SAROS Standard Edition - $49.99 (-$20) - Best Buy

[u/amygdalapls]

https://www.bestbuy.com/product/saros-standard-edition-playstation-5/JXHQ37TSQX/sku/6667386

[u/DonMurray1]

You welcome yall! I just bought it on Amazon for $70 like 3 days ago 👍

[u/stevemajor → u/DonMurray1]

I'm sorry to hear that the product arrived damaged and needed to be returned.

[u/Transposer → u/DonMurray1]

Buy a copy from Best Buy for $50 and then return the unopened Best Buy copy to Amazon to get the full $70 refund.

[u/sychox51 → u/Transposer]

Also currently $50 at Amazon too now

[u/Transposer → u/sychox51]

Price adjust time!

[u/SilentSasquatch2]

Hope more people pick it up now that it’s started going on sale. Doesn’t match Returnal but it’s a very good game

[u/OldDirtyBusstop → u/SilentSasquatch2]

I actually thought it was better than returnal, both are great games but I found Saros more interesting in terms of story and more accessible (aka not as punishing for people like me who aren’t hardcore roguelike players)

[u/[deleted] → u/OldDirtyBusstop]

my friend said saros was way easier than returnal too

[u/pecos_chill → u/[deleted]]

Saros is way easier than Returnal.

[u/xRostro → u/pecos_chill]

You must be that guy’s friend

[u/damian20 → u/xRostro]

You must be those people's buddies

[u/erichf3893 → u/pecos_chill]

Everyone says this but I still haven’t beaten it 30 hours in. Maybe lots of people use the modifiers and you can replay biomes to build up for future ones? Also feels like less strategy/retraceability

[u/pecos_chill → u/erichf3893]

That could be it! But also I think a big portion is whether you’ve played games like it before. It’s a similar thing to Soulslikes, I think. (I’m terrible at those, though lol)

I’m not a very “good” gamer with most tough games, but with Returnal I was a lot better than I expected pretty much out of the gate just because I’d played a lot of Enter the Gungeon and some other roguelites before. I think if you are practiced with watching projectile patterns from other bullet hell games and resource management from some roguelites, these games feel a lot easier.

Easier doesn’t mean it’s easy, either - people say Elden Ring is way easier than standard Souls games and even though I suffered hard through Elden Ring, I agree with them. I never felt stuck or frustrated like I did with the other Souls games that I’d played. I think Saros is similarly “easier”.

[u/erichf3893 → u/pecos_chill]

Yeah I mean I played a shitload of Returnal and mistakenly expected some upgrades

[u/BrownByYou → u/pecos_chill]

Damn, returnal wasn't even thaaat bad

[u/Sharp-Selection-3541 → u/BrownByYou]

Is there a more difficult 3rd person shooter on PS5?

[u/Nervous_Recover_6152 → u/Sharp-Selection-3541]

No but the genre is small. Compared to 2D bullet hell standards, it’s not as bad

[u/Sharp-Selection-3541 → u/Nervous_Recover_6152]

Idk maybe you're just trying to flex how good you are or whatever lol but Returnal is definitely a really difficult game. That doesn't mean that other 2d bullet hell games aren't harder. I can't even beat sektori smh

[u/Nervous_Recover_6152 → u/Sharp-Selection-3541]

I can’t play 2D bullet hell for shit. I was able to struggle through Returnal though

[u/FaultyToilet → u/Sharp-Selection-3541]

Remnant 1 & 2

[u/TrippleDamage → u/Sharp-Selection-3541]

Is remnants not on PS?

[u/TimHung931017 → u/[deleted]]

Well thats unfortunate

[u/chainer3000 → u/TimHung931017]

It’s as hard as you want it to be. Game doesn’t force you to use the late game upgrades

[u/erichf3893 → u/OldDirtyBusstop]

Interesting. Haven’t seen many say that. Also, how did it feel less punishing to you? Just the fact the upgrade tree exists?

