Hi everyone, thanks for stopping by to read this announcement - we have some big news!
Severed Steel launched on PC 1 year ago. To celebrate this anniversary I’d like to announce the next update which will let players experience Severed Steel in a whole new way.
COMING SOON: ROGUE STEEL.
Rogue Steel is a new way to play Severed Steel inspired by the Rogue-lite genre of games. Rogue Steel mode generates a short campaign (a “run”) by randomly shuffling together 10 levels from the base game and content expansions. After every level you draw 3 random perk cards from a deck, and choose one to keep. Each card you choose to keep alters the rules of the game to buff the player (e.g. dive twice as far, triple jump, double magazine size) or add challenge (buff enemy HP, turn floor to lava, disable slowmo).
Cards can stack in interesting ways. For example: Combine a card that makes enemies heads bigger, with a card that gives you an extra bullet when you kill an enemy, with a card that gives all guns perfect accuracy… you can imagine the results!
Many of you are wondering, will there be perma-death? That will be an option for those who want the challenge!
When you complete a run you get all the cards you chose added to your collection. Collect all the cards to earn unlockables and achievements. Each run is also scored, with the cards that make runs harder buffing your score - get high scores to also unlock stuff!
The Rogue Steel update launches Oct. 1st, and will also feature new levels and weapons!
Thank you for reading this! I’m excited to launch Rogue Steel mode and I hope the community enjoys playing it as much as I do.
-Matt
P.S. If you’ve got an idea for a perk card please leave a comment!