![]() ![]() ![]() My other issue is that I don’t think the vampire theme comes through strongly enough. I don’t mind V Rising using this system in place of objective markers, but it has to work consistently to make that replacement worthwhile. V RISING GAMEPLAY TRAILER PATCHWhen tracking the game’s first boss, the Alpha Wolf, the glowing trails I was supposed to follow just led me to some random patch of forest where there were no wolves whatsoever. First, the enemy tracking system is not always reliable. I do have a couple of complaints, however. The castle-building and crafting systems are already elaborate and involved, and more importantly, those systems lead to fun and surprising adventures in the wilderness. In the end, I emerged victorious over both Keely and the bear, earning myself a special ‘frost-bat’ ability and a blueprint for a tannery.Īs an Early Access prospect, V Rising has more than enough for interested players to get involved with now. When I fought Keely the Frost Archer, not only did the sun come up halfway through the fight, forcing me to dash in and out of shadows as I dodged her shots, but a rogue arrow from Keely’s bow destroyed the door of a pen holding a captive bear. Once you track these enemies down, you’ll need to fight them in encounters that can be pleasingly dynamic. Constructing a ‘Blood Altar’ will help you sniff these tougher enemies out, conjuring a glowing red trail that leads to their lairs. ![]() Certain recipes and vampire powers can only be obtained by drinking the “V-blood” of bosses, of which there are currently 30 in the game. Seeing these through will unlock more recipes, and so on.Īfter about an hour, however, V Rising gets a bit trickier. Completing an objective such as crafting some bony armour for yourself will unlock new objects for you to craft. Your immediate goal is to build yourself a castle, which you approach in typical survival game fashion. V RISING GAMEPLAY TRAILER FREEDays in V Rising‘s world are short, and when the sun gives way to the moon, you’re free to explore unhindered. This light/shadow systems adds a pleasing bit of vampiric flavour to V Rising, but developer Stunlock Studios knows not to push the idea too far. So you must stick to the shade during the daytime, using your dash manoeuvre to slip between shadows, and using caution when you harvest resources or engage enemies in combat. Since you’re a vampire, exposure to direct sunlight will quickly see you light up like a roman candle. But at least V Rising has a good reason for the opening area to be predominantly woodland. I’m generally down on survival games that take place in forests, because it’s been done to death. Once you’ve worked your way through the opening necropolis area, you end up in Farbane Woods, aka generic survival forest. It’s one of the cooler introductions I’ve experienced recently, and that one-two-punch of fighting and crafting encapsulates the core feedback loop of V Rising. As I said, you begin the game by bashing your way out of your coffin in some forgotten crypt, and immediately batter a few skeletons before crafting a sword from their bones. But amid the crafting, base-building and other familiar survivalist trappings, I feel like, with the right nudge, V Rising could easily become a spiritual successor to Crystal Dynamics‘ vampire classic.Įven if my instincts are wrong on this, V Rising‘s toothy twist on Valheim brings enough fun to recommend in its own right. Perhaps it’s simply because middle-age is hovering into view like Dracula’s boat on course for Whitby harbour, and looking backward helps distract me from a future of cholesterol monitoring and chronic back pain. Perhaps it’s the top-down perspective, or the shared DNA in the base premise. READ MORE: Uematsu’s prog-rock influences are what make ‘Final Fantasy”s music so special.Instead, it was the 1996 action RPG Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. ![]() It’s primarily inspired by Valheim, but the game I found myself thinking of when I first burst out of my coffin wasn’t Iron Gate‘s preposterously popular Viking simulator. V Rising is a survival game wherein you play a vampire hell-bent on revenge against the human race, which even without context is entirely understandable. This week, Rick Lane sinks his teeth into vampire survival sim V Rising. Unfinished Business is NME’s weekly column about the weird and wonderful world of Early Access games. ![]()
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