PS5 "bullet ballet" game Saros gets a big update to make it both easier and harder
Eurogamer.net • • technology
Key Points:
- The Zenith update for PlayStation shooter Saros introduces new features aimed at improving accessibility for new players and increasing replayability for veterans, including a boss-rush mode, New Game Plus mode, new difficulty modifiers, and a slow-motion option.
- The Slow Game Speed feature allows players to slow down gameplay manually or automatically, providing more time to strategize without reducing the core bullet-hell combat intensity.
- New modifiers let players customize difficulty with Protection options that ease challenges and Trial options that increase difficulty, such as enemies regenerating health unless finished with melee attacks.
- The New Game Plus mode, called Eclipse Layers, offers progressively harder versions of the game with altered rules and unlockable content like 12 new story visions, with visual changes to the protagonist Arjun reflecting modifier use.
- Overlord Rush is a new boss-rush mode designed for quick 10-minute sessions, culminating in the Totality challenge where players face all eight bosses in a continuous gauntlet.
