Way of the Passive Fist has just revieved a massive update that has been dubbed New Dawn which adds in a ton of new modes to the game. The free update includes a new rogue-lite survival mode that features randomized levels, a new storyline set after the game with five new stages, and a revamped story mode that fixes the difficulty curve and has much better pacing. The update is available for free right now on PC, and will be available in the near future for both Xbox One and PlayStation 4. If you haven’t picked up this game yet, you can buy it right now on sale on Steam for $7.49. Be sure to hurry, this offer only lasts until July 5th at 10 A.M. PST.
Audio Update:
- New music for the New Dawn modes
Gameplay Updates:
- New ‘Shadow Warrior’ enemy type added
- New ‘Robo Clone’ enemy added
- New enemy variations added
- Boss variations added
- Fixed Green Robot hitbox when it misses a grab and the throw timing of the double knife-throwing enemy
- Caught projectiles can hit any enemy, not just the enemy that originally threw it
- New Dawn & Passiverse modes save health level between stages and when quitting / resuming
Story Mode Updates:
- Streamlined Story Mode
- Improved pacing and difficulty curve
Menu Updates:
- Main Menu visual update
- Loading Screen visual update
- Added ‘Extras’ Menu
- Extras Menu includes new setting: ‘Score Style’
- Credits and Statistics accessible from Extras
UI Updates:
- Score Style allows points that emit from the player to be changed to descriptors or emoticons
- End of encounter sequence is faster
- Gold/Silver Rank Up events has been updated so that they are visible when hitting both at once
- Added colored particles on parry, dodge and catch actions
