The huge weapon loadouts DLC has been released and it is completely free! This update serves as a thank you to everyone who supported BlastZone 2 in Steam Greenlight and it is the biggest content update ever released for the game.
To check if the update has been applied, check the lower left of the screen during the main menu and make sure the version number is v1.20.0.0 or higher.
Here is the complete list of new weapons:
- Flurry Shot - Rapid fire tiny pellets that move at high velocity
- Barrage Shot - A densely packed group of bolts to punch through enemy lines
- Power Burst - A short range, high damage shot that covers a wide angle in front of the ship. Can be equated to a shotgun-style attack
- Exploder Shot - A medium-range grenade that damages all enemies in the blast radius
- Explode Cluster 1 - Fires multiple explosion grenades at once
- Explode Cluster 2 - Fires a group of 15 explosion grenades at once
- Explode Cluster 3 - Fires a huge group of 30 explosion grenades at once, covering a large portion of the screen
- Wave Shot - Fires a vertical line of bolts simultaneously to cover a larger swath of the screen than regular bolts.
- Force Field - Protects the ship from enemy bullets and can be used to purposely ram into enemies without the player taking any damage
Other changes include:
- Updated weapon loadouts for all ships to have much greater differentiation in gameplay
- Updated the ship selection screen to display the full loadout for each ship
- Greatly optimized player bullet rendering to offset the higher object count of new weapons
- The A2 and B1 ships are now available in the Demo
- All ships can be looked at in the ship selection screen in the Demo
- The Demo version now includes the full Classic A mode
- Classic A mode point chains are now calculated the same way as Classic B mode; Maxes out at chain 16 instead of 8 and points bonuses scale up with the current wave
- Updated the stats of a few selectable ships
- Fixed a gamepad bug that prevented the d-pad from working for all gamepads except #1
- Fixed the A1 ship quick charge ability not being applied for wave 1 and 2 of blitz mode
I hope everyone enjoys this new update and be sure to post your comments and questions in the forums. Thanks!
EDIT: A new build has been uploaded that improves the Mission Area 3 Intro cutscene as well.
EDIT2: A second new build has been released that adds storyline dialog text for every mission.