Thesixthaxis iconThesixthaxisAug 25, 2026 ~1 min source read

Exodus will launch in April, so here’s another trailer featuring its excellent octopus

The new cinematic trailer gives a further introduction to Salt, the Awakened octopus mercenary who joins Jun's adventure as a companion character. Salt pilots a special combat mech, giving her mastery of long-range sniping and quick evasion, while also letting her drop ink-like smokescreens, which I kind of feel is a bit on the nose.

Exodus will launch in April, so here’s another trailer featuring its excellent octopus

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The new cinematic trailer gives a further introduction to Salt, the Awakened octopus mercenary who joins Jun's adventure as a companion character.

Salt pilots a special combat mech, giving her mastery of long-range sniping and quick evasion, while also letting her drop ink-like smokescreens, which I kind of feel is a bit on the nose.

Jun and Salt find themselves brought together by needing to battle the same enemies, Jun's homeworld of Lyden being consumed by the Celestial virus branded as the Rot.

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The new cinematic trailer gives a further introduction to Salt, the Awakened octopus mercenary who joins Jun's adventure as a companion character. Salt pilots a special combat mech, giving her mastery of long-range sniping and quick evasion, while also letting her drop ink-like smokescreens, which I kind of feel is a bit on the nose. Jun and Salt find themselves brought together by needing to battle the same enemies, Jun's homeworld of Lyden being consumed by the Celestial virus branded as the Rot.

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  • Game Fest, and shows that Archetype are rapidly getting close to launch.
  • Another character joining the journey is Emrys, a member of the Celestial species Deva, who acts as a support in battle that launches Remnant Orbs to drain and weaken enemies, and use that to protect Jun...

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