Compared to many of the social reasoning board games that inspired it, Between us is pretty simple. Goodies, baddies, and that’s it. Well, last night it took a step forward in origins with the addition of four new roles that could change the way you get into your own character—and the way you need to think about someone else’s character. Say hullo to Scientist, Engineer, Guardian Angel and Shaper.
On the crew members side, the Scientist can check people’s vital signs from afar for death, the Engineer can pass through vents formerly reserved for Impostors , and the first crew to die will become a Guardian Angel that can provide temporary protection for a surviving friend. shield. The impostors also take on the role of Shapeshifters, which can transform to look like other players.
The lobby servers can be futuristic with role settings, changing the number of people each can appear and the image of someone becoming each person, as well as enhancing or reducing role strength in the duration and cooldown of the role’s abilities.
The update has also brought in a new cosmetic purchase system. It revolves around two currencies: Beans, earned by playing, and Stars, purchased for real money. These can be purchased with different ‘Cosmicubes’, each containing a range of items unlocked by Pods (earned by playing), like a skill tree load or battle pass. It seems endlessly complicated but hey.
With that, the developers of Innersloth introduced the account linking feature, which allows you to share cosmetics and XP on the same account on different platforms.
Read version 2021.11.09 patch notes to know more about all the jobs.
The patch got off to a rough start. Innersloth had to release a patch urgently to prevent false ban on hackingand disconnected players are sometimes temporarily banned for several hours. “Sorry, working on it”, they speak on that second issue.
Among us may not be as important a part of the social fabric as it was during the height of the Covid-19 lockdown, but we’ll still tell you it’s one of the best. multiplayer game.
