Clearly the people over at 11 Bit Studios didn’t signal a decree forcing kids to change into laborers as a result of Frostpunk 2 has been delayed till later this 12 months.
The announcement was made on Steam the place Recreation Administrators Jakub Stokalski and Łukasz Juszczyk revealed that Frostpunk 2 will now launch on September 22 as an alternative of in July.
Apparently, this is because of suggestions the crew bought throughout Frostpunk 2’s closed beta which took just a few months in the past.
“Simply over two months in the past, you had the possibility to play Frostpunk 2 Beta, and we vastly respect the suggestions you shared with us,” the duo stated on Steam. “A lot in order that it took us a while to take all the things in, as there was each loads of reward for our work (who doesn’t like reward, proper?), but in addition many eager observations on areas we might enhance or add to the ultimate sport.”
Set in a Steampunk model of the 1800s with all the things having gone to an iced-over hell on account of a sudden ice age which by some means snuck up on humanity individuals have determined to depart the cities with a purpose to discovered new houses utilizing giant mills, huge machines that burn coal to offer some heat amidst circumstances…
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“Simply over two months in the past, you had the possibility to play Frostpunk 2 Beta, and we vastly respect the suggestions you shared with us,” the duo stated on Steam. “A lot in order that it took us a while to take all the things in, as there was each loads of reward for our work (who doesn’t like reward, proper?), but in addition many eager observations on areas we might enhance or add to the ultimate sport.”
In accordance with the pair, the typical ranking for the beta was 8 out of 10 which the crew was “tremendous grateful.” However the beta additionally allowed them to identify some issues that didn’t work.
“As we analyzed your suggestions and prioritized issues we wish to add to the sport, we realized that to correctly do them justice – and to ensure the absolute best expertise at launch – we want extra time to complete the event of Frostpunk 2” stated Stokalski and Łukasz Juszczyk.
Whereas the delay does suck (talking as somebody who freaking beloved the primary sport) it does imply that 11 Bit Studios are going to ship an excellent greater expertise. They’re including in a brand new reshaping function for districts, a brand new useful resource and a number of different modifications to the gameplay resembling “Extra detailed and versatile workforce administration.”
On prime of that, the beta revealed that individuals felt like “you misplaced attachment to people” because of the sport’s a lot greater scale. To deal with that, 11 Bit Studios are including a brand new function referred to as “Zoom Tales” which they are saying are “principally zoom-ins accessible in particular metropolis components that will let you watch the day-to-day lifetime of your residents.”
Frostpunk 2 can be out for PC, PS5 and Xbox Collection on September 22, and can launch on Recreation Go on day 1.
