Heads Will Roll: Reforged News

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Hi!
Heads Will Roll: Reforged is taking part in the Turn-based RPG Festival on Steam, which means that from September 30 to October 7, the game is available for purchase at a 53% discount.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/687800/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged/

All major DLC is also available at discounted prices.
The Happily Ever After add-on can be purchased at a 43% discount.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2747080/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged__Happily_Ever_After/

The Not a Hero story add-on is available at a 17% discount.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2850080/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged__Not_a_Hero/

One of the upcoming add-ons:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3172940/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged__Threads_of_Destiny/

Information about it in this post

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1917 Studios

Hello guys!

We are happy to finally make an official announcement of Heads Will Roll: Reforged's third DLC — Threads of Destiny. It is scheduled to be released on November 28th and will massively expand the game with four new story branches. As always, the DLC will be accompanied by a major patch that will bring along lots of various additions, reworks and improvements as well as a considerable amount of new content for the base game.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3172940/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged__Threads_of_Destiny/

So, what to expect?

[h2]1. New story branches[/h2]
Threads of Destiny will add four new story branches allowing the player to have even more freedom in choosing their own path. Defecting to the French side, joining Grace and Glory on their head-hunting adventures, offering your mercenary services to the lords of Italian city-states or seizing the English crown for yourself and completing the ultimate journey from a peasant to a king — lots of possibilities that were previously only hinted at will now become completely viable options filled to the brim with new adventures, characters and dangerous challenges.

[h2]2. Combat system overhaul[/h2]
The combat system is going to receive a huge overhaul with all character's stats being rebalanced and new various bonuses introduced. The majority of existing weapons will have their movesets expanded with new attacks, many of them scaling from character's stats or through other conditions. At the same time, some other weapons and weapon classes, that were previously too well-rounded, will be tweaked a bit to better reflect their realistic advatages and disadvantages.
Together with that, the game's arsenal of weapons, items and trinkets will be seriously expanded by all kinds fresh additions.

[h2]3. New interactions with allies[/h2]
Members of the player squad will now start to more regularly interact with the player, responding to his behaviour in a positive or negative manner. Hiring honourable knights and crusaders and then commiting unvirtuous actions (or hiring thungs and criminals and then behaving like an upstanding christian) will naturally spark a discontent among your men leading to arguments, desertion or maybe even something worse. On the other hand - performing actions that will resonate with the members of your squad will make them train and fight harder or go out of their way to aid you in unexpected ways.
These interactions will also extend to the combat sections with allies now being able to hand you over various items - spare shield or weapon if yours is broken, a couple of extra crossbow bolts if you ran out of ammunition or a specific consumable item if you're in need of one.

[h2]4. Improved civic talent system[/h2]
The overall structure of the civic talent system will remain the same, however it will receive a number of important improvements. The majority of civic talents will be reworked, generally becoming more potent and effective. The upgrade points, on the other hand, will be harder to come by, giving more important to the player's choice of talents.

[h2]5. Proving Grounds[/h2]
The patch accompanying the DLC will also introduce public access to the Proving Grounds - a special game mode that allows the player to create a custom character with a specific set of stats and items and then duel against various enemies.

[h2]6. Bugfixes[/h2]
And lastly, as always, the update will bring a long list of bugfixes for various issues.

These are the key elements of the upcoming update but the whole list of changes and additions is far from over. We are very much looking forward to release and hope that you are too!
For more information on all things Heads Will Roll — or to get in touch with us — head over to our Discord.

Stay tuned!
1917 Studios

[h2]Ahoy![/h2]
The perfect moment to start playing Caribbean Legend!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2230980/Caribbean_Legend/

[h3]First, the important stuff:[/h3]

• Patch 1.3 is available. We've never done anything like this before as a studio.
  
• Starting NG is not required. We recommend loading version 1.2.1 saves made while on land.
  
• Today marks the game's second 'release'—Steam will be actively promoting it for two weeks.
  
• To celebrate, we've set a historic low price—50% off.
  
• Now's the perfect moment to start playing if you’ve been holding off for any reason.
  
• Black Mark DLC is out now.
  

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3162620/Caribbean_Legend/

[h2]What's New:[/h2]
[h3]Ships[/h3]

One of the goals of Patch 1.3 was not only to rework the remaining player-favorite early-game ships but also to lay the groundwork for the planned boarding scenes. The ships turned out great.



New ships:

• The Valkyrie
  
• The Meifeng
  
• Fluyt
  
• War Schooner
  
• The Principio (DLC)
  
• Improved sail and rigging quality for all ships in the game.
  

In total, ~30% of the entire game fleet has been revamped by 1.3 - just as planned.


[h3]Quests[/h3]
Extinguished Star
We’ve never created a quest this complex, non-linear, and intricate before. It has everything: new content with Mary and Helen, direct impact on the main storyline, cutscenes, crazy flashbacks, and valuable loot. The quest starts at the end of "The Dutch Gambit" and continues through to "Turtle Soup." No spoilers—see it for yourself.

Black Mark
A non-linear quest, designed for the early stages of the game, offering valuable rewards and nods to veterans of the "Sea Dogs" series. Available in both Story and Sandbox modes. Part of the "Black Mark" DLC.



Rewards include: a duelling double-barreled pistol, an Italian rapier, an Army broadsword, a Black Spot ward, armor, as well as a new officer—Tommy Irons, and the legendary Pink of Nicholas Sharp, the Principio. The Pink is stunning, but the true star of the DLC is Irons. He's got killer jokes.



