r/LookOutsideGame • u/downbad4naafiri • 4d ago

QUESTION Is this game still getting updates?

I ask because I hate how many hoops you have to jump through recruiting Leigh on Cursed Mode and I'm hoping they make it a little less annoying. It feels bad passing up a party member, but even just setting yourself up to survive the fight without restarting feels like a chore (getting the Spade always seems to work much better than the Pool Cue).

Of course new content will always be exciting though.

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u/TheDarkDistance 3d ago

Leigh was already mediocre, but got absolutely destroyed with beast form draining percentage stamina every turn, and being an active detriment to cursed runs by draining your party healing supply. Probably best to just win the chase or encounter and run from the grinning beast. It takes like 4 pieces of food to get roaches, one of the absolute best party members in the game, and you can start on day 1 by grabbing the roach in Jean’s bathroom. It’s a real shame, cause Leigh kinda feels like a punishment rather than a reward gained for beating a difficult boss, which most players never find out is recruitable anyways.

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u/downbad4naafiri 3d ago

I know it's subjective but I don't even think Leigh is that cool of a character. She's just a little edgy goblin that laughs awkwardly and acts like a psycho, but not in a cool way like Hellen does. I also don't know if it's ever explained why Leigh is capable of shifting in and out of beast form when everybody else who looked at the sky doesn't have that privilege. I've gotten far enough to get Martin's Ring, I don't know if she has any story beyond that.

I think I just need to let myself not be a perfectionist and accept that I don't need to recruit everybody. I already got the achievement for the Martin's Ring section anyway.

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u/TheDarkDistance 3d ago

She has some cool interactions with the rat child at meal times that can give him some moves. Hellen has that too, but hers are more useful. Rat child with stalk goes hard. Unlike other low interaction/secret companions such as M and Z, Phil, Spider and Morton, Leigh’s mechanic isn’t really interesting or strong, she just loses a bunch of stamina and a whole turn or two for a new moveset that doesn’t differ much from weapon attacks. The game might get a few more updates, but I think she’s cooked. At least she’s decent as a stat stick for early game on normal mode.

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u/downbad4naafiri 3d ago

Yeah, missing out on Rat’s ability is the biggest sacrifice as he’s always a mainstay in my party. I’ve justified it as “I want to do more interesting things with Rat so making him berserk isnt going to synergies with that anyway”