Dying Mild 2’s newest patch, 1.3.0, is right here and it brings the long-awaited New Sport Plus mode to the sport, alongside many different adjustments and enhancements.
From now, after you full Dying Mild 2 you possibly can return to the sport and play it once more “with modified recreation parameters” that can make it a rewarding, totally different expertise to the primary playthrough.
Within the patch notes for the replace developer, Techland, doesn’t go right into a big quantity of element round precisely what gamers will see in New Sport Plus nevertheless it does point out new enemy behaviors, 30 new inhibitors, new platinum aims for parkour challenges, a brand new legendary weapon tier, gold encounters and enemy problem ranges that scale to the participant’s degree.
These and “many extra adjustments” will, Techland says, “considerably alter the gameplay fashion and permit the participant to develop their character additional.”
Along with New Sport Plus, the patch notes additionally point out quite a few adjustments to the sport’s co-op mode which ought to make it a smoother expertise. These embrace enhancements to common co-op efficiency and fixing connection points that gamers have been experiencing when enjoying with those that have been additional superior within the story.
There’s additionally a model new quest referred to as “One thing Massive Has Been Right here”, which incorporates “particular elemental Goon variants”, alongside a bunch of different bug fixes and high quality of life enhancements to the sport as a complete.
Dying Mild 2 launched again in February of this yr for Xbox One, Xbox Collection X/S, PS5, PS4 and PC. In our evaluate, we gave it 4 stars out of 5, calling it “no doubt one of the vital bold zombie video games ever made”.
Evaluation: Not the final of it
This launch of New Sport Plus comes sizzling on the heels of the late March revelation that it was one thing that was “on the desk” for the studio. Whereas New Sport Plus has definitely been a highly-requested and long-awaited addition to Dying Mild 2, it gained’t be the final enchancment that Techland makes.
Previous to the sport’s launch, the developer dedicated to 5 years of post-launch content material which would come with a mixture of free and paid content material, ranging throughout “new tales, places, in-game occasions and all of the enjoyable stuff you’re keen on!”
When it comes to what we are able to count on to come back after this, Techland has beforehand talked about a Picture Mode being “on the desk”. We additionally know that there is a story DLC coming in June, with a second to observe at an unspecified date. Lead Sport Designer, Tymon Smektała, has stated it takes place “sideways to the primary occasions” of the sport, relatively than extending the narrative previous the top of the primary recreation.
That’s to not point out the beforehand delayed Nintendo Swap launch that’s nonetheless on the playing cards. This addition of New Sport Plus will definitely tide over gamers who’ve, or are about to, full the sport forward of the discharge of the DLC.
