Get out your bug-splattering Mint Mace, as a result of Grounded has gotten one other replace that features quality-of-life enhancements and bug fixes. This vacation replace comes with one other particular present for the builders; over 15 million gamers have been shrunken all the way down to sort out the sport worldwide.
Grounded formally launched in September 2022, however had been within the early entry state since July 2020, permitting for loads of time to get your feelers out and about to discover the miniature world round you. The premise of the sport revolves round children who messed with science and by accident shrunk themselves all the way down to the scale of a mud mite. The sport is principally a rendition of the film Honey, I Shrunk The Youngsters, an iconic 1989 film about an inventor who by accident shrinks his children and now has to discover a approach to un-shrink them.
Because the recreation’s launch, over 15 million shrunken children have been swarming their backyards (within the recreation in fact), traversing the realm and studying the best way to not solely survive however to thrive with the little globules of water, fascinating meals, and highly effective weapons they will craft. This can be a enormous milestone for Obsidian Leisure, and with that milestone comes the reward of a lifetime; an replace to the sport.
The replace brings fairly a number of quality-of-life enhancements, together with one which I personally am thrilled about. There are zip traces in Grounded often called ZIP.R traces, and they’re a good way to zip round, however they got here with one deadly flaw. You could possibly solely use them to descend into the depths, and couldn’t use them to get again up. This was an enormous grievance as a result of discovering your approach again round was a little bit of a nightmare when there are wooden spiders 4x your measurement simply ready to slap you across the yard. This new characteristic lets gamers discover the yard sooner than ever earlier than, all whereas having the ability to get again as much as the place they got here from if want be.
There has additionally been a brand new entice added to the sport for gamers to make the most of. Traps are primarily used to guard the house base from pesky invaders, and grow to be very important as you progress additional into the sport. Talking of the house base, there have been a number of new decorations added as nicely, like chairs, dressers, and newly designed stairs. Feeling jolly and brilliant? Why not add the newly added vacation tree ornament to your base to have fun the frosty climate? Now this tree shouldn’t be your run-of-the-mill Fraser Fir, however they make a fantastic addition when attempting to spruce up your area.
To learn on about the remainder of the updates added, take a look at the Xbox information publish.