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Dark Deception 196 Patched (2026)

The reaction to the 196 patch has been polarized.

No patch is perfect. Since installing the Dark Deception 196 patched version, some users have reported new bugs: dark deception 196 patched

  • Missing Audio in Chapter 1: Bierce’s introduction voice line sometimes fails to trigger.
  • The "196 Crash" upon exiting to menu:

    • While the developers did not release a full changelog initially, data miners and community testers quickly reverse-engineered the update. Here are the confirmed changes included in the Dark Deception 196 patched version: The reaction to the 196 patch has been polarized