You have woken up after a long journey through space and, after leaving the comfort of your bed, you join your fellow travelers to catch up on their tasks. Each will be assigned. However, something is wrong. As soon as your group separates to carry out its tasks, one by one begins to die in mysterious ways but that clearly indicate that they were murdered. You soon discover the horrible truth: there is a traitor among you, who is methodically eliminating everyone on board the ship. Your mission and that of your remaining allies is to find out before it’s too late. The most terrifying thing is that the traitor does not operate alone: he has an accomplice.
This is the simple premise of the AMONG US game, an experience for 4 to 10 players that puts participants in the difficult situation of working as a team at the same time, who fight intrigue and deception among themselves. This simple game was developed by the North American studio InnerSloth and released on June 15, 2018. However, his popularity took off recently, two years after his departure. The game became a sensation between July and September of this year, reaching the sixth place in the most viewed games on the Twitch TV streaming page. And in the Steam statistics a peak of more than 200,000 players was registered in 24 hours.
Faced with such success, the developer InnerSloth announced through its official blog that they have been working on a sequel. They also confirmed that they would keep the servers of the first game even after launching Among Us 2. According to the developers, the continuation would be an evolution of the original, keeping the experience simple and exciting, adding new elements to raise the challenge.
The first aspect that they will improve will be the ability in the games. To keep the game balanced, the developers will increase the number of players to 12 or 15, like this.
They will be able to guarantee the presence of 3 impostors. Second, the matchmaking process will be adjusted to work optimally with custom game modes and custom game modes, different skill levels. They will also enable the creation of accounts and the friend system from the beginning of the game.
The third improvement will focus on the moderation mechanic during games: the developers will implement ways to report and sanction players who cheat or display inappropriate behavior during games. Another feature the InnerSloth team wants to hone in on is the complexity of the roles in the game.
It will not only be about crewmembers against impostors, but the participants will adopt specific roles that give them a greater range of options when acting.
This will increase the playability and will be more of a challenge for advanced players.
Finally, the developers announced that they will give a discount voucher to those who already have the first game on Steam. They added that the mobile version of the sequel will be free (but will include removable ads), as well as additional content such as maps and other new game modes. In addition, they will include cosmetic packages that players they will be able to acquire using the money they earn in the game (another mechanic that they will add in the sequel).
Although there is no set date for the release of Among Us 2, InnerSloth has stated that they will focus on developing the PC version first and then releasing it on mobile devices. According to the developers, this course of action will allow them to focus on creating a great game and polishing updates faster. For the moment, they assure that the final product will surprise the fans of the game and that the wait will be worth it.
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