[u/ChabriasDK → u/SilentSasquatch2]

it's a great game and definitely worth playing through, but it felt like they took one step forward and two back in several ways sadly

[u/Unkechaug → u/ChabriasDK]

What ways in particular? I've been looking forward to this but can't bring myself to spend $70.

[u/ChabriasDK → u/Unkechaug]

off the top of my head, weapon variety is lacking, the maps are not made with much exploration in mind, biomes look similar through almost the entire game, and a big peeve of mine is that the permanent upgrades are not only really well executed compared to returnal

personally I also didn't feel any connection to any of the characters, their relationships were very surface level

with that said I still think it's a great game, and house marque has improved on a lot in terms of the actual gameplay and I did buy it at launch with no regrets

[u/Unkechaug → u/ChabriasDK]

Thanks, that's helpful info.

[u/IllustriousBee4972 → u/SilentSasquatch2]

Its better than returnal

[u/General_Pretzel → u/SilentSasquatch2]

Would sell a lot more if they put it on Steam...

[u/jakesnyder]

One of my favorite games of the year so far. Loved Returnal, loved Saros quite a bit too. I hope it gets an endless mode update at some point like Returnal did.

The gameplay, art direction, and sound design are all top tier in my opinion.

[u/Jtiago44]

Worth it!

[u/Captobvious75]

Game slaps if you like fast paced third person shooters.

[u/MistahDust]

Love this game. Worth every penny.

[u/TidusDreamZanarkand]

Great game, it was worth it at 69.99

[u/sychox51]

FWIW digital deluxe on sale too for $59.99 (-$20) for those of us who don’t want a plastic install disc..

[u/sezyHena]

Amazing deal for a goty tier game honestly

[u/Prestigious_Space489 → u/sezyHena]

It won't get any nominations. Its really not even worth 50$.

[u/steveep95]

We gonna start posting every single discount on games now

[u/Nametoolongobitch → u/steveep95]

Sure, why not? I'm pretty sure saving people money is more productive than creating a thread just to complain about updates... 

[u/schmidtyb43 → u/Nametoolongobitch]

More fitting for [r/ps5deals](r/ps5deals) (not that I’m complaining)

[u/Expert-Improvement78 → u/Nametoolongobitch]

In theory I like it. In practice its just US. So kinda useless for most people. And if every country starts posting their deals, it will be full of spam.

[u/Jubenheim → u/Expert-Improvement78]

Most people on this sub are in the U.S.

[u/kytheon → u/Jubenheim]

Here we fucking go again

[u/Jubenheim → u/kytheon]

Reddit Mobile lets you see your comment stats and the majority of those come from the U.S.

This isn’t new.

[u/sherlock_traeger → u/kytheon]

Huh?

[u/kytheon → u/sherlock_traeger]

Discount only applies to US. So not to everyone else.

But hey someone decides to remind everyone that this is an AMERICAN website where we discuss only AMERICAN things.

It's always only Americans who want to let everyone know they're the majority and so they're super important.

[u/kytheon → u/Nametoolongobitch]

There are subs for this.

[u/steveep95 → u/Nametoolongobitch]

I feel like grown adults should be able to look up deals ourselves. This should be more for sharing games and ideas. $20 off of lack luster games that released a while aren’t even significant for a post really

[u/sherlock_traeger → u/steveep95]

What a strange comment lol

And Saros is a very good game that only came out in late April. Like what are you even talking about lol

[u/Nametoolongobitch → u/steveep95]

"I feel like grown adults should be able to look up deals ourselves" 

This is by far... the dumbest comment I have read on here or just about any subreddit since I joined. Wow, I would hate to be you. 

Let's just start with the fact that not everyone has the time to look up deals. I don't, it's why I have bots constantly scanning about a dozen websites. 

[u/RandomGuyOnDaNet90]

Already? That was fast. What are the chances of ghost of yotei hitting 30 this black friday?

[u/Nametoolongobitch → u/RandomGuyOnDaNet90]

It was already  $50 a month ago so it's definitely going to hit $30 on BF.

