We, that is Alter Games and Daedalic Entertainment, are proud to announce and release the first DLC "Back into Battle" for Partisans 1941 - and you don't even have to wait any longer - it's out now!
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The “Partisans 1941 – Back Into Battle” DLC allows you to customize and approach missions in your own way in Missions Mode. Choose from five familiar missions (available for everyone) and seven brand new missions (exclusively for DLC Owners), then set yourself a challenge with the modifier system. Create your dream team of Partisans, then customize and outfit them freely to suit your strategy. Use this new freedom wisely: the new challenges will be a real test of your skills as Partisan commander!
On top of that, the DLC introduces “Heroic Defense” mode. Overwhelming enemy forces, scarce resources, one Partisan position to defend: How long can you hold the line in this all new, tough as nails wave-defense mode?
Features
Sandbox approach for high replayability
Missions Mode: Brand new challenges in 5 familiar and 7 new locations
Customize scenarios with modifiers. Freely choose your Partisan team, skills and equipment
Heroic Defense mode: New wave-defense mode for the toughest of commanders
Additional camp fire dialogue for the Partisans, giving you new insight into their personalities
Patch incoming!
Heyho everyone!
Thank you for your ongoing interest in the game! This confirms us in our work to further improve the experience of the game and to tackle the bugs and issues you brought to our attention since the release of Partisans 1941. We are constantly evaluating your feedback and are very grateful for the insights your comments and messages provide to us.
For now, these are the changes and fixes that are taken care of with the new patch:
Further environment polishing.
Further localization polishing.
Fixed a mix-up in the language settings, all languages are labelled correctly now.
Improved and adjusted animations, target indicator and visual feedback for grenade throws.
Added mouseover hint for patrolling dogs.
Improved the reloading of stationary weapons.
Rebalanced Morozov’s Rib knife ability and adjusted animations.
Further improved weapon effects (UI and mechanics).
Improved skill tree mechanics concerning the selection of partisans.
Further improved the handling of doors by enemies.
Further improved “Fan Fire” unique ability of Belozerova.
Fixed usage limitation bug concerning “Massacre” unique ability of Nikitin.
Improved key rebinding, added mouse keys.
Improved UI and animations for camp related gameplay elements.
Russian version of the art book/strategy guide added.
Some changes only apply if you start the mission again from the base.
Quick Info and Steam Awards
Heyho everyone!
It's a great pleasure to see, that our last fixes and updates have turned a "good" experience for you into an even smoother and great one. Even though we are constantly keeping track of your comments, feedback and/or critique, some parts of the team had to take some deserved off-time during the last days/weeks to fill up the batteries again - but rest assured, they will come back soon with fresh energy and fueled by your compliments that reach us every day on, for example, our official Discord Server
To round everything up, the Steam Awards have appeared! You love how difficult Partisans 1941 can get in some moments? You like being pushed to your most tactical thinking? Great! We feel alike and think Partisans 1941 fits perfectly into the category "Best game you suck at" - Do you as well?
Player Feedback patch
Heyho everyone!
...Wow!...What a release! After an already great first weekend the interest and passion gamers all over the world have shown for Partisans 1941 is overwhelming - but we can’t be too overwhelmed, we still have a job to do:
We appreciate all your love for the gameplay, but also the bugs and issues you have brought to our attention during the last 2 weeks. We immediately started to tackle a lot of those with our first patch after the first weekend. And we promised to keep it up. We might not have eradicated every last bug there is yet - but we are on a good path...
These are the changes and fixes that we were able to compile into todays patch:
Some changes only apply if you start the mission again from the base.
General Fixes:
Now it's possible to rebind all the in-game buttons. Fixed problem with blocked partisans right after mission starts. Doors are working better now. Fixed possibility to shoot through doors. Fixed amount of bullets in the weapons after player places it into the warehouse. Improved enemy cone of view visualization. Fixed problem with blocked partisans, who were sent to perform any activity at camp. Patrol with a dog now reacts correctly after dog's death. Mines and traps can now be placed on the corpses of enemies. Fixed an issue with impossibility to save on "Execution" mission. Increased noise radius while shooting pistols. Fixed Steam achievements.
Partisans balance fix:
- Belozerova's ability "Fan fire" now has increased radius of shooting. Decreased max distance of ability using. - Belozerova's ability "Evasion roll" now has increased distance of roll. Strongly decreased cooldown of ability. - Sanek's ability "Disguise" now can't be activated during combat. - Nikitin's ability "Massacre" has decreased max distance of ability using. - Morozov's ability "Whistling" radius is strongly decreased. Ability cooldown is decreased. - Different abilities which affect character speed now can be saved correctly (for example "Strength" or "Sprinter").
Other fixes and improvements:
- Russian voiceover now is set by default. - Different art improvement on maps. - Decreased loading time. - Localization.
First Fix incoming!
Heyho everyone!
The first weekend with Partisans 1941 released to the public was a blast - even though some of us might have had less sleep than usual, it was needed that we can be there for you in the first hours and days whenever questions arose. We couldn't be more thankful for the amount of feedback you have been bringing in.
Because of this we already have a good overview about the sharp edges that some of you are still having issues with at the moment - which means we can focus now completely on solving them, to make the game as great as it can be!
As a reminder we would like also to mention that savegames from other pre-release versions like the demo, closed beta or even the pirated review version are not compatible with the release version (and following ones) and can cause unexpected issues .
