Returnal director Harry Krueger has touched on how Housemarque can “do more” to make games more accessible, but emphasises the importance of Returnal being challenging.Krueger appeared on Kinda Funny Games’ PS I love You XOXO podcast to discuss a variety of topics related to Returnal and Housemarque.
In particular, journalist Greg Miller questioned the director on the conversations around Returnal’s difficulty and accessibility.“That’s definitely always going to be an interesting challenge to find that sweet spot,” replied Krueger. “I think we can always do more and could always add more support for different ways to play the game and different control methods.
I think when it comes to the difficulty I think it is a question of what kind of experience you are having with Returnal.”One thing Krueger wanted to make clear is that he believes Returnal’s challenging difficulty is incredibly important to the game’s overall narrative.
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