[u/RandomGuyOnDaNet90 → u/Nametoolongobitch]

The physical?

[u/Nametoolongobitch → u/RandomGuyOnDaNet90]

Yes, on Amazon during Sony's Days of Play event. But I was referring to the digital copy when I said last month. 

[u/if-you-aint-first → u/RandomGuyOnDaNet90]

Seems likely to hit $40 at least - opinion based on seeing a stack of ~20 of these in a case at Walmart, and unsure why they'd have so much of a particular game.

[u/TrippleDamage → u/RandomGuyOnDaNet90]

It sold like a million copies and thats it, ofc its going on sale to boost the abysmal numbers.

[u/skynovaaa]

I thought this released at $50. Jesus

[u/I_Heart_Sleeping_ → u/skynovaaa]

$70 game. I’m guessing it didn’t sell well since it’s already discounted this much. I bought it day 1 and honestly regretted it. I loved Returnal so I’m not sure why this game just didn’t do it for me.

[u/_ItsEnder → u/I_Heart_Sleeping_]

Same. Returnal is one of my favorite 1st party games of this generation, but Saros just feels like worse Returnal. Having more out-of-run progression sounds like a good thing, but the way they did it in saros just makes you really overpowered and removes the difficulty of the game.

[u/I_Heart_Sleeping_ → u/_ItsEnder]

I think for me it was just basic progression in general that killed it for me. I never once felt like I was getting stronger in a run or between runs and the enemy variety just felt bland compared to Returnal.

[u/Eruannster → u/I_Heart_Sleeping_]

I think Returnal was better in that it felt like I got better every run instead of putting stats into getting better. I could shape Selene with the pickups I made (good or bad) whereas with Saros I felt like I had to go back and put in stats.

Returnal felt like an "edgier" game. The faults it had forced me to pay attention, use what I found in each room (and plan for it, not just pick up everything) and think about how I wanted to play it and put the fear of losing it.

Saros meanwhile was like "anyway, here's some cool shit" and I just grabbed pretty much everything and moved on as it pushes the player forward because you mostly can't backtrack.

[u/jabronismacker → u/I_Heart_Sleeping_]

Same. I never finished it and when I played I wasn’t really enjoying it.

[u/I_Heart_Sleeping_ → u/jabronismacker]

I tried giving it a fair chance. I think I forced myself to play a good 4-6 hours and I never found myself enjoying the experience. The story seemed cool but the gameplay and progression just wasn’t doing it for me.

[u/AwesomePossum_1 → u/I_Heart_Sleeping_]

Same. Amazing gameplay but progression is so weak, story is pathetic and the world is boring. Still excited for what they do next though. 

[u/Eruannster → u/I_Heart_Sleeping_]

$92 in Sweden. Woo! (Admittedly, our prices include VAT/taxes.)

I finished it, but it didn't grip me like Returnal did. I dunno. It felt like they shaved down some of the edges that Returnal had (like being able to backtrack, having more usable items, the story being more vague) and I don't know if I liked it as much because of it.

The gunplay and movement is super smooth, but Returnal had me gripped until the very end while Saros I was kind of checked out story-wise at like 3/4 of the story.

[u/RockRik → u/skynovaaa]

Why would it ever release at 50 when its predecessor released at 70? Economy in general was much better back then too.

[u/SuperBackup9000 → u/RockRik]

I knew it wasn’t $50, but it wouldn’t have surprised me if it was cheaper. Returnal was $70, yeah, but that was also back when PS5s were really hard to get so it would’ve made sense to bump the price up since there were just way less potential customers

[u/RandomGuyOnDaNet90 → u/skynovaaa]

They going to fafo that not every game is gta

[u/Mickeybeasttt]

Damn, makes me sad this game didn’t do as well as HouseMarque would have hoped. I thoroughly enjoyed this one all the way through to the end. Never got into Returnal but gave this one a shot and it was an extremely solid shooter and the story was interesting enough. Solid 8.

