Kinetic Video games has confirmed Phasmophobia’s subsequent content material drop, Chronicle, will launch on twenty fourth June, and it will be its “largest replace but”.
In addition to introducing a “complete overhaul” of how proof is collected, the workforce stated Chronicle will increase investigations with three new proof sorts, a totally redesigned Journal, reworked levelling and development, a refreshed Predominant Menu UI, and “many eerie surprises nonetheless lurking at midnight”.
However on the “coronary heart” of the Chronicle replace is the debut of the all-new Sound proof. A completely new haunting paranormal proof sort might be captured by means of the brand new Sound Recorder, bringing “a brand new dimension to gameplay, revealing refined clues that may in any other case be drowned out by terrified screams”. Obtainable within the customary three improve tiers, gamers will have the ability to report audio from ghost occasions, Spirit Field responses, and Paranormal Seems like these detected by the Parabolic Microphone.
It is this new proof sort that is necessitated a Journal improve, too. The Picture tab will probably be rebranded as “Media”, and maintain all of your pictures, movies, and new sound recordings in a single place. Importantly, you may should fill your journal with all these distinctive media sorts, together with “EMF spikes to ghostly interactions and fleeting glimpses of otherworldly kinds”, to finish a “excellent” investigation.
“Chronicle may even introduce a revamped media high quality system,” Kinetic teased. “The primary proof seize of any media sort will probably be marked as ‘Distinctive’, granting additional money and XP rewards on the finish of every contract. Any subsequent captures of the identical proof sort will probably be classed as ‘Duplicates’, providing smaller rewards. The brand new system may even add tier bonuses primarily based on the tools used and provides all media captures into the Reward Multiplier, making each shot, sound, and sight depend much more towards participant’s closing payouts.”
Remember that this yr, Phasmophobia may even rework Grafton Farmhouse, following Bleasdale Farmhouse’s current overhaul. Earlier than then, although, we’ll additionally get to see the brand new levelling and development system and Predominant Menu UI when Chronicle arrives on the finish of June.
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