The Dwarves will receive Day 1 Patch

Kickstarter venture, The Dwarves, will receive a Day One Patch when it launches on December 1st.

We reviewed the game yesterday and cited some concerning technical issues that ultimately hampered our overall enjoyment. Fortunately, the patch seems to address at least some of them.

Weighing in at a staggering 7.13GB on Playstation 4, and a much more reserved 3.09GB on Xbox One, the patch adds a few neat touches, while also fixing some existing issues.

For instance, there are several UI improvements in Shops, and when characters level up, gain experience, and while looking at overall party management.

There are also some balancing changes in battles which is particularly interesting to us as the game really suffers from unfairness at times.

And it’s also apparently no longer possible to be trapped between objects.

That said, there’s no mention of the specific character glitches we highlighted, nor the inconsistencies with battle conditions, fluctuations in stats prior to battles, stability fixes for hard-crashes, or the random pathing of orcs in one particular battle.

Hopefully most of those get fixed in the overall balance changes. For now, check out the full changelog below. Be wary though, there may be a few spoilers in here based on specific fixes.

Changes for Xbox One and PlayStation 4
Performance Optimizations

Lag-spikes in multiple locations fixed
Better FPS in multiple combat arenas due to preloading, enemy behavior changes and enhanced trackers
Better FPS in additional locations due to graphical adjustments/optimizations
Some texture adjustments (slightly better loading times, reduced potential lag spikes)

Graphical Improvements

Soft particles in all quality settings
Updated fog in multiple locations
Added effects (Steam, smoke) in multiple locations
Tone-Mapping/HDR adjustments in multiple locations

Improvements

Many camera colliders had been optimized for less camera jumps/clipping problems
Nav-Mesh/Character collider improvements
UI improvements in Shop-, Level-Up, Party and XP screen; HUB fixes
Rodarios Fake Death ability works as described now
Balancing changes in some battles
Added a hint to the worldmap to show how many days a village will withstand its attackers
Boindil can’t knock himself out anymore by running into walls
If the game is paused, there is now an indication for that and an info how to resume
Sidequest marker for the worldmap
Additional loading screen tips

Bug fixes