If the fair weather incompetence of the AI bots in the original had you groaning whenever there were insufficient flesh and blood bods were available to fill your team, then the much more capable AI players which staff up the ranks in Vermintide 2’s missions prove to be a boon to say the least. Sure enough as before, the white, green, blue, purple and orange tiers all return, but the upshot of having this power rating is that players can actually spend far longer in a particular tier of gear than in the first game and still get that better gear far more often as a result. In a manner similar to the Destiny games, gear in Vermintide 2 is awarded a power rating that reflects its capability, while a range of additional buffs and status effects can improve such equipment further.
Essentially then, you’ll end up with far more applicable loot than you ever did in the first game and that, friends, is a good thing.īeyond the awarding of gear, the actual levelling and quality of the equipment you receive this time around has massively improved as well. Rewarding additional chests for the completion of certain milestones, such as killing a number of elite enemies or even just crafting and collecting new pieces of gear, Vermintide 2 also boasts a new achievements system which not only bolsters the loot mechanics yet further still, but also encourage players to discover new ways to play the game. This is crucial as it is something which makes the loot system feel much more rewarding, rather than the infuriating crap shoot of the previous game which meant that it would often take an age, before you got your hands on good gear that you could actually use. In it’s place, players are awarded class-specific loot chests which always guarantee three items when opened.īetter yet, the quality of that loot you receive is directly affected by your performance and the difficulty of the mission you have completed.
No longer can you end up with equipment that you cannot use, but the frustrating random dice system has been thrown out entirely. The hugely clunky and unreliable loot system of the first game has been massively improved. Vermintide 2 is a much improved sequel in every wayĪ thunderous first-person action effort in the vein of Left 4 Dead, where the objective is to smash through legions of monstrous folk en route to the exit, though such incremental improvements are welcome, where Vermintide 2 really differentiates itself from the first game is in how comprehensively it addresses the larger flaws of its predecessor. In short, killing evil folk both intimately and at range has never felt quite this palpably satisfying. In Vermintide 2 however, there’s a real feeling of heft and weight behind your strikes, with each swing of your weapon both meeting and conveying the expected resistance of flesh, bone and gristle as you cull the legions who frequently set themselves upon you. In the original game, carving through the swarming crowds of Skaven rat-men could sometimes feel a touch unsatisfying – it sometimes felt like you were just waving your weapon in front of your face and your foes would simply crumple to the ground. Oddly, it’s the small things you notice first. In the incessantly violent fury of Warhammer: Vermintide 2′s tumult, it can be a little too easy to take for granted just how much better Fatshark’s sequel really is when compared to the previous game.
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