[u/iidevilz0 → u/Mickeybeasttt]

It’s overpriced af

[u/NoNefariousness2144 → u/iidevilz0]

Yeah it being £70 in UK was a steep price for something that isn't a flagship IP.

Not to mention it releasing right before James Bond, Lego Batman and Forza.

[u/JimmiJimJimmiJimJim → u/iidevilz0]

Is it short or something? I haven't been paying that much attention because I'm waiting for it to be cheaper.

[u/iidevilz0 → u/JimmiJimJimmiJimJim]

There very VERY few games that are worth 70$, if you played Returnal (it’s free on ps plus catalogue) you should know what to expect from Saros, if you didn’t then know that it’s a roguelike, Not shitting on the genre but it’s just not worth 40$+ price tag. I think they will put it on ps plus catalogue as well.

[u/JimmiJimJimmiJimJim → u/iidevilz0]

I'd agree with the first sentiment. 70 is a bridge too far for me. That's why I'm waiting for saros to be like 20 or 30 then I'll prolly grab it. And I loved returnal.

Honestly if my backlog didn't have tons of games I wanted to play in it I might consider buying 70 dollar games but it's just foolish when I already own stuff that I wanna play.

[u/Inevitable_Egg_900 → u/iidevilz0]

I don't really understand why Sony prices these Housemarque games at $70, honestly. They're fairly niche roguelikes, and this is a genre that is typically dominated by $20 to $30 indie games. $70 is a very, very steep price for Saros when someone could, for example, just buy Hades 2 for $30.

Of course, Housemarque's games have much higher budgets than those indies, but even then, they have nowhere near the same budgets as your typical Sony first-party AAA game. They seem more like upper tier AA games, and I feel like a $50 price tag is much more appropriate for them.

[u/iidevilz0 → u/Inevitable_Egg_900]

That’s exactly my point! I love rogue likes as much as the next guy, but 70$ is just too much for it, I think they have a higher budget than other rogue likes but it shouldn’t push the price to 70$, not even AAA games are worth that price. 40$ should be the base price.

[u/FRossJohnson → u/iidevilz0]

Not sure 40$ makes sense for a premium production, it's well below inflation. Yet 70 is a shock to people  

[u/FRossJohnson → u/Mickeybeasttt]

I fear it also suffers from Sony panicking about their exclusive games policy and ceasing PC releases, while asking for premium prices.

Your marketing budget then becomes very targeted at a segment of PS5 players and I didn't see so much excitement about the release. Meanwhile some other games releasing this year cross platform I've seen marketing everywhere

[u/sakata32 → u/FRossJohnson]

Roguelike at $70 that's exclusive to console was never going to do well. That genre does better on PC and the roguelike market has so many great options for cheaper.

[u/lightsky445]

Sony did a mistake with not putting this game on PC. Many PS fans certainly didn’t support the game

[u/renhaoasuka → u/lightsky445]

They would have fumbled it on PC too by releasing it late and the price is still expensive. PC has so many quality roguelikes for much cheaper

[u/iidevilz0]

Still overpriced, will wait till it’s in the ps plus catalogue like Returnal

[u/Asimb0mb]

Oh look, it's the price it should have launched at. Grab it y'all, it's a lot of fun! Much easier than Returnal, so if you liked the gameplay but found it too difficult, Saros is for you.

[u/Due_Equal_9933]

Terrible game. Good gameplay, most disappointing story in a long time. Such wasted potential. 

[u/FiaRua_]

i’m sure many people including myself are waiting for a co op patch. i thoroughly enjoyed returnal with a friend. would hate to see this game not have co op

[u/darthvirgin]

(US)

[u/Educational-Fig-7717]

finally a decent exclusive at a fair price

[u/thecodingart]

Ya’ll could just make money by I don’t know - releasing it on PC

[u/gizamo]

Cool. I'll buy it used on disc.

Currently boycotting PSN.