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Saros delivers Returnal 2 in all but name

Housemarque's Returnal remains one of the best PS5 games. Built to kill, raised to die, and fine-tuned to annoy the shit out me while dragging me back in for yet another go at  2AM.  Not-a-sequel Saros ropes in my one of my favourite actors Rahul Kohli into the mix with proper shields, greater weapons freedom, Indian-styled visuals, and borrowing  Xenon 2: Megablast's palette and violence.  Saros is set on Carcosa, a shape-shifting, hostile alien planet. It changes on every death, where a total eclipse changes everything (very Pitch Black!). The video shows the first biome, hopefully the others shift up the palette more than Returnal did.  Along his journey he finds Nitya Chandran (Shunori Ramanthan), adding some depth to the Returnal-mayhem. The stunning environment Arjun explores is that of a lost ancient civilization fueled by the twisted enlightenment of the eclipse.  Saros lands in March 2026, check out the PlayStation blog post for more details on w...

What's the Vita's next big visual novel?

Just a stray weekend thought here, Virtue's Last Reward generated some interest in visual novels when translated by Aksys for us westerners on the Vita. But that was nothing compared to the new bear on the block, Danganronpa Trigger Happy Havoc going gangbusters in forums (5,000 posts over two threads on NeoGAF), lots of high praise tweets and every step and death covered on YouTube.

It seems like one of the few games that has unified the dinky Vita user base around a title, which hopefully means more games will head our way.

We're definitely getting Danganronpa 2 with its tropical island setting, and NIS America have another surefire hit. But what else could venture west to tap into this new interest in murderous detective work and progressive story telling? The PSP was full of visual novels and the Vita in Japan is getting updates or conversions from specialists 5bp including Infinite Stratos, Steins;Gate and Robotics;Notes (below). Do these games have the style and pizzazz to grab western gamers? That's pretty doubtful, but the sci-fi overtones could be rather compelling



I'm not sure about the relationship-focused games (of which there are apparently millions) with the likes of Oregairu coming to Japan, but unlikely to be worth the translation. What else is there in the crazed psyche of writers that could tempt us? I'm no expert so feel free to comment and point out some possibilities.

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