New Feature – Overlord Rush
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Enter an intense training simulation in which you race to quickly dispatch the powerful Overlords from the main game, competing with friends and players around the world on an integrated leaderboard.
New Feature – Eclipse Layers
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A unique New Game+ mode that can be accessed once the player has cleared SAROS. With each Layer, more Trial Modifiers will be required to start a run…but which Trials you take on is up to you!
New Feature – Crown and Golden Armor
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After entering Eclipse Layer 2 Arjun will be outfitted with a Crown and his Armor will glow golden.
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The splendor of the Crown will grow as your Carcosan Modifier balance increases, so you can show off just how many difficult Trials you can handle!
New Feature – Visions of a King
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Moving to later Eclipse Layers allows you to perceive truths previously hidden. As you wander through Carcosa there are new “Visions” – murals and words from a Yellow King of old etched in stone – to discover and collect.
New Carcosan Modifiers have been added
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A total of 20 new Carcosan Modifiers – 10 Protections and 10 Trials have been added. Half of these are available on the initial playthrough of SAROS and half are unlocked when playing the “Eclipse Layers” New Game+ mode.
New Feature – Carcosan Modifier Mastery
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As you dispatch hostiles with Carcosan Modifiers equipped, you will now gain “Mastery” for those Modifiers. Get enough, and that Modifier will be marked as “Mastered”. Experiment with different Modifiers and see if you can master them all!
New Trophies
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Six new trophies have been added. These are unlocked by playing Overlord Rush, Eclipse Layers, and some of the new Carcosan Modifiers.
New Settings
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Motion Sensor Aiming: Use the motion sensor functionality of the DualSense® wireless controller to aim and control the camera!
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High Contrast Display: The player character and hostiles can now be highlighted with a vivid solid color fill and/or a colored outline, greatly improving visibility.
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Slow Game Speed: The overall speed of the game – including player, hostiles, projectiles, etc., can now be adjusted. This is intended to help players who want to face the challenging bullet ballet of SAROS’s combat, but have trouble keeping up with the fast pace and required reaction time.
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Weapon Auto-fire: The Main Weapon and/or the Power weapon can be set to fire automatically when aiming at a hostile. This can help players who physically have difficulty holding down a trigger for extended periods of time, or simply free up a finger to focus on avoiding attacks.
New Photomode options
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Arjun’s facial expression can now be adjusted in Photo Mode
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Power Weapon visuals on Arjun’s body can now be toggled on/off in Photo Mode
Balance updates
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New Artifact Corruption Effects have been added
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Locked yellow containers now have a chance to drop higher tier Artifacts
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The max tier of Artifacts has been increased, and the drop conditions for different tiers have been adjusted
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The amount of Growth Attributes granted by Artifacts has been adjusted
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The cost of the following Carcosan Modifiers have been adjusted:
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Protection: Second Chance Overlord
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Protection: Overlord Restoration
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Trial: Alpha Hostile Enhancement
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The damage values in the following Modifiers has been adjusted:
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Protection: Damage Enhancement
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Protection: Corruption Reduction
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Trial: Damage Degradation
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With the amount of content and whatnot, don’t be surprised to see Housemarque release another update as a hotfix.
