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Steam News4 August 20232y ago

Final Chapter is Available Now!

When the game was announced in March 2021, I promised four chapters and three realms to explore, today I'm glad that I could honor that promise, the Final Chapter is available now alongside the transition to the Final E

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What changed

0 fixes5 additions11 changes1 removal
  • UI and audio
  • Maps
  • Events
  • Gameplay
addedStatus ailments, buffs, and debuffs tracking icons are added in combat to the stat details UI.
addedA Freebie Gift DLC folder is added to where you installed the game and includes the following: PDF file: The detailed full continent map. PDF file: Val Fiery Netherwave Sangréal Bloodline. PDF file: De Roy Netherwave Sangréal Bloodline. PDF file: Sieg Vulpes Netherwave Sangréal Bloodline. 4K Artworks folder for the majority of the main characters appearing in this game.
removedRemoved the combination to execute the Anima Latent Skill and replaced it with one button that you can freely set in the Main/Pause menu key binding section. (It is recommended for members of the Alder Forge Community who modified their key bindings to check both Keyboard/Combat and Controller/Combat Tabs before resuming their adventure.)
changedA full VFX and SFX pass is done for all the party members and guests as well.
changedA full VFX and SFX pass is done for the mobs alongside a few bosses.
addedNPC's Dialogue boxes and Optional Conversation Events' A or Enter buttons will fill the dialogue first then skip afterward. (If it is not filled already). The Text speed controls were added as well during Phase 3.

When the game was announced in March 2021, I promised four chapters and three realms to explore, today I'm glad that I could honor that promise, the Final Chapter is available now alongside the transition to the Final Early Access Phase.

Members of the Alder Forge Community, We Are Hereby and Officially at the Start of the Final Early Access Phase and the Final Stretch to Launch.

  • The Final chapter is completed and unlocked, members of the Alder Forge Community who finished Chapter 3 (They're in Story Point 3.F) can progress further in the story until the end of the game.

  • Status ailments, buffs, and debuffs tracking icons are added in combat to the stat details UI.

  • A Freebie Gift DLC folder is added to where you installed the game and includes the following:

    1. PDF file: The detailed full continent map.

    2. PDF file: Val Fiery Netherwave Sangréal Bloodline.

    3. PDF file: De Roy Netherwave Sangréal Bloodline.

    4. PDF file: Sieg Vulpes Netherwave Sangréal Bloodline.

    5. 4K Artworks folder for the majority of the main characters appearing in this game.

  • Removed the combination to execute the Anima Latent Skill and replaced it with one button that you can freely set in the Main/Pause menu key binding section. (It is recommended for members of the Alder Forge Community who modified their key bindings to check both Keyboard/Combat and Controller/Combat Tabs before resuming their adventure.)

  • A full VFX and SFX pass is done for all the party members and guests as well.

  • A full VFX and SFX pass is done for the mobs alongside a few bosses.

  • NPC's Dialogue boxes and Optional Conversation Events' A or Enter buttons will fill the dialogue first then skip afterward. (If it is not filled already). The Text speed controls were added as well during Phase 3.

  • The Soundtrack from the start of the Prolepsis has changed from the "Fourth Squadron - Disc 1" to "Battle of Voxenhold - Disc 3".

  • Multiple Conversation sub-events were added to the Pax Residence during the Purple Night in the Final Chapter.

  • The Anima Latent Progress Bar is redesigned.

  • VFX and SFX pass for the characters' animations during exploration.

  • Some of the skills' SFX and VFX have been reworked.

  • UI SFX and VFX during combat are updated.

Here are the rest of the updates and extra optional events added during Phase 3:

https://steamcommunity.com/games/1575590/announcements/detail/3642885826022242943 Royal Weapons Pack Optional Event

https://steamcommunity.com/games/1575590/announcements/detail/3704812854410605010 Fragments sub-events and the optional boss "Azure Eques"

https://steamcommunity.com/games/1575590/announcements/detail/3717201017015447421 Combat Plus Update: Anima Latent Skills and Anima Bar

https://steamcommunity.com/games/1575590/announcements/detail/3705943193598859866 Optional Boss Event: Third Round of Sanctus Nuntius

Video Subject: Finale Gameplay Trailer

Video Subject: Battle Soundtrack Demo

During the Final Stretch to Launch, I will go back to the start of the game for a quick final quality pass starting with the Prolepsis and Chapter 1 and moving forward until the Final Chapter.

The Launch Date and the moment we will leave Early Access will be shared with the Alder Forge Community a week before launch.

I hope that this Final Early Access transition has brought you a complete digital entertaining experience, and thank you for your continued support for this world, characters, and story.

Kind Regards, Zine. E. Falouti

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Steam News / 4 August 2023

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