The Plucky Squire Gets New 'Streamlined Mode' For More Experienced Players

The Plucky Squire just introduced a new 'Streamlined' game mode for experienced players, and it has the potential to change the way you play the game. As developers All Possible Futures themselves put it: "Streamlined mode is intended for more experienced players who want less guidance and more action. For example! A door unlocks - do you really need the game to stop and the camera to pan over and look at it opening? Maybe not!"

But if you want to play the game and still experience the story, Streamlined Mode is still an option for you. "We’ve cut some fat from the dialogue in Streamlined Mode - a line here, a line there... It’s not like we’ve hacked away entire scenes, just trimmed bits for a more…streamlined…experience," All Possible Futures wrote.

The update also includes speech bubble portraits to help players keep track of who's talking during a fast-paced runthrough. To top things off, it's also packed full of quality of life improvements like increased historical autosaves and the option to restart chapters.

"If you do get stuck somewhere, both of these should help," developers said.

Here's the full patch notes:

Shiny and New - Streamline Mode:

• Shorter, snappier dialogue that lets you enjoy the story but gets you to the action quicker
• Fewer camera events that slow down player action
• Added dialogue portraits for major characters
• Added an in-game language change option
• Added More Save History slots and moved them to "Load Save" in the "Save Files" menu

Bug fixes

• Fixed soft lock in credits
• Fixed bottom half of Alowynia card being blacked out
• Various fixes to collision issues