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Personally my favorite experience so far in this game is the ways that enemies will interact with each other. Firstly, it creates a very immersive environment where I feel like I’m part of the world, rather than the world being just catered to me. Secondly, it really really adds to the fantasy of an opportunistic vampire able to take advantage of enemies that weaken each other. I was exploring an area that I was barely geared enough to be in, i think somewhere in mid act 2 in the Dunley farms area, when a couple very high level enemies wandered through a militia camp. Initially I ran away bc I was only around lvl 40 and they were 55+, but moments later, I heard fighting in the distance (another feature I love) and went to investigate. Turns out, the mini boss had just fought its way through the entire militia camp (clearing it for me) *and* was down to about 1/4 HP and lost all but one of its followers which was also weakened. I immediately fought them before they could auto-heal, and was able to beat them and drain their blood to try out a new blood type. Idk this was the moment when I realized “oh shit, the devs really do love this game”.
exactly, like the wolf boss attacking humans and other human v bloods as well, then there's goreswine the ravager attacking lydia with goreswine being necromancer and hostile to everyone and lydia being bandit archer lvl 30 v blood boss
I have 800 hours into this game now. Got it a few years ago because a friend bought it for me. No regrets, currently the incursions are my obsession. They're addictive and so satisfying. GO GET IT if you haven't already!
I have been loving this game. The sunlight mechanic is very forgiving and if you want it to be you can tweak the settings of your own server when you go to load it if you suddenly want to do that or build more castles or have more servants or collect recourses faster, whether or not you can teleport with certain things you can turn on and off anytime you load your own game. It’s great. The world is really fun to experience as well. I was hunting the 3rd boss yesterday and all I knew is he’s a big dude with a hammer I think. I made sure I was the same level so it wouldn’t be too hard at the moment. I make my way into an encampment and at the top I see a big dude with a name I don’t bother reading as I heal and then start attacking. It was a really fun fight where I had to stay on my toes the whole time. I’m cutting it close but finally defeat him only to realize this is not the level 25 “3rd boss” I was looking for but the “5th boss” at level 27. I thought that was a fun moment. Also you can track and fight any boss again, I don’t think you get loot, but I love love love games where you can fight bosses again at basically any time.
I've only had this game for a few weeks, playing both the end of early access and now in the start of full release. It's my new favorite game. I think you said it perfectly when talking about the balance between the different genres this game takes inspiration from and slots into. It's a beautiful game with a huge amount of content and incredibly satisfying progression and mechanics. I'm a student studying game design atm and am genuinely considering applying for an internship at Stunlock Studios so I can learn more about the game and it's awesome team.
V Rising is as close to a 10/10 game as it gets for me, even with the few minor nitpicks i have with it. I just can't stop playing, combat is so much fun on Brutal with a few additional difficulty tweaks i made to tailor it to my tastes and i regularly get lost for hours at a time expanding and perfecting my Vampire sanctuary. I've seen almost no natural sunlight since i started last week. Truly the best immersive Vampire simulator ever. It even turned me into a nightwalker.
What a great video dude. Clear and precise point making. Very informative! Been wanting to dive into this game for a while now. You have given me the push that I needed and I appreciate it!
Great review for a great game. Mugthief, you have become one of my favorite gaming youtubers over the last few months. You have a very thoughtful, down to earth, true gamer's perspective and you put out great content. Thanks so much.
Yeah brother ! That's another game that I had in my radar and didn't know if I wanted to buy it, now with this recommendation I am getting it for sure. That's why we need reliable and honest reviewers like you on RU-vid ! Well done my man, thank you.
Awesome video! Been loving this game a lot! My wife has been sitting on the couch watching me and I’m pretty sure she wants to play. Winning that giveaway to get her a key would be amazingggg! Keep up the good work!!
Yes, they have really improved the difficulty customizations. That was my biggest concern in Early Access. But now I can just use the brutal difficulty with resource and item drops increased to a maximum and crafting times reduced to a minimum which creates the perfect game. V Rising is everything League was supposed to be and more.
Happy that you got sponsored by Stunlock! I played a lot of Battlerite since early access, so I've been eagerly waiting for V Rising. Unfortunately, I don't own a PC anymore, so I must wait for the PS5 release. It will be a day one purchase for me.
This game is so good and fits so many play styles. I found a pretty spot where i have personal pond a bridge and a farm area. My friend is building crazy f physics another is planning things out and taking it slow. And then another friend who is focused on bosses. All different styles playing together and enjoying the game. I will say some terms have been changed that i prefered in old version .
Battlerite was one of my favorite games, so I picked this up in early access. It didn't have the depth I was looking for at first, but starting up 1.0 was the same experience that you've had. Wonderful game.
