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Caves of Qud update has unstrained story mode and a coral-covered arcology

An image of the Caves of Qud Palladium Reef update.

(Image credit: Freehold Games)

Imposingly large and strange roguelike Caves of Qud has a new update out on Oct 25, a big one adding two new regions, a new village, and a bunch of improvements for those looking to get into what send away be an discouraging genre.

Briefly, the creators say that the patch, known as Palladium Reef, has got: "Wander and Roleplay modes, 9 preset builds, gorgeous new chargen UI, an arcology plastered in precious coral, gutsmongers and organ markets, thousand-year-old frogs, biblically right angels, extradimensional clams, nihilist commune, an algae collation, something called "sunslag", skin glitter, tongue tyrants, spaser weapons, star kraken, flowerfolk, psychal fleshgun, and a conversation pit."

Wander and Play modes were announced in the first place this class as less-wild and checkpoint-save-enabled ways to roleplay a game that traditionally has involved a lot of combat and a lot of permadeath.

Caves of Qud is a science-fantasy RPG in the vein of traditional roguelikes, with lots of text edition description and intricately detailed mechanics rather than super flashy graphics. It's perhaps most notable for the bizarre variety of mutants and weirdos you behind create for your character. You can have suchlike 12 arms, or install flat coat-penetrative radar in your body, and the likes of.

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Jason Grinblat, a designer on Qud, said that there was "too much in the patch to cover" succinctly, only aside from the pitch above Hera's the hurried stuff:

Ii new belated-game regions: Lake Hinnom and the Palladium Rand
New Greenwich Village: the Yd Freehold and new side seeking
New, streamlined character world sequence, including all new UI
Baseball club preset persona builds for radical players
Two new game modes: Roleplay (with checkpointing) and Wander (little combat) [these are already on beta only will be launching with this patch
A whole fortune of new creatures, items, cybernetic implants, etc

As the inhabitants of Qud would say, "Live and pledge, friend." You tush find Caves of Qud connected its official cavesofqud.com web site, likewise as for sale along spoil.io, Steam, and GOG.

Jon Bolding is a games writer and critic with an extensive background in strategy games. When he's not on his PC, he can be found playing every tabletop game under the sun.