Part of what I like about this game is, counterintuitively, its short shelf life. I was sucked in, binged for a month, unlocked everything, then stopped playing. It gave me the content and didn't string me along for longer than necessary.
I miss when games didn't try to live forever, and instead made a single experience, and then focused development on new games, with sequels coming only after making other games first.
No microtransactions! The game isn't trying to extort money from you, it's actually a GAME that you PLAY. There's no demands like having to check in at certain during your work day, or expectations from other players making it a chore. It's self-contained, it's not a skinner box, and when you buy it you OWN it. Absolutely bonkers.
The name of the game is ironic intentionally. It's flavored like a castlevania-like game. But there's no vampires in the game at all. "Thank you [player character], but the vampire is in another coffin!" directly pokes fun at this when you unlock another character.
Not to mention the fact that most of the characters are rip off o... I mean, homages to famous vampire slaying heroes from a certain forgotten Konami franchise.
Yeah here's the break down of why it's a scam, 1. The business is based out of Honk Kong and they're not even registered in the UK 2. The money given to charity has stayed at 42k euros since the beginning 3. Titles cannot be bought in Scotland as titles are controlled by a specific Scottish department and they must be registered by the owner with them and they specifically made a law in 2015 that states that owning souvenir plots of land aka tiny unusable plots doesn't grant someone the benefits of being a land owner in Scotland. So even if buying a plot of land in Scotland made you a lord you wouldn't be eligible for such a title if you only owned the tiny amounts offered by established titles.
when my friend described this to me I did indeed think it sounded mega lame... but then he passed the controller to me and I couldn't stop playing. The strategy aspect of it is so engaging and fun!
I'm Scottish and Established Titles is absolutely a scam. They're a Hong Kong based enterprise that has no legitimate ownership of any land in Scotland
Son and I just started playing, brings me back to growing up during the NES era of my child hood swapping back and forth between players trying to see how far we each can go ❤
I’ve been playing it non stop since it dropped on Xbox gamepass. And all I can say is just get it. It’s unbelievably good. The first time you beat a stage is a great feeling. Such a great wee game.
The Arcana mechanic also DRASTICALLY changes the effieciency of your runs. My current fave is the one that sucks all stage items, xp, coins, and chests in a circle around your character every two minutes
40 hours in and everything completed and yet I'm disappointed there isn't more. For the pittance I paid it's insane. It feels like the best flash game that my younger self would've dedicated their life to.
Just eant to ask a wuestion because you completed it: it says every run has a 30 minutes max timeout, is there possible to “beat the game” aka defeat the last boss in that timeframe? Is that the definition if beating this game or you are doomed to die anyway abd just play to unlock every collectible? Thank you :-)
@@druidobianco9734 Difficult to say without spoiling it, I'll just say that there is an end and the last boss isn't entirely tied to completing a run but rather your unlocks. In your regular 30-"ish" minute runs though there's no escaping second death. So don't worry too much. Just keep unlocking stuff.
Bro the hearing and seeing the game after playing it for too long is real. My gf was in class all day so i just sat around and played it for like 8 hours or so and once i got off to call her i kept hearing the gem collect noise
I love that this game has a hidden abusable but fair mechanics. For example, you can actually stack more than 6 passive items and still evolve your weapon to ultimate if the map has a dropped item and stack it smart.
Sometimes my partner gets gamepass ultimate, but still uses my xbox profile to buy it, which means my laptop gets gamepass and online multiplayer with said games (it lets her and I play gamepass game multiplayer with only one xbox and one subscription lol). This is how I downloaded Vampire Survivors. At first, I thought, this is dumb, this whip attack does nothing. But ever second I spent with the game had me finding more and more strategy, dopamine, and depth. Suddenly I started to realize there are layers well beyond what I ever imagine would be in a game a step below a clicker-game lol. Seriously, play this game, you will/wont regret it all at the same time lmao. I now own it on Steam because when gamepass shut off I had withdrawal lol
The one downside to me is that it starts to get more mindless mid and late game after we unlock more characters, power-ups, arcana, etc. The most exciting and addictive stage to me was the early game when we playing as Antonio, or even just got an unlocked character or two like Imelda or Gennaro. But after I accumulated maybe, say, a total of 20k gold, I was even starting to AFK playing the game. I got so proficient at it that I didn't have to kite enemies and could just watch my character obliterate everything. Then most of the game was like that from then onwards from, say, 20k total gold to 200,000,000 total gold. The game became so mindless and repetitve soon after the mid-game. By the time I unlocked Sammy, it was just ridiculous how much gold I was getting (ex: 500k+ on a hyper inverted run in less than 10 mins) and there was no challenge anymore. I still adore the game but I wish the mid and late game didn't become so monotonous. I also think the game was better before DLC. SpellStrike and SpellStrom are totally OP. With SpellStrom, I was doing over 100k DPS on some runs. Most other evolved weapons only do like 3k to maybe 20k, not 100k+.
I've never played a game so instantly addicting, and I've been playing quite a few games over the past 3 decades. I played this for 4 hours straight when first trying it, and the 4 more hours tonight when I finally beat the first level.
Correction, the church (Cappella Magna) is not the final stage. There's a literal end boss and end credits. It's in the map called Eudaimonia Machine. You have to visit it three times to unlock the boss fight, and it will disappear after visiting it the first two times, causing you to have to unlock the same map 3 separate times. Afterwards, you'll get the final character and best weapon in the game, Queen Sigma and the Victory Sword.
