It’s been a week since Rogue Legacy 2 is released in full and left Early Access, and Cellar Door Games is already busy with tweaking the rougelite further with its first post-launch patch.
Like all patch notes before, the devs go in deep into what is changed and why is changed. Version 1.01 sees dir.ection change from the analog stick flicking back to place being addressed, a rework on the Dragon Lance class, a lot of buffs to relics and traits (including the removal of one debilitating trait), and more tweaks to the economy.
Three traits (FND, Crippling Intellect, Spelunker) have been buffed, with one outright removed. Vertigo, which turns the game screen completely upside down (but with the UI remaining upright) has been removed entirely.
The patch notes read:
“We received a bunch of reports of nausea, so it’s time to chuck this into the bucket of removed Traits. Plus, while Vertigo was a cool blast from the past, it doesn’t really fit the sequel.”
Vertigo appeared in the first game, and in this sequel, picking a character with that trait confers huge gold bonuses… at the cost of being able to play the game properly on the account of the screen being upside down.
Of course, it’s possible on PC to just rotate the screen orientation to circumvent the gimmick, but with reports of players actually getting sick and Rogue Legacy 2 is making good strides to make it more accessible than ever before, it’s an understandable decision to remove Vertigo.
The rework to Dragon Lancers is neat too. Now your normal tap attack will really throw enemies away from you, including the big ones. This will open more opportunities for Dragon Lancers to use their charge attack, which skill crits.
The economy has been getting a bit more tweaks too, to ensure that you continue to make progress as you keep attempting more runs.
Ores, currency to buy and upgrade gear, drop more often, costs for base stat improvements have been dropped, and it’s cheaper to invest in the Living Safe, the new thing introduced in Rogue Legacy 2 to make it easier for new players to progress. Which seems counterproductive that it was hard to gain enough gold to buy its upgrades now that we thought about it.
You can peruse the full patch notes here.
Rogue Legacy 2 is out now on PC (Steam, Epic Games Store) and Xbox. You can find what we thought about the game in our review here.