StarCrawlers has been patched and now has a permadeath mode for those that want it.
More information.Ironmode has arrived! As requested, you can now subject yourself to permadeath in StarCrawlers by starting a new game with the Ironmode option selected. Mercenaries can now join your crew for a limited time under special circumstances - the first first mercenary available is the enigmatic Mr. Lieu, a security consultant working for Kage Enterprises. Expect to see more mercenaries become available from Factions in the future!
Ironmode
This is the first time this feature has been activated, so if you choose to go Ironmode, we'd love to hear about your experience, be it good or (probably) bad!
- New games with difficulty of Standard or higher can choose to activate Ironmode.
- Limit of 1 Ironmode save that auto updates.
- Character death is permanent and equipped gear is lost forever.
- The Ironmode save updates whenever a character dies.
- Not for the faint of heart.
Mercenaries
- Mercenaries can temporarily join your crew for a mission.
- Mr. Lieu, a friendly smuggler, can be hired after reaching Allied reputation with Kage.
- Unique mercenaries can be obtained from rare drops.
Factions
- Kage Enterprises can now be contacted via the Wire terminal.
- Kage can supply items to help crawlers deal with traps, provided they like you.
- Fixed some typos in the Jiyin contact event.
Items
- Added new drops that can counter traps.
UI
- The new game menu has been improved.
- Saved games now display the difficulty setting of the game.
Coming Next
- New Story Mission...
- More friendly faction contact events.
- More cool stuff!