Apparently the Dev who made the game actually used to work on slot machines in the gambling industry. So it's no wonder why the games so damn addictive.
i haven’t played vampire survivors, however one of my teachers had us play some weird trivia government game with the exact same gameplay loop lol: move around, answer questions to get upgrades, kill hordes of enemies. what a cool teacher
I like it because it has CHEST, COINS and you always unlock stuff, new characters, buff your characters. Every run it's unique because the power ups are random. I found my self playing a character I don't like, with powers I don't care, BUT... It was FUN. I obtain a ton of coins, dance and repeat. The music is also good. THIS GAME and KINGDOM TWO CROWNS, I like it.
Just realized I’ve playing a mobile ripoff (Survivorio) of this game for like a week straight. Definitely going to buy this game, I’ve seen some comments mentioning there is only about 40 hours of playtime to 100% it, but for a couple bucks that doesn’t seem bad at all. Still going to play the mobile ripoff because I’m competing with friends, but I’ll keep this in my conscience lol
Just downloaded it on Xbox Gamepass and amazed how simple yet how much fun it actually is after being confused watching gameplay randomly else where. Going to buy this one.
I would love if you reviewed (or rather, just played it) EDF (Earth defence force) games. I honestly feel like you would enjoy it very much. It was a pleasant surprise for me. I wont spoil much, but its L4D but giant bugs. You can play whatever game as they dont follow a story. 4.1 is considered the best, but its honestly tied with 5. 6 just came out so idk about that
Started playing this on Game Pass a few days ago and I can't put it down . Some of my favorite games have been made by one person. wrestling empire comes to mind
Seriously about that grind part. You can unlock and fully enjoy the chaotic randomness of the full game in no time flat. I'm almost done on the unlocks list and still have the secrets to find but I've unlocked more in less time in this game than I have in any other roguelite type game. And that's genuinely refreshing because sometimes you want the full chaos potential of the game but still have things to work towards without feeling like you're constantly roadblocks
I got it for free with apple arcade and have been having an ABSOLUTE BLAST playing this game. It only took me a few days to max out my stats which kinda sucks but Im still having fun unlocking the multitude of characters. I hope they add cosmetics or something to do with all my gold now
I am happy that it is on Xbox. I just woke up at 8 AM and just stopped. It is now 3:30 AM. I acquired 102 of 140 achievements and became so happy once I killed my first Reaper. I am thankful that I am not epileptic.
You got me at "I officially have no life now". I was like, I want what he's smoking. I bought the game right now coz its on sale. :D Thanks, 10/10 video. Auto sub. Keep up the awesome content. You're awesome.
i played vampire survivors for a few months back in summer with my roommate, i stopped playing like 2 months ago, but that whole summer, holy shit we were up all night, discovering upgrades, evolutions, characters, achievements, creating best possible builds and we were laughing our asses off outside of the game but still playing it, it was so fun i would like to relive those moments again, vampire survivors is THE game, probably the most fun game i played this year besides sekiro, but way more addicting than sekiro, i recommend
Weirdest thing about this game is that it has Dracula on both the name and the art but you never get to see him or fight him. Very fun game regardless 10/10 recommended.
I just heard of this game. I am at work with my potatoe computer laptop and nothing to do sense its easter. This game is my easter present to my self. Great content!
Being an italian makes it even better as there are a lot of references to italian culture like the molise which is a giant inside joke where the molise doesn't actually exist
Incredibly addicting and super fun. I have never felt this powerful since I played Prototype back in the day. In the beginning, it can feel a bit stale but man after you get the power-ups and try to experiment with different stages and builds, it becomes really fun and hard to put down. At Times I thought I had broken the game 😄 Great music, an addicting gameplay loop, and a must-play on gamepass right now.
Remind me of those Roblox zombie games where you just shoot shoot and buy or upgrade your weapons and continue shooting. No wonder why I was addicted to them.
I had heard of this game and wanted to try it but it was not available on the Switch, but very recently I found a clone on the Switch called Void Scrappers, and it is super addictive for sure, I love it!
I bought this game months ago because I saw people playing it but never actually touched it until a couple of weeks ago - I have no idea what I was waiting for but I'm so glad I finally played it. It is pure fun distilled. To anyone that liked it and want something else to play afterwards go pick up Loop Hero.
I haven't played this, but I have played a mobile game called Magic Survival, which I have heard was part of the inspiration for this game. It's got a very similar kind of gameplay, and it's free, so if anyone is unsure whether they would enjoy this or not, you can give that game a go, and if it's your style, then Vampire Survivors seems to be more of the same but better.
This game is Amazing! It reminds me of an old game called "I Made a Game wth Zombies in it" that sold for $1. It was also made by one guy. So epic!... The in game music was amazing as well and even had lyrics explaining the game and how you could buy it for only one dollar. 😂
Before watching this video, I felt how you felt whenever I saw Vampire Survivors. After watching this video, I tried the game out. It's as fun as you made it out to be.
0:20 Given that the news broke recently that Volition is getting closed down because not enough people bought the SR reboot, putting that footage over "the people that enjoy the big AAA games more than anything" made me laugh. As for Vampire Survivors, I think it's really good. I like Holocure a little better because HC is faster paced and a bit more like a Shmup, but obviously HC owes a lot to VS in the first place.
