Early Entry has began for motion RPG sport Superfuse, a mix of Diablo 2-style dungeon looting and the comedian book-inspired fashion of the Borderlands collection. Early Entry being what it’s, the sport remains to be in lively improvement – though it appears the launch has been a bit rockier than developer Sew Heads anticipated. Because the studio rushes to deploy some preliminary patches, its co-founder has personally written to followers to reassure them that this “love letter to Diablo 2” will get the eye that it wants.
I had an opportunity to take a look at Superfuse in a closed-door demo at GDC final yr, and it’s a enjoyable new spin on the hack-n-slash dungeon crawl format. As you stage up your character on this “Aztec cyberpunk” world, you get to really design your talents: utilizing the ability creator system, I may add and edit abilities’ results, add triggers, and extra. It places an virtually unheard-of quantity of management in gamers’ palms, and that room for experimentation is a whole lot of enjoyable.
In the mean time, nevertheless, it’s a bit powerful to play. Sew Heads has an inventory of recognized points that it’s been engaged on in an “all palms on deck” capability for the reason that January 31 Early Entry launch, together with crashes within the photo voltaic system map, ability responsiveness, lacking settings for FOV and UI scaling, stock and stash issues, and extra.
“Superfuse is a love letter to Diablo 2,” writes Sew Heads co-founder and inventive director Tim Baijens in a Steam replace posted February 1. “It’s our homage to the ARPGs that got here earlier than us as a result of we fell in love with that style and wished to be part of it.”
Baijens says his crew is studying gamers’ suggestions, and that he encourages gamers to proceed offering bug reviews and strategies. The studio is trying into neighborhood concepts like controller help, enhancements to the endgame, and including selection to environments and enemies.
Patch 0.1.1 is out now, and it addresses a number of points gamers reported in every playable class, with the HUD and merchandise tooltips, ability unlocks, audio, and rather more.
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