MindsEye fik mildest talt en hård start, da spillet udkom i sommeren 2025. Kritikken var massiv, spillerne var utilfredse, og på et tidspunkt endte det endda med, at Sony begyndte at udstede refunds. Men udvikleren Build A Rocket Boy er åbenbart ikke klar til at kaste håndklædet i ringen endnu.
Studiet, der ledes af tidligere Rockstar North-chef Leslie Benzies, har nu lanceret Update 7, som de selv beskriver som et egentligt reset for både spillet og brandet MindsEye.
Opdateringen har fokus på at få grundoplevelsen på plads. Kampagnen er blevet strammet op med mere tydelige mål, bedre AI-adfærd og generelle forbedringer af flowet i spillet. Der er også lavet justeringer til drone-kontrollen på PC, rettet en lang række bugs og implementeret diverse performance-forbedringer.
Ifølge Build A Rocket Boy er Update 7 et vigtigt skridt fremad. Studiets CEO og CTO, Mark Gerhard, fortæller, at teamet har lyttet til feedback, reageret hurtigt og nu arbejder målrettet på at forbedre både gameplay og kampoplevelsen. Samtidig bekræfter han, at nyt indhold allerede er under udvikling.
Spillere med Deluxe Edition får også noget ekstra med i opdateringen. Her tilføjes Silva E-Series, en street circuit-bane i Redrock, komplet med tribuner og jublende NPC-tilskuere.
Og det stopper ikke her. Build A Rocket Boy har også løftet sløret for, at en egentlig udvidelse er på vej, ligesom et multiplayer-mode er under udvikling. Multiplayerdelen bliver en del af Arcadia-systemet, som i forvejen bruges til ekstra indhold som løb, udfordringer og specialmissioner.
MindsEye er langt fra færdig, hvis man spørger udviklerne selv. Spørgsmålet er nu, om spillerne er klar til at give spillet en chance mere.
MindsEye Update 7 Patch Notes:
Missions & Design
– Added extra guidance blips to various missions to improve navigation throughout the campaign.
– Robin Hood: Cleared the sandstorm earlier while players are still on the highway to improve visibility and addressed player feedback by adding a scannable marker to assist in finding the caravan in the trailer park.
– The Mole: Improved data transfer progression while following Claudia to make the mission play fairer.
– Big Rocket, Little Boy: Added new objective markers for the Install ODT and viewpoint locations on the rocket loader.
– Clash of the Egos: Introduced extra cover points during the Silva segment to keep players less exposed and in the action.
– Oh Lily!: Increased Morrison’s health.
– The Wrong Move: Removed unfair fail condition if the player briefly faces the opposite direction at the beginning of the digging mini game.
– A Vital Extraction: Increased Morrison’s health so that the mission plays fairer.
– Increased NPC health in multiple missions to avoid unfair mission failures.
Audio
– Addressed player feedback in the Solitary Confinement mission by improving the social cues in the mini-game. Now provides more reinforcement to the player.
– Improved ambience sound effects during cinematics.
– Added missing score/music to several cinematics
UI/UX
– For PC users, improved the usability of the Companion Drone Controls, descending the drone is now mapped to left CTRL instead of left Shift.
– Increased the visibility distance of guidance blips from 100m to 1000m.
– In A New Companion mission, added a tooltip outlining the basic controls for the Drone Control.
– In the Penthouse Gamble mission, a tooltip has been added to outline how to unholster the companion drone if it is still active.
Art & Visuals
– Improvements made to flesh impact and blood effects.
– Reduced the default motion blur according to player feedback.
Animation
– Improvements made to the locomotion transition animations.
– Further improvements to animations when holding weapons.
Bug Fixes
AI & NPC
– Fixed an issue in The Pursuit of the Orb where enemies may have appeared idle when loading in.
– Fixed an issue in Ultra Terminal – Goin’ Haywire where one of the enemy types failed to engage the player.
– Fixed an issue where enemies would not aim or react correctly when behind cover.
Missions & Design
– Fixed various GPS tracking issues.