Return – Game Tips

This article is intended for those who are afraid of the Return or have already fallen into it.

Without much spoiler, I will present the key information and principles that helped me master the game.

Of course, for the best experience, I recommend not reading anything about the game before trying it out.

Keep your cool

It’s not a game that can be (successfully) played when you’re frustrated or otherwise unfocused. For example, if you have died repeatedly and your nerves are starting to falter, you are bound to make unnecessary mistakes, and your game and feelings will only get worse. Take a break, short or long enough to fully focus on what you are doing. These are not reflexes, but rather the fact that an angry player tends to start rushing and taking unnecessary risks by collecting items without researching them, etc. ) Items. Of course, a cool head will save your life in combat too: instead of impulsively pushing your opponent, it’s better to focus on maneuvering and avoiding injury. Your health is always more important than anything else – you only have one* life.

Pause always works

Luckily, it’s not a forced online game like some like it. Whenever it’s too much for you, you can pause and stop the game. The action also pauses if you are on the map or inventory, but entering and exiting these menus is not as reliable as the classic pause. In combination with the above, I recommend using a break if, for example, you feel that your nerves are starting to fail during a difficult fight.

Auto-aim can be adjusted

This is not a competitive game against people – no one will praise you for an accurate headshot, many enemies have no head. The game offers various settings for the assist dimension of your shooting, and you have the option to switch it to the strongest assistant (or turn it off completely). In any case, the real purpose of this game is not to impress you. The core of the gameplay revolves a lot more around your maneuvering, which has a far greater impact on your survival than an accurate line of sight – especially since you don’t just take out stronger opponents with a single blow to the head (or whatever).

Don’t miss important things

• Do not jump into the arena behind the red door (boss) of the first world unless you have found the house key and have been in the house to look.
• You cannot return from the fourth world (biome) to the first three until you have completed the sixth.
• The fifth world (biome) can be especially frustrating for you: consider collecting additional equipment on the fourth and retries.

Every biome is fair

If you’re running around biomes without collecting or shooting them properly, you may be afraid to come into later ones without furniture. In reality, however, in the first room of each biome there is a special item with a “variable” bonus to your experience/level. Just pick it up and you’re at a level sufficient for the world.

Avoid obstacles

I should have completely avoided the slightest risk of disability (occurs after picking up an infected/purple item). Their effect on your abilities is often acceptable, but can sometimes be downright deadly. In my opinion, it’s not worth the risk: if you need to pick it up or open it, first cleanse it with ether (the rarest raw material, because it is the only permanent one, and also serves to activate the cloning machine for extra life).

You can have five lives at the same time

1. your standard life.
2. Life from a cloning machine.
3. Life from a parasite that will protect you from a fatal blow at the cost of random interference.
4. Life from a “personal object” (figurine).
5. Life from a “personal object” (watch).

The strongest item in the game

In my experience, there is nothing more beneficial to a successful run than the ability to heal endlessly. You can do this in one of two ways:

1. Underpants parasite that replenishes you by at least a third when your health drops to a critical level.
2. Artifact “Emergency Repair”, which works in the same way.

I survived many bosses for the first time only because there was enough pause between their attacks for these items to automatically heal me repeatedly.

Bosses have stages

Each phase has a separate indicator of their lives and is more dangerous than the previous one. It usually manifests itself in adding new ones to existing attacks.

The best weapon in the game?

• You need to learn sooner or later with every weapon.
• You may find yourself in a situation where there is no other weapon.
• Weapons have levels, but you trust the best weapons even if they are slightly lower level.
• The previous rule does not apply in extreme cases (any level 15 weapon would be a better choice than your favorite level 1 weapon).
• The purple machine gun can (if it has the appropriate perk) be the only one to trigger an auxiliary loophole while firing – probably the strongest attack bonus that can be.
• An automatic rifle can have a perk (called “Leech”) that, when fired (when hitting enemies), heals you: this will greatly increase your vitality.

Adrenaline adds guided missiles

For every level of Adrenaline, you gain one additional energy blast per shot, which also auto-targets and seeks out an enemy even if you are not aiming at them. With the fifth level of adrenaline, you have a volley of five identical shots with each shot.

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