Developer: Housemarque
Platform: PlayStation 5
Engine: Unreal Engine 5
Genres: Shooter game, Role-playing video game, Adventure game
License: proprietary license
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Composer: Sam Slater
Saros is a third-person action game that combines bullet hell, third-person shooter, and roguelite elements. The player controls Soltari Enforcer Arjun Devraj as he investigates a lost off-world colony on the planet Carcosa. The game features persistent resource and progression systems that allows the player to permanently upgrade Devraj’s loadout with new weapons and suit enhancements for subsequent playthroughs after each character’s death. Devraj is equipped with the Soltari Shield, a defensive tool that allows the player to block attacks and absorb the energy of incoming projectiles. This absorbed energy can then transform Devraj’s right arm into the Carcosan Power Weapons and subsequently be discharged at hostile targets. While exploring the planet, the player finds Soltari Holograms. Collecting these holograms uncovers the planet’s backstory and the events that unfolded there.
