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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...

Ys IX: Monstrum Nox out now on Switch

While all the gaming sites stir themselves into a sweaty gloop over the new Nintendo OLED Switch model, I'm more interested in some games we can play now. First up, the sequel to my beloved Ys VIII Lacrimosa of Dana which I spent many weeks with on my OLED Vita years ago! 

Out now on the Switch as a digital release, it sees long-suffering hero Adol “the Red” Christin return to action with a companion Dogi. They arrive at Balduq, a city annexed by the Romun Empire where he meets a mysterious woman named Aprilis who turns him into a Monstrum, a being with supernatural Gifts and the power to exorcise monsters. 

Now, Adol must ally with his fellow Monstrums to fend off the fearsome threats emerging from a shadowy dimension called the Grimwald Nox, as well as unravel the mysteries of the Monstrum curse, and the truth behind the unrest within Balduq.

The scope of the game looks a little more impressive over the Vita predecessor, with a wider city to explore, but visually it doesn't look that much more impressive. Still, the story should contain that usual level of epic fun that NIS embues in their adventures. 


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