Now right here’s a forecast you may depend on. Risk Of Rain 2 is lastly leaving early entry subsequent month, and moreover an elevated probability of precipitation, the alien-blasting romp is including a complete heap of latest options on launch. Expect a brand new survivor, a brand new stage, a flashy new server browser and, sadly, a bit little bit of a value hike when it arrives on August 11th. Soz about that final one.
It’s coming a bit later than deliberate, thoughts, with Risky O’Rain’s launch pushed back a month earlier this yr. Back then, the devs reckoned they wanted to rethink what launch meant for the game, and gave themselves a bit extra time to determine issues out.
So what does Risk Of Rain 2’s 1.zero launch seem like, then? An ending, for one. We’re heading to the moon to kick the game’s closing boss within the arse, bringing closure to the game’s until-now endlessly escalating rotation with an honest-to-god cutscene. There’ll even be a brand new survivor on deck to run by means of this gauntlet. Hopoo held a ballot to resolve who the brand new survivor could be – and with the neighborhood voting overwhelming for someone new (ie not carried over from the primary Risk Of Rain), they’re arriving within the type of The Captain.
Armed with a shotgun/rifle hybrid, The Captain is all about gorgeous baddies by touchdown charged photographs. More thrilling, nonetheless, is that he can ring up his ship in orbit to name down probes and beacons, slamming down from the sky to offer armour and therapeutic auras. The replace additionally provides extra “stuff”, usually – extra gadgets, extra ability variants, extra challenges, and a server browser that’ll allow you to decide your favorite flavour of wet roguelite.
All that further stuff comes at the next value, thoughts. Just just a few quid extra, upping the worth from $20 (at the moment £15) to $25 (unconfirmed, however I’d reckon it’ll be bumped as much as £20 or thereabouts). It’ll keep at that cheaper price till it leaves early entry on Steam this August 11th – loads of time to get a correct nice roguelite earlier than it’s bumped up in value, even when Matt doesn’t quite agree it’s all that hot.
