Lords of the Fallen developer Hexworks has introduced the launch of replace 1.5, its “ultimate milestone” for the PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Collection X and S soulslike, as writer CI Video games turns its consideration to future video games in the franchise.
The Grasp of Destiny replace provides a modifier system that turns Lords of the Fallen right into a roguelite, Hexworks mentioned.
Right here’s the official blurb on the Grasp of Destiny replace:
“Grasp of Destiny imbues energy straight into gamers’ fingers, permitting them to totally customise their sport expertise. The modifier system, whereas not for the fainthearted, may even be enabled from the very first playthrough of Lords of the Fallen, throwing down the gauntlet to action-RPG veterans new to the sport. Amongst the seven totally different modifiers obtainable to gamers are randomized enemy spawns and loot drops, along with an Ironman mode; with these three modifiers enabled, Lords of the Fallen successfully turns into a roguelite.”
Grasp of Destiny “concludes” Lords of the Fallen’s new content material updates and efficiency and high quality of life enhancements six months after the sport launched. Hexworks mentioned it had issued over 30 updates since Lords of the Fallen went on sale in October 2023 and suffered from bugs and efficiency points. Saul Gascon, Hexworks Govt Producer and Head of Studio, mentioned reaching v1.5 with the Grasp of Destiny replace and its modifier system marks the completion of the post-launch roadmap, and makes the Lords of the Fallen expertise “the greatest it is ever been.”
For writer and proprietor CI Video games, which let go of 10% of staff across the entire company in January “to protect enterprise energy and stability”, ideas now flip to extra Lords of the Fallen video games. Marek Tyminski, CEO of CI Video games, instructed IGN Lords of the Fallen hit 1.3 million copies as of the finish of 2023, a outcome he referred to as “stable.”
“From its launch to December 31 final yr, Lords of the Fallen’s gross sales totaled roughly 1.3 million models,” Tyminski mentioned. “It is a stable outcome, which permits us to plan additional improvement of the model. Now, our intention is to make sure its subsequent installments appeal to much more gamers, partly via refined and improved sport design, and partly because of the rising reputation of this IP.”
IGN’s Lords of the Fallen evaluate returned an 8/10. We mentioned: “Lords of the Fallen is an superior soulslike with a improbable dual-realities premise, even when efficiency shortcomings and wimpy bosses crash the social gathering.”
Lords of the Fallen Grasp of Destiny 1.5 replace patch notes:
Grasp of Destiny options a variety of modifiers, enabling gamers to tweak and customise playthroughs for a very distinctive expertise each time, together with:
- Random enemy spawn: Each encounter turns into utterly unpredictable with each playthrough, with any of the 70+ enemy sorts succesful of showing at any level
- Random loot spawn: Gamers won’t ever know what merchandise they’ll decide up subsequent, as any weapon, piece of armor, or merchandise will be randomly discovered all through Mournstead
- Ironman: For the final git gud problem; get slain in Umbral with this modifier enabled and gamers must begin their journey once more… albeit with objects and character stage intact.
- Withered therapeutic: Well being objects and spells will solely replenish as withered therapeutic, which may solely be regained absolutely by dealing harm to enemies, encouraging aggressive play to outlive.
- Mob density modifier: Modify the density of enemy mobs encountered via the journey throughout Mournstead in each Axiom and Umbral
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