Rebel Wolves, the developer behind vampire RPG ‘The Blood of Dawnwalker’ have announced some of the details for their next update, which features over 1100 improvements and fixes coming next week.
Rebel Wolves Share New ‘The Blood of Dawnwalker’ Update Features | Image Credit: Rebel Wolves
“After roughly 35 hours with The Blood of Dawnwalker, I can safely say that Rebel Wolves have made an incredibly solid foundation for the future. The world and characters left me wanting more, the leaner runtime largely avoided narrative bloat and even the shakier mechanics brimmed with potential. Said foundation still needs work however, with mostly solid, if unremarkable moment-to-moment gameplay fighting against an unfortunate layer of jank and repetition, along with a time mechanic that never quite lives up to its concept.
For those with the patience to overlook some rather dated gameplay moments, The Blood of Dawnwalker offers glimpses of a masterpiece, and I am very excited to see what Rebel Wolves have in store for us in the future.”
Launching back in early September to positive critical acclaim, The Blood of Dawnwalker was already a great game, but that didn’t stop Rebel Wolves from gathering feedback and continuing to improve things.
Included in the update now planned for next week, players will be able to ‘respec’ their character with a new ‘Draught of the Mind Rebirth’, putting the skills learned into new abilities. You’ll also be able to pet various animals, and there’s new camera and combat improvements. Here’s the highlights –
The Blood of Dawnwalker Update 1.1 Patch Note Highlights:
New Features
Draught of Mind Rebirth
Free your mind with the Draught of Mind Rebirth. Forget all your Swordmastery, Witchcraft, and Vampirism abilities, and use the time you spent learning them to master a different set of abilities.
Petting animals
What happens when you merge a directional combat system with an ability to pet dogs and cats? Directional. Animal. Petting.
Update to the Story mode
Pick between the Forgiving game difficulty (previously called Story) and a new Story mode with additional combat assist.
Additional subtitle settings
Increase the font size and enable subtitles for ALL dialogue lines.
Changes and Improvements:
FrameGen update
Update to the FrameGen technology, including dedicated settings.
Camera improvements
Adjusted animations and camera movements in combat.
Combat improvements
Improved targeting, locking onto, and disengaging from enemies.
Traversal improvements
Better responsiveness of targeting and attaching to surfaces when using Shadowstep and Planeshift.
Japanese version update
Blood and gore will no longer be censored in the Japanese version of the game on Steam.
And – over 1100 other fixes and improvements!
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