One Of The Year’s Best Games Finally Gets A Final Boss
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Up till now, reverse bullet-hell shooter Vampire Survivors, one of many yr’s must-play indie hits, didn’t have a ultimate boss. That’s not the case within the wake of a latest replace, which provides a brand new model of the sport’s ultimate stage.
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Still in early entry, and technically first launched within the twilight of final yr, Vampire Survivors is a Castlevania-inspired survival sport. Though it could appear like a top-down bullet hell shoot-’em-up, the core idea isn’t actually about dodging projectiles: You’re the one capturing them, obliterating 1000’s of enemies. And due to a handful of roguelike components, Vampire Survivors can simply put you into that “just five more minutes” mindset. Here’s Kotaku’s Ian Walker:
Vampire Survivors’ true energy, nevertheless, is in its near-constant dopamine rush. It seems like a cellular sport with out all of the cellular sport bullshit, or possibly a type of senseless Flash distractions you used to secretly pull up in your faculty’s research corridor computer systems. Not solely is clearing the display of baddies satisfying, however now and again uncommon, stronger enemies reward you with a treasure chest that showers you in extra gadgets and cash for unlocks with a flashy sequence that rivals even one of the best loot bins.
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The newest replace, 0.8.0 (patch notes right here), showers you with much more stuff, inching Vampire Survivors nearer to a full launch through a slew of recent skills, achievements, and weapons. But the largest change is the addition of a reworked ultimate stage, “Cappella Magna.” If you survive to the 30-minute mark, as Polygon notes, all the stage’s enemies will coalesce, Voltron-style, into a large reaper. That’s the ultimate boss. Once you defeat it the primary time, “Cappella Magna” will revert to the simpler—however nonetheless actually freakin’ tough—model. For your efforts, you’ll unlock the Great Gospel relic, which lets you improve weapons past their max stage.
If you haven’t performed but, Vampire Survivors is value a spin. It’s a part of the PC library for Game Pass, Microsoft’s games-on-demand subscription service. Or, and that is key, it prices $3.
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