I’ve spent some quality time this morning diving back into the wonderful world of Gunfire Reborn. I’ve been revisiting this slick little first-person roguelite for the purposes of this news feature, but I also took the chance to go back and write a review, as the game actually launched before Rogueliker and I don’t have one on the site.
Anyway, we’re here to talk about the new DLC for Gunfire Reborn, and not the base game. The new content comes in two parts; paid-for guns and characters, and a patch for the base game that adds in fresh enemies and a sunny new location.
Echoes from Primal Grove DLC
The paid-for part of the expansion is called Echoes from Primal Grove and, as mentioned, it includes two new characters and four new weapons.
In fact, the name of the DLC somewhat reflects the nature of the two characters. One of them calls upon the support of mother nature, and the other turns primal for a bit of close-quarters damage dealing.
The two new characters are called Yoyo and Cang Jue respectively. Yoyo throws seedling-looking jade balls at her enemies, which drain them from behind while she attacks with her weapons from the front.
Cang Jue, on the other hand, transforms into a giant beast who waves his claws at enemies. The switch takes you from the game’s usual first-person perspective into the third-person, and you get a temporary health bonus that encourages melee combat. It didn’t take long for me to start enjoying Cang Jue’s violent dichotomy.
There are also four new weapons, and while I’ve tried them all I think my favourite is the new shotgun, Jackpot, which absolutely shreds anything foolish enough to get too close. The new Drift Shard was a lot of fun, too, but I’m always biased towards a good bow.
On top of those two there’s the Armillary Sash, which is a good option for crowd control as it binds enemies together, and the Viper Sight, a nifty little pistol that refracts damage between a group of enemies.
New content for everyone (on PC)
If you decide to pass on the paid-for stuff, PC players will still enjoy the benefit of a new season of content. The headline is a new stage and some crabby enemies, but there is also the new Fortune’s Roll feature, which is available in Nightmare and Reincarnation modes.
This new upgrade system randomly grants various effects, stuff like attack enhancements and skill cooldowns. In fact, we’re now able to reinforce certain builds with these dice rolls, however, the twist is that they boost your enemies, too.
The new stage in Act 3, Twilight Grove, comes with a bunch of new crab-themed enemy types, and there’s a chance that it can be accessed after beating Duo Fjord, “when entering Act 3 Stage 2 and Stage 3.”
If you want to read up on all the new free content landing as part of Season 6, including descriptions of the enemies and so on, there’s a blogpost over on Steam that explains everything.
Finally, let’s address the issue in parenthesis in the sub-heading, and that’s the availability of this new content. By the looks of it, this DLC is PC only, due to a contractual issue with 505 Games.
As such, and as far as I can tell, the console version of Gunfire Reborn doesn’t have any DLC nor is it getting updates. So, if you want to support the devs you should stick to the PC and mobile versions of the game.
Speaking of which, to mark the launch of Echoes from Primal Grove on Steam, the PC version and all of its DLC is currently heavily discounted!
