Examples are the Blood Moon mechanic giving you buffs, while the sun will predictably damage you.
The biggest hurdle with the menus I had was learning the game’s lingo, and what they all meant mechanically but again as someone who has long been a fan of vampires a lot of the concepts and mechanics weren’t too hard to figure out.
Thankfully, it hardly felt like I was spending a lot of time in the menus unless I was crafting. Naturally, this means inventory management and menus.Ī game can really suffer from clunky menus and finicky resource management, but I am happy to report that V Rising is serviceable and intuitive enough that even casual gamers shouldn’t have too much trouble with it, especially in the likely event of having experienced Minecraft or similar. V Rising early access is kind of thin on story, so let’s get straight into the gameplay. This game should feel familiar to you if you’ve ever played a hack-‘n-slash along the lines of Diablo. Except this time you’ll be hacking and slashing a lot more than monsters – you’ll have a lot of resources to collect, too. V Rising is available as an Early Access title on Steam for your regional pricing.Ģ) Graphics and Audio – Acceptable and Accessible Gameplay – Guts and Glory Keep reading to get an idea of what you can expect. It may not have the expansive lore and universe of Kain or Bloodlines, and it might still be in early access, but the fact that it has already topped Steam charts goes to show that it has resonated with a large amount of gamers. The Legacy of Kain series has not seen a new release in nearly 20 years, but has recently been acquired by Embracer Group who may or may not breathe new life into the franchise. Paradox has been coy with Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, no release date has been set yet.Įnter V Rising – the new kid on the block. Vampire fans have not been quite as spoiled for choice in recent years as they have been in the past.
This V Rising preview proves that the creatures of the night that have captured humanity’s collective imagination for centuries are very much still relevant and as intriguing as ever, especially in the context of a well-realised game. If you were wondering when vampires stopped being cool, they didn’t.
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