Eleventh Hour Games are ramping up their plans for the 1.0 release of Last Epoch, the popular ARPG with a rather unique sounding item trading system. Now there's a new trailer and details of pre-order bonuses if you pick it up before February 21st.
A big milestone was also hit with an announcement shared with us that they've crossed over 1 million sales. “We’re honored and humbled that the Last Epoch community has grown to one million players,” said Judd Cobler, founder and CEO of EHG, and game director on Last Epoch. “Being fans of the genre first and foremost, we’ve always kept close to our community and tried to reflect the needs and wishes of the players as we craft an action RPG for the ages.”
They also announced three editions of the game for pre-order, but since it's in Early Access you can play right away but the new goodies arrive with the 1.0 release. Here's their new editions:
- Standard Edition - $34.99: offering the same outstanding value that has already attracted over 1 million players, the entry-level Standard Edition pre-order comes with the Golden Guppy exclusive pet.
- Deluxe Edition - $49.99: As well as the cute Golden Guppy, the Deluxe Edition includes the full game soundtrack as a digital download*, and 50 Epoch Points. On February 21 it will unlock the Adolescent Chronowyrm cosmetic pet, the Fallen Ronin cosmetic armor set, and the Firefly’s Refuge cosmetic portal.
- Ultimate Edition - $64.99: As well as the cosmetics and soundtrack* from the Deluxe Edition, the Ultimate Edition includes 100 Epoch Points and from February 21 unlocks the Temporal Guardian cosmetic armor set, the Twilight Fox cosmetic pet, the Adult Chronowyrm cosmetic pet, and the Celestial Way cosmetic portal
(* May be delivered at a later date following the release of patch 1.0.)
Last Epoch also needed a new trailer for a while now, and they certainly delivered. Watch it below:
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It has Native Linux support and is currently rated as Unsupported on Steam Deck, although it does work. Running it through Proton seems to be the best way to play though, as their Native Linux version has various graphical issues reported.
Available to buy on Steam.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Last Epoch looks like a good alternative to Diablo in this case.
Dana Souly Jan 22
But with Proton it's runs pretty well.
I'll install it anyway again, when 1.0 hits the countdown.
Quoting: ZlopezI'm wondering if Last Epoch has actually better monetization than Diablo IV.Last Epochs monetization is a little bit like PoE.
Quoting: SoulprayerLast time I tried Last Epoch with Linux native, it didn't work good.
But with Proton it's runs pretty well.
I'll install it anyway again, when 1.0 hits the countdown.
Quoting: ZlopezI'm wondering if Last Epoch has actually better monetization than Diablo IV.Last Epochs monetization is a little bit like PoE.
PoE? You mean Pillars of Eternity? I don't think that has anything else than price tag + DLCs, which is OK.
PoliticsOfStarving Jan 23
Quoting: ZlopezPoE? You mean Pillars of Eternity? I don't think that has anything else than price tag + DLCs, which is OK.
Path of Exile. It has microtransactions but they’re typically not considered as predatory as in big budget games.
https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Microtransaction
Dana Souly Jan 23
Quoting: ZlopezBut PoE is Free to Play so it's understandable that you have microtransactions. Diablo IV and Last Epoch aren't.Ok, Wolcen is more similar for funding the game - it's just less successful.
Buy "license" for playing, get access - microtransactions for longterm sustainability of the game.
Quoting: SoulprayerQuoting: ZlopezBut PoE is Free to Play so it's understandable that you have microtransactions. Diablo IV and Last Epoch aren't.Ok, Wolcen is more similar for funding the game - it's just less successful.
Buy "license" for playing, get access - microtransactions for longterm sustainability of the game.
If the game is still fun to play without using microtransactions. But usually you want people manipulate to use microtransactions, so you are making things slower without money for longer playing players.
There are few games that actually use microtransactions just for cosmetics, which is then on you to buy them or not and I think in this case it's great (especially without lootboxes).
Dana Souly Jan 23
Quoting: ZlopezIf the game is still fun to play without using microtransactions. But usually you want people manipulate to use microtransactions, so you are making things slower without money for longer playing players.In Path of Exile, you need to pay at least 10-20 bucks to get some more stash space - you don't really need it but you want it, because it's QoL (quality of Life) for the game.
In Last Epoch, you don't have to pay for QoL. In Wolcen, which also works okay-ish on Proton, as well.
Last edited by Dana Souly on 23 January 2024 at 6:41 pm UTC
It didn't really work very well on Proton for me. So I'm bit sad about this one.
Dana Souly Jan 23
Quoting: Minuxthey seem to almost completely ignore the Linux side. There's been multiple people who reported this and months ago.Yeah, it's sad. :(
Quoting: MinuxIt didn't really work very well on Proton for me. So I'm bit sad about this one.For AMD, I'm using this to the startup options for Proton: (I'm using Experimental)
RADV_PERFTEST=aco %command% --force-vulkan -gfx-enable-gfx-jobs 0Loadup time might be a bit long, but it works well on my PC.
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