Skydance’s Behemoth obtained its newest patch on all platforms, addressing what the studio considers a “controversial” reception to its fight.
Obtainable now on Quest, PS VR2 and PC VR, fantasy action-adventure recreation Skydance’s Behemoth obtained its newest main replace as initially promised earlier than final week’s launch. That includes over 1000 Quest-specific fixes alongside a wider raft of adjustments throughout all platforms, Skydance Video games took this second to handle the sport’s reception concerning fight.
So let’s reduce straight to it: Fight has been controversial. Loads of individuals find it irresistible as designed, so we’re not going to seriously change it. However we additionally heard experiences from gamers who had been pissed off by issues like stamina drain, parrying challenges, and slim home windows for dodging assaults. Armed along with your suggestions and our personal notes on issues we’d like to regulate and enhance, we’ve fine-tuned our techniques to make stamina, parrying, and dodging extra forgiving.
This contains an non-obligatory “Freestyle Mode” that additional reduces fight stamina drain, although climbing stamina stays unaffected. Skydance states that is at the moment marked as being in “beta” as a result of it is nonetheless being examined. Different listed adjustments embrace development blocker fixes, enhancements to two-handed weapons, rebalancing for mini bosses and the Tenderfoot recreation problem, extra particular tutorials, stage updates, and extra.
You possibly can take a look at full patch notes for all platforms right here, although be warned this web page does include spoilers. On Steam, stated spoilers have been clearly hidden on the replace’s information web page. Come 2025, Skydance confirmed its present plans embrace “launching Enviornment Mode 1.0, continued refinements to steadiness and efficiency, and possibly even a couple of surprises.”
As for UploadVR’s evaluation, I am at the moment engaged on this and I am aiming to share my full complete ideas subsequent week. Till then, you possibly can take a look at our earlier first impressions of Skydance’s Behemoth from our video producer, Don Hopper, and our latest livestream the place we encountered among the now-fixed points.
Skydance’s Behemoth is out now on Quest, PS VR2, Steam and Rift.