MindsEye Gets 8GB Xbox Update, Devs Working Hard To ‘Improve The Experience’

“We’ll continue to provide updates on a regular basis”

You don’t need us to tell you about MindsEye – the game that launched last month to horrible reviews following a seemingly difficult development period where the game was pushed out long before it was ready to actually release.

The development team at least seem committed to improving MindsEye though, as evidence by a series of updates that have arrived in recent weeks. This latest one is called Update 3, and it’s just gone live on Xbox with an 8.6GB size.

Looking through the patch notes, you’ll find the likes of AI improvements, difficulty changes, tweaks to how smooth the combat and driving animations are, audio upgrades – and of course, loads and loads of all-important bug fixes.

The team say they’ve been looking through hundreds of hours of gameplay footage to try and prioritise what players want, and they’re committed to providing regular updates like this going forward. Here’s hoping we’ll get a 60FPS performance mode eventually, as that seems like the number one request amongst console players right now.

“We’ve watched hundreds of hours of gameplay footage and reviewed player feedback across multiple channels to prioritize the most pressing issues and improve the experience for all our console players.”

“We appreciate the continued support from our community as we work to improve MindsEye and focus on enhancing the gameplay experience. We’ll continue to provide updates on a regular basis.”

Here are the full patch notes for MindsEye update 3 on Xbox (beware that some spoilers may be ahead):

Stability

Improved stability to reduce crashes, especially on extended play sessions
Fixed AI-related crashes that could occur during complex combat scenarios

Gameplay – Difficulty Rebalance

Increased AI accuracy across all difficulty levels for a greater challenge and more consistent encounters
Adjusted Medium difficulty by reducing damage filtering, resulting in slightly more challenging combat

Character Control

Improved cover entry behaviour, making transitions into cover feel smoother
Improved stair locomotion, ensuring the player exits stair animations at the correct time and aligns properly with the steps
Refined weapon handling during cover entry/exit transitions

Animation

Life scene animations have been improved, with smoother transitions
Vehicles
Improved vehicle behaviour on slopes, making stops feel more stable and predictable

AI

Fixed various bugs causing erratic AI behaviour
Environment
Improved martial law scenes with better behaviour and staging

Audio

Improved in-game vehicle audio for a more immersive soundscape
Improved vehicle destruction audio, with a focus on window break sounds
General audio data clean up and optimization
Tweaked pedestrian dialogue for more natural reactions

Cinematics

Addressed LOD issues in multiple scenes
Optimizations to certain cinematics

Localisation

Corrected various localisation errors across multiple languages

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where graphics settings would reset after restarting the game. Settings now persist correctly
Fixed a known issue where players could get stuck walking in a loop when interacting with specific objects
Fixed characters stretching in certain cinematics and gameplay sequences
Corrected texture issue with the Deluxe Edition vest
Resolved flickering VFX in select areas
Various bug fixes across menus and HUD elements
Fixed visual bugs in multiple environments
Resolved abrupt weather changes during the final mission
Enhanced ambient pedestrian movement and facial reactions
Addressed several mission flow bugs that could block progression or disrupt scripted events
Fixed an issue where AI would exit vehicles and immediately die under certain conditions
Fixed an issue that caused AI to shoot while facing the wrong direction
Adjusted cover logic to prevent AI from clustering too closely
Fixed instances where AI would turn their backs on the player during combat
Fixed an issue where AI hit reactions wouldn’t trigger when shot
Fixed an issue where enemies sticking out of vehicle roof windows weren’t affected by headshots
Resolved an issue where Jacob could turn invisible when exiting a vehicle with the driver’s side blocked
Fixed floating occupants when driving Skycar in first-person view
Fixed an issue where shooting the tires of an enemy jeep could launch it unexpectedly toward Jacob
Resolved a traversal issue where the player could get stuck behind unclimbable debris bags
Fixed various issues affecting main campaign open-world encounters
Updated third-person animations for Play.MindsEye content
Fixed an issue where the drone UI marker would not correctly update when transitioning in or out of Play.MindsEye content during the campaign
Fixed multiple issues with certain in-game screen objects appearing blank during cinematic sequences
Prevented players from exiting the Hades vehicle mid-flight, avoiding unintended behaviour
Fixed an issue where dying outside the hangar could cause the player to respawn at an earlier checkpoint, resulting in lost progress in the “Clash of the Egos” mission
Fixed an issue where Jacob could become stuck inside the jeep if shot during the dismount animation in the “In Pursuit of the Orb” mission
Adjusted fail conditions to be more forgiving and better reflect player behaviour in the “This Means War” mission
Adjusted fail conditions during the CCTV section in the “Industrial Espionage” mission to prevent failure when the player’s camera is aimed at Conti
Fixed an issue where failing to get to Silva’s home in time would cause the player to respawn at an incorrect checkpoint in the “Meeting Marco Silva” mission
Adjusted Claudia’s vehicle AI to reduce corner-cutting behaviour, resulting in a smoother driving path in “The Mole” mission
Tweaked the Digging minigame in “The Wrong Move” mission to provide earlier UI prompts and improve timing before input is required

PlayStation 5 – only

Updated cutscene lighting to eliminate unnatural shadow artifacts

Xbox Series X|S – only

Fixed missing controller vibration during certain drone flight sequences

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Fraser is the News Editor at Pure Xbox, where he spends his time reporting on the biggest stories in the world of Xbox and beyond.

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