Featuring new content and strong fixes to ramp up the player experience
December 12, 2023
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Event Horizon :
DARK ENVOY DELIVERS EPIC PATCH TO THEIR STEAMPUNK FANTASY RPG
Indie developers Event Horizon has been listening to feedback, and huge improvements inspired by players will go live today
GDYNIA - 12TH DECEMBER 2023 - Recently launched fantasy CRPG, Dark Envoy has been listened to feedback from reviews and the players and working hard on a huge patch that fixes issues as well as offering even more content and depth to the adventure for all.
The post-launch reality of indie
After its release, Event Horizon strives to improve the game by addressing feedback and review criticisms. Within the first week, three massive hotfixes and Patch 1.1 were released, addressing the most common technical problems. Event Horizon has been committed to listening closely to the community, and on December 12th 5 pm GMT, Event Horizon will release its biggest patch yet with 1.2.
This will lead to substantial quality-of-life features. Most notably, the gameplay experience will be a heavy focus on balancing, covering skills, enemies, and tactical environment while adding new content, such as a DPS testing ground and a challenge arena with handcrafted combat scenarios that will test the player’s party-building skills to the limit.
Event Horizon CEO Krzysztof Monkiewicz said “It might sound like the obvious thing to do, but we genuinely wanted to create a game for the players to enjoy. The community feedback was an integral part of the development process of our first game, Tower of Time. We believe we have a unique game here and won't give up; we will continue to fight.”
Full Update list:
- Added Challenge Arena (requested by community)
- Added Training Room for testing out custom builds
- Removed “Jankiness” from animations – various and massive fixes to combat and cutscenes
- Improved graphics in dungeons and cleaned up combat visuals to make it much more tactical, less hack’n’slash gameplay
- Improved graphic quality of in-game cutscenes
- Gameplay balancing to incorporate community feedback gathered so far
- Updates to classes and specializations – change or upgrade least favorite spells
- Improved enemy AI
- Over 30 major and small Quality of Life features requested by the community –
- Ability to respec skills, expanded combat summary statistics, two new tactical objectives challenges and more
Dark Envoy is out now on Steam and GOG, and until December 27th will have a 20% off sale. Follow the team on Twitter to keep up to date with the latest news and join the Official Discord.
If you have not yet received a review key for this game or would like to interview the creators of Dark Envoy feel free to get in touch at: [email protected] or https://requestkey.net/darkenvoy
Presskit: Here
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About Dark Envoy
Dark Envoy combines classic RPG mechanics with a skill-based combat system centered on classes and specializations, while integrating diverse tactical approaches to battles. Players command a party of relic hunters exploring the vast land of Jäan alongside their companions. The immersive storyline unfolds through a solo campaign or can be experienced with a friend in the comprehensive online co-op mode.
About Event Horizon
Event Horizon’s mission is to develop memorable RPGs with rich stories and satisfying gameplay. Founded in 2016, the studio has grown to 30 people since its first title, Tower of Time, was released in 2018 (1,600+ reviews with a “Very Positive” rating). The team is aiming to build upon that success and the experience they’ve gained with their sophomore game, Dark Envoy.
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