Saros is More Bullet Heaven Than Bullet Hell
5/8/20261 hr
Saros is the continuation of decades of bullet-dodging action games from Housemarque. But it has most in common with the team’s previous game, Returnal. Is this game welcoming enough to bring newcomers into the pseudo-series? We find out! Plus, a humongous collection of other stuff we’re playing and watching, including a Korean reality TV series that pits different types of spirit mediums against one another! Look, we’re just as surprised, confused, and delighted as you are.
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First 90 secondsChristopher Thomas Plant· Host0:00
The other day was May the 4th.
Ross Frushstick· Host0:01
Sure.
Christopher Thomas Plant· Host0:01
You know, Star Wars Day.
Ross Frushstick· Host0:02
Yes.
Christopher Thomas Plant· Host0:03
So I, I thought I would go and celebrate, and I go to Disneyland 'cause the people are gonna be dressed up. It's a day that you can actually, as an adult, dress up in Disneyland. There's gonna be some, you know, Kylos there.
Ross Frushstick· Host0:13
Sure.
Christopher Thomas Plant· Host0:13
There's gonna be some Darth Vaders, right?
Ross Frushstick· Host0:15
Oh, you can actually dress up? You don't need the color block or anything like that? You can just dress up as the characters?
Christopher Thomas Plant· Host0:19
You can fully dress up. I'm talking about helmets.
Ross Frushstick· Host0:23
Can I be Stitch?
Christopher Thomas Plant· Host0:24
You just look like cast characters. It is- But I think you have to be a Star Wars guy, right?
Ross Frushstick· Host0:29
You can't just show up dressed as...
Christopher Thomas Plant· Host0:30
That, that was my problem, right? So I'm like, "Oh yeah, okay, like Kylo, I get it. Ren. Who is Kylo?"
Ross Frushstick· Host0:39
Same character.
Griffin McElroy· Host0:40
[laughs] It's the same person.
Christopher Thomas Plant· Host0:42
Yeah, same person. I get it. So I'm walking around, and out of nowhere I see a full-on Predator.
Ross Frushstick· Host0:50
Awesome.
Christopher Thomas Plant· Host0:51
The most elaborate Predator costume- Yeah ... I have ever seen.
Ross Frushstick· Host0:56
Fucking all right, man.
Christopher Thomas Plant· Host0:57
More elaborate than any of the Star Wars characters. I mean, this looks like it was gonna bite my face clean off.
Ross Frushstick· Host1:02
I love it.
Griffin McElroy· Host1:03
They have the face tentacles in it, the... Ah. All that shit, man.
Ross Frushstick· Host1:06
He, he doesn't... To be fair, he doesn't bite faces, he does steal skulls. So we need- Yeah ... to be very clear.
Griffin McElroy· Host1:11
He takes our whole spine out.
Christopher Thomas Plant· Host1:12
Okay.
Ross Frushstick· Host1:12
Yeah.
Griffin McElroy· Host1:12
He's... Predator's crazy, man.
Christopher Thomas Plant· Host1:14
But w- where, where do you draw the line, you know?
Griffin McElroy· Host1:18
[laughs] Sure.
Christopher Thomas Plant· Host1:19
Because, like, is, is this the new world? Is this the world of corporate mergers that we've been asking for, you know?
Ross Frushstick· Host1:24
It does seem like a loophole that no one really considered when they were like, "Anyone can draw, dress up as