Hard Reset - surprise announcement

EvaUnit02 on 18/3/2012 at 18:45

Flying Wild Hog have just announced that the "Extended Edition" expansion pack will be free for digital copies using Steamworks.

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The awesome indie devs at Flying Wild Hog have announced, via cryptic decoded message at their official Facebook page - (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=251866314907306&set=a.196268107133794.45200.113366642090608&type=1) - that: "To show our respect for all the PC gamers who picked up Hard Reset, we decided that the upcoming Expansion will be FREE for all those who already own Hard Reset on Steam!"

This new content was authored in association with Kalypso's just-launched retail version of the game, and includes: "four new creature types, a new boss monster, five new campaign levels with a total of about three additional hours playing time as well as two new levels for the survival mode and an improved graphics engine."
(https://www.facebook.com/IndieRoyale/posts/404170112930167)

henke on 18/3/2012 at 18:54

Oh cool. I just played the first 2 levels of it tonight, but now I'm wondering if maybe I should put it away for a month and a half till the free DLC gets released and start over then. It sounds like the levels have been overhauled what with the new enemy types being added.

EvaUnit02 on 18/3/2012 at 19:09

Quote Posted by henke

It sounds like the levels have been overhauled what with the new enemy types being added.

This seems to suggest that it's a new campaign, not a retrofitting of the vanilla one with new content.
(http://youtu.be/hDyDelU3INo?t=1m)

henke on 18/3/2012 at 19:52

Ah, ok.

also those two in the video should just get a room already

henke on 30/6/2012 at 22:00

Beat the game today. Steam says 4 hours total playtime. No idea what the story was about, but the shootey action sure was fun, there were even a couple of pretty good bossfights at the end. The game looks absolutely gorgeous as well.

That free DLC (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2747439) has been delayed btw. No new releasedate has been issued, so it's a bit up in the air at the moment. I shall certainly be reinstalling Hard Reset when it finally gets released though.

Shadow on 2/7/2012 at 07:27

Are Extended Edition and Exile the same thing? I'm thinking no, but I can't find the new Extended Edition campaign or levels or whatever in my game. Not sure how to access them. Using Steam, so they should be there.

henke on 2/7/2012 at 07:42

Yeah I think they're the same thing. I got Steam version too. There is something called "EX mode" (or something like that) under New Game but I don't know what that is. I started it up and it seemed like the same thing as the normal game.

SDF121 on 2/7/2012 at 14:29

Quote Posted by henke

It's essentially a New Game +

(http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2380030)

EvaUnit02 on 12/7/2012 at 15:50

The Exile expansion is out now. 4.36 GB.

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Hard Reset: Exile continues the original story.
Follow Major Fletcher into the Barrens - dangerous lands beyond the last human city of Bezoar, where our hero will meet new foes and make new friends. Get ready for more machine madness!

Hard Reset: Exile features:

- Five new levels outside Bezoar
- Four new enemy types
- New boss fight
- Two new survival maps
- Additional achievements

Hard Reset: Exile is Free to all owners of Hard Reset.