If you thought twitchy roguelike platformer Dead Cells was exhausting earlier than, you’re in for a hell of a time when the free Rise Of The Giant growth launches this Thursday, March 28th. While daring gamers can decide in to a testing construct now, the main, story-focused replace to the game will formally roll out quickly. It provides extra enemies, weapons, zones, boss fights and a number of new endings to the story, though you’ll have to play on the best attainable issue to entry the hardest battles. Below, a cute animated quick within the fashion of the game’s launch trailer.
The Rise Of The Giant expand-o-patch feels prefer it has two most important objectives; wrap up the story (for now) and provides the bestest finest gamers one thing to actually chew on long-term. While ten new enemies have been added to the game, a few of them solely seem on the upper difficulties. Fortunately there’s just a few issues working in your favour, together with ten new weapons. A particular shout-out must go to the the Boï Axe, which is a cutely named, shameless clone of Kratos’s frosty throwing axe from the brand new God Of War game. The replace additionally unlocks Custom Mode after beating the Prison Roofs mini-boss, so gamers simply desirous to goof off can do it with out having to grasp the game.
If that video precisely displays your first assembly with the Giant, then you definitely would possibly by no means get to see the latter half of the free DLC. Once you’ve accomplished the game as soon as, you’ll unlock the Cavern space, and a boss struggle in opposition to a really massive cranky skeleton. Finish that and the unique closing boss on the best issue (5 Boss Cells) and also you’ll achieve entry to 1 closing, brutally robust space with an absolute slobberknocker of a struggle on the finish. If you may in some way beat that, you’ll nonetheless have to fulfil one secret standards with a view to see the game’s true ending, however you’ll not less than discover out the id of the headless protagonist both manner.
There’s additionally a brand new beauty pores and skin system. On increased difficulties, they’ll drop as blueprints from enemies and executives, though one specific outfit is hidden away. You can see the complete patch notes for the approaching pain-train here, which incorporates not less than some nerfs to issue. It appears that Motion Twin wish to provide you with a midway believable probability of really finishing the game, even if you happen to’ll should sacrifice a little bit of your soul to realize that energy. More available meals, barely extra HP throughout the board and massive buffs to gradual, heavy weapons. There’s rather a lot to stay up for.
The Rise Of The Giant replace launches on Thursday, March 28th. Dead Cells is presently 20% off on each Humble and GOG, decreasing it to £17.59/€19.99/$24.99.
