Gunfire Video games’ Remnant 2 did extra than simply enhance upon its predecessor: it additionally established itself because the go-to possibility for avid gamers which can be followers of secrets and techniques, bespoke gameplay options, and a remarkably concerned procedural era system that delivers loads of selection. It additionally had a good few balancing points for the dev, Gunfire Video games, to take care of, although, and the newest PC replace follows by on them.

Remnant 2 on launch day overwhelmed its gamers with a wealth of content material and a stable development system, that means it took a bit longer than anticipated for its issues to crystalize with the group. Points with survivability have been definitely a spotlight, however some sudden quirks with character archetypes got here up, too, and the brand new Remnant 2 PC replace launched on August 10 alleviates an enormous deal of those issues.

Not solely has Gunfire now improved the sport’s efficiency additional nonetheless, however the studio has additionally delivered slight survivability buffs to an enormous collection of gear and sophistication passives. In different phrases, gamers ought to now discover it ever-so-slightly simpler to remain alive when the going will get powerful. In co-op, particularly, Gunfire nerfed the multiplayer scaling worth by an extra 5%, that means {that a} full three-player fireteam will now take 10% much less harm in whole from all harm sources.

Key enhancements in Remnant 2 gear availability

One other spotlight from the full Remnant 2 August 10 patch notes has to do with an enormous number of uncommon objects – or, fairly, the dearth thereof in lots of merchants’ inventory rotations. Gunfire claims that gamers ought to now discover that almost all world merchants – like Cass from Ward 13 or Nimue from Losomn – will inventory randomized gear extra typically. Up till now, it was attainable for gamers to by no means come throughout sure objects unique to Cass, limiting their character construct choices.

Lastly, devoted gamers are certain to have already discovered themselves juggling a number of Remnant 2 character archetypes suddenly. Whereas the system is an excessive amount of enjoyable, distinctive archetype unlocks didn’t apply account-wide up till now, which was an apparent oversight on Gunfire’s behalf. That, too, has now been resolved by way of Wallace in Ward 13, who will promote all beforehand unlocked archetype engrams throughout every subsequent playthrough.

Broadly talking, plainly the way forward for Remnant 2 is shiny certainly. With three enlargement packs deliberate for launch someday down the road, and patches coming in at a brisk tempo, Gunfire Video games seems to have gotten a slam dunk on its palms.