Kinetic Video games has confirmed Phasmophobia‘s subsequent content material drop, Chronicle, will launch on twenty fourth June, and it will be its “greatest replace but”.
In addition to introducing a “whole overhaul” of how proof is collected, the workforce stated Chronicle will broaden investigations with three new proof sorts, a very redesigned Journal, reworked levelling and development, a refreshed Fundamental 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 wholly new haunting paranormal proof sort might be captured via the brand new Sound Recorder, bringing “a brand new dimension to gameplay, revealing delicate clues that may in any other case be drowned out by terrified screams”. Accessible within the customary three improve tiers, gamers will have the ability to file 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 might be rebranded as “Media”, and hold all of your pictures, movies, and new sound recordings in a single place. Importantly, you will must 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 also introduce a revamped media high quality system,” Kinetic teased. “The primary proof seize of any media sort might be marked as ‘Distinctive’, granting further money and XP rewards on the finish of every contract. Any subsequent captures of the identical proof sort might be classed as ‘Duplicates’, providing smaller rewards. The brand new system may also add tier bonuses based mostly on the gear used and provides all media captures into the Reward Multiplier, making each shot, sound, and sight rely much more towards participant’s ultimate payouts.”
Remember that this 12 months, Phasmophobia may also rework Grafton Farmhouse, following Bleasdale Farmhouse’s latest overhaul. Earlier than then, although, we’ll additionally get to see the brand new levelling and development system and Fundamental Menu UI when Chronicle arrives on the finish of June.
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