Game News Announcing Underrail: Expedition, the first expansion for Underrail, coming early 2017

[Infinitron]

Tags: Stygian Software; Underrail; Underrail: Expedition

After months of radio silence, in recent weeks Underrail mastermind Styg has been hinting that his team had something new on the way. Today sees the formal announcement of Underrail: Expedition, a nautically themed expansion for the Codex's favorite RPG of 2015. The devlog post has screenshots and details:

Hey guys,

It's been almost eight months since the last formal dev log. That doesn't mean we haven't been busy working on new stuff, however, and now at long last we can announce the first Underrail expansion - "Expedition".




In Expedition you’ll be able to take a break from the usual metro-crawling to take a boat to the infamous Black Sea, a massive underground body of water.

There, among the old and mysterious ruins of an age long past, you’ll face the vicious fauna, hostile natives, cunning pirates, and something far more sinister than all of those.

Your voyage through vastness of the Black Sea will shed new light on the history of the world of Underrail and the forces that shaped it.

Expedition will feature the following:

• A brand new story line that becomes available during the mid-game
• Over a 100 new areas to explore of various types – shores and islands of the Black Sea, mysterious underground facilities, pirate strongholds, and more
• New human factions, as well as wild creatures to combat
• New items and crafting recipes
• New skills and feats
  
• Leveling past level 25 with a special pool of feats to choose from

Over time we'll be revealing more details through the dev log, so expect those to once again flow regularly as they did before the game's release.

We expect to release the expansion during the first half of 2017 as a paid DLC.​

2017 just got even better.

 

[D!!]

…and Linux version. Right? Riiiight?

 

[Vault Dweller]

Looks fantastic!

Especially this screen:

Pure art.

 

[CRD]

I don't like the sound of "available from mid-game".

What if we already beat the game? Shouldn't be overpowered our character to play the expansion? Can we go back using a save from late game?

I would have preferred a full new game to be honest

 

[Marten Broadcloak]

Looks really great. Some kind of mix between the "Cove" area from Darkest Dungeon and the subterannean Vendigroth from Arcanum. Good stuff.

 

[Styg]

I don't like the sound of "available from mid-game".

What if we already beat the game? Shouldn't be overpowered our character to play the expansion? Can we go back using a save from late game?

Once you unlock the campaign in your current playthrough (there are couple of conditions), you can start it at any time, even after you return from the regular end-game areas.

 

[Infinitron]

I don't like the sound of "available from mid-game".

What if we already beat the game? Shouldn't be overpowered our character to play the expansion? Can we go back using a save from late game?

Once you unlock the campaign in your current playthrough (there are couple of conditions), you can start it at any time, even after you return from the regular end-game areas.

You didn't answer his second question...

 

[Alienman]

Looks good and looking forward to it.

 

[ArchAngel]

I don't like the sound of "available from mid-game".

What if we already beat the game? Shouldn't be overpowered our character to play the expansion? Can we go back using a save from late game?

Once you unlock the campaign in your current playthrough (there are couple of conditions), you can start it at any time, even after you return from the regular end-game areas.

You should create an option to start the expansion directly. Let us create a character and give him enough XP to get minimum needed level to do it. And some random gear or some money and a shopkeeper at start of expansion.

 

[Zdzisiu]

I don't like the sound of "available from mid-game".

What if we already beat the game? Shouldn't be overpowered our character to play the expansion? Can we go back using a save from late game?

Once you unlock the campaign in your current playthrough (there are couple of conditions), you can start it at any time, even after you return from the regular end-game areas.

You didn't answer his second question...

Yeah, it seems like an important question. How will a character that finished the main game fare in the expansion? Will a max level behemoth be overpowered for the content in the expansion and won't find any challenge there? Or will it be just difficult enough for him, and therefore really difficult for a mid-game character? And finally, won't a mid-game character who finished the expansion be significantly more powerful than a mid-game character from the base game, and therefore make the rest of the base game too easy?

