I reviewed Vampire Survivors as our first ever Steam Deck overview when it hit 1.0. Since then, Vampire Survivors launched on Xbox platforms utilizing the brand new engine, and eventually made its approach to iOS and Android as revealed throughout The Recreation Awards. Learn my overview 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 shall be on cell early subsequent 12 months, and I’ve been taking part in it for overview 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 needed 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’s 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 a large new map. Mt.Moonspell, the brand new map, has completely different biomes with distinctive monsters. This map feels a number of occasions bigger than the opposite ones within the sport, however the give attention to exploration right here makes an enormous distinction. Within the base sport core phases, I didn’t actually hassle doing a lot exploration barring in search of the stage power-ups or initially going in the direction of the query marks to unlock one thing. With Mt.Moonspell, each run up to now 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 protecting the display screen all through. That’s simply one of many conditions I had within the early hours of this DLC. I nearly need each new DLC to have a big map like this with a distinct theme due to how good it’s.
I’ve not seen each mixture or all of the synergies potential 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 up to now in Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell. A number of of my mates have labored in the direction of unlocking every little thing a lot faster, however I’ve been slowly savoring the brand new content material. The weapons particularly are unbelievable additions. We normally see DLC that brings quite a bit much less to a sport promote for 10 or 20 occasions this worth. Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell is completely underpriced for what it brings to the bottom sport, nevertheless 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 cell variations. This implies efficiency in later elements of a run drop to sub 15fps on Steam Deck as proven in a screenshot right here. That is my solely grievance with the sport and the DLC on Steam Deck proper now. Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell elevates probably the greatest video games of the 12 months to an entire different stage for a fraction of the already low asking worth of the bottom sport.
Within the time I’ve spent with the DLC on Xbox Collection X, the main body drops solely occurred with harm numbers enabled. I normally disable them, however left them on to check. Issues nonetheless get actually dangerous, however the efficiency is significantly better than the sport on Steam Deck proper now. Whereas not a grievance concerning the DLC particularly, I actually hope that we get cross platform development with Steam, Xbox, and cell within the close to future. Unlocking every little thing on a number of platforms isn’t going to be enjoyable for most individuals.
In plenty 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 plenty of the gamers are simply completely happy to throw extra assist to the builders for extra free and paid content material. If you happen to 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 maintain gifting mates the sport and its DLC throughout platforms.
