Ultros (2024)

Hadoque

Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S

3.46 from 39 ratings

844 members have it in their collection · 9 playing now · 599 backlogged · 56 wish listed

How long? · with extras 17h · 100% 23h (from 2 logged playthroughs)

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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Release dates

  • Feb 13, 2024 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
  • Feb 13, 2025 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S

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Ferk

Status Ferk Feb 14, 2025

Much like its intended sci-fi brain-techy setting the game is weird,it starts of akin to a roguelike with per/run upgrades and respawning,at least for the first few loops,then it turns into a sprawling maze that of a metroidivania. Backtracking is somewhat annoying,but it'll get u across . The upgrades are interesting but boringly unique,you'll use them once per area and …

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Much like its intended sci-fi brain-techy setting the game is weird,it starts of akin to a roguelike with per/run upgrades and respawning,at least for the first few loops,then it turns into a sprawling maze that of a metroidivania. Backtracking is somewhat annoying,but it'll get u across . The upgrades are interesting but boringly unique,you'll use them once per area and maybe some on the final loop. The upgrades become pointless and not a point of interest after you unlock the mushroom brain cores. The combat is way too easy with the tenths of healing items at your disposale coming from the things you plant,speaking of ,they are cool but not very significant until u hit a roadblock then ur wasting time trying to grow them. Painfully mediocre-competent with niche ideeas

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Bliceheart

Status Bliceheart Jan 13, 2025

I love this, however i am deep into the game now and still do not fully know where to navigate next, I feel like a renegade to order as I randomly select something that looks like it needs doing maybe for reasons I do not understand. Then plant a tree that maybe may be useful, I am not sure.

Beautiful …

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I love this, however i am deep into the game now and still do not fully know where to navigate next, I feel like a renegade to order as I randomly select something that looks like it needs doing maybe for reasons I do not understand. Then plant a tree that maybe may be useful, I am not sure.

Beautiful game.

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Bliceheart

Status Bliceheart Jan 8, 2025

Snuck an hour more than I should have of this before sleeping last night.

Finding it lovely so far, It judges your combat performance through loot, I am mildly worried by this fact, for, uh skill issues.

Love the concept though!

I'mma gonna be like that reviewer who said DMC had bad music by the end of it, so rubbish …

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Snuck an hour more than I should have of this before sleeping last night.

Finding it lovely so far, It judges your combat performance through loot, I am mildly worried by this fact, for, uh skill issues.

Love the concept though!

I'mma gonna be like that reviewer who said DMC had bad music by the end of it, so rubbish I've nae heard it, or seen the loot ;)

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Vakil

Status Vakil Dec 24, 2024

Can someone help me out here? Do plants only grow in between cycles? I can't get to the pool in Infinity Lake because the gardens I've planted are too small and thus far apart to connect to the network. I'm in cycle 5 and I don't see anywhere else I can reach where I can start a new cycle. You …

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Can someone help me out here? Do plants only grow in between cycles? I can't get to the pool in Infinity Lake because the gardens I've planted are too small and thus far apart to connect to the network. I'm in cycle 5 and I don't see anywhere else I can reach where I can start a new cycle. You can see my garden here

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shinespark

Status shinespark Oct 26, 2024

This game's an interesting one, I'm not sure where I'll land on it just yet. It duly goes through the motions of a tepid metroidvania while you explore the first five levels, only to recontextualize everything by revealing a late-game mechanic of wiring together different nodes across the map. It's a fun twist, and the wiring stuff seems neat so …

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This game's an interesting one, I'm not sure where I'll land on it just yet. It duly goes through the motions of a tepid metroidvania while you explore the first five levels, only to recontextualize everything by revealing a late-game mechanic of wiring together different nodes across the map. It's a fun twist, and the wiring stuff seems neat so far (even if it's just a fiddlier take on shinespark puzzles from Metroid).

But holding back the unique draw of the game til well past the halfway point is a rough sell when the first half is full of such joyless, perfunctory movement and level design. The core platforming has no flavor, none of the upgrades you get are fun to use, the map is stiflingly linear and boring to navigate. I wouldn't mind if Ultros had shown its hand a little earlier.

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killerstar

Status killerstar May 7, 2024

Still slowly going though this game. Lately I've been so busy and end up so exhausted at the end of the day that I don't have a lot of time to play games. I'm really liking it in spite of being a metroidvania. I'm still kind of impress by how many layers of gameplay it has. Although it feels a …

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Still slowly going though this game. Lately I've been so busy and end up so exhausted at the end of the day that I don't have a lot of time to play games. I'm really liking it in spite of being a metroidvania. I'm still kind of impress by how many layers of gameplay it has. Although it feels a bit weird that it starts with this whole in-depth combat mechanic, and the weird skill system connected to healing but by the latter half you realise that it's better not to fight so those two very involved aspects of the game get thrown by the wayside. I guess it does make some sort of statement, thought. Choosing not to fight even though that's an exiting and important part of the gameplay?

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killerstar

Status killerstar Apr 29, 2024

BTW, I think the publisher in this entry is wrong. According to Steam, Kepler Interactive is the publisher. (Which also published Pacific Drive and Tchia and other interesting games; pretty solid lineup).

killerstar

Status killerstar Apr 29, 2024

I finally got to it. I had to get the upgrade that makes the line thingy longer before it breaks and use compost to make a plan grow larger and restart a couple of times to get lucky with how it grew, but eventually I got there.

Metroidvania's annoyances aside, this is such an unique game. I don't think I …

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I finally got to it. I had to get the upgrade that makes the line thingy longer before it breaks and use compost to make a plan grow larger and restart a couple of times to get lucky with how it grew, but eventually I got there.

Metroidvania's annoyances aside, this is such an unique game. I don't think I ever played a game that did the whole paradigm shift from violence to pacifism so well. It's got several layers of meaning and subversion of expectations that all work together to say what it wants to say. Even it's marketing, with it's epic trailer filled with carnage works towards it.

It's kind of sad that it has been essentially ignored by the public. I hope that it finds its audience with time. I could see it becoming a cult classic.

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killerstar

Status killerstar Apr 28, 2024

So it seems that the "what the fuck do I do know" section is in full swing. I need to connect the three sisters but I have absolutely no idea how to do it. I'm trying to expand the network but every plant seems to be too far away. I accidentally trimmed one and it grew in random directions that …

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So it seems that the "what the fuck do I do know" section is in full swing. I need to connect the three sisters but I have absolutely no idea how to do it. I'm trying to expand the network but every plant seems to be too far away. I accidentally trimmed one and it grew in random directions that seemed to help, so I thought that I was supposed to do that, but now the plants don't grow as high and they absolutely cannot connect. I have other bosses on the map but they are all blocked by some obstacle. So I can only guess I'm completely stuck and maybe soft locked?

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killerstar

Status killerstar Apr 15, 2024

I'm surprised by the many layers of this game. The narrative goes into very weird places over and over again.

killerstar

Status killerstar Apr 10, 2024

My girlfriend looks at the screen and asks me "Didn't you play a game just like this one but in black and white?"

Metroivanias really look al the same, don't they?