 

[Marten Broadcloak]

You should create an option to start the expansion directly. Let us create a character and give him enough XP to get minimum needed level to do it. And some random gear or some money and a shopkeeper at start of expansion.

Honestly, this sounds like a very short-term thinking. I'd rather have stygian manpower be allocated to content creation or bug fixing rather than some kind of cheat code for people too lazy to create a new character. Hell, we don't even know if it will be save-compatible.

 

[Kem0sabe]

I hope they add a map feature in this expanasion, 100 new areas added to existing ones... can't deal with all that paper on my desk

 

[Shin]

I hope they add a map feature in this expanasion, 100 new areas added to existing ones... can't deal with all that paper on my desk

I second this motion. Navigating these huge caverns was a real pain sometimes. I don't need a mini-map or even a map which shows you where you are, just get me a general map of the entire world so I can figure out my location by landmarks (or the shape of caverns) and such.

But either way this is a day one purchase for me. Underrail was some good shit even though it did turn into somewhat of a slouch at the end. Still, gotta support your incline indie devs.

 

[ArchAngel]

You should create an option to start the expansion directly. Let us create a character and give him enough XP to get minimum needed level to do it. And some random gear or some money and a shopkeeper at start of expansion.

Honestly, this sounds like a very short-term thinking. I'd rather have stygian manpower be allocated to content creation or bug fixing rather than some kind of cheat code for people too lazy to create a new character. Hell, we don't even know if it will be save-compatible.

I am pretty sure a mid game expansion will drive away a lot of potential buyers. Also some spent a lot of time playing this game and don't want to start over again. We don't know how much we need to play to unlock access to this expansion.
Only reason to start over is if the new content also has a noticeable influence on the rest of the game as well like adding new spells and feats to all parts of the game.

 

[Kev Inkline]

Great! I will postpone beginning with Underrail til this is available, hopefully one can visit this expansion back and forth from the main campaign.

 

[Roobenator]

This is great. I love expansions that add to the existing game, making replays more enjoyable.

 

[Sordid MCA/Prosper Hybryd]

we can announce the first Underrail expansion

So, it's only the first expansion!

 

[Outlander]

I had this installed for a long time and I'm glad I held off playing it, will wait for the expansion!

 

[Shadenuat]

More of Age of Decadence, and now more of Underrail, nothing can be better for a starving lover of isometric rpgs

 

[Feyd Rautha]

I don't like the sound of "available from mid-game".

What if we already beat the game? Shouldn't be overpowered our character to play the expansion? Can we go back using a save from late game?

I would have preferred a full new game to be honest

why don't you just do a second playthorugh with a new char?

 

[rohand]

Excellent news!

 

[Mr. Pink]

OH BOYICANTWAIT

 

[Kev Inkline]

we can announce the first Underrail expansion

So, it's only the first expansion!

Any chance of letting us know, how many expansions are planned?

- My agenda is righteous.

 

[Styg]

I don't like the sound of "available from mid-game".

What if we already beat the game? Shouldn't be overpowered our character to play the expansion? Can we go back using a save from late game?

Once you unlock the campaign in your current playthrough (there are couple of conditions), you can start it at any time, even after you return from the regular end-game areas.

You didn't answer his second question...

It wouldn't be ideal to play with an endgame character, yes, but there might be certain areas and challenges in the expansion that might give even those characters a run for their money.

Only reason to start over is if the new content also has a noticeable influence on the rest of the game as well like adding new spells and feats to all parts of the game.

It will add those and more. Stay tuned to the dev log.

 

[jungl]

shame styggs never added a in game MAP. Even a simple one like the original fallout has would of been awesome. Couldn't get my friends to play it due to no map making it too hardcore and annoying for them. Lot of people loved the original fallout because how immersive and casual it was to get into. Fallout 2 kind of killed this with all its pop culture references alienating fans of the original.