Vampire survivors is truly a remarkable game, especially with twitch integrated games. It become very chaotic when people fight for what weapon to pick next. I even got the dlc for it. Also, this is out now on mobile, for free.
I actually had to stop playing before bed because it was seriously messing with my dreams. Nothing worse than 8 hours of anxiety induced thoughts with no clear end goal to make you wake up exhausted. It was much better back when my dreams were DDR arrows or diablo inventory sorting.
This looks like "Evil Lord 30's gameplay" from "Half Minute Hero", but dude is a summoner and you got half minute of time. He also is a Vampire with umbrella-bat.
i love small simple indie games, in fact all of my fav games are indie games. celeste, a short hike, a hat in time, chicory, oneshot... but i hate everything that this game stands for. it feels like a mockery of low attention spans, by not even giving you an attack button. its the equivalent of playing cookie clicker if you want a good game thats actually interesting but has a very similar appeal, then play risk of rain 2. risk of rain returns is coming soon, too. you can play the game to the final boss which can take 30-50 minutes, or you can loop indefinitely until it gets absolutely absurd with lots of biiig numbers. you get more items, stack them, increase your numbers, the enemies get stronger as the timer goes up, and its a race against the clock in a way. except theres actual gameplay to be had. risk of rain 2 is very surprisingly cheap for how interesting it is granted, i havent played more than like, an hour of vampire survivors, but i just cant stand to. i feel it mocking me, like oh you're gonna be soooo absorbed and distracted by this idle gameplay because theres just bigger numbers and thats it. thats the appeal. big numbers.
Due to work and family,i barely have enough time to casually play 1 video game at a time. Thats GoW Ragnarok at the moment but after watching your review and buying it,i am sucked into the void..its blue...shiny...
Played vampire survivors since pretty early. And honestly on pc it was already one of the best of these kinda games I’ve ever played. The gameplay makes sense, is very natural and just feels right. Almost weapons seem fairly balanced and the interactions are really cool. Pretty quickly switched to using a controller. I’d highly recommend to do that for this game. It is perfectly playable on keyboard but you just get more directional control with a joystick on a controller. But that was pc. And as I said there it was already a good game. Then however, I got my steam deck. And I’m not kidding. The steam deck turned that game from a good pc game into probably what’s easily the best portable game I ever played. I’m not sure why but I will actually rather grab the steam deck then use my desktop to play this game. Its not really any different but it feels amazing to play on that. Plus you can take it anywhere and its a very light game to run so you can get a very long battery life out of it. And then this game somehow costs 5 euros (and I think I payed even less but I’m not sure on that) with a 2 euro dlc? It is absolutely amazing. The creator could have easily raised the price to 30 euros and it would have still sold like crazy. But he didn’t. I appreciate that so much. And not just that, he released that dlc way later. He must have known that he didn’t have to sell it for 2 bucks but he did. And with that, I can honestly say that this is in my opinion by far the best value for money game I’ve ever bought. And it’s not even close btw, it’s not the biggest game, it’s not the best looking game ever, it’s not the best game. But it’s absolutely incredible how much you are getting for the price. And I honestly think I have no criticism for the game what so ever. It’s prefect, and probably the only game to this date I’d actually give a 10/10.
Unfortunately first: I don’t 5 or 10$ to buy the game Second: I’m not gonna play and a enjoy a game for the rest of my life wasting my time on it At last: Because of this video you really made me think about it and you made me tempted to buy and play it but nah my reasoning is stronger than your attempted temptation even tho that might not be your thing or y’know what you wanted because “you don’t care” but it actually is and you do care but you just did not know it until now and thanks for the wish of good luck although I don’t need your good luck to find a game that has not too much but much enough of hours of Playability to recommend to my friends because my friends like anyone else has *obviously* their own opinion so yeah I may and may not find a game for them not because you metaphorically challenged me to do so but it’s because of their opinion that most likely ti be different than mines not mentioning that they may and may not change their opinions in time whether it took hours days weeks months *Years* for them to change they will and trust me I know that better than most people (the change of one’s way of thinking and change of character and change of heart) I don’t study those btw I just learned them by life experiences and some of those experiences were bad so I learned those the hard way anyways sorry I took too long I just wanted my point to be clear to you and that is the game simply isn’t worth it and that’s all peace
How do you enter a trance after playing a game for 7 hours? Once I played darkest Dungeon for 12 hours and after that night I completed the Full five hour long tutorial of assasins Creed 3, I only sleept after wearing the assasin robes
I have been trying a lot of “Vampire-likes” because I enjoyed Vs so much so the two I would recommend you also look at if you like VS is 20 minutes until dawn, and suprisingly HoloCure is really fun too
Oh my god! Thanks for introducing this game ! One of my favorite game on mobile is called "Survivor IO" and its really similar to this game except of course with microtransaction! I didn't knew something similar to it exist on PC and i can only just buy to play without an microtransaction and more features!
Having just found and watched this video, I'm kinda curious to hear your thoughts on a clone of the game, HoloCure (a Hololive Company Fan-Game)?! I ended up picking it up before Vampire Survivors, and while both are great, I find HoloCure to be more engaging overall.
