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Dead Cells devs discuss how the Legacy update helps keep fans happy while lowering the team's stress

Making everyone happy
by rawmeatcowboy
12 February 2020
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Motion Twin included a pretty unique feature in Dead Cells that they called the Legacy update. That update allows players to go back and play previous versions of the game. If players have a favorite sweet-spot in the game's update history, they no longer have to worry about that experience disappearing. This lets Motion Twin continue on with the tweaks and changes, all while the playerbase can stick with the update they enjoyed most.

Motion Twin shared a bit of info on how the Legacy update makes their lives a lot easier, which you can see below.

In the past, we worried about making sweeping changes to Dead Cells. That’s not to say we didn’t, as anyone upset about balance passes or legendary drop rates can tell you. Major updates were stressful though, especially ones we thought might fundamentally alter the game or prove contentious. Should we make the “right” choice for Dead Cells, even if in doing so we made a lot of our players angry? (See: The hornet’s nest we kicked over by locking achievements for certain custom mode setups.)

The Legacy Update doesn’t completely remove that stress, but it does diminish it. Players are no longer shackled to our vision, which in turn means we can experiment with elements of Dead Cells that before seemed untouchable—or at least volatile. There’s a creative freedom that comes from knowing any change we make can be easily reverted by naysayers.

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