Key Highlights
- New load/save game menu
- Video.cfg for start-up options (fullscreen, splashscreens, …)
- Balance: Spiral Blade stronger, SP costs reduced
Combat System
12 entries- ◆Strength of Spiral Blade increased: 40→45
- ◆SP cost of Spiral Blade reduced: 300→250
- ◆SP cost of Claw Attack reduced: 150→100
- ◆SP cost of The Captain's Ace reduced: 300→250
- ◆The Demon Beast can now use the skill Heavy Beast Attack without any further condition (up to 3 times)
- ◆Combat background for the Demon Forest overhauled
- ◆Combat background for the sewer overhauled
- ◆Combat background for the training valley overhauled
- ◆Combat background for the chapter 4 boss fight overhauled
- ◆Animated combat background for the chapter 6 boss fight added
- ◆3-enemy group of strong spiny iguanas added
- ◆2-enemy groups of strong water lizards & strong possessed mushrooms added
New Features & Content
+4- •New Load Game and Save Game menu
- •In the Status, Equipment & Skills menus you can now switch between the different party members with E and Q
- •Two new area maps including quests added
- •New config file Video.cfg added (%AppData%/Cast Away - The Oddysee/Configs/Video.cfg) — options: automatic fullscreen mode at game start, skipping the fullscreen dialogue, the main menu build-up and the splashscreens at game start
Changes & Improvements
7- •Items that cannot be used in the menu now have a grey name
- •Special items (e.g. the mysterious chain) now have a coloured name in the inventory
- •Special items (e.g. the mysterious chain) can now be interacted with
- •The Equipment menu now shows the corresponding character graphic
- •A hint was added to the Status menu that you can switch to other party members with E and Q
- •Dialogue with Leif Mikko in the resistance base changed
- •Save crystals are now animated and the interaction was overhauled
Bug Fixes
6- •Dialogue errors in chapter 5 fixed
- •A quest was not completed correctly
- •Under certain circumstances Captain Hawkins had no ability
- •Shadow & death animation of the strong possessed mushroom were faulty
- •Attack animation of the demon beast was faulty
- •With the main menu easter egg activated, the game no longer closes when confirming with Enter
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