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Steam News18 December 20205y ago

A Significant Patch Including New Boss and New Difficulty i

New Difficulty, New Boss, New Challenge Nightmare difficulty Feeling a bit too easy playing in Hard difficulty? A new difficulty setting “Nightmare” is in the game.

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What changed

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  • Balance
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
addedNightmare difficultyFeeling a bit too easy playing in Hard difficulty? A new difficulty setting “Nightmare” is in the game. The first thing you will notice in the Nightmare is that the enemy is doing higher damage to you. Also, you will get slower when your stamina is running out, therefore you need to use your stamina more carefully. Last but not least, enemy AI and moveset got improved, now you will get relentless attacks and combos from enemies like it never ends.
addedTundouNew Boss: Tundou is coming up. It is a huge monster with a big mouth which can devour anything in front of it. It possesses the element of Earth and will not hold back it’s power against the player. After you beat Tundou, you can imprison it as a new escort like Taowu.
addedTundouAfter defeating Tundou, you can imprison it as a new escort.
changedStun mechanismThe good news about Ox and Tiger stance, stunning the enemies is a lot easier with those two stances. You can use them to stun the bosses and execute them for massive damage. Also, there is a huge improvement in parry and counter attack, not only parry will recover your stamina drastically but the counter-attack also stuns the enemies very effectively. Needless to say, it will be handy in Nightmare difficulty.
addedStart Your Journey Again with Immortal SwordIn Xuan-Yuan Sword Series, the immoral weapon, Xuan-Yuan Sword, is forged by the very first monarch of Ancient China -- the Yellow Emperor. Containing the most powerful energy, this sword is held by the legendary heroine, Wenjin, in Xuan-Yuan Sword VII. As patch 1.1 is updated, you’ll be offered an incredible chance to use the immortal Sword. After finishing the whole game at least once, “New Game +” will be unlocked so that you can begin the journey again with this ancient Chinese immortal sword in your hand. What’s more, you can also keep your level, stance, martial art, and some of your items like potion and currency into the new game +.
changedStart Your Journey Again with Immortal SwordAn incredible chance to use the immortal Sword

Xuan-Yuan Sword VII changes

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addedFeeling a bit too easy playing in Hard difficulty? A new difficulty setting “Nightmare” is in the game. The first thing you will notice in the Nightmare is that the enemy is doing higher damage to you. Also, you will get slower when your stamina is running out, therefore you need to use your stamina more carefully. Last but not least, enemy AI and moveset got improved, now you will get relentless attacks and combos from enemies like it never ends.
addedNew Boss: Tundou is coming up. It is a huge monster with a big mouth which can devour anything in front of it. It possesses the element of Earth and will not hold back it’s power against the player. After you beat Tundou, you can imprison it as a new escort like Taowu.
addedAfter defeating Tundou, you can imprison it as a new escort.
changedThe good news about Ox and Tiger stance, stunning the enemies is a lot easier with those two stances. You can use them to stun the bosses and execute them for massive damage. Also, there is a huge improvement in parry and counter attack, not only parry will recover your stamina drastically but the counter-attack also stuns the enemies very effectively. Needless to say, it will be handy in Nightmare difficulty.
addedIn Xuan-Yuan Sword Series, the immoral weapon, Xuan-Yuan Sword, is forged by the very first monarch of Ancient China -- the Yellow Emperor. Containing the most powerful energy, this sword is held by the legendary heroine, Wenjin, in Xuan-Yuan Sword VII. As patch 1.1 is updated, you’ll be offered an incredible chance to use the immortal Sword. After finishing the whole game at least once, “New Game +” will be unlocked so that you can begin the journey again with this ancient Chinese immortal sword in your hand. What’s more, you can also keep your level, stance, martial art, and some of your items like potion and currency into the new game +.

New Difficulty, New Boss, New Challenge

Nightmare difficulty

Feeling a bit too easy playing in Hard difficulty? A new difficulty setting “Nightmare” is in the game. The first thing you will notice in the Nightmare is that the enemy is doing higher damage to you. Also, you will get slower when your stamina is running out, therefore you need to use your stamina more carefully. Last but not least, enemy AI and moveset got improved, now you will get relentless attacks and combos from enemies like it never ends.

Tundou

New Boss: Tundou is coming up. It is a huge monster with a big mouth which can devour anything in front of it. It possesses the element of Earth and will not hold back it’s power against the player. After you beat Tundou, you can imprison it as a new escort like Taowu.

After defeating Tundou, you can imprison it as a new escort.

Stun mechanism

The good news about Ox and Tiger stance, stunning the enemies is a lot easier with those two stances. You can use them to stun the bosses and execute them for massive damage. Also, there is a huge improvement in parry and counter attack, not only parry will recover your stamina drastically but the counter-attack also stuns the enemies very effectively. Needless to say, it will be handy in Nightmare difficulty.

Start Your Journey Again with Immortal Sword

In Xuan-Yuan Sword Series, the immoral weapon, Xuan-Yuan Sword, is forged by the very first monarch of Ancient China -- the Yellow Emperor. Containing the most powerful energy, this sword is held by the legendary heroine, Wenjin, in Xuan-Yuan Sword VII. As patch 1.1 is updated, you’ll be offered an incredible chance to use the immortal Sword. After finishing the whole game at least once, “New Game +” will be unlocked so that you can begin the journey again with this ancient Chinese immortal sword in your hand. What’s more, you can also keep your level, stance, martial art, and some of your items like potion and currency into the new game +.

An incredible chance to use the immortal Sword

You can also increasingly upgrade the Xuan-Yuan Sword

New title soundtrack composed by Yoko Shimomura

A new title soundtrack “Mohism” composed by a Japanese famous composer and pianist, Yoko Shimomura, is added. Players are able to choose the title soundtrack between “Mohism”(BGM2) and “the Divine Land”(BGM1) now.

3 New Supported Languages Coming February 2021

In February 2021, there will be 3 new supported languages in Xuan-Yuan Sword VII: Russian, German, and Spanish.

Patch 1.1 Add Nightmare difficulty Add key-binding New Boss; Tundou New game +, you can use Xuan-Yaun Sword in new game + You can inherit some of you stats like level in new game + New Martial art: Tundou New Martial art: Xuan-Yuan Add Boss stun effect Add some of the enemies' move set Add BGM1 and BGM2 title music Add Journal notification Add Fusion recipe tips Add Exhausted effect Reward after you win Zhuolu chess game Optimize performance Adjust Talent UI Optimize HUD Optimize combat experience and fix some bug Optimize enemies setup Optimize quest performance and walkthrough Fix the environment collision Fix the main characters' hair issue Fix the music issue when you skip the cutscenes of defeating Bosses

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Steam News / 18 December 2020

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