Returnal: Ascension Adds Co-Op Play and Survival Mode in Huge Free Update

So now people may beat it.

I wonder how dying works in the co-op mode

Im ready for that tower of death!

"A survival mode with escalating difficulty."

My blood pressure went up just reading this.

Hell YES more Returnal!

I'm stoked to have a reason to go back to Returnal. Hopefully they add more trophies cause I already have em all.

This was definitely a huge surprise. Glad to see they didn't just abandon the game. Hopefully the tower really kicks up the difficulty! And Co-op was a nice surprise. Bit sad you can't co-op the tower though.

Nice that it's a free DLC. I'll need some time to get my reflexes up to speed again

Never did complete it - about the time I was getting close to killing the first boss I started playing something else, and when I went back I was failing badly. Need to spend some time on it, but now I'm fighting my way across the Forbidden West, so it will be a while...but I'll come back. Again and again, as many times as it takes.

I wanted to cry seeing this. This announcement by itself made this State of Play worth while. This was my favorite game last year. I couldn't even bring myself to delete it off my PS5 lol. It's been locked to my home screen every since that firmware beta started. Maybe I instinctively know lol. Housemarque are the heroes of this timeline.

This is amazing.

Amazing. Can’t wait. We shall see if it can claw elden ring out of my hands though…

Wow!!!!!
I wonder what new guns Housemarque have dreamt up.
My favourite game of last year.

Feel a tad disappointed by this. I was hoping for a new area as DLC tbh for the single player.
I don’t have anyone to play co op through with and I’m rubbish at horde/survival modes…
As well….

Hey maybe I will beat this game with a friend now. I quit in the third level by myself.

Maybe this Algos guy will pose a real challenge? I never died to a single boss in Returnal, and have defeated each multiple times. Definitely looking forward to this update!

@Voltan You get overwhelmed, your health goes to 0, and you die. Oh, that's not what you meant...

@KilloWertz You need to do better... it's called suit integrity, not health

Bought this the day it came out and I still haven’t taken it out of the wrapper. I really need to get started but too many games keep coming.

Looks like next month will be a decent time to consider it.

@Voltan Oh no, I messed up. I would say thanks for correcting me, but I don't care.

Fantastic game, very addictive. I don't think I would play co-op, and some boss sequences would actually be very hard. We all know the one. Never got the plat due to some pesky collectables.

@lolwhatno Because I felt like it...

Not sure how I feel about co-op. I beat the game solo, and to some, me included, that is an achievement to be proud of. However, if you can somehow cheese your way through the game in co-op because you don't die, you just go down and can then be revived, then for me, that means that some that complete the game will only have done so because they had help. If this is the case, I would prefer to see a Trophy introduced for completing the game solo (which would also need to be retrospective, so as players that have already completed the game unlock the Trophy without the need to complete the game again). Having a solo completion Trophy would mean that the only way to unlock the Platinum Trophy, would also be to complete the game solo. As I say, part of me thinks that the introduction of co-op lessens the achievement of completing the game solo because side-by-side you wouldn't know who completed the game solo and who had done so in co-op. And then part of me thinks this is a great move and that going through the game in co-op would be great fun. Of course, if it were a case of when one dies, you both restart, then it could also be pretty infuriating too...