I got paid and picked up two games I had on my radar. Avernum: E.F.T.P and Vampire Survivors. I played Avernum for two days before remembering I had Vampiee Survivors as well. I haven't played Avernum since. I need to get back to it but... just one more run
I dont ever stump for games or products really, but posted this in a gaming group just yesterday. This was my "review" if you will: Ok, listen. Anyone with Xbox gamepass (this game was added a few weeks back to thw pass) and anyone who cares. I don't usually stump for games or try to be preachy about what I like. But holy sh!t. OK first, I'm aware this game likely isn't gonna be for everyone, in fact I'm not even sure how'd I'd complete describe it. It was added to gamepass a couple weeks back and I was looking for something low key to play between rounds of shooting strangers in multi-player games. Along comes this unholy matrimony of shootem up, roguelike, bit sprite and complete randomness. I had very low to no expectations going in and after the 1st round was very much about ready to never play it again, but I said sure one more run. Then I started unlocking stuff and figuring things out. It's brilliant, they tell you almost next to nothing about what the hell is going on, how to do it or how to get stronger or better. It's very much a cookie crumb style of feeding the player new info. Follow the crumbs, get better and stronger and figure our the games system, which is WAY deeper than I understood even a few hours in. Needless to say, I played the hell out of this game, easily 25 plus hours. I pulled all the achievements out of it, a whopping 142 to be exact. I Killed literally millions of minions. I figured most secrets to the game. Killed exactly 0 vampires. Have not a clue in hell any resemblance of a story outside of pick this avatar this round kill bad guys. My rating 11/10 - would kill millions of bad guys over again for seemingly no reason all over again.
For $5 it's great, but it feels weirdly super derpy and eventually repetitive, and later on, the RNG can just be rerolled until you play your build of choice every time. Still enthusiastically a strong recommend for the price.
Bought the game and already have sunk 3 hours xD Almost cleared a stage but died 30 seconds before the 30 minutes mark. Music is amazing! It's really addictive!
This game should be illegal. I just started playing a few days ago waiting for Starfield and I can't stop playing. I love this game and everyone should try it. You think it's simple but the layers upon layers of gameplay is what hit home for me. Great video and thank you!
@@InnerRise It helps with sensory. Stem. Like slime does for some on a certain spectrum. Kids that like to see balls rolling /tumbling. Things like stimulate sensory.
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Part of what I like about this game is, counterintuitively, its short shelf life. I was sucked in, binged for a month, unlocked everything, then stopped playing. It gave me the content and didn't string me along for longer than necessary.
I miss when games didn't try to live forever, and instead made a single experience, and then focused development on new games, with sequels coming only after making other games first.
I haven’t gotten into it like that. I’ll play it for a few hours then drop it for a few months and then come back and do the same again.
No microtransactions! The game isn't trying to extort money from you, it's actually a GAME that you PLAY. There's no demands like having to check in at certain during your work day, or expectations from other players making it a chore. It's self-contained, it's not a skinner box, and when you buy it you OWN it. Absolutely bonkers.
1:40 you are not a vampire, the people you play as are the survivors, the vampire survivors
The name of the game is ironic intentionally. It's flavored like a castlevania-like game. But there's no vampires in the game at all. "Thank you [player character], but the vampire is in another coffin!" directly pokes fun at this when you unlock another character.
@@paulpallo5513 There will be a Vampire, someday.
Not to mention the fact that most of the characters are rip off o... I mean, homages to famous vampire slaying heroes from a certain forgotten Konami franchise.
Yeah I was wondering why a vampire would use garlics... thar explains it then, thanks.
@@paulpallo5513 of course it's a castlevania like, it has stolen art and shit
a couple notes:
you can kill death (it requires a specific strategy)
there are many secret levels and characters
you can break time and space
It doesn't really require specific strategy, just some overpowered items.
Finally managed to start killing them once I got the evolved cape and eternity corridor
still doesn't draw my attention.
@@5uperM im sure those overpowered items are "specific" tho so im lost at what value your comment is providing
Killing death is now easier, you just need a couple of Evolved weapons and a Clock Lancet to keep them from killing you
established titles is a known scam! i dont know if you're aware of this! but i would consider not taking their sponsor offers anymore
Yeah here's the break down of why it's a scam, 1. The business is based out of Honk Kong and they're not even registered in the UK 2. The money given to charity has stayed at 42k euros since the beginning 3. Titles cannot be bought in Scotland as titles are controlled by a specific Scottish department and they must be registered by the owner with them and they specifically made a law in 2015 that states that owning souvenir plots of land aka tiny unusable plots doesn't grant someone the benefits of being a land owner in Scotland. So even if buying a plot of land in Scotland made you a lord you wouldn't be eligible for such a title if you only owned the tiny amounts offered by established titles.
Okay, but I’m a Lord now so if you keep talking I’ll have to behead you 🤷🏻♂️🤴🏻
As long as he gets paid he doesn't care or he didn't research em
@@mastercheeks2 you get bullied alot dont ya kid
@@mastercheeks2 You reek of bootlicker lmao
when my friend described this to me I did indeed think it sounded mega lame... but then he passed the controller to me and I couldn't stop playing. The strategy aspect of it is so engaging and fun!
I'm Scottish and Established Titles is absolutely a scam. They're a Hong Kong based enterprise that has no legitimate ownership of any land in Scotland
Son and I just started playing, brings me back to growing up during the NES era of my child hood swapping back and forth between players trying to see how far we each can go ❤
I’ve been playing it non stop since it dropped on Xbox gamepass. And all I can say is just get it. It’s unbelievably good. The first time you beat a stage is a great feeling. Such a great wee game.
fyi: Press the escape key to skip the chest animations
I paid $1.87 for this on a Steam sale. One of the gaming deals I ever got. Absolutely addictive!!
