10 Incredible, Tiny Details You Might Have Missed in Returnal

The Grain in the Wood of ‘the House’

Incredible, Tiny Details in Returnal

Throughout Selene’s adventure, you’ll come across a 20th Century House that plays a key reoccuring role in the narrative. These sections play a part in explaining exactly what our protagonist is going through, and how strange things are getting on Atropos.

During one of the earlier sections, Selene will come out onto the porch, and if you look very carefully at the wooden beam on the left-hand side of the screenshot above, you’ll notice the grain of the wood running vertically through it.

This, combined with the lighting effects in this scene, make for a really photorealistic image. We’re pretty sure this’ll win our ‘Best Wooden Beam of 2021’ award come the year-end. Spoilers: No such award exists… yet.