All ReCore: Definitive Edition Changes and Updates Revealed

It may have leaked ahead of time—more than once—but until now, a lot of the changes that ReCore: Definitive Edition would bring to the table have been kept in the dark. It was expected to include various visual enhancements and the release of a new Corebot, T8-NK (Tank). The developers have finally released an official changelog detailing every addition and update to the game.

The patch notes below make ReCore: Definitive Edition seem like a vast improvement over its launch version. When it first released last year, many criticized its technical problems and lack of polish, with people stating that it felt unfinished—as evidenced by a Corebot used during promotion being absent from the game—and that it just didn’t quite reach its potential. The Definitive Edition looks to rectify those mistakes with added content, improved performance, and additional tweaks to certain mechanics.

New Adventure

• “Eye of Obsidian” is a brand new chapter in the ReCore story. Join the plucky Corebot, Violet, and journey into the permanent midnight of the “Starving Sea”, a previously unexplored region of Far Eden where ancient enemies plot their revenge on the last remnants of humankind!

New Companion

• T8-NK Corebot (“Tank”)

New Areas to Explore

• 2 New Overworlds
• 10 New Dungeons
• Dynamic sandstorms in Far Eden’s Shifting Sands regions. Brave the storms to defeat more dangerous enemies and earn more valuable loot.

New Weapon Modes

• 3 new weapon modes for Joule’s Energy Rifle (switch to these instead of the charge shot)

Load Times

• When dying, reload times for combat encounters went from 30-60 seconds to < 5 seconds
• Restarting traversals and arenas are now instantaneous (was a load before)
• Optimized Level/Area Load Times

Prismatic Cores

• Added P-Cores for additional game play rewards and made them show up on the map from greater distances
• P-Core requirements fixed to a single value for the entire E-Tower. (Once you’re in the E-Tower, you no longer need additional cores.)

The Map

• The Map displays everything that needs to be collected (audio logs, chests, prismatic cores)
• The Map shows all visual parts of dungeon maps
• Objective Markers improved
• Map improvements (greater visual detail, better iconography, improved zoom functionality, more game elements show up like power cells, audio logs, etc)

Fast Travel

• Fast Travel points now allow the player to complete Stash Transfers, Swap Cores and set their Companion Party Configuration without having to go back to the Sandcrawler
• The player can now warp anywhere there is a Fast Travel node via the Map
• Intra-Level (e.g. within The Cradle) fast travel warping is now instantaneous
• Added a few new Fast Travel nodes (Granite Steps, Lonely Basin, The Cradle)

Gear

• All new AoK gear for all Corebots
• Armor stats now make each Set vastly different from one another & the Perks have been refined and polished
• Blueprint Inventory now sorts by Armor Type, Color and LVL requirement

Combat

• Improved the Combo Meter to encourage much higher combo amounts, with the ability to chain combos for a longer period of time.
• At high combos (more than x10), the player now keeps some of the combo meter after using an extract!
• Global weapon tuning, enemy health and damage balancing, and late game encounter improvements

General

• Enhanced visuals (increased resolution and HDR support)
• 20 New Achievements and 500 gamerscore.
• Increased level cap from 30 to 40
• 4 new bosses and Tank challenges
• Various UX and Feedback fixes (Core Pulling HUD, Combo Counter feedback & wordsmithing, menu navigation)
• Audio for pickups, combat feedback, rewards improved
• Dialogue from Corebots and Violet is no longer in the Corebot language and is now readable