The runaway success of co-op horror sensation Repo appears to have been a little an excessive amount of for the good of us at semiwork, as a frankly weird new video begins with an unhinged rant from the game’s semibots but fortunately settles into a extra conventional replace previewing some neat new features coming in Update 1.
Really, Update 1 is already out there in Repo’s open beta, so the whole lot we’re about to discuss is playable proper now forward of the replace’s full launch.
Semiwork posted the under video to its official YouTube channel on Friday, starting with an apology “for all the ready” gamers have had to do for Update 1, which is “nonetheless in the dwelling stretch” to its full launch. Nothing unsuitable with that, proper?
Effectively, then the digicam zooms out to a shot of some semibots angrily watching the replace video, commenting on how semiwork’s Pontus Sundstrom cannot probably be a game dev as a result of “that beard is simply too stunning.”
It will get weirder. At one level, one in all the semibots remarks: “I want him to be my dad but I also want him to go away.” From there, issues actually simply unravel to a level of incoherence that I’m nonetheless struggling to totally decipher.
Simply, uh, simply watch it:
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Anywho, we’re gonna go forward and discuss what’s been newly revealed for Update 1, as a result of there are a few issues that sound genuinely thrilling.
The primary that actually piqued my curiosity is an replace to the game’s physics, which primarily fixes what I’ve been calling the “loss of life wobble” that typically occurs when you have a lot of energy upgrades and the objects shake round violently. That has apparently been resolved for objects in addition to melee and ranged weapons.
Talking of which, there’s a new weapon, the “handheld moveable cart laser,” in any other case generally known as a photon blaster, in any other case generally known as a particle thrower for my actual ones. “The title tells you what it does,” Sundstrom says, and he is proper. It blasts photon beams in your chosen route.
The Part Bridge is one other cool new addition coming to Update 1, and it appears a little like the Arduous Gentle Bridges from Portal 2. The holographic bridge can be used as a bridge or a ladder, and Sundstrom says “nevertheless you want to use it, we are very excited to see how you might break the game utilizing it.”
There’s also a model new improve, Tumblewings, which, once more, just about does what it says on the tin. It provides you little fairy wings that are not fairly sturdy sufficient for full flight capabilities, but are sufficient to let you glide/tumble your manner down from excessive ledges. And sure, I’ll admit, it’s fairly stinkin’ cute seeing semibots flutter round with them.
Sincere to goodness, the factor I’m most excited about that was revealed in the present day is the new stamina regen function, letting you crouch to regenerate stamina a lot faster than traditional. It looks like such a small factor, but working out of stamina is just about the worst factor that may occur in a frantic co-op horror game like Repo, so this could be a enormous high quality of life improve. There’s even an improve to increase the regen additional.
As talked about earlier than, you can strive all of these things out on Repo’s beta department proper now earlier than the last launch date, which has but to be disclosed. The devs say the delay on this replace was prolonged by all the crimson tape stirred up by the game’s whirlwind success, and they anticipate future updates to be accomplished extra rapidly.
In case you’re simply getting began, this is a helpful newbie’s information on how to play Repo.
