Vesperia Demo Update: new content, improved UI, and optimized performance

What’s new

• New enemies: Ciprinus, Gurgul, and Marinus

• New abilities and emblems

• New narrative dialogues tied to the shadow in the mirror

• Updated Idol reward system

• Reroll system for Chests

Localisation and readability

• Added more localisations, including Korean and Portuguese

• Glossary completed and fully working

• Enemy outlines to improve visibility in combat

Tutorial and UI

• Clearer tutorial: longer on-screen text and a cleaner UI presentation

• Updated final tutorial chest

• Fixed several icon/description inconsistencies in the chest UI

Balance

• Tweaks to multiple enemies (including Devotee, Blemmah, Palelegs, Dracchis, and the new enemies)

• Status effects revised (clearer durations and impact)

• Idols are smoother to complete (fewer charges required)

• Difficulty progression revised via Danger Scaling

Environments, VFX and performance

• Performance optimisations for the Hub, Tutorial, and first open area

• Environment improvements and polish (church, cloister, interiors, and collisions)

• Clearer, optimised visual effects (AOE, projectiles, and abilities)

• Fixed cases where effects stayed visible or behaved inconsistently

Audio

• Volume adjustments and a cleaner mix

• Added male and female character grunts

• New/updated sounds for abilities, chests, and Idols

Main fixes

• Major pass on enemy AI and movement (fewer “weird” behaviours)

• Fixed rotations, charges, and special attacks for some enemies

• Fixed multiple ability and collision issues, including cases of incorrect effects

Known issues (work in progress)

• Enemies keep attacking while you are choosing abilities

• Improve ability selection from chests with a controller

• In some cases the UI allows multiple picks even when it says “choose 1”

• Increase Anna’s and Noah’s melee hitbox

• Cleanup/consistency for some entries in the ability list (for example tuned variants where they shouldn’t appear)

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Thanks for your passion and support. See you on the streets of Bononia.