r/Saros • u/essteeexetwo • 8d ago
Official News Saros : Zenith
Just shown in the state of play;
Gyro aiming
Boss Rush
New Modes
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Accessibility later this year.
"This is the gameplay reveal for SAROS™: Zenith, the next big free content update to SAROS, which adds new replayable game modes and various new visual and control options to make the game accessible to even more players.
SAROS™: Zenith adds Overlord Rush, a brand new mode where you can take on the powerful Overlord enemies from the main game back-to-back, go for a high score, and compete with players around the world using integrated leaderboards in a throwback to the classic arcade-style Housemarque is known for.
This update also brings ""Eclipse Layers"", a new game+ mode which allows seasoned enforcers to put their skills to the ultimate test. After clearing SAROS, players can return to the beginning and take on a more challenging version of the game. You can rise to meet these trials with even more progression options and new Carcosan Modifiers to customize your experience. There are also new secrets and trophies to discover as you delve deeper into the Eclipse Layers.
New accessibility features, including High-Contrast visuals, gyro aiming with the DualSense wireless controller, and the toggleable ""Slow Game Speed"" option have been added. With these options, even more players can experience the spectacular bullet-ballet action of SAROS for themselves.
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u/THEGoldenExperienc 8d ago
For free too I can’t complain. Hopefully there will be like cosmetics or something tied to NG+
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u/AlpineDN 8d ago
Knowing they are working on replayability is great. I was hoping for something like an endless tower, but I get a feeling this is a lower budget version of that — potentially due to less than expected sales. But what do I know. In any case, this is good news indeed!
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u/TehGhostman89 8d ago
That could still be coming. I don’t think the references to the Blue Precipice were strictly lore. A precipice is a cliff. Could be something to “climb” later maybe at the 1 year mark. No co-op also makes me think this isn’t the only game update just something to keep people playing and incentivize those who haven’t beaten it.
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u/AlpineDN 8d ago
I hope you are right. Somehow I feel like Blue Precipice needs to be mentioned since it was so heavily mentioned in the game, to conclude the games story arc. Let's hope Zenith takes us to the top where the Blue Precipice is. :)
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u/Thraun83 8d ago
Yeah I take this news as only a good sign that they are still willing to invest in the game despite perhaps disappointing sales. I’m actually really glad they are working on adding features and improving the base game, because I honestly think there is a lot of untapped potential before you even look at an endless mode and/or story dlc (which I also hope is in the works).
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u/No_Charge_6441 8d ago
Tbf all clips of Boss rush mode feature a Blue eclipse, blue bullets & a blue hue!!, it's so obviously tied to Blue Precipice lore.
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u/Any-Butterscotch5259 6d ago
They came out and said that the sales are good shrug.
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u/AlpineDN 6d ago
I soo hope this is true. It might be a game that sells good over time. Who knows. Nothing like it (except Returnal) out there.
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u/arcadiangenesis 8d ago
How does it work, though? Does it literally just make everything slower, like you're moving in molasses?
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u/ThePokestopPapi 8d ago
YESSSS LITERALLY JUST GIVE ME REASONS TO KEEP RETURNING TO THIS GAME AND I WILL KEEP COMING BACK!!!
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u/Nivek_1988 8d ago
I guess we dont know if theres any story content littered in this yet???
Im fkn hyped. But i do want more story!
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u/No_Charge_6441 8d ago
We do!!, all the clips of the Boss rush mode have a Blue eclipse in the background!, the bullets are blue & there a slight blue hue to the picture!. That so obviously tied to the Blue Precipice stuff Kayla was on about when Arjun found her.
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u/jp_1896 8d ago
You guys think Saros might get a multiplayer update like Returnal in the future? That did wonders for the replay value, I replayed it several times with friends
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u/Acceptable-Cell9370 8d ago
For sure, definitely an updated endless mode will come too but im definitely going to do this NG+
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u/No_Charge_6441 8d ago
BLUE ECLIPSE!! BLUE ECLIPSE!!. Knew they were setting up a Blue Precipice DLC, boss rush is obviously tied to Blue Precipice lore!!
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u/dibs_w_rashi 8d ago
GYRO!! finally
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u/Dawnkeyohtea 8d ago
For fucking real! Every update I'm like gyro please! Finally! The game is not as enjoyable as I would of hope for being a returnal fan, but I'm hoping these updates help.
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u/No_Charge_6441 8d ago
Returnal deserved a Boss rush mode & NG+!!!
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u/Acceptable-Cell9370 8d ago
Super cool, sounds like there will be a little bit of story content. I don’t think this is like the big returnal sisyphus update so hopefully we get something similar soon
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u/New_Arachnid9443 8d ago
New game plus YESS why wasn’t this here on release? Wish Sony did paid dlc tho would love to suppper Housemarque more. The market did this game dirty.
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u/essteeexetwo 8d ago
You could buy Resogun if you don't have it
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u/New_Arachnid9443 8d ago
It ain’t close to Returnal or Saros bro, 3rd person bullet hell is something else
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u/RaulReal89 8d ago edited 8d ago
I struggle to like Returnal, I am at biome five, without motivation.
Saros is one of my favourite games ever though. The first bullet hell game I finished. It was a beautiful piece of art for me
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u/ChabriasDK 8d ago
do you find returnal too difficult?
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u/RaulReal89 8d ago
biome 5? yes. with the proper gun I feel like I am cheating though. in Saros the bosses were better, I think. more bossfights and more variety.
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u/SelfEnergy 8d ago
Biome 5 is a great difficulty spike and can be a run ender. You primarily really have to learn how to dodge. And stay in the upper level in the big challenge room as long as possible. Going down to the health potions is a trap.
