Posted March 25, 2024
Patch Notes for the big "End of Everything" update, sequestered here so there aren't any spoilers on the big announcement post. SPOILERS below
End Game
• The Shifting Mound encounter now has fully animated transitions between vessels.
• Menus in The Shifting Mound encounter have been expanded and restructured — it should now be more clear which dialogue options are specific to a given vessel vs which options directly address the Shifting Mound.
• Added several argumentative through-lines for the encounter; it is also now clear when a given response is a continuation of a previous option.
• Edited several vessels' "poems"/monologues to have improved flow. Re-wrote The Eye of the Needle's "poem" entirely.
• Significantly expanded the conversation in the basement at the start of the "Unknown Together" ending.
• Added two new dialogue options in the Long Quiet scenes to challenge the unfinished mound's style of speech.
Music
• "Transformation," "The Apotheosis," and "The Shifting Mound (Movements II, III, and V)" have been reworked to include live orchestral performances.
• The entire soundtrack has been converted to FLAC and remastered for an overall improved audio experience.
Miscellaneous
• The quick menu has been updated to have icons/a proper UI. It's also been moved to the top left of the screen, which should resolve the majority of issues players have had with the controller getting stuck.
• The narrator's scream in the Tower route has been re-recorded to be a little more tonally fitting.
• We should be caught up on bug fixes.
• The Voice of the Broken no longer appears for a single line in the Razor route for playthroughs where he isn't present.
• A small number of lines previously cut in the pacing patch have been restored.
End Game
• The Shifting Mound encounter now has fully animated transitions between vessels.
• Menus in The Shifting Mound encounter have been expanded and restructured — it should now be more clear which dialogue options are specific to a given vessel vs which options directly address the Shifting Mound.
• Added several argumentative through-lines for the encounter; it is also now clear when a given response is a continuation of a previous option.
• Edited several vessels' "poems"/monologues to have improved flow. Re-wrote The Eye of the Needle's "poem" entirely.
• Significantly expanded the conversation in the basement at the start of the "Unknown Together" ending.
• Added two new dialogue options in the Long Quiet scenes to challenge the unfinished mound's style of speech.
Music
• "Transformation," "The Apotheosis," and "The Shifting Mound (Movements II, III, and V)" have been reworked to include live orchestral performances.
• The entire soundtrack has been converted to FLAC and remastered for an overall improved audio experience.
Miscellaneous
• The quick menu has been updated to have icons/a proper UI. It's also been moved to the top left of the screen, which should resolve the majority of issues players have had with the controller getting stuck.
• The narrator's scream in the Tower route has been re-recorded to be a little more tonally fitting.
• We should be caught up on bug fixes.
• The Voice of the Broken no longer appears for a single line in the Razor route for playthroughs where he isn't present.
• A small number of lines previously cut in the pacing patch have been restored.