Frozenbyte will be a familiar name to some download enthusiasts, with Trine 2: Director's Cut being a particularly impressive launch title on the Wii U eShop, for example. The studio is currently finishing off the rather promising Nine Parchments for Switch, but also brought us Has-Been Heroes on the system during the Spring; that title has now had a meaty, and free, update.
A blog post explains that a part of the team worked on the add-on when between projects, and it became bigger than originally anticipated. The fact that it's a free update is a thank you to fans that bought the game; a trailer and further details are below.
* 8 Young Heroes to unlock
* New “Sky Temple” region
* 120+ new spells
* 150+ new itemsFor players looking for another challenge, the expansion also brings two new game modes: “Challenge Mode” and “Seed Mode”. Challenge mode is a single difficult battle with pre-set loadout of characters, items, and spells. By completing a Challenge players unlock a new Young Hero. Seed mode allows players to share a seed number with friends and play the exact same game/run with a timer upon completion. Use this to host a competition between you and your friends and compare strategy.
It's a rather nice gesture from Frozenbyte, and this extra content could certainly give those with the game quite a bit of free entertainment.
It should be available now, so if you own the game get that update and check it out.
[source frozenbyte.com]
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Awesome! Been thinking of getting this game.
Been looking for an excuse to dive back in!
I couldn’t get into the controls but thought it looked cool.
Just gotta say again, this game is incredible. I've logged 300 hours on it (apparently) since it's release. I've played this thing three times longer than BotW!
Can't wait to see the new content!
It's such a good game and wow, what a huge update to be completely free. Frozenbyte are pretty awesome.
Considering I only managed to unlock like two extra characters aside from the first 3, it felt like it was unfair, most of the time I explored as much as possible and still couldn't get enough upgrades to beat the boss levels.
Whoa, nice update, really want this game now!
This still won't help me beat the second level.. or even one of the first bosses. lol
@Grawlog Same for me, all the way. I got it on sale, and talked a lot of trash about how difficult it was. Not sure what kept bringing me back in, but I eventually got better at it, and then got kinda addicted.
That last time I picked the game up, I had an absolutely amazing playthrough of the final ending, and then died at the final boss fight. I threw a tiny tantrum, screamed at the TV, and haven't touched the game since.
Maybe this will be my foot in the door to get back in the swing of things.
@Biff_ARMStrong Its not easy. And it's not very rewarding. But I promise there is a very fun and addicting game waiting for you underneath all the numerous learning curves.
Wow this is great news.
I've played a bunch of this game already and still haven't technically 'finished' it. Took me like 30 hours to get to grips with all the mechanics but it's such a fun game.
Looking forward to dropping even more time on this, after I complete Odyssey ofc
@Desrever if i recall your supposed to die over nd over and eventually get the rewards.
@edgedino Kind of... it adds up all the kills you made in that run, and unlocks new spells and items that you might be able to run across in your next play through. But the real rewards are the new characters you unlock by beating the game. Also- each time you beat the game, an extra level is added, so the final stage is about 7+ rounds.
Dang. Wow. Everyone seemed to love to hate on this game due to its learning curve, but I found a solid 20-30 hours of good fun in it. It was already worth the money, but this free update makes me even happier that I bought the game and recommended it to people
UPDATE I can confirm this latest patch has fixed the former problem I mentioned and HAS-BEEN HEROES now appears and tracks your game play time via your profile as it used to properly. Suggest they now reduce the price and try and get more people playing it. Games prominent on your friends activity log sells games. It's simple and effective word of mouth style advertising. Stunned 1-2 Switch still hasn't been patched to demonstrate how well it sold and how many people have played it.
Sincerely hope this latest update now fixes the problem introduced by the previous update which meant HAS-BEEN HEROES no longer appeared in your profile play activity history.
Just bought yesterday for 15€ at GameStop!!!! A steal!!!!
I’m so happy right now, it’s been a lot that I was looking for a retail copy of this game but never found it, or too pricey.
And it was a surprise too, I didn’t even go for that, I was there ‘cause I wanted to ask whether XenoChronicles 2 broke the Day One or not... And the answer was no, and then I just asked for some games for Switch I was looking for, Has Been Heroes included, and I was pretty convinced not to find anything of interest, but then BAM!, a retail copy of Has Been Heroes, new, with the envelop, never touched, at the price of 15€.
And then “shut up and take my money!” Came out from my mouth😆🤣
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