Damaged Roads, the upcoming data hk narrative-driven cRPG from developer Drop Bear Bytes, has been delayed.
The sport was set to launch in just some days time, on 14th November. Nevertheless, the developer has now introduced it has delayed the sport on the final minute to “permit for added polish time”. Extra work is required to verify Damaged Roads is not damaged on launch, primarily, with the assistance of extra QA testing.
In a publish on Steam, the Damaged Roads workforce said the sport was “content material full” however “coming in longer” than initially anticipated. The developer stated its roughly 30 hours of gameplay and huge dialogue had made it “extraordinarily time-consuming to correctly check” the entire recreation’s content material.
As such, the studio – together with writer Versus Evil – determined that the sport needs to be delayed. It should now launch on an unspecified date in “early” 2024.
“We might wish to thank the neighborhood in your continued help and endurance with us. We’re dedicated to delivering a recreation that can exceed the [community’s] expectations, and we imagine this transfer will assist us do exactly that,” Drop Bear Bytes closed.
Whereas this isn’t even the primary recreation to be delayed as we speak (Star Wars Hunters additionally noticed its launch shifted into subsequent yr simply this morning), it’s uncommon to see a launch date pushed again so near the wire.
In truth, Damaged Roads was at present within the means of being reviewed by critics.
On this busy time for recreation releases I’ve spent the previous couple of days enjoying/writing a few recreation that was so clearly unfinished it is now been delayed – throughout the evaluation course of. In the meantime, I turned down an opportunity to evaluation a few different video games of curiosity. Infuriating.
— Jon Bailes (@JonBailes3) November 8, 2023
Damaged Roads was initially set to launch in 2022. When it was introduced two years in the past, Matt commented it appeared like an Australian Fallout, and I’ve to agree. Hopefully the additional time will guarantee a clean launch subsequent yr.
We’ll replace you after we hear extra about Damaged Roads’ new launch date.