Never played any type of moba game but with such a glowing review… V rising will be my introduction to the genre. Amazing and comprehensive as per mug thief😁
I spent 6hrs without noticing playing this game and had met 2 random other players and we started fighting bosses together. I haven't played games like this for a hot minute. It such a fun simple game that gives u little guide with more freedom and exciting bosses
Battlerite fan here. When I picked this game up in EA, I didn't even remember the name of the studio that made Battlerite. But when I started the game and got into my first instance of combat, I -immediately- thought, "This feels like Battlerite. Who made this?" I cannot express enough how amazing the combat and overall gameplay in this title feels. Boss fights are so excellent. I played about 15 hours of it in EA, then put it away to wait for 1.0. Cannot wait to dig into this.
When I played in 2022, it did not feel like an early access game. I realy injoyed it but had not considered picking it back up. Thanks for the reminder.
Corepunk is the MMO, Project Loki the Battle Royale. Loki is from ex-Riot devs, and from what I’ve played you can imagine V Rising with a bit of League and a fair bit of Apex.
@19:50 the controller support is great all except that you have have to turn the camera manually instead of it just following your character as they turn. I hope they look at the controller movement with camera turn.
Im totally hooked on the game. EVer since its early access I loved it. I am at around 400 ish hours, and I cant get enough of it. Building the ultimate castle is an amazing end-game goal of mine.
Looking forward to diving back into the game now that 1.0 is out. The combat system was what really kept me going in the game. Like you said, they really perfected the formula in a way no one else has been able to, and very few developers seem to even try. I saw some new bosses in the video that I'm excited to fight as well. I'm curious how many more game modifiers they've added (if any) to the server options as well. There was plenty before, but I know at the time my friends were looking for some very specific features we ended up having to cheat in with console commands to get the experience everyone wanted from it.
To be fair with the Accessibility and Customization part being able to tune the difficulty, resource farming, time, combat, ect has been part of the game well before gloomrot. Now something that they did improve upon is you used to not be able to change your settings for your private save after you initially made it, you could only do that if you had a dedicated server and you edited the txt file. This was annoying because I would have to start over if I found something annoying on my game that wasn't running 24/7 but would have been fine on a dedicated server. Also as a side note I think they took away the multiplier for blood quality. I remember throwing that on 2x because even 50% were rare and finding a 100% blood was near impossible. Now it seems like that option is gone, which is a little less of an issue now with Irradiated Gruel and I think they upped the % default as well. However its still a bit of a nit pick as far as Customization is concerned. Something I do want to point out is I bought this game for like $20 when it first came out on steam, and at the time I felt like I got my money's worth. With gloomrot and now the full version release its only gotten better. Plus I bought the plague chemist cosmetic set a long while ago, and they released MORE cosmetics for that set and gave them to me for FREE. That is something they 100% did not need to do but it does speak a lot on their priorities.
Controller comments sound like you have a custom controller profile installed or have steam controls enabled. The v1.0 controller scheme uses Y to turn on camera turn which then requires using the shoulder buttons to rotate. It also does in fact bring up visual cues to let you know which button does what.
I should try it again. My main complaint back in the first launch was that spells were unbelievably boring, because they were too balanced, so to speak - made to be functional reskins of each other with slightly different elements so as to be more readable in PVP. The weapon skills and magic were also just constrained to an incredibly small power curve with minimal variance outside of the raw gearscore scaling. The combat in the footage looks much less bland.
odd that your controller experience went down like that. i use a controller exclusively (big tv, big couch) and the game does show the button icons. beyond that it even rearranges the HUD almost completely to group things to match the controller better (d-pad and d-pad hold items are 2 rows of 4 vs numbers 1-8). camera rotation is done by holding Y/triangle and then using the left/right triggers for 'slow' rotation, bumpers for quick 45 degree jumps.
i wish they give us so we can switch to 3th person over the shoulder camera...that would be perfect for exploring, small combats, farming. So if Stunlock studios reading comments... PLEASE add that, it does not hurt the game, it does not hurt PvP, and it does not hurt Single Player mode.
I've never played this style game I do play mostly survival games this game is so good the progression game design base build every part is incredibly thought out and satisfying not many games are as well done as this one they really put alot of effort in it
If you like the juke mechanics of Dota, hiding around trees and other obstacles, then you'll love this game. Chasing players or being chased really gets your heart rate up.
Great review. I like the "end game" V rising has introduced, but I believe the game core and strongest aspect isn't the end game. It's how you get to the endgame that counts. The race against other players on PVP server. As solo/duo/quad right after wipe is by far the best way to play the game. All the scramble for for key resource, best base locations. Maybe not on your first try. I also started PVE, but eventually.
20:12 That is weird. I'm pretty sure that is a bug on your game client. I've been playing with Xbox controller and it shows the correct binding and icons, it's also completely different prior to 1.0, there is no cursor.
