If you’ve tried getting into roguelike before Qud Caves Just to ricochet off its unforgiving exterior, the latest update from developer Freehold Games is here to make your adventures a little less harsh.
Qud Caves‘s new expansion “Palladium Reef” went live this week, which brings with it two new modes that tone down the edges of the game’s permadeath gameplay loop. While both add checkpoints that can be reloaded after death, the mode known as “Wander” further optimizes the experience by reducing the need for combat. I love the idea of going up while exploring the world rather than knocking people down.
Here are the full details:
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- Checkpointing at settlements. If you die, you’ll have the option to reload from the final checkpoint. Your checkpoint is set automatically when you enter or leave a settlement. You can also manually set your control point in a settlement by pressing Esc and then ‘C’.
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- Checkpointing at settlements.
- Your reputation with any faction starts at 0 (or higher), which means most creatures start out neutral for you. Aggressive creatures from neutral factions will continue to attack you.
- You don’t get XP for kills.
- You will earn more XP for exploring, completing quests, and performing the water ritual. This amount scales with your level.
Of course, you choose your mode at the start of each new game and you can’t switch between modes while the adventure is underway.
Also included Qud Caves Update is the ability to choose from a group of preset characters rather than creating one from scratch. The patch notes suggest that they are meant to help new players get started, but you can always tweak them to suit your needs.
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Qud Caves First added to Steam Early Access in 2015. Since then, it has received multiple content and gameplay updates and has accumulated “Overwhelmingly positive” user reviews. While the game is widely viewed as one of the only true hardcore roguelikes to gain mainstream recognition in the past decade, it’s great to see the developers consider newbies as well as the project continues to expand.
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