Returnal Goes Gold Ahead of Late April PS5 Release

Limited PS5 stock and the price of the game itself are big factors working against this one. Still looking forward to playing it, usually enjoy what Housemarque puts out.

I'll pre order a little bit later.

Stoked for this, I'll be preordering

Really looking forward to this, just not at launch, not unless somewhere ends up selling it for around £50.

I'm definitely buying this day one. The price doesn't bother me one bit and in a dry season of games this is going to be something new and great

Hopefully people do not buy these games at the new crazy price point , Vote with your wallet People .

Pre-ordered it and I can’t waist one bit for it.

@Machines I both agree and disagree with that statement.
Will not be buying a game ever at that ludicrous price even for a well known franchise that I am guaranteed to be happy with - but at the same time I don't want the developer to fail and end up closing like so many others have.
Really hope this game is amazing and people buy it in their droves - I'll just wait until I can afford it myself at a cheaper price

I'm not impressed. You know what other game went gold? Cyberpunk 2077.

Congratulations to the whole team at Housemarque (and other parties involved).

Looking forward to this game when it releases. Gameplay looks really fun.

"has officially gone gold, meaning work on the base game is complete and ready to be shipped"

Not sure we can assume that after the likes of Cyberpunk, not that I expect anything like those issues with this game

@Machines I will buy it if I want too, whenever I want too... don't tell people what to do with their money.

It is as annoying as those telling others not to to watch the Black Widow movie on release date on Disney+ because they are charging $30. If want to pay that because I'm really looking forward to it, I will, simple as that...

This will be the first game out that truly makes me lament the fact that I've been unable to locate a PS5 yet. However, by the time I can walk into Wallmart and buy a ps5 over the counter, I'm quite sure this game will be much less than 70.

Looking forward to seeing the Push Square review for this one as it does look rather good. I'm really interested to see how the shortcuts thing is implemented and if it's going to end up being much of a chore to get back to where you were when you die.

We will have to see, but personally i don't think any ps studio game has the longevity to ask for £70. None have lasted me a month, even with multiplayer. The value for money has gone right out of the window this gen.

@rpg2000 well then you are an idiot

@Gamer83 a part of me still thinks a lot of the delays are due to the ps5 and xbox stocks being so low and companies wanting to wait for more people to own the consoles

@carlos82 I promise you, this game is ready and will be nowhere close to that state

God I can't wait to play this game again. So proud of them for going gold

still not convinced this is for me. i just hope the reviews rate the game based on its own merits and not just fixate on the price and perceived value for money (or lack thereof). the concern is it becomes PS5's equivalent of the order 1886 - not on game terms, and i'm not pretending 1886 is a classic game, but it's nowhere near as bad as average/typical review scores made it out to be, as the dominating view was that it was far too short and insubstantial for a AAA game (which is a fair point) and typically knocked a couple of points off a score to the detriment of the game's positive aspects.

@sajoey my comment wasn't about this game but the line about what "gone gold" means when we've seen many examples to the contrary

The game itself looks great, not $70 great but no game will ever look that good to me. Since $60 is my max for games I will wait a bit for it to hit that price.

My wallet is telling me nooooo

But my body, my body’s telling me yesssss

Pre-ordered & ready to die 1,000 deaths

Absolutely waiting for reviews on this expensive roguelike. There are too many unknowns and firsts here.
First 3rd person/3d project that attempts to have a story from the developer being the main reason for me to wait.

I also don't like this growing trend to pump out roguelikes with subtly included lives service, microtransaction elements. A procedurally generated map system for 70 bucks? Prove it's worth it first.

Going gold doesn't mean much nowadays. Games aren't properly finished until months after release. No man's sky went gold ahead of release and took years to be polished.

@zimbogamer
Definitely possible.