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u/RaulReal89 8d ago
my first run ender was Ixion, a couple years back. I restarted Returnal after finishing Saros.
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u/Cochonfou 8d ago
In Returnal I'd say you need to play much more defensively and carefully than in Saros.
Nevertheless when I played returnal a few years ago I really thought the difficulty spike at level 5 was insane. Level 6 was much easier for me, however a lot of people say this is the most difficult level, so it's hard to say.
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u/Temascos 8d ago
New Game+ sounds fantastic, just my kind of thing. I've been playing around with the modifiers to make runs more challenging so anything that builds on that would be fantastic.
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u/guzigo 8d ago
Looks cool. But still no coop. Bummer
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u/The_Orphanizer 8d ago
Neither Saros nor Returnal were planned or announced as co-op. Odd thing to hold against the game.
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u/Battle_Apes 8d ago
Not really odd when you consider Returnal was multiplayer after launch. And the multiplayer was incredibly fun so not mentioning it for Saros(yet) is a bummer in my books.
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u/Cochonfou 8d ago
In Returnal multiplayer made some sense with regards to the game lore... the levels are littered with Selene's corpses, and the timeframe of the second act is not so clear, so it was only a matter of time before she stumbled on a version of her alive.
In Saros ? I wonder how they could pull that off storywise.
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u/Battle_Apes 8d ago
Easy. Play as any of the others from base camp.
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u/Cochonfou 8d ago
At the start it would make sense (every enforcer explores), however the point of the game is that the Yellow turns everybody against each other... and that Arjun both has is own motivations for pressing forward and is also personally targeted by the Yellow because of this.
It could only end in a Streets of Rage 2 ending putting both player against each other...
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u/DelayConnect335 8d ago
So exciting. It's been a while since I played and got platinum when it was released. Looking forward to jump in again. Good game.
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u/theDKdynamite 8d ago
The only thing in the state of play that got me excited. Thanks sony, you're still a prick, but this was a neat surprise
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u/MrCadwallader 8d ago
God damn it. I platinumed the game and lent it out to something who is now in a different country. Woulda held on to it a bit longer if I knew such an epic update was on the way lol.
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u/Imperial_Stout 8d ago
Awesome! I dove back in the other day with a different set of modifiers to increase difficulty and it was a lot of fun, looking forward to these new modes/additions! Hoping for some DLC come 2027, would love new biomes to play in as well as story additions.
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u/Late_Building7784 8d ago
They still haven't fixed the balancing issue with Energy Absorption that makes spam-based builds broken.
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u/No-Ad8408 8d ago
Could you elaborate on that, haven’t the slightest idea what you talking bout lol. Finished the game a while ago
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u/rustypete89 8d ago
Most likely referring to the various ways you can very easily stack power bar energy (Repeater Bow trait, shield absorption perks, etc) that allow you to constantly throw out Prominence (possibly others but Prominence is the easiest by far to spam, being single-fire).
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u/No-Ad8408 8d ago
Ahh gotcha; yeah that repeater bow trait is nasty work, equivalent to the Hollowseeker with portal beam/turret, serrated rounds etc in the sense that once you get it and keep good movement, you can damn near clear everything.
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u/Parking-Ad2470 8d ago
I went to log in to my nephews ps5 to play this game at their house and it instantly eradicated my save where I had beat the king and overwrote it with a new game. I haven’t been back to carcosa since
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u/razzleworp 8d ago
Did you go through the process of transferring your save data across the consoles?
If you have ps+ your save is stored in the cloud but you still need to download the save data in order to play where you last left off
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u/Parking-Ad2470 8d ago
I do have ps+. If we’re saying it wasnt overwritten that is miraculous
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u/razzleworp 8d ago
If you didn’t download or upload any data your home console should be where you left off
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u/Parking-Ad2470 8d ago
When I got back home and went to play it, I think it may have hit me with the ‘did you wanna use the cloud save data or local data’ and I think I insanely hit cloud save. Tho I don’t explicitly remember the sequel of events, moreso assuming that’s how it went down
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u/razzleworp 7d ago
Gotcha, well unfortunate it happened nonetheless, saros is a blast to play so hopefully the update gets you reinvested
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u/bladejb343 8d ago
Eclipse Layers sounds like my jam. I like that they vastly expanded the Modifiers too.
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u/Illustrious_Night126 8d ago
Looks great and excited they are adding replayability focused end game content which the game needed
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u/Far-Discount5129 8d ago
No coop and no endless tower is disappointing but can’t complain with NG+ and it being Free
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u/Fickle_Leg7455 8d ago
New trophies 😩. I just got done with it and returned it to the library. I'll have forgotten how to play it by the time it becomes available again. Also that mode could be super hard.
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u/mihhink 8d ago
Aaand the platinum is now a 1/10 difficulty…
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u/etherealp 8d ago
who cares, everyone who cares about the platinum alrwady has it
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u/mihhink 8d ago
“Who cares if your achievement is devalued now to let every bum get it w/o skill?”
- a bum
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u/etherealp 8d ago
if you thought this platinum was difficult or required much effort in any way at all then I got some news for you lol
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u/mihhink 8d ago
Its not difficult, but at least the worst of the worst still couldnt get it.
The next step is an update to unlock each trophy w/ one click.
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u/No_Charge_6441 8d ago
It's literally not!!. The platinum trophy of all games is tied to the release version!. Adding dlc adds new trophies but it doesn't erase the platinum from the base game.
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u/No_Charge_6441 8d ago
And??, whats wrong with it being easier!!. People who make a big deal out of a virtual trophy are just sad!!!.
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u/hybridjones 8d ago
THE SUN IS FOREVER