I am very happy to share that Selene is voiced in a raw and grounded performance by Jane Perry (recently Diana Burnwood in the Hitman Trilogy), while her visual appearance and facial capture is performed by Anne Beyer.
So it was important for us that our lead was a compelling, complex character that players would root for and want to understand better. The planet’s surface is teeming with hostile creatures that attack Selene on sight, as well as other threats left by the world’s former inhabitantsĪcross Atropos everything is hostile, alien or mysterious, leaving Selene to be one of our sole human elements. Here she discovers the ruins of an alien civilisation filled with statues, gates, xeno-tech, and alien corpses. Upon arrival she crash lands in an alien forest. For the first time in her career she goes against orders to travel to the alien planet Atropos to follow the “White Shadow” broadcast signal. Our story follows Selene, a Greek-American ASTRA deep space scout who is a complex and layered character that is driven to a fault, intelligent, and resourceful. First, make sure to watch our Story trailer below.ġ.
We’ve already touched upon the game’s combat systems, so in today’s blog post I’ll shed more light on some of Returnal’s mysteries and the challenges Selene faces from a narrative perspective. Instead it should rationalise, deepen, and blend with it. Our narrative direction and storytelling philosophy with Returnal is that the story should not compromise the gameplay. Our goal with Returnal is to tell a mysterious, layered, and haunting story that – like our explosive action gameplay and roguelike twists – is something you discover, replay, and rethink on every play. Storytelling is a big new feature to Housemarque games and we have a bold story to tell. This PS5 exclusive combines explosive action, roguelike elements, and cinematic storytelling to create a dark, sci-fi action thriller. Today, we are very proud to debut our new story trailer for Returnal with you all and reveal more information about the game’s story ahead of next month’s release.