{"id":49187,"date":"2026-05-02T15:20:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T07:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=49187"},"modified":"2026-05-02T15:20:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T07:20:41","slug":"saros-review-returnal-successor-is-one-of-the-best-games-of-2026-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=49187","title":{"rendered":"Saros review: Returnal successor is one of the best games of 2026 so far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/04\/30\/68b28c01-13c4-4b85-8116-782c7482ef64_59a9bdf3.jpg?itok=ksGFozzI&amp;v=1777538659\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Saros<\/em>, the successor to the roguelike game <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Returnal<\/em>, is shaping up to be one of the best games of the year.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Finnish developer Housemarque has refined a great deal, added new elements and pushed the game close to a fully fledged third-person shooter, while remaining true to its roots and delivering a wild, challenging experience.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">The game, a <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">PlayStation 5<\/span> exclusive, opens with a striking introductory sequence: a telescopic survey has discovered a previously unknown, seemingly inexhaustible deposit of the mysterious element Lucenit on the planet Carcosa.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Three interstellar missions \u2013 Echelon I, II and III \u2013 are dispatched to explore and take possession of the distant land so that the raw material can be extracted. Then, communication with the missions goes dark.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Players step into the role of Arjun Devraj, a member of the Soltari civilisation. As a so-called Enforcer and a part of the crew on Echelon IV, he is tasked with tracking down the previous missions. His true intention, however, is to find his partner Nitya, who travelled to Carcosa with Echelon III.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/article\/3352004\/saros-review-returnal-successor-one-best-games-2026-so-far?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saros, the successor to the roguelike game Returnal, is shaping up to be one of the best games of the year. Finnish developer Housemarque has&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[321,12596,28,12597,10772],"class_list":["post-49187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-games","tag-returnal","tag-review","tag-saros","tag-successor","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}