- Platform, Adventure, Indie, Action
Ultros is a psychedelic metroidvania where you wake up stranded on The Sarcophagus — a cosmic uterus holding an ancient, demonic being. Trapped in the loop of a black hole, you will have to explore The Sarcophagus and meet its inhabitants to understand the part you play...
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Grave, contemporary, open-ended and plot-driven.
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
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Paste MagazineGarrett MartinFeb 20249.5/10Singular and confident, Ultros is a startling piece of work that knows exactly what it wants to be, and hones in on that goal with laser beam focus. It depends on time-tested videogame actions and concepts not just for their comfort and retro appeal, but as a familiar foundation that can be gradually fucked with as part of the game’s greater themes. And although those themes and their presentation are intentionally confusing and obtuse, Ultros never devolves into chaos for the sake of it; there’s always a clear point of view and thought process driving the game’s design. Ultros brings mystery back to gaming in brilliant fashion, delivering us the first genuinely great game of 2024.
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GamesRadar+Joe DonnellyFeb 20244.5/5 stars"Just when you thought Ultros couldn't get any more outlandish, it has its own gardening system."
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Hardcore GamerKyle LeClairFeb 20244.5/5A psychedelic metroidvania game with hints of time loop and roguelike mechanics, the game sees you seemingly having crash landed on a massive structure known as the Sarcophagus, which houses the ominous being known as Ultros. Making use of alien gardens and biology in order to further one's skills, players have to fight their way through to break the loop, or maybe find hidden pacifist solutions along the way instead.
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GameLusterNairon Santos de MoraisFeb 20244/10While Ultros undeniably looks and sounds beautiful, the incredibly tedious gameplay and a time loop gimmick that leads to tiring monotony more than anything else make Ultros fail to be anything more than nice to look at in screenshots.
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TheGamerAndrew KingFeb 20243/5 starsUltros is a fascinating new Metroidvania where bombs and missiles are replaced with gardening tools.
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About the game
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Hadoque
- Publisher
- Kepler Interactive
- Released
- February 13, 2024
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Engine
- Unity
IGDB rating 6.6/10 from 12 ratings.
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