Highlights:
* Dark Envoy: Director’s Cut launched on Wednesday, May 15, 2024.
* The Director’s Cut update has brought multiple reworks for narrative, cutscenes, and multiple other aspects of the RPG.
Event Horizon’s engaging cRPG, Dark Envoy, was launched for PC in October 2023 and received mixed to positive reviews. After almost six months of the title’s release on Steam, the developers have rolled out a major update in the form of Dark Envoy: Director’s Cut. Players can head to the Steam to access the latest update right away.
The devs have revealed that the Director’s Cut includes the massive narrative-centric overhaul for the ‘Guns N’ Sorcery’ action adventure RPG. The changes have been rolled out after considering the feedback that developers received during the past six months. In the following section, readers can find out more about the same.
Narration And Cutscene Reworks Alongside Many Changes Introduced With Dark Envoy: Director’s Cut
As a part of the Director’s Cut update, Event Horizon has brought reworked narration and cutscenes that aim at reflecting ‘the moral depth that players found in the world around them.’ Here’s a look at different aspects that have been revamped and optimized with Dark Envoy: Director’s Cut:
- Devs have reworked the tutorial, which means characters no longer split up for the initial part of the game. It will allow players to experience a more seamless co-op play at the beginning.
- Player skills, items, and the tech tree have undergone an overhaul, alongside the improvement and rebalancing of combat encounters throughout the game.
- Many overlooked items have received an essential buff, which includes the likes of 2-handed weapons and melee options. At the same time, devs have also imposed a slight nerf on most powerful combinations.
- The Director’s Cut edits and improves the in-game dialogs for better pacing, especially at the start of the game.
- The new update also brings four new cinematics throughout the game. These new cinematics also include a brand-new intro.
- Developers have added 18 new unique items to the game. The latest additions include custom handcrafted Boss drops, which aim at granting unique and new weapon skills.
- Imperial Elite Assassin and League Winter’s Breath are two new mini-bosses who have made their way to the game with Director’s Cut.
- Devs have edited and improved some previous cutscenes while also adding some new ones.
- A new UX feature has been added, which allows players to move the camera to the designated point after they click on the map.
- The Rex boss fight has been reworked.
- The world map has been upgraded with new borders, geographical names, extra lore for some regions, and an additional layer.
- A new tutorial pop-up has been added.
- The new 20-level challenge with a unique reward.
- After Dark Envoy: Director’s Cut, skill cooldowns will immediately reset after combat ends.
- The Respecialization Trainer now has his own icon.
- The game has received more dynamic cameras in select cutscenes.
- New and improved audio for different aspects of the game.
Apart from the additions and changes mentioned above, Dark Envoy: Director’s Cut has brought plenty of other fixes and optimizations that aim at improving the overall gameplay experience. At the time of the writing, the game is available at a 40% discounted price of $27.99 on Steam. The offer will end on May 22, 2024.
For the unversed, Dark Envoy offers an immersive RPG experience with classic mechanics and a skill-based combat system. Players can construct their customized build of skills using four classes and 16 subclasses, which will prove crucial in boss fights and other in-game challenges. The game also allows players to explore different fictional locations ridden with relics and threats.
This concludes our guide on the Director’s Cut update, but fans can also check out five hidden secrets to uncover in Genshin Impact.