It's one of the most engaging games ever made, ngl I don't regret my 4€
Once I buyed terraria for 1 dollar
The Arcana mechanic also DRASTICALLY changes the effieciency of your runs. My current fave is the one that sucks all stage items, xp, coins, and chests in a circle around your character every two minutes
40 hours in and everything completed and yet I'm disappointed there isn't more. For the pittance I paid it's insane. It feels like the best flash game that my younger self would've dedicated their life to.
there's more now. WAY more
Just eant to ask a wuestion because you completed it: it says every run has a 30 minutes max timeout, is there possible to “beat the game” aka defeat the last boss in that timeframe? Is that the definition if beating this game or you are doomed to die anyway abd just play to unlock every collectible? Thank you :-)
@@druidobianco9734 Difficult to say without spoiling it, I'll just say that there is an end and the last boss isn't entirely tied to completing a run but rather your unlocks. In your regular 30-"ish" minute runs though there's no escaping second death. So don't worry too much. Just keep unlocking stuff.
This game by one person has created an entire genre of similar games. That is impressive.
@@therealsashagray No it isn't...
@@boigercat is this bullet hell + rogue-like?
stardew valley was made by one guy too...
@@legbender1584 stardew valley didn't started a whole genre
@@boigercat It is, only other instance like this which comes to mind would be minecraft
Bro the hearing and seeing the game after playing it for too long is real. My gf was in class all day so i just sat around and played it for like 8 hours or so and once i got off to call her i kept hearing the gem collect noise
Lmao!
I love that this game has a hidden abusable but fair mechanics. For example, you can actually stack more than 6 passive items and still evolve your weapon to ultimate if the map has a dropped item and stack it smart.
When I figured this out, it was so awesome lol. I tried for it whenever possible
Sometimes my partner gets gamepass ultimate, but still uses my xbox profile to buy it, which means my laptop gets gamepass and online multiplayer with said games (it lets her and I play gamepass game multiplayer with only one xbox and one subscription lol). This is how I downloaded Vampire Survivors.
At first, I thought, this is dumb, this whip attack does nothing. But ever second I spent with the game had me finding more and more strategy, dopamine, and depth. Suddenly I started to realize there are layers well beyond what I ever imagine would be in a game a step below a clicker-game lol.
Seriously, play this game, you will/wont regret it all at the same time lmao.
I now own it on Steam because when gamepass shut off I had withdrawal lol
The one downside to me is that it starts to get more mindless mid and late game after we unlock more characters, power-ups, arcana, etc. The most exciting and addictive stage to me was the early game when we playing as Antonio, or even just got an unlocked character or two like Imelda or Gennaro.
But after I accumulated maybe, say, a total of 20k gold, I was even starting to AFK playing the game. I got so proficient at it that I didn't have to kite enemies and could just watch my character obliterate everything. Then most of the game was like that from then onwards from, say, 20k total gold to 200,000,000 total gold. The game became so mindless and repetitve soon after the mid-game. By the time I unlocked Sammy, it was just ridiculous how much gold I was getting (ex: 500k+ on a hyper inverted run in less than 10 mins) and there was no challenge anymore.
I still adore the game but I wish the mid and late game didn't become so monotonous. I also think the game was better before DLC. SpellStrike and SpellStrom are totally OP. With SpellStrom, I was doing over 100k DPS on some runs. Most other evolved weapons only do like 3k to maybe 20k, not 100k+.
The devs nailed the game loop and went all in on it.
I've never played a game so instantly addicting, and I've been playing quite a few games over the past 3 decades. I played this for 4 hours straight when first trying it, and the 4 more hours tonight when I finally beat the first level.
Correction, the church (Cappella Magna) is not the final stage. There's a literal end boss and end credits. It's in the map called Eudaimonia Machine. You have to visit it three times to unlock the boss fight, and it will disappear after visiting it the first two times, causing you to have to unlock the same map 3 separate times. Afterwards, you'll get the final character and best weapon in the game, Queen Sigma and the Victory Sword.
It’s on Game Pass so I just downloaded it to try it this weekend/next week as I’m off from work :) hopefully it’s dope!
Probably one of the most addicting games ever made. The scaling is also very well done!
Apparently the Dev who made the game actually used to work on slot machines in the gambling industry.
So it's no wonder why the games so damn addictive.
Nothing will beat Flappy Bird
i haven’t played vampire survivors, however one of my teachers had us play some weird trivia government game with the exact same gameplay loop lol: move around, answer questions to get upgrades, kill hordes of enemies. what a cool teacher
What game was that?
Imagine my glee when I checked Game Pass a few days after this video and found this game there
Update: I'm addicted. Send help!
I was looking at games to buy on steam and looked this up to see what is was like. This video was really well made and made me get it.👍
I will admit this game didn’t hook me till the 3rd or 4th time, then I was hooked after a certain point you feel God-like and it sooooo satisfying
I like it because it has CHEST, COINS and you always unlock stuff, new characters, buff your characters. Every run it's unique because the power ups are random. I found my self playing a character I don't like, with powers I don't care, BUT... It was FUN. I obtain a ton of coins, dance and repeat. The music is also good. THIS GAME and KINGDOM TWO CROWNS, I like it.
