Holammer
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My man!
Would you look at that? Another update just dropped with 2 new achievements!
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[IGN] Vampire Survivors Is a Beautiful $3 Nightmare Taking Over Steam
- Thread starter Maiden Voyage
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Would you look at that? Another update just dropped with 2 new achievements!
EverythingsOverrated
Member
Picked this up a few weeks ago and it's a helluva time sink, in a good way. It's the perfect game to put on after a long day at work.
Just shut your brain off, put on a podcast, and zone out for an hour or two.
Just shut your brain off, put on a podcast, and zone out for an hour or two.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Holammer
Member
Embarrassingly I actually failed my first attempt as it kept growing to several screens in size, next try it died so fast I did not even notice with Holy Water.
That last one was pretty tough!
PaddyOCanager
Member
The game is legit. Seriously, for $3 just buy it and give it a shot.
chixdiggit
Member
The genius of this game is the $3 price point. With that price point, peoples expectations are low but they still want to see what the fuss is about.
Great game for the Steam Deck as well.
Great game for the Steam Deck as well.
Holammer
Member
Just tried Boneraiser Minions, a new Survivors clone by indie developer Caiysware. It's a clone, but it's not a straight up clone and different enough mechanically to feel fresh. The gameplay is a bit more involved and hectic. With C64/NES'ish style pixel art & color palette with lots of black, cyan and purple + suitably chippy music. It looks and feels like a long lost Atari arcade that wouldn't have looked out of place next to Robotron.
Caiysware games are... "different", but they are all solid games. His Spirit's Abyss shits on Spelunky 2 from great heights and that's a hill I'm willing to die on.
Caiysware games are... "different", but they are all solid games. His Spirit's Abyss shits on Spelunky 2 from great heights and that's a hill I'm willing to die on.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
I was getting Fire Emblem vibes myself.
small_law
Member
It's so refreshing to see a developer not be deadly serious about their game. I love the level of self-awareness. The game itself is tongue in cheek, but not overly so. The devs hit a balance that AAA developers don't ever seem to achieve.
daveonezero
Banned
I haven’t been in on this for a while but look forward to trying it again at some point.
drotahorror
Member
Just grabbed that and Vampire Survivors. Time to see what the hype's about. Love Caiysware's artstyle, always have.
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Holammer
Member
Played it a bunch today, it is very "involved" as I mentioned before. With a dash, activated abilities and boneraising selection, it's not as chill and podcast friendly as Vampire Survivors.
Shadowstar39
Member
It already works on steam deck so it works on Linux with proton or wine.
It's an amazingly fun game. Been playing it for a month now. This and other twin stick shooters and rogue likes rock on the deck.
Shadowstar39
Member
No micro transactions, no dlc trickery, no drm or launchers, no sjw shyte, no pay2win, affordable, devs are responsive to players.
Oh and game is legit addictive, simple controls, fun and has castlevania sotn Era art style.
It's just that good.
Oh and game is legit addictive, simple controls, fun and has castlevania sotn Era art style.
It's just that good.
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Herbspiceguy
Member
Great recommendation. I love the gameplay and aesthetics of this game. It was one of those hidden indie gems of which I played the demo a lot. Trying my best to land a high score in the dailies in the current release.
I think endless skirmish could use some tuning though, which I've expressed on the Steam forum. The dev seems like a really passionate and down to earth guy who's open to suggestions & feedback:
Without wanting to stray too far from Vampire Survivors, I'd recommend checking out the Deadzoned demo by the same dev. It's a bite-sized, yet deep, sci-fi roguelike.
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drotahorror
Member
Give or take 30 or so minutes. I think I'm pretty hooked! Thanks for the recommendation. Some of the gameplay elements are a bit confusing to me but I'm sure I'll figure it out.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
One of the best pick up and play games around. You know you hit the jackpot when the clones start popping up.
drotahorror
Member
Pretty much conquered Boneraiser for the time being.
So I started Vampire Survivors for the first time today. Fuuuuck I think I'm addicted again.
So I started Vampire Survivors for the first time today. Fuuuuck I think I'm addicted again.
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Silver Wattle
Gold Member
I've dropped over 100hrs into this, its great fun, I usually drop it for a couple weeks after getting all the achievements then return when a new patch comes out.
The new character is similar in strength to having 1500 eggs, she's also much easier to start a game with as getting 5 arcanas super early is very beneficial; I used her to farm gold until I got enough eggs in trouser, the best I could get on her was 2.6mil gold for a 30min run.
The new character is similar in strength to having 1500 eggs, she's also much easier to start a game with as getting 5 arcanas super early is very beneficial; I used her to farm gold until I got enough eggs in trouser, the best I could get on her was 2.6mil gold for a 30min run.
drotahorror
Member
Just wasted a good bit of time 132/132 VS
Anyone have any other recommendations for these types of games?
So far I have a couple I might check it out :
Would love one that had some crazy blood effects and gibs.
Anyone have any other recommendations for these types of games?
So far I have a couple I might check it out :
Would love one that had some crazy blood effects and gibs.
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strange headache
Banned
Holammer
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drotahorror
Member
I've looked at quite a few VS likes and here's another one that stood out to me :
drotahorror
Member
Bought this one and it's very very good. The roadmap they've released sounds very interesting too.
Fools idol
Banned
this is the kind of game I spend every cent I earned in the arcades on during the mid 90s' Its addictive as fuck.
synchronicity
Member
Tesla vs Lovecraft is also fantastic.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
I thought the same. 60 hours later and 100% it.
Damien Crowley
Member
If there weren't the massive fps-loss in endgame.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
Performance was massively improved the last time I played on the stable version.
Thabass
Member
Eh even with it, it’s still a very good game to play on the Deck. It doesn’t bother me at all.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
This.
The Ubermosh games are woth checking out too and about as cheap as Vampire Survivors.
drotahorror
Member
This one is looking like it's going to be really good and much better production values. Free demo available right now with Steam Next Fest
bender
What time is it?
Been playing the demo all day. It really makes the deck chug once you get into the later minutes of any arena. I'm not a fan of the art style, it reminds me a lot of Torchlight but somehow "cheaper". I do like that some of the attack are more interactive and the ability to dodge is nice. I also like that once you fill up your attack ability bar, different abilities can drop and you can replace what you already have equipped. I also really like having rarities on the abilities that you earn every level up. All and all, it is a lot of fun but the demo might be too meaty and let me skip the full release. I guess it depends on the price and if they can get an optimized setting for deck.
drotahorror
Member
It's pretty meaty that's for sure. Hopefully Runes are difficulty modifiers or something as I found the demo pretty easy. I've only played the default character but beat the 3 stages pretty easily. I pretty much just made myself quit so I can wait for the full release.
drotahorror
Member
This one's pretty unique and fun. Almost like a TPS. Demo is really fun and I think I'm going to grab it for the measly $3.
I'm about to try the demo of this one but it looks really cool too:
I'm about to try the demo of this one but it looks really cool too:
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ProgenitorCastle
Banned
The more I play Vampire Survivors the better I get at it and it's amazing, right now my average survival time is around 10 minutes
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
Oh dude, just wait. If you get to the end game, it gets fucking ridiculous in the best way possible.
I am craving an update for the game so I can spend more time with it. Absolute beast of a game at $3. Just need to wait until Oct 20 for the full release.
Hell, I should make an OT for it.