I reviewed Vampire Survivors as our first ever Steam Deck assessment when it hit 1.0. Since then, Vampire Survivors launched on Xbox platforms utilizing the brand new engine, and at last made its method to iOS and Android as revealed throughout The Sport Awards. Learn my assessment of the iOS model right here. Yesterday, the primary paid DLC for Vampire Survivors launched on PC and Xbox platforms within the type of Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell priced at $1.99. This DLC will likely be on cellular early subsequent yr, and I’ve been taking part in it for assessment during the last week on Steam Deck and likewise on Xbox since yesterday.
Given how Vampire Survivors stays a killer app for the Steam Deck and the way superb the sport is on iOS, I wished to ensure we cowl the primary ever paid DLC on Steam Deck. Having now spent over 12 hours with the DLC throughout Steam Deck and Xbox, I can safely say that Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell gives superlative worth, however there may be one annoyance with the sport on Steam Deck in its present state.
Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell provides new characters, weapons, secrets and techniques, achievements, and an enormous new map. Mt.Moonspell, the brand new map, has completely different biomes with distinctive monsters. This map feels a number of instances bigger than the opposite ones within the sport, however the concentrate on exploration right here makes an enormous distinction. Within the base sport core phases, I didn’t actually trouble doing a lot exploration barring in search of the stage power-ups or initially going in direction of the query marks to unlock one thing. With Mt.Moonspell, each run to this point has felt like a breath of recent, and complicated, air.
Early on after I was nonetheless getting used to the map, the late-game parts with tons of enemies made exploration borderline not possible. Think about being caught in a slim hall in a labyrinth-like zone however with tons of enemies masking the display screen all through. That’s simply one of many conditions I had within the early hours of this DLC. I virtually need each new DLC to have a big map like this with a unique theme due to how good it’s.
I’ve not seen each mixture or all of the synergies doable with weapons and characters within the time I’ve spent throughout platforms, however I’m greater than happy with every little thing I’ve skilled to this point in Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell. A couple of of my buddies have labored in direction of unlocking every little thing a lot faster, however I’ve been slowly savoring the brand new content material. The weapons specifically are unbelievable additions. We often see DLC that brings lots much less to a sport promote for 10 or 20 instances this value. Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell is totally underpriced for what it brings to the bottom sport, however it has one flaw.
Proper now, the one factor holding Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell again is the truth that the PC model nonetheless seemingly hasn’t moved over to the brand new engine port just like the Xbox and cellular variations. This implies efficiency in later components of a run drop to sub 15fps on Steam Deck as proven in a screenshot right here. That is my solely criticism with the sport and the DLC on Steam Deck proper now. Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell elevates among the best video games of the yr to a complete different stage for a fraction of the already low asking value of the bottom sport.
Within the time I’ve spent with the DLC on Xbox Collection X, the foremost body drops solely occurred with injury numbers enabled. I often disable them, however left them on to check. Issues nonetheless get actually unhealthy, however the efficiency is significantly better than the sport on Steam Deck proper now. Whereas not a criticism concerning the DLC particularly, I actually hope that we get cross platform development with Steam, Xbox, and cellular within the close to future. Unlocking every little thing on a number of platforms isn’t going to be enjoyable for most individuals.
In a whole lot of methods, Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell jogs my memory of the Useless Cells paid DLC the place every pack gives a ton of worth, however a whole lot of the gamers are simply pleased to throw extra help to the builders for extra free and paid content material. In the event you loved Vampire Survivors, the Legacy of the Moonspell DLC is a vital. The brand new map is massively superior, and I can’t look ahead to the very good new songs to be added to the soundtrack. If that is the course poncle takes with future paid content material, I’m able to hold gifting buddies the sport and its DLC throughout platforms.
