Rogue Lords, a dark fantasy roguelike from Leikir, Cyanide and Nacon, received a new update 1.1.00, adding the new more accessible Apprentice mode to the game as well as a variety of bug fixes.
According to the developers, Apprentice mode offers a more accessible experience for those struggling with Normal mode or simply wanting a place to experiment with builds and characters more easily. While the Normal difficulty mode remains the game’s intended experience, the team hopes this addition gives everyone a place to enjoy Rogue Lords at their own pace.
- Added a new difficulty mode: Apprentice
- The current difficulty mode is now called Normal mode
- In Apprentice mode, the player start with +50 Diabolic Essence, +1 Terror, and enemies deal less damage
- Books can be unlocked in Apprentice mode
- Achievements can be unlocked in Apprentice mode
- Experience gains in Apprentice mode are the same as Normal mode
Achievements
- Fixed the Baron Samedi “What’s yours is mine” achievement behaviour with the relic “Old-world amulet”
Relics
- Fixed Anticipation Brooch relic sometimes not triggering on some preparation skills
- Updated the visibility of some relics in game compartments (world map and/or event and/or combat)
• Bloody cleaver
• Corrupted talisman
• Netherworld crow
• Crystal ball
• Cursed apple
• Cursed sword
• Cursed wand
• Dreamcatcher
• Glass shield
• Ouija board
• Scapegoat
• Shadow shroud
• Soul stone
• Styx jet stone - Added relics in the second pool of relics obtained in a run
Localization
- Fixed many double line break in the middle of texts and line break at the end of texts
- Fix Fanatic’s Worship status infotip displayed in French
Bug fixes
- Skills that hit all combatants now behave correctly when a character wields the Provocation status
- Several memory management improvements, the game should now use less RAM
- Fixed tutorial bubbles not pointing at the correct UI element when playing with a controller
- Fixed camera shakes not being played correctly on some animations
- The game should now be able to restore a previous save in case of save data corruption due to a crash
Check out our Steam review to find out more about the game.