PC Gamer highlights a noteworthy detail among the new features: Kliff—a supporting character who had previously felt rather flat—finally gains his own thoughts and opinions. This represents a writing-focused improvement rather than a technical one, in a game that has consistently received free content since launch.
Patch 1.000.505 (version 2.01.00) arrived on September 4, bringing widespread fixes to gameplay, the interface, and various technical issues across all platforms.On August 17, Pearl Abyss had already addressed one of the players' most common complaints: the mission menu. Previously a jumbled mess, it has now been reorganized into eight distinct categories—Main Quests, Faction Quests, Investigation Quests, Research Quests, Daily Life, Guide, Archive, and Constellations.
For a title released in March that was an early contender for Game of the Year, the pace of support remains unusually high; it is rare to see an open-world RPG receive so much content over such a long period without any additional cost.