Just realized I’ve playing a mobile ripoff (Survivorio) of this game for like a week straight.
Definitely going to buy this game, I’ve seen some comments mentioning there is only about 40 hours of playtime to 100% it, but for a couple bucks that doesn’t seem bad at all.
Still going to play the mobile ripoff because I’m competing with friends, but I’ll keep this in my conscience lol
In terms of fun & enjoyment I got FAR more out of this at the $3 I initially paid than almost any $70 AAA title. That's why I love the indie space.
i can't see the fun man what am I missing.
Puh-lease
It’s better than GOW lmao
@@Medved- yeah ok
@@VWorldWide have you even played it bro
Just downloaded it on Xbox Gamepass and amazed how simple yet how much fun it actually is after being confused watching gameplay randomly else where. Going to buy this one.
I would love if you reviewed (or rather, just played it) EDF (Earth defence force) games. I honestly feel like you would enjoy it very much. It was a pleasant surprise for me. I wont spoil much, but its L4D but giant bugs.
You can play whatever game as they dont follow a story. 4.1 is considered the best, but its honestly tied with 5. 6 just came out so idk about that
“EDF! EDF!”
Dude i love this game so much there is an absurd lack of people talking about how fucking good it is and how easy it is to lose tens of hours to
5$ is too much for this game though.
@@GalactusOG It is easily too little, with the amount of time you get out of this gamed, I'd be happy paying $30
gambling addiction go crazy
@@Person-lk1vs what?
@@Knighthawk_ Your brain is being hijacked.
Started playing this on Game Pass a few days ago and I can't put it down . Some of my favorite games have been made by one person. wrestling empire comes to mind
"Don't get hit by this guy, or this other guy, or any of these guys"
Divano with the Divine Blood Line arcana "Am I a joke to you?"
This game is so damn good. So simple yet enough depth. Not even a ton of grind. Just good ol fashion fun. 8/10 💪🏼
Seriously about that grind part.
You can unlock and fully enjoy the chaotic randomness of the full game in no time flat. I'm almost done on the unlocks list and still have the secrets to find but I've unlocked more in less time in this game than I have in any other roguelite type game.
And that's genuinely refreshing because sometimes you want the full chaos potential of the game but still have things to work towards without feeling like you're constantly roadblocks
Paid 5 BRL (almost a dollar) for this game and it gave 100+ hours of pleasure, totally worth it
I got it for free with apple arcade and have been having an ABSOLUTE BLAST playing this game. It only took me a few days to max out my stats which kinda sucks but Im still having fun unlocking the multitude of characters. I hope they add cosmetics or something to do with all my gold now
They added skins this update but just 2 and they are unlockables and changes your stats
I am happy that it is on Xbox. I just woke up at 8 AM and just stopped. It is now 3:30 AM. I acquired 102 of 140 achievements and became so happy once I killed my first Reaper. I am thankful that I am not epileptic.
If you have gamepass on Xbox, it's $1.79 on Jan 5, 2023. I just dl it from GP and love it! Will buy for sure!
This game is so addictive!
Great video, I'd love to see you cover Lone Tower (Android) sometime. Has a lot of same ideas but is like a tower defense game.
You got me at "I officially have no life now". I was like, I want what he's smoking. I bought the game right now coz its on sale. :D Thanks, 10/10 video. Auto sub. Keep up the awesome content. You're awesome.
i played vampire survivors for a few months back in summer with my roommate, i stopped playing like 2 months ago, but that whole summer, holy shit we were up all night, discovering upgrades, evolutions, characters, achievements, creating best possible builds and we were laughing our asses off outside of the game but still playing it, it was so fun i would like to relive those moments again, vampire survivors is THE game, probably the most fun game i played this year besides sekiro, but way more addicting than sekiro, i recommend
Weirdest thing about this game is that it has Dracula on both the name and the art but you never get to see him or fight him. Very fun game regardless 10/10 recommended.
I just heard of this game. I am at work with my potatoe computer laptop and nothing to do sense its easter. This game is my easter present to my self. Great content!
Old man with garlic and white Todo are my fave characters. Also dead corpse that throws mine carts are awesome.
Being an italian makes it even better as there are a lot of references to italian culture like the molise which is a giant inside joke where the molise doesn't actually exist
I would've expect to pay $10-15 for this with all the value it brings, but I grabbed it for less than $2 on a steam sale.
I just started playing a few days ago. King Bible Chainsaw Wheel...I love this game so much.
Incredibly addicting and super fun.
I have never felt this powerful since I played Prototype back in the day.
In the beginning, it can feel a bit stale but man after you get the power-ups and try to experiment with different stages and builds, it becomes really fun and hard to put down.
At Times I thought I had broken the game 😄
Great music, an addicting gameplay loop, and a must-play on gamepass right now.
Remind me of those Roblox zombie games where you just shoot shoot and buy or upgrade your weapons and continue shooting. No wonder why I was addicted to them.
I had heard of this game and wanted to try it but it was not available on the Switch, but very recently I found a clone on the Switch called Void Scrappers, and it is super addictive for sure, I love it!
7:58 This is the true dopamine right here!
I bought this game months ago because I saw people playing it but never actually touched it until a couple of weeks ago - I have no idea what I was waiting for but I'm so glad I finally played it. It is pure fun distilled. To anyone that liked it and want something else to play afterwards go pick up Loop Hero.