Brutal solo bosses are very hard. You can’t just run up the bosses like normal. You really need to have high levels of gear and then it can take a 20 times and probably most I’ve had help
This game is an absolute gem! I kockstarted it and put 30 or so hours in back early on. Uninstalled it and reinstalled after 1.0. This thing has me hooked! If you're on the fence about picking this up, just pull the trigger! Give it 5-10 hours of gameplay and I guarantee you will not put it down!!
Loving the game had it for a while but after getting proper controller support picked it back up and its so good ill prob buy it for ps5 too to support the devs
I'm not really sure what changed since the Early Access. Everything, but the level-up system, I see still looks the same, and even going through their list of changes doesn't feel like anything of importance for me to get back into the game and check out. Is it just me, or is there little reason, when I already played it through in coop with a friend?
As someone who isnt really super good at bullet hell/moba style play, i absolutely adore the accessibility options. All hats off to this game, its amazing.
Been playing since EA release, but only PvE. Definitely happy with all of the little improvements! Never got too far into the game as to not spoil myself too much, but I'm V excited to start Rising in power (he he) and unlock more items for crafting to defeat the next set of bosses
I haven’t beaten the final boss and started the pure endgame grind yet, but I think once you get a perfect build it’s just PvP and Castle-Sieging. The 4 bosses have some really powerful gear that can be made to break, and limit it to only one person or clan on the server, so fighting for control of the 4 accessories could be cool, but AFAIK once you reach that endgame your done. I’m not into “forever” games anymore, so I like it this way, but if youre looking for that, be warned.
I have played it a couple of weeks on my own server, so no other players in my world. I just wanted to build a nice castle. The game is a lot of fun, but it does have a few issues. Controls were difficult to get used to and you spend a lot of time just travelling around the map. Other than that, the game is great, especially the building portion. So weird not having xp though. The only way to progress is to kill the bosses, that is the entire progression, and if you have a problem with specific bosses, you will be stuck until you kill it. I just have to get better at the controls, that is totally on me.
Not only is this game good the whole early access process was professional. The first version was already in a good state. There are to many early access dumpster fires out there.
I always wanted to play this one, but for some reason I skipped it when it first came out in EA. Definitely going to get into it now, possibly after Elden Ring DLC. :D
While I admit I only played the game early on when it first came out, I personally didn't jibe with the feel of the combat, but that was mainly because early on it did not feel good to struggle to take out villagers as a vampire. To be fair, I also don't play MOBA's, so it was a new experience completely with that style of combat, and I know as I get more powerful the villagers would be less of a threat (I assume), it just gave me a feeling of 'something isn't right' as my scary vampire battled for his life against Jimmy the potato farmer. :p (that was a long time ago though, I might also be mis-remembering)
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yea, i played this shit solo after my friends left it because it was that good. just started 1.0 with a couple friends. looking to go through whole game. really good pvp. S tier quality
I played it and enjoyed it for the most part. I must admit I didn’t like the base building that much though. I might check out 1.0 to see if they’ve streamlined the resource management etc.
at 10:10 you mention a upcoming MMO and Battle Royal using top-down twin stick style gameplay. what games are those? always intrested in those, battlerite was my go to pvp game.
@@Mugthief thanks for the answer, I think corepunk is click to move no? not WASD, would not be twinstick really. I think wasd/twinstick is way better ever since I played Bloodline champions, very hard for me to enjoy MOBAS and ARPGS that are click to move, but luckily most games make it optional now like Diablo 4, PoE2 etc.
@@flowurst8537 I actually don’t know about Corepunk. I would assume that, like you said with Diablo and PoE2, it’d make sense they had a direct movement control option, and like you, that’s my preferred system. We’ll see when/if it launches I guess
Can you do the end game solo or with a friend in pve? I want to play it but that end part I am unsure of. After all the bills with my pet I need a game to escape mentally but I don’t have a lot of money to waste. Please, let me know. I think I came here asking too late.
I have been playing for almost the time it was released in early access Tbh although it feels like a lot of skills or varied boss mechanics but it's bloody all the same As for Boss you need to be at a certain lvl to fight the boss If you are below you just take too much damage but if you are at the required lvl it's too easy that most of there mechanics don't even matter PvP is good but PVE is alas not good Day night cycle sounds good but feels frustrating
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I wasn't feeling it. The game is 100% crafting for all items. Base-building is 100% required and I'm not buying the bone and blood farming that is necessary. Movement and combat felt lacking. Slow, weak? It didn't pull me in. The sunlight mechanic, while a cool idea, felt more annoying than anything else. Nothing in the game really felt innovative or fun enough but I see how it falls into a particular niche and people will like it.
