Earlier this month, Fall Guys developer Mediatonic launched the brand-new ‘Fall Perpetually’ replace. Stuffed to the brim with new content material, the replace wasn’t the hit that the studio hoped for. As a substitute, followers pleaded with the builders to “not take away the reveals [they] love.”
Launched on Could seventh, the Fall Guys’ Fall Perpetually replace launched a brand new mode referred to as ‘Discover’. This allowed gamers to “preserve the occasion going” with a continuous pool of creator-made ranges. Mediatonic mentioned that mode was “constructed with the suggestions [it’s] seen from reveals like Unexplored Adventures.”
The replace additionally launched new social options, equivalent to the power to piggyback on different gamers’ backs, and a brand new social wheel that features emoticons and fast phrases. Sadly, it additionally made some controversial adjustments to the present map pool and “horrible” physic adjustments, in keeping with gamers.
Mediatonic mentioned it had made “important” adjustments to gameplay to present gamers a greater expertise, with lots of the adjustments supposedly guidelined by the Fall Guys neighborhood. Modifications embody changes to the best way beans react to physics, with a discount within the quantity of occasions a bean will ragdoll unnecessarily.
“An instance of that is if you’re going quick, land in your ft after which end up rolling on the ground. Along with this, we’ve elevated the velocity of getting up and recovering from a knock, which means you may get again into the race quicker,” Mediatonic mentioned within the Fall Perpetually patch notes. There are additionally adjustments to mid-air management, soar top, and acceleration.
After followers took critical situation with the adjustments, Mediatonic took to X (previously Twitter) to announce some upcoming adjustments based mostly on suggestions. “We have been listening to a number of your suggestions and perceive the current ‘Fall Perpetually’ Replace wants some adjustments to be an important expertise,” the studio mentioned.
The patch is but to be launched, however followers can anticipate the next adjustments to be made, in keeping with Mediatonic:
- Knockout Rounds will likely be growing from 3 to 4
- We’re trying to improve the size of the present to 4 rounds to scale back the elimination price for every spherical. We’ve additionally made some tweaks to permit for extra degree selection with every recreation (the roundpool would be the similar).
- Reviewing the present Finals choice and making adjustments
- We will likely be making adjustments to which Ranges you will note seem as Finals to make sure a greater expertise general.
- Modifications to Squads and Duos to repair some problematic ranges
- There are ranges in Squads and Duos which aren’t working as meant (Tail Tag and Main Gentle). We’re reviewing these rounds and will likely be making adjustments. This is not going to lower the general variety of ranges in these reveals.
- Different adjustments and bug fixes
- We’re bringing again medal rewards for fame, addressing the problem with survival ranges ending early in squads and duos, and varied different small quality-of-life fixes
Followers Need Extra To Be Finished
Whereas some customers responded to the aforementioned adjustments by saying they had been “glad” that Mediatonic is listening to the neighborhood, others consider extra must be carried out.
“Seems extra like a hotfix reasonably than a response to criticism,” Reddit consumer gamstat mentioned. “medals, squad survivals, squad Tail Tag, hunts, Hoverboard Heroes, rounds descriptions and a few finals had been clearly damaged. You do not want a neighborhood backlash to repair it. So the one actual ‘listening to neighborhood’ change goes from 3 to 4 rounds.”
Different customers, equivalent to zupatof, merely mentioned that Mediatonic’s response “does not actually deal with the primary issues.” Whereas RagedSolid29 mentioned, “I am glad they really listened reasonably doing nothing, however this isn’t sufficient. Not sufficient to make me return to the sport, I hope they’re going to proceed do one thing.”
Loads of customers consider this can be a step in the appropriate route, nevertheless it seems to be like Mediatonic goes to want to do rather more if it needs to win again the neighborhood.
