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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”.

i cant stop playing this game, legit hooked

Im glad i bought it when it was $20

20k sub for this quality content is crazy.. but we all start somewhere and just earned another can't wait for future stuff my dude!

I found your channel a couple months ago, always appreciate the nuanced takes on these

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.

Never heard of this game before now, very interested in it :D Thanks for the vid!

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!

3:54 thats a juicy ignite pop

I’m trying to convince myself to wait for summer sale and hope it’s discounted. Looks so good.

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.

Whoever named their character Petersteel...chef's kiss.

Thanks for the video, this made it sound much more interesting than what I thought!

Very cool to see this game doing well. I played it during a free weekend and had a blast with it. Can't wait to dive in to the full version soon.

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 KZfaq ! Well done my man, thank you.

Awesome review! Loved getting back into this.

I want to give this game a try - do you recommend m/k or controller for this? Also what customization do you recommend for a first time player?

Game was fantastic in the early access stages. In 1.0, we just get more!! More hotness, more blood, more possibilities!

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!

Was on the fence, but am very pumped to play this after your video. Well deserved sub!

I'm very glad to see other people talking about how brilliant this game's design and concept is. ^v^

The high-end, I believe it’s the epic Orange weapons are static not random with stats and effects.

Been keeping an eye on this and now at 1.0 really want to check it out

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.

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.

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.

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.

after 300 hours i can tell you this is one of the most addictive games. Even starting from scratch in a new game feels so good.

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

You mentioned a battle royale and an mmo with similar combat to v rising, what games were you referring to?

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.

@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.

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 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.

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.

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'd heard about this game but now it might be time to dive in!

This fell off my radar because of keyboard/mouse; glad to hear they added gamepad support and thank you for bringing it to my attention!

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.

Loved this game. Just shared my own thoughts and review of V Rising! Great content! Subscribed!

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!!

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

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 just got eyes on V Rising, it has such a depth combat system and really cool art, hope i get the key so i can play lol

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.

The game has been great for a few years. What Stunlock has done with 1.0 is just amazing. Great video thanks

Great review as always ! I am still on the fence whether to buy the game or not, but your review definitely increased my interest.

Haven't heard of it until yesterday. Looks fun.

they added "soulslike" genre at brutal difficulity

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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)

Love this game, good mix of so many different themes/genres. Also the bosses are actually challenging which is nice.

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.

I would love to see an ARPG adopting the combat system. It is a lot of fun.

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.

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.

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

Absolutely love V Rising! We need more open world monster games

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 love the game. Did the same, played once in early access and now again. Feels amazing!

Great video , subbed.

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

ins't the progression based on the server you are? what if the person running the server shuts it down?

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.

Great review, amazing game.

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.

Great video. Phenomal game. You earned yourself another subscriber :)

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?

I reckon everyone should buy it before a psn account is required to play it

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!!

Whats the upcoming battleroyale?

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

It's so much fun. I hope it smashes on console, because they absolutely deserve it. Great game

This game shows how early access is done right!

I love it. It's Hades on steroids.

Is there something that motivates you to continue improving your gear in endgame, like powerful bosses or something like that in pve?

Did they add controller support to steam?

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.

Cant wait, comes to PS5 this week if you preordered

I play this game on a rog ally and it runs and plays very good just a little small on the text

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 bought it when it came out and I stopped to wait on full release.

Does 1.0 still have server wipes every certain days?

Game is really great with a lot of issues resolved and some added QoL.

The combat is top notch!

This game is soooooo underrated

I like vampires and games so this is cool

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

10:50 bloodline champions had even better combat. Its their work before battlerite.

loving this game

The game looks fun... to bad i dislike isometric or top down save a few exceptions.

I played EA for over 300 hours. I can already tell its launch is about to get 300 more. ❣🦇

The gamepad issue appears to be for Xbox controllers. PS5 changes to the bindings and is a much better experience.

Sounds like a good game that a lot of people are enjoying. As someone who doesn’t enjoy survival games probably not for 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.