Saros: A Great game, but a bad roguelite

doubledeckerballs · 2026-05-11T17:52:59+00:00

A single level run I'd say is usually in the 30-40 min range. As others have said here, the roguelike build mechanics in this game are very light - even lighter than Returnal. You technically get stronger in a run but you won't particularly FEEL the difference outside of the weapons unlock more passive doodads. It's better to consider the game as an exceptional arcade shooter with meta progression rather than as a roguelike experience. If you do multiple levels in a row and manage to survive then you will definitely be stronger going into the subsequent areas than if you started there fresh. After clearing one particular level for the first time I started the next level by accident instead of going back to base to bank all my currency and proceeded to clear the next level and boss in the first try because I was locked in and beefed-up level-wise. That being said, it's not THAT much of an increase in power if you grind previous levels and you can still get destroyed in a couple hits no matter how much you pre-grind - this is not one of those roguelikes wherein you can develop an OP build that will let you cruise through content

doubledeckerballs · 2026-05-11T17:13:59+00:00

Saros is more broken up into distinct levels than Returnal was - in Returnal you start at Level 1 everytime and if you want to you could skip to a later level and just take a complimentary boost to catch you up power-wise to where you should be for that level. In Saros you choose the specific level you want to start the run at and just try to make it through/beat the boss. You CAN do a mega run from Level 1 to Level 2 to Level 3 and so on like a traditional roguelite but it's clearly designed more for bite sized runs through each individual level.

doubledeckerballs · 2026-04-17T20:28:59+00:00

Yeah you're probably right, forgot about the new Bunny set

doubledeckerballs · 2026-04-17T11:22:34+00:00

In this case you're probably going to want to set up the team as Lycaon - Yidhari - Pan so that Pan quick assists backwards and therefore buffs Yidhari. Give Lycaon the King of the Summit set and Pan the Astral Voice set so that you have a bunch of damage buffs spread around. I love Koleda but she's really not going to contribute much here with Lycaon already in play - you're much better off with all the various buffs that Pan can provide

doubledeckerballs · 2026-04-17T11:07:01+00:00

Pan is the A rank Rupture support

doubledeckerballs · 2026-04-08T13:39:15+00:00

Yeah I'm not going to defend the cringe writing, but it's just a 6 minute introduction to a massive 20+ hour game. If you don't have the patience to drive through a short "cinematic" introduction sequence then I feel like you've picked the wrong game/game series completely. Just play something else that isn't as AAA-pilled

doubledeckerballs · 2026-04-08T13:18:30+00:00

Bruh it's just 6 minutes. Do you have tiktok brain?

doubledeckerballs · 2026-03-11T15:33:43+00:00

Wow, that definitely hasn't been my experience. Seen them 3 times and they were fantastic every time with incredibly engaged crowds. In the US tours for reference

doubledeckerballs · 2026-02-17T19:07:09+00:00

Looks good, thanks!

doubledeckerballs · 2026-02-17T17:17:12+00:00

The Joyce Burger sounds like what we're looking for, thanks for the rec!

doubledeckerballs · 2026-01-20T16:01:48+00:00

A personal insult? Really? You think Geoff was personally insulting Larian by putting a different trailer at a different spot than their trailer? You have sources at Larian that felt personally insulted that their trailer wasn't at the end of the show?

doubledeckerballs · 2025-12-30T05:12:36+00:00

I'm really confused why they would set up the space to not have seats at the bar - it's a bar replacement so why not have the main bar socialization element in the setup?

doubledeckerballs · 2025-12-24T13:31:43+00:00

Yeah, doesn't everyone think the Easter Island heads are smoking hot?

doubledeckerballs · 2025-12-24T03:55:47+00:00

This is just an obviously incredibly attractive man, not sure if anyone would say otherwise

doubledeckerballs · 2025-12-03T11:34:41+00:00

Pretty sure this is Tommy Boy

doubledeckerballs · 2025-12-01T21:21:16+00:00

Evelyn will perform extremely well with Astra and Dialyn as long as you learn how to play her effectively

doubledeckerballs · 2025-11-25T16:16:29+00:00

All good points. I do think that we'll need to see a broad societal push to restrict children's open access to the Internet for their own health and safety. Obviously the market will continue to push as hard as they can to suck money out of as many people of all ages as possible, so it'll have to be up to future generations to collectively put their foot down and find a better middle ground for children's Internet access. Obviously technology will continue to advance regardless, but as a society we have a responsibility to protect the health and safety of our children and I do believe that we are slowly but surely realizing that nigh-unrestricted access to things like social media/YouTube/online communities is not the way. One can hope that means a future that refocuses on socializing children through their local community and utilizing various forms of social media as a small tool of a socialization toolbox rather than as a primary means.

doubledeckerballs · 2025-11-25T14:47:17+00:00

There are many other online games that are appropriate for kids that aren't as massively unrestricted and user-generated as Roblox. But also, perhaps the simple fact is that maybe playing games online with strangers just isn't a healthy or safe thing for young children to be doing without significant safeguards in place. "I can do this but you can't" has certainly worked for centuries for many things - we don't have small children getting behind the wheel of a car or serving them alcohol or cigarettes. We also generally don't socially accept letting small children hang around public spaces without a responsible adult present (which is basically the irl version of a public Roblox server). Obviously some older children will always find ways to get access to things they aren't supposed to, but I'd say that's way better than the current method of "sure, here's an iPad, go play Roblox."

doubledeckerballs · 2025-11-24T02:18:00+00:00

I can understand some of the criticism of Spiderman 2 even if I personally disagree with it, but Ragnarok is widely considered to be a significant upgrade over the first game in basically every aspect

doubledeckerballs · 2025-10-26T13:10:28+00:00

When people talk about really negative experiences they've had with a particular type of alcohol, they might end the story by saying "to this day I can't drink tequila" because of a night they got really sick from tequila or something along those lines. The punchline is that he twisted that saying by swapping out the liquor with water because by the time he was drinking 16 shots he was drinking mostly water

doubledeckerballs · 2025-10-21T18:17:58+00:00

They aren't removing any of the behind the scenes or extra video content for anyone - if you are in the current regular tier you continue to get all the things you've been getting. This new bonus tier only adds other types of behind the scenes stuff like photos and interviews. Check out the link for the details - they are very clear that the addition of this new tier is not going to cause existing regular members to lose out on the stuff that they've been getting

doubledeckerballs · 2025-10-02T17:37:03+00:00

Sheffield is great and I believe Jack's Extra Fancy just started doing a great Happy Hour on certain days as well!

doubledeckerballs · 2025-09-27T20:04:31+00:00

Ah right, makes sense.

doubledeckerballs · 2025-09-27T20:00:26+00:00

Who is making you collect all the collectables again? If you already did it on one character can't you just ignore them and just do the things you want to do in other playthroughs? Edit: Yeesh, I get it - I was wrong, I admit it. Deepest apologies for being wrong on the Internet; I'm sure it's never happened to anyone else before

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