We should be able to switch between characters after completing the story

Comments: 25

• 02 Apr, '22
  Metzli

  It was weird to me also that the whole concept is that we are playing as on "soul" but cannot swap between them at any point. It would definitely give the game some sense of "endgame" if we could play as any of the 5 after completing the game. I just started the second hero, so maybe there is a story reason for not doing this, but I haven't gotten there yet.

• 02 Apr, '22
  Neo

  It kind of blew me away when I found out that character swapping wasn't part of the core gameplay. it really looked to me like they were setting it up for the kind of thing where each character would have unique abilities and you swap between them to complete puzzles/do objectives. Pig poison immunity could allow you to move through hazardous areas, protector has the spirit world, and that kind of thing. I'd really like to revisit areas as old characters, especially the pig.

• 02 Apr, '22
  Extricated

  @Metzli - There is a story reason for not allowing it, yes - but it's a single player game. There's far more harm in not allowing switching at all than there is to put an option in the back end to let people switch at will after finishing all of the content.

• 02 Apr, '22
  Manaconda

  Once you save your husband the game shifts into a different character... but there was still a bunch for me to do as Jane. I wish there was a warning before saving the husband that this will be the end of her journey. Maybe the devs could add a mode to play open world survival mode where you could keep performing bounty quests? I would love to see the whole game just revolve around the Jane character and her adventures in the weird west map.

• 02 Apr, '22
  Kyberpunk

  +1. I just finished Jane's story without realising it was the end & that there was no way back. A warning would have been appreciated so I could wrap up my side quests first. Now knowing that I can't play as these characters again has kind of killed my motivation to upgrade them going forward besides the bare minimum needed.

• 06 Apr, '22
  vadim

  Honestly I think Game+ it’s more better then swap characters coz the sense of the game to tell you a story in that way…
  And I really enjoy the “ new face for a fresh view”

• 06 Apr, '22
  Rune Jørgensen

  When you have completed all the game should open up to a sandbox mode based on the ending you got where you can choose to be one of the surviving characters

• 09 Apr, '22
  superbit

  Shouldn't we be able to switch between characters even during the story ? While combat it can be fun. I don't see myself playing after I'm done with the quests.

• 12 Apr, '22
  Extricated

  From my understanding, suggestions were being considered yesterday - any update on this, given that it's by far and away the most upvoted feature request?

• 13 Apr, '22
  Mat.

  Yess we absolutely need to change charachter when final journey is over !!! We whant play futur event whith charachter we whant to choose !! Weird West the player have a choice and player whant to switch hero min. When last journey is finish

• 15 Apr, '22
  ReignyDay206

  I really, really enjoyed the game, the story arch as it jumps between characters was fun, and the ending was a solid and unexpected ending. However, even more unexpected than the ending was not being able to choose my favorite character I had played along the way once the story was over. I had planned on continuing to play WW as different events were introduced along the way, but I have zero intention of playing through the story again just to get to the character(s) I enjoyed playing while also juggling saves to keep them alive. It's such a stunning disappointment after the fun I had playing WW. I rarely-to-never replay games; there are just too damn many other great games like this one that are screaming for attention. It's not worth enduring this locked and linear design choice. If this feature doesn't get implemented in a patch, well... then it was a fun ride, I don't regret the time spent playing it, but I gotta ride into the sunset. Watch out for those Pigmen y'all!

• 15 Apr, '22
  storm troop

  Maybe we can shift the identification between the main characters and those best friends who adventured with us. We can also rebuild a ghost town so that everyone can live together and go adventure anytime.

• 26 Apr, '22
  Julien Roby Admin

  Hey all - just letting you know that we are considering ways to do this or something similar for a later patch and will let you know once we can commit to something, what form this will take and when to expect it! Thanks all for sharing your thoughts on this!

• 28 Apr, '22
  yariel

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  +1 This would be very nice feature like Saga Frontier ...
  After you finish one arc, or finish all then you can finally freely choice any of them ...

• 11 May, '22
  Julien Roby Admin

  Confirming we will be adding this with Patch 1.05 (this will take a bit of time as the content was all done structurally to allow this but we are committed to delivering this top-requested feature in the near future). Our goal is therefore to open up the end game with this change in Patch 1.05 before delivering a series of new content update that will leverage this.

• 12 May, '22
  Extricated

  Can I ask how this will work with existing save files?
  
  I refunded the game on launch day because of this lack of functionality - but I'd be highly tempted to re-buy the game now if I can start a save, complete the game, and then pick it back up when 1.05 comes out, provided all my level up stats etc will be there when the patch drops.

• 26 May, '22
  Extricated

  ...well???

• 04 Jun, '22
  Extricated

  Yawn......

• 10 Jun, '22
  Extricated

  Disappointed to see this game is abandoned so soon after release, but I guess it saves me 30 bucks.

• 14 Jun, '22
  Julien Roby

  Existing save file will carry over (ie you can pickup any existing save file and the functionality will work once you reach the end of the game with it.

• 14 Jun, '22
  Julien Roby

  Also just to reply to your last message "Extricated" the game is not being abandoned :)
  We are stil working on it, have a patch with new features and content coming next week (1.03) and have plenty lined up for the coming months (including this feature requested on this ticket)

• 01 Nov, '22
  E

  Why is this suddenly changed to not planned?

• 05 Nov, '22
  Extricated

  Well??????

• 06 Nov, '22
  Kyberpunk

  Well that's disappointing, I was waiting on the next update for this before picking the game back up :(

• 07 Nov, '22
  Julien Roby

  Unfortunately, while we had earmarked this as a possible goal for one of our future free content updates, we are sorry to announce that our plans have changed due to reasons beyond our control. After having delivered four free major content updates over the past 7 months, Patch 1.05 coming in November will be our fifth and final free content update for the game, focused on introducing mod support.