[h3]Locations[/h3]
No new locations in this patch, aside from a few scenes for the Longway quest. The boarding decks took up almost all of our time and will continue to do so. All four decks will be included in either Patch 1.3.1 or 1.5.

However, we did update several old locations, especially those that significantly lagged behind the newer ones in quality.

Locations update:

• Locations and scenes for the "Extinguished Star" quest
  
• The Old Lighthouse
  
• Port Royal Lighthouse
  
• Several beaches
  
• Indian village
  
• Improved ground textures in towns.
  

[h3]Animations[/h3]


We continue the challenging journey of bringing quests, battles, and cities life to life. The minimum program has already been fulfilled, and with Patch 1.5, we aim for something even more ambitious. Next-gen is just around the corner.



New animations:

• Unique animations for the "Extinguished Star" quest
  
• 7 new contextual death battle animations
  
• 2 prayer animations in churches
  
• 2 animations for drunks in towns
  
• Tavern musicians no longer drown out the game’s music
  
• Fishermen, blacksmiths, and musicians now work according to the time of day
  

[h3]New Hero[/h3]

Due to popular demand, Helen McArthur is now a fully-fledged character in Sandbox mode. She is compatible with the "Vile Little God" and "Black Mark" DLCs. She has unique dialogues in her hometown Blueweld, unique achievements, loot, and starts her pirate career on a war schooner.

For now, she doesn’t carry a musket or visible armor, and there may be some "gender errors" :rofl_pirate: in the dialogues. Her development will continue in Patch 1.5, along with other Sandbox characters.

[h3]Notification System[/h3]
Traditionally, games in this series have never been known for being player-friendly or transparent, often requiring guides. What happened to my character? Why did I fail a dialogue check? What reward did I just receive? Any game needs to communicate with the player—and now Caribbean Legend does. I consider this the key feature of Patch 1.3.

New notifications:

• Over 100 new format notifications on sea, land, and in dialogues
  
• Combat statuses—from poisonings to critical damage
  
• Loot markers—so far, only for plants in the jungle, but this is just the start
  
• Quest navigation—so far, only for the beginning of the game
  
• More quest markers over characters and on the global map
  
• New tutorial videos for core game mechanics
  

[h3]Interface[/h3]
Let’s be honest, we have the best interface. But somehow, the list of fixes for it has already stretched to three pages. :rofl_pirate: The first half of the first page finally made it into Patch 1.3.

UI update:

• Unlimited key remapping—adjust the controls to your liking
  
• Control hints in loot, trade, and exchange windows
  
• Highlighting new entries in the ship’s log and documents
  
• Highlighting available skill points for characters
  
• Keeping the selected character when switching tabs between inventory and skills
  
• Displaying character roles in officer assignment windows
  
• Improved interaction with items in the inventory
  
• Added a DLC button in the menu—if all are purchased, it will be inactive
  

[h3]Miscellaneous[/h3]

• 13 achievements
  
• New ward
  
• New sword
  
• Automatic crash reports sending - let's see how bad it really is out there
  
• Longway can now carry muskets
  
• New dialogue camera
  
• Missing textures restored for some objects in the "Flying the Jolly Roger" quests
  
• Claude Durand now reliably triggers his loyalty event after a set time
  
• Obtaining a patent removes pirates from the crew
  
• Reputation no longer drops if the player exits "Flying the Jolly Roger" questline before Cartagena
  
• Fewer soldiers in towns, and they stop the player less often
  
• Chance to deceive the guards can no longer exceed 90%
  
• Governors no longer ask you to infiltrate friendly towns
  
• Passengers no longer ask to be taken to hostile towns
  
• "Iron Will" perk no longer allows intimidating officers
  
• Missing item descriptions—skill bonuses, etc.—have been added
  
• Additional optimization of the tutorial on Martinique
  
• Spelling and grammar corrections - thanks to all reports you have been sharing on Discord
  
• Numerous bug fixes
  
• Improved overall game stability
  

[h2]1.5[/h2]
That’s all for now! Over the past six months, we’ve done an incredible amount of work together. We’ve done everything possible and even more. Except for the Story mode epilogue, of course.

We could have done it already, but it would have been too... simple? I want to create something special and worthy of Charles de Maure's story—call it a "director’s cut" of his storyline, if you will. Plus, the game has long needed list of truly new mechanics, fixes for old ones, a complete rebalance, a new loot category, and a proper uplift of Sandbox mode. Not to mention improved controls, gamepad support, Steam Deck experience.

Patch 1.5 will take at least six months, and it will definitely require starting the new game. So for now, we’ll take a short break, rest, and then get back to work.

Leave reviews ːsteamthumbsupː as blue as the Caribbean Sea, download the patch, buy the DLC—and if you’ve been putting off playing the game for any reason, now’s the perfect moment to start!

Coming soon...

:jollyr:

We're excited to announce that Heads Will Roll: Reforged is participating in the Isometric RPG Sale! From now until September 1st, you can get the game at a 52% discount.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/687800/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged/

[h3]Boost your gaming experience by getting unique DLCs[/h3]

Get the Happily Ever After DLC at a 42% discount and unlock Marriages and new endings, new story events.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2747080/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged__Happily_Ever_After/

Get the Not a Hero DLC at a 16% discount. It brings three additional story branches with a total of 7 brand new chapters that will see the player go on all kinds of unexpected adventures.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2850080/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged__Not_a_Hero/

Don't forget to get the wonderful Soundtrack and an Artbook.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2504940/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged_Soundtrack/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2517510/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged__Artbook/

Complete your collection by purchasing Heads Will Roll - Complete Edition

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/35159/Heads_Will_Roll__Complete_Edition/

[h3]New DLC announcement is coming...[/h3]