{"id":1132748,"date":"2026-02-03T16:23:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=528790"},"modified":"2026-02-03T16:23:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:23:55","slug":"the-best-version-of-sayonara-wild-hearts-just-hit-ps5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-best-version-of-sayonara-wild-hearts-just-hit-ps5\/","title":{"rendered":"The best version of Sayonara Wild Hearts just hit PS5"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/the-best-version-of-sayonara-wild-hearts-just-hit-ps5.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">After somehow both <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/simogo.com\/post\/3lgsnobsuq22s\">teasing it a month ago<\/a> and shadow-dropping it Monday alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5XTSFLFV7e8\">Annapurna Interactive\u2019s 2025 showcase<\/a>, <em>Sayonara Wild Hearts<\/em> is now available on PlayStation 5. Granted, you\u2019ve been able to play the PlayStation 4 version on PS5 forever, but now you can play in 4k with 120 fps visuals and haptic feedback in the DualSense. All of which is to say: This is the best version of one of the best music games ever released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">To recap: Back in 2019, <em>Sayonara Wild Hearts<\/em> was Simogo\u2019s attempt at pulling a 180 \u2014 the instinct and sensory overload counterpoint to notebook-required puzzle games like <em>Year Walk<\/em> and <em>Lorelei and the Laser Eyes<\/em>. The pop album masquerading as a game is basically a series of simple commands requiring quick reflexes, played out as over-the-top music videos set to a soundtrack the Apple Music listing describes as \u201cpart dreamy synth-pop, part chase score, part atmospheric chill-out\u201d. The company\u2019s website has <a href=\"https:\/\/simogo.com\/work\/sayonara-wild-hearts\/\">a great look back<\/a> at the game\u2019s development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Apart from the technical improvements, the big new feature on PS5 is the Remix Arcade mode, which takes a bit of effort to unlock. While the game\u2019s PS5 version is available as a free upgrade for anyone who owns the PS4 version, your progress doesn\u2019t carry over. So if, like me, you\u2019ve played the PS4 version many times over, you\u2019ll still need to play through the game\u2019s story \u2014 and then the Album Arcade mode \u2014 to unlock Remix Arcade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">That\u2019ll take you a few hours, then once you get to Remix Arcade the experience gets flipped. Like Album Arcade, it\u2019s a play on the idea of putting the game\u2019s playlist of stages on shuffle, and playing them in a random order \u2014 but here instead of playing full levels, you\u2019re playing short segments of those levels, each hovering at around 10 seconds. The pace feels similar to that of a WarioWare game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The segments don\u2019t start out especially challenging \u2014 some you can get through without touching your controller \u2014 but if you get hit once, it\u2019s game over. After you clear 10 of these micro stages, the game speeds up the next 10, a process that seems to repeat every 10 stages (though I haven\u2019t gotten far enough yet to know how that plays out as you progress further). The trailer promises the mode gets \u201cprogressively faster\u201d and \u201cincreasingly devilish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">I\u2019ll have to play more to see how the mode progresses, but it\u2019s already a great way to bounce between key moments in the game. And with the rest of the game already looking and playing better than ever, it\u2019s easy to call it and say if you never played it the first time around, there\u2019s no better time than now. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/impressions\/528790\/sayonara-wild-hearts-ps5-impressions\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After somehow both teasing it a month ago and shadow-dropping it Monday alongside Annapurna Interactive\u2019s 2025 showcase, Sayonara Wild Hearts is now available on PlayStation 5. Granted, you\u2019ve been able to play the PlayStation 4 version on PS5 forever, but now you can play in 4k with 120 fps visuals and haptic feedback in the DualSense. All of which is to say: This is the best version of one of the best music games ever released. To recap: Back in 2019, Sayonara Wild Hearts was Simogo\u2019s attempt at pulling a 180 \u2014 the instinct and sensory overload counterpoint to notebook-required puzzle games like Year Walk and Lorelei and the Laser Eyes. 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