It just came out on PlayStation I bought it & all 4 DLC’s for a total of $13.74. That’s the lowest price I can ever remember paying for a game & DLC.
I haven't played this, but I have played a mobile game called Magic Survival, which I have heard was part of the inspiration for this game. It's got a very similar kind of gameplay, and it's free, so if anyone is unsure whether they would enjoy this or not, you can give that game a go, and if it's your style, then Vampire Survivors seems to be more of the same but better.
Good news. Poncle (the developer) just released the mobile version and its free.
100% weren't kidding and now...I'm hooked.
This game is Amazing! It reminds me of an old game called "I Made a Game wth Zombies in it" that sold for $1. It was also made by one guy. So epic!... The in game music was amazing as well and even had lyrics explaining the game and how you could buy it for only one dollar. 😂
Before watching this video, I felt how you felt whenever I saw Vampire Survivors. After watching this video, I tried the game out. It's as fun as you made it out to be.
This game was a sneak attack addiction, and you ain't lying about seeing blue gems when you close your eyes lol.
0:20 Given that the news broke recently that Volition is getting closed down because not enough people bought the SR reboot, putting that footage over "the people that enjoy the big AAA games more than anything" made me laugh.
As for Vampire Survivors, I think it's really good. I like Holocure a little better because HC is faster paced and a bit more like a Shmup, but obviously HC owes a lot to VS in the first place.
Vid overall is real good but got tainted when you mentioned established titles. Absolute scam.
Vampire survivors is truly a remarkable game, especially with twitch integrated games. It become very chaotic when people fight for what weapon to pick next. I even got the dlc for it.
Also, this is out now on mobile, for free.
I actually had to stop playing before bed because it was seriously messing with my dreams. Nothing worse than 8 hours of anxiety induced thoughts with no clear end goal to make you wake up exhausted. It was much better back when my dreams were DDR arrows or diablo inventory sorting.
i started this game a couple days ago.
my life hasn’t been the same ever since
send help
I just started this game and realized that I've been playing for the past 6 hours straight lol
This looks like "Evil Lord 30's gameplay" from "Half Minute Hero", but dude is a summoner and you got half minute of time.
He also is a Vampire with umbrella-bat.
This needs to be on all platforms
i love small simple indie games, in fact all of my fav games are indie games. celeste, a short hike, a hat in time, chicory, oneshot... but i hate everything that this game stands for. it feels like a mockery of low attention spans, by not even giving you an attack button. its the equivalent of playing cookie clicker
if you want a good game thats actually interesting but has a very similar appeal, then play risk of rain 2. risk of rain returns is coming soon, too. you can play the game to the final boss which can take 30-50 minutes, or you can loop indefinitely until it gets absolutely absurd with lots of biiig numbers. you get more items, stack them, increase your numbers, the enemies get stronger as the timer goes up, and its a race against the clock in a way. except theres actual gameplay to be had. risk of rain 2 is very surprisingly cheap for how interesting it is
granted, i havent played more than like, an hour of vampire survivors, but i just cant stand to. i feel it mocking me, like oh you're gonna be soooo absorbed and distracted by this idle gameplay because theres just bigger numbers
and thats it. thats the appeal. big numbers.
Awesome video! Loved Vampire Survivors, still have to try a few of the new characters hehe
„You are a vampire…“
Wait, where do you get that from?
I’ve been so addicted to this game all month lmao it’s all I’ve played
Due to work and family,i barely have enough time to casually play 1 video game at a time.
Thats GoW Ragnarok at the moment but after watching your review and buying it,i am sucked into the void..its blue...shiny...
I slept on this for a long time and now I am hooked!!!
If you have Xbox game pass this is definitely worth a play
Played vampire survivors since pretty early. And honestly on pc it was already one of the best of these kinda games I’ve ever played. The gameplay makes sense, is very natural and just feels right. Almost weapons seem fairly balanced and the interactions are really cool.
Pretty quickly switched to using a controller. I’d highly recommend to do that for this game. It is perfectly playable on keyboard but you just get more directional control with a joystick on a controller.
But that was pc. And as I said there it was already a good game.
Then however, I got my steam deck. And I’m not kidding. The steam deck turned that game from a good pc game into probably what’s easily the best portable game I ever played. I’m not sure why but I will actually rather grab the steam deck then use my desktop to play this game. Its not really any different but it feels amazing to play on that. Plus you can take it anywhere and its a very light game to run so you can get a very long battery life out of it.
And then this game somehow costs 5 euros (and I think I payed even less but I’m not sure on that) with a 2 euro dlc? It is absolutely amazing. The creator could have easily raised the price to 30 euros and it would have still sold like crazy. But he didn’t. I appreciate that so much. And not just that, he released that dlc way later. He must have known that he didn’t have to sell it for 2 bucks but he did.
And with that, I can honestly say that this is in my opinion by far the best value for money game I’ve ever bought. And it’s not even close btw, it’s not the biggest game, it’s not the best looking game ever, it’s not the best game. But it’s absolutely incredible how much you are getting for the price. And I honestly think I have no criticism for the game what so ever. It’s prefect, and probably the only game to this date I’d actually give a 10/10.
I have DangerouslyFunny to thank for introducing me to this drug of a game. It’s been 300+ hours of gameplay, I both hate and love him for it.
