Final month, Streets of Rogue 2 set its Early Entry date for August 14, however these plans have since modified. The sandbox roguelite sequel is now set to hit Early Entry for all beginning on October 22.

The explanation for the delay is fairly simple: in line with developer Matt Dabrowski and tinyBuild, Streets of Rogue 2 merely wants extra time for added polish. The announcement states that the group is “dedicated to offering the perfect expertise potential,” even on this early stage, so we’ll simply have to attend slightly longer to strive it for ourselves. 

A part of that polish course of entails placing the sport by way of extra thorough testing. As Dabrowski says of the brand new launch date, “it would additionally give me time to conduct a large-scale pre-release playtest.” His earlier expertise on the primary Streets of Rogue taught him that this may be “very helpful to growth.”

Procedural mayhem

The primary recreation already had some fairly spectacular scope to it, and it sounds just like the sequel goes all out in that regard. Dabrowski beforehand touched upon how “stupidly formidable” Streets of Rogue 2 is, ramping the procedurally-generated chaos as much as absurd heights. 

There are many hand-crafted facets within the combine, too, and that advanced mix may doubtless profit from the extra consideration this delay affords. With dozens of character lessons and an open world that’s purportedly over 10,000 instances the dimensions of one of many ranges from the primary recreation, it’ll be fascinating to see the way it all comes collectively. Within the meantime, anybody can participate within the aforementioned playtest, which can kick off in “late August or early September.” You’ll be able to enroll proper right here.