The Plucky Squire was one of our most anticipated releases of 2024, and while we were utterly charmed with the game when it launched, the Switch version in particular had a few rough edges. And one of the biggest complaints others had with the game was the amount of times the game took control away from the player, providing them with a bit too much guidance.
Well, Devolver Digital and All Possible Futures will be giving players the option to change that in a future update. Streamlined Mode has been added to the PC version of the game today, and it will be added to all versions "very soon".
What this mode does is trim down the less-necessary dialogue, reduce the amount of camera hints and tutorials, and, importantly, allow players to figure a few more things out for themselves. It's still the same game but with a lot less hand-holding than before, and hopefully, this update is the magic that will bring players who've been waiting to pick up the game to the fold.
The update will also deliver some new dialogue portraits and general bug fixes, so overall, it'll be a smoother, better experience.
Despite some of the criticisms levelled against this charming Zelda-inspired adventure, The Plucky Squire was lauded for being a beautiful, inspired adventure that blends 2D and 3D gameplay wonderfully. It's up for two Game Awards as well — Best Family Game, and Best Debut Indie Game.
We don't have a date for the new update yet, but we'll of course let you know when it arrives.
Will you be returning to The Plucky Squire with the new update? Let us know in the comments.
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This seems massively too late but at least it exists.
Honestly, there’s one game every year that just doesn’t hit the way you want it to and, for me, this year it was Plucky Squire. I was ready to preorder it the moment I saw it, but just thought the game was immensely boring and the bugs didn’t help. I’ll check out the new mode when it comes out and hopefully I’ll like it more then. 😕
Doubt the handholding would've bothered me that much but still, love to hear that they're adding a mode to reduce it other than the usual bug fixes, looking forward to eventually playing The Plucky Squire even more than I already was!
Wonder if all of the patches will be on the upcoming cartridge release?
Played it on release on PS+ Extra, paid $15 for a month, and I really enjoyed it and can’t recall too much handholding though it might have been in there.
I did just watch my kid play Tales of Arise and close to the end there was 4 1/2 hours of non stop dialogue w/ maybe 20 minutes of walking. Now that could use some streamlining.
I got to play it a while back. While the game was full of charm I ended up drifting away for reasons I couldn't put my finger on until now. Indeed, the amount of times the game interrupts you (at least early on game) is way too much
I played this on PlayStation Plus and made it about half way through before I figured I had played enough - this game had a lot of media praise but I feel like many players were pretty bored by the same point and that the slow pacing didn’t help.
I'm stoked, I'm waiting for my physical copy to show up in February so, keep the updates coming!
I am glad to see this but am still a bit put off by the misleading PR that accompanied the launch of this game. I feel like a lot of the early impression type articles and the early wave of reviews painted a dishonest picture of the game, whereas other (better) indies were neglected the same treatment. Just my 2 cents here.
@somnambulance i was so glad this was included in my ps plus catalog because i would have bought it and been so disappointed
@Elock Same! I resubbed for the game though! Eh, at least we got Mr Mosquito that month, huh?
i havent picked this one up yet, though it sounds like i made the right choice in not doing that! It looks so cool and id really love to give it a go when it's at its best!
I played a little bit shortly after launch and it was a super pleasant experience. James Turner’s art style is so darn charming. The storybook theme is fun, along with the ability to jump out of the pages into the “real world.” It’s not a very long game, so I’ll wait for this streamlined version to drop before jumping back in from the start.
@somnambulance I’m getting value out of the VR games
@Elock I’m dropping down to the basic tier once my sub expires. Two years of PS+ and I feel like I’m losing money with it.
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