{"id":1381469,"date":"2025-11-05T03:14:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T03:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iYpXanAqwqpaHzUEQeWdR6"},"modified":"2025-11-05T03:14:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T03:14:55","slug":"mindseye-loses-its-free-roam-mode-gains-a-dodge-roll-and-rebrands-itself-as-powered-by-arcadia-whatever-that-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/mindseye-loses-its-free-roam-mode-gains-a-dodge-roll-and-rebrands-itself-as-powered-by-arcadia-whatever-that-means\/","title":{"rendered":"MindsEye loses its free-roam mode, gains a dodge roll, and rebrands itself as ‘Powered by Arcadia’ whatever that means"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Open world game that doesn’t need or particularly want to be an open world game” feels like a niche subgenre, but I guess it’s a niche big enough to contain L.A. Noire and several Mafia games\u2014and now MindsEye as well.<\/p>\n

The GTA-like shooter from the studio headed by a former GTA producer had a launch you could call troubled<\/a>, or considering all the layoffs that followed, maybe catastrophic is the right word<\/a>. Post-launch updates have arrived, however, the latest of which is Update 5. Developer Build a Rocket Boy has added two of the most-requested features\u2014a dodge roll and the option to shoulder-swap\u2014though players clamoring for a melee attack will have to keep waiting for that one.<\/p>\n

Unusually, this update<\/a> also removes a feature. As the patch notes put it, “Free Roam is taking a short break but will return soon.” The free-roam mode wasn’t a well-loved part of MindsEye, forcing you to play as a character players dubbed “Can’t Drink Dust Guy” because he’s an old man in a gas mask and inexplicable outfit<\/a> with the words CAN’T DRINK DUST written across his bare stomach\u2014the first of many baffling choices. MindsEye’s free-roam mode cut you loose in an open city where you could only drive a single car, then get out of it to do missions like shooting guys in car parks for minimal reward. And basically that was it.<\/p>\n

The other big change in Update 5 is the addition of several new modes. There’s a wave-based shooter with “chaotic Halloween energy”, a couple of drone races, and a mode where you have to protect a VIP that’s also Halloween-themed. It’s worth noting that, for all their Fortnite Creative mode energy, these are entirely singleplayer modes.<\/p>\n

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