If you can believe it, Lords of the Fallen is still receiving patches that change its combat many months after release.

Do you remember Lords of the Fallen? Not the original 2014 game, the sequel that came out in October of last year and was pretty divisive. The game‘s developer, Hexworks, never stopped working on it.

Very quickly after release, patches started arriving to fix some serious stuttering and performance issues, and fix some crucial bugs. With most of that work done, Hexworks turned its attention to some of the core issues of combat, difficulty, and progression.

The developer changed a lot; In fact, it ended up giving players the tools to essentially balance the game themselves, but what we all thought was the game‘s final patch ended up being just one more in a long line of them.

Just a few days ago, Lords of the Fallen received its 1.7 update. Although a smaller patch was previously released that added support for PS5 Pro, 1.7 is among the biggest game-changing patches it has received.

Now, more than a year after Lords of the Fallen arrived, the developer is once again trying to tweak the feel of the game. More specifically, the patch improves character control and responsiveness in combat by adjusting animations to allow for more invincibility frames, more precise dodges/rolls, and even more precise animation canceling.

Hexoworks said the goal of the update is to make the game more accessible to new players, while also increasing the skill cap for veterans who know what they’re doing.

This patch also comes with a couple of quality of life adjustments of its own, including the ability for your character to automatically collect Vigor and balance adjustments in New game Plus. Another feature that new players should appreciate is being able to summon NPCs in boss fights on a first try, and they will also be more effective.

Even more surprising is that it looks like 1.7 won’t be the end of the road for Lords of the Fallen either. Even though a sequel has been confirmed, more work will apparently continue on the current game. If the changes in the new update intrigue you, the game is currently 60% off on Steam, until December 19.