Hello Everyone,
It took us a while, but we finally have a new update for the Survival Mode Open beta. Please restart Steam if it doesn't download automatically.
We've introduced quite a few major changes/improvements:
- Infinite setup time before the first wave - now you can check out the map before the fun starts,
- tweaked timers in between enemy waves,
- new voice overs - we've added a bunch of new voice overs to this game mode to liven up the atmosphere and to add some new warning messages as well as comments from the alien. You can also check out the new voice of General Duncan Clarke who will be appearing in the European Assault DLC.
- added Survival Mode achievements - a bit of extra fun
- tweaked difficulty levels in Survival mode - Easy and Very Easy will get progressively harder with each wave. We tried to eliminate the possibility of getting a better score on Very Easy than on Hard.
- rebalanced Canada and Mexico maps,
- added USA, Russia and Egypt maps - these maps have different starting upgrades, different balance, and different difficulty. We're really looking forward to your feedback on these,
- fixed game HUD disappearing under certain conditions,
- fixed a few crash bugs,
- fixed changing difficulty in Workshop maps,
- other multiple smaller fixes, and changes
Please let us know what you think about these changes and how you like the new maps. We read all of your feedback, and we take it seriously. Please leave your feedback in this discussion thread:
http://steamcommunity.com/…/discussi…/0/2860219962082344024/
The final version of the Survival Game Mode is going to include 10 maps and is going to be a free update for everyone (yes we're also talking about PS4 and Xbox One players). We're planning to release the Survival Mode on March 26th. Thanks for sticking around with us and for all the support!
P.S.
If you are new to this discussion and haven't heard about the Survival Mode beta before, here's how to join the fun:
To access the Beta build follow these steps:
1. Select X-Morph: Defense in your Steam Library
2. Right Click on it and select Properties
3. Switch to the BETA tab
4. Select "beta_survival Survival Mode Open Beta" from the drop-down list
5. The download should start after you close the properties window
Note: If the beta_survival is not visible in your BETA tab, then please restart Steam and check once more.