Patch Notes:
Unique Partisan abilities got improved and related issues fixed: - Fan fire (Belozerova) now also affects enemies behind cover - Buckshot (Trofim) now also affects enemies behind cover - Steel/Iron Body will now prevent injuries as intended - Body shield (Nikitin) now lasts longer, HP of enemies used as shield got adjusted
Further polishing and improvement regarding: - Art - Localization - UI - Remnants of debug menu got removed
Please be advised that this patch does not cover all issues reported until now. But we are working hard to provide further improvement patches very soon.
Important!
If you have start-up problems please go to our Discord Server and check the channel #crash-on-startup-bug - this way we can funnel the problemsolving into one area - thank you
Partisans 1941 is Available Now!
We are proud to be able to declare Partisans 1941 as officially released! Partisans 1941 is a real-time tactics game set on the eastern front of World War II. It features tactical squad combat, stealth elements, character progression, and resource management. Take control of Partisans, a brave group of resistance fighters, opposing the Nazi occupation behind enemy lines. Every mission must be carefully planned and initiated to overcome the enemy.
Recruit soldiers and civilians as unique allies to tackle a variety of challenges – from focused sabotage to extensive attacks on German supply lines. The expandable home base deep in the forest with different types of buildings serves as the Partisans’ hub in-between missions to arm and upgrade their own troops, manage and distribute resources, and take a break until the next objective awaits. Form a Partisan group to your liking and send them on autonomous tasks or take them into battle.
Be a part of the community! We are highly interested in your thoughts about the game - this is why we have set up a Discord Server for our most active community members. Here you can share your tactics, report bugs, give feedback directly to the developers and publisher and discuss everything about Partisans 1941 with other fellow gamers. Partisans 1941 Discord Disclaimer: Partisans 1941 is a game - no political statement. We want to guarantee that you can fully enjoy our game to its full extent, which is why we will delete any political discussion on our community platforms without any further comment.
Core features: A fresh approach to the tactics genre: A mix of combat, stealth, ambushes and a variety of special items brings chaos to the enemy ranks. Choose your own way of completing each mission.
Lead a squad of partisans: Find, recruit and level up new resistance members to build the squad of your choice. Use your characters’ strengths to find the right solution to different situations.
Experience the life of a resistance group: Experience a partisan’s routine in between missions - develop your base, prepare for the next assignments, ensure you have the resources for the partisan’s survival and keep your troops motivated.
A different perspective on WWII: Experience the story of a fierce resistance against the German occupation on the Eastern Front. Follow the stories and motives of various people who join the partisan forces – from soldiers to common folk.
Release Date Announcement
Heyho dear Demo Testers, Beta Testers and "soon-to-be Players"!
We are extremely excited to be able to announce the upcoming release date of our unique genre mix Partisans 1941: It's the 14th of October!
Can't wait until then? Following this link you have still the possibility to jump right into the last weekend of our closed Beta! Send us your feedback and have some fun!
Questions and Answers
Heyho everyone,
What an amazing wave of interest - We are glad that presenting Partisans 1941's Demo was a great success for all parties involved - you got some great game time and we got some great feedback!
We are at the moment in our final period before releasing the game, which is why our development team at Alter Games and our publishing team here at Daedalic Entertainment are putting all of their effort into finalizing the release.
This obviously doesn't mean, that we are not reading every post or message you are sending our way - only answering them one-by-one individually becomes a bit more difficult during this time of production.
To counter this, we selected some of the most frequent asked questions from the steam forums and tried to answer as good as we can at this point in time:
When is it going to be released?
As written on our store page of Partisans 1941 we have aimed to release "Summer 2020" and it looks so far like everything is going like planned, so that we can release the game end of this season. We hope to announce a precise release date soon.
Are you going to have Win7 support?
This is a bigger topic, that we keep on discussing further internally - but generally it is extremely difficult to maintain support for a system that the creators themselves have stopped supporting. We just don't have the capacity at the moment to deal with inevitably upcoming difficulties with those versions, as additionally, if we were to support Win7, we (in context of fairness) would have to support other out-of-date systems, as well.
What about censorship? Is it going to be worldwide, or maybe different versions for different regions?
Again, a bigger topic - You are correct, that in germany, where Daedalic Entertainment is based, the law about the depiction of this kind of symbols was updated recently - Unfortunately when releasing/publishing a game worldwide, though, there are multiple juristications we have to care about. And even if all the countries would allow it generally, we are working together with multiple partners to ensure a favorable release - partners that could have very different internal rules or perspectives on what they want to advertise and promote. Since there are so many various opinions about this topic - ranging from historical authenticity to the opposite spectrum, that asks, why we should give that ideology (in combination with their symbols) anymore "stagetime" in any shape or form - we need to discuss this topic further internally. One of the already discussed ideas could be an optional setting - but this would surely have to wait until after release and would have to be checked beforehand, if this is even possible.
Is it going to be released on the consoles? PS4, Xbox One etc.
As with most titles of Daedalic's portfolio, we are always trying to reach as many players on as many plattforms as possible. Eventhough for now the release on PC is our focus, this means that we are looking as well forward into the future to Partisans 1941 on consoles.
Any other shops? GOG, EGS?
This will be basically the same answer as for the console question - the more, the merrier! The only difference is, being connected to our PC release as well - so you can expect news on this regard earlier than news on future console releases.
Thanks for your attention and your already great support - we can't wait to release and show you what we got prepared for you! Stay tuned for more infos!
Best Regards - Alter Games and Daedalic Entertainment
