congratulations on getting through 1BC. Good luck with 2BC!

[@SuperJellyJ]

love watching you make new videos on other roguelikes. Returnal is one of my favorites!!!!!!

[@DisappointedGiant]

Awesome, thank you! Glad you enjoyed this one. Returnal is SO GOOD.

[@jablesrolland]

Happy you are branching out :) I think you have the personality that people would follow to different games. Wishing you luck!

[@DisappointedGiant]

Thank you so much! I appreciate that. I may end up doing other game tutorials down the line, so we'll see. Happy new year!

[@danielsan0912]

Yaaassssss! This was amazing. I am going to save this vid in my playlist because i want to play this game soon. Thanx for all the tips! :D

[@DisappointedGiant]

Awesome, dude! Glad to hear it. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the game once you have a chance to try it out. Not sure about PC performance but the game runs great on PS5.

[@MechnoSferatu]

Returnal is AMAZING.

[@akramrabaa943]

I've already played this game to death and loved every moment. Haven't watched the video yet, and I'm unlikely to learn much because I've basically completed the game, but I'm so happy to hear you talk about it. Lezzgo

[@akramrabaa943]

Man you've really made want to start a new save file! I just might soon

[@DisappointedGiant]

Do it! I did for this video and now I am on my way to getting my third plat. (I may have a problem.)

[@akramrabaa943]

@@DisappointedGiant third plat?! How'd you manage to get all the audio recordings? I know there are ones that are super hard to come across so I just decided to not bother going out of my way for them. Regardless, the game absolutely consumed me and I've had enough of a break from it. It's tipe for a replay

[@DisappointedGiant]

@@akramrabaa943 A lot (*lot*) of runs. I think there was one parasite log that they patched to make more common but a few of them were pretty tough to track down. Could also be just superstition but I've un- and reinstalled the game a few times and it seems like missing cyphers and logs pop up more frequently after a reinstall. Either way, I hope you enjoy your trip back through the game! IMO the hardest part is hitting later biomes without many weapon traits if you play too good from the get go.

[@akramrabaa943]

@@DisappointedGiant Alrighty then. That's a good pointer. Thanks for your time

[@Pererogatist]

This makes me want to buy the game!

[@saboorheath7769]

The platinum edition should be pretty cheap. Get the one that has the tower dlc... it's like 2 games in one. Story mode and arcade (95% combat, 5% story) mode.

[@iwdrinkwater]

LETS GOOOO 🎉

[@DisappointedGiant]

Yeeeeeah bb!!

[@klakos9596]

I loved listening to the background music from Dead Cells videos I hope you'll make the songs available from this video too.

[@DisappointedGiant]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you dig the music. I am planning on uploading these new songs to Spotify and Apple Music so will make a note to comment back here once they're up.

[@BabyJokerGaming]

please hurry up with returnal 2😢

[@bidoof_gang3412]

am i cool?

[@thedragon6850]

I think dead cells More simple than returnal But maybe because it's the first time I've seen this game

[@DisappointedGiant]

Dead Cells is definitely less complicated than Returnal. I think that's part of why Returnal has such a steep learning curve.