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Lort devs reluctantly tweak the fantasy roguelike's difficulty after players complain the Risk of Rain 2 successor is too hard: 'You are meant to die and learn how to overcome the challenge'

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Risk of Rain 2
Genres · fps
Release · Aug 11, 2020
Developer · Hopoo Games
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