Please don't take sponsors from established titles, they are a scam
Unfortunately first:
I don’t 5 or 10$ to buy the game
Second:
I’m not gonna play and a enjoy a game for the rest of my life wasting my time on it
At last:
Because of this video you really made me think about it and you made me tempted to buy and play it but nah my reasoning is stronger than your attempted temptation even tho that might not be your thing or y’know what you wanted because “you don’t care” but it actually is and you do care but you just did not know it until now and thanks for the wish of good luck although I don’t need your good luck to find a game that has not too much but much enough of hours of Playability to recommend to my friends because my friends like anyone else has *obviously* their own opinion so yeah I may and may not find a game for them not because you metaphorically challenged me to do so but it’s because of their opinion that most likely ti be different than mines not mentioning that they may and may not change their opinions in time whether it took hours days weeks months *Years* for them to change they will and trust me I know that better than most people (the change of one’s way of thinking and change of character and change of heart) I don’t study those btw I just learned them by life experiences and some of those experiences were bad so I learned those the hard way anyways sorry I took too long I just wanted my point to be clear to you and that is the game simply isn’t worth it and that’s all peace
How do you enter a trance after playing a game for 7 hours? Once I played darkest Dungeon for 12 hours and after that night I completed the Full five hour long tutorial of assasins Creed 3, I only sleept after wearing the assasin robes
I have been trying a lot of “Vampire-likes” because I enjoyed Vs so much so the two I would recommend you also look at if you like VS is 20 minutes until dawn, and suprisingly HoloCure is really fun too
20 minutes til dawn is also similar and a RUclipsr recommended it and it's good
I'm so happy to see a little Italian game having this kind of success
Oh my god! Thanks for introducing this game ! One of my favorite game on mobile is called "Survivor IO" and its really similar to this game except of course with microtransaction! I didn't knew something similar to it exist on PC and i can only just buy to play without an microtransaction and more features!
This game was the inspiration for survivor io
vampire survivors is now free on ios and android. with no microtransactions.
Having just found and watched this video, I'm kinda curious to hear your thoughts on a clone of the game, HoloCure (a Hololive Company Fan-Game)?! I ended up picking it up before Vampire Survivors, and while both are great, I find HoloCure to be more engaging overall.
I got paid and picked up two games I had on my radar. Avernum: E.F.T.P and Vampire Survivors. I played Avernum for two days before remembering I had Vampiee Survivors as well. I haven't played Avernum since. I need to get back to it but... just one more run
I dont ever stump for games or products really, but posted this in a gaming group just yesterday. This was my "review" if you will:
Ok, listen.
Anyone with Xbox gamepass (this game was added a few weeks back to thw pass) and anyone who cares. I don't usually stump for games or try to be preachy about what I like. But holy sh!t.
OK first, I'm aware this game likely isn't gonna be for everyone, in fact I'm not even sure how'd I'd complete describe it. It was added to gamepass a couple weeks back and I was looking for something low key to play between rounds of shooting strangers in multi-player games. Along comes this unholy matrimony of shootem up, roguelike, bit sprite and complete randomness. I had very low to no expectations going in and after the 1st round was very much about ready to never play it again, but I said sure one more run. Then I started unlocking stuff and figuring things out.
It's brilliant, they tell you almost next to nothing about what the hell is going on, how to do it or how to get stronger or better. It's very much a cookie crumb style of feeding the player new info. Follow the crumbs, get better and stronger and figure our the games system, which is WAY deeper than I understood even a few hours in.
Needless to say, I played the hell out of this game, easily 25 plus hours. I pulled all the achievements out of it, a whopping 142 to be exact. I Killed literally millions of minions. I figured most secrets to the game. Killed exactly 0 vampires. Have not a clue in hell any resemblance of a story outside of pick this avatar this round kill bad guys.
My rating 11/10 - would kill millions of bad guys over again for seemingly no reason all over again.
I will probably never play this, but the soundtrack is dope af.
For $5 it's great, but it feels weirdly super derpy and eventually repetitive, and later on, the RNG can just be rerolled until you play your build of choice every time. Still enthusiastically a strong recommend for the price.
Do any of these reviews actually beat the game with how weapons evolve, golden eggs, the slight story that appears, the arcana you get
It also just dropped on gamepass so that's neat
I'm scared that the art style might make me naseous because just how much is going on but my interest is peaked.
Even after watching this video, I still don't see the draw.
Play it and you'll see it. Believe me.
Bought the game and already have sunk 3 hours xD Almost cleared a stage but died 30 seconds before the 30 minutes mark. Music is amazing! It's really addictive!
This game should be illegal. I just started playing a few days ago waiting for Starfield and I can't stop playing. I love this game and everyone should try it. You think it's simple but the layers upon layers of gameplay is what hit home for me. Great video and thank you!
This game is designed for those on the spectrum. This is Atari 2600 version of Castlevania: Symphony of the night
Wow💀
@@InnerRise It helps with sensory. Stem. Like slime does for some on a certain spectrum. Kids that like to see balls rolling /tumbling. Things like stimulate sensory.
This seems like something that belongs more on mobile than pc.
established titles gives you no lordship whatsoever and anyone in the uk will tell you that
Interesting. Similarly, upgrade paths are a key to incremental games as well.
50+ hours 100% complete, just waiting on patches and running endless modes :o