Indie VAPORUM - Steampunk Dungeon Crawler

[Piotrovitz]

Shit just keeps getting better and better, I love this game, maybe even more than LoG2.

The only thing that slightly pisses me off are the sokoban puzzles.

 

[Piotrovitz]

Restarted again on Brutal - Hard was tough, but I want moar.

QQ on melee weaps - should I roll with blades or blunts?

I've finished only 4 lvls so far, but it seems that mechanical mobs are more abundant than organice ones, which makes blunts the way to go.
Does this change later on?

 

[sebas]

Blades if you want to dual wield (which you should, shields are shit) as you really need the hit bonus. Get gadgets to 3 for the bonus regen and exp, that will make everything much smoother. Especially since you rely on gadgets for the first levels. The later half of the game is biased towards organic enemies (especially the end boss), so the bleed is not that bad either.

I strongly advise you to max Armorer (heal on CD is amazing) and Blades for the +hit. Other than that, mix and match to your liking. Just keep in mind you need to dance and debuff, you can not tank. So killing shit faster is preferred.

 

[Piotrovitz]

Good advice bro - I'm currently at poisoned halls with DW lithe blade and steel sword, maxed blades and armorer and 3 points in Thauma, since I understand that the extra fumium can grant you extra level in the long run. So far it's a smooth sail, except couple of fights in tight rooms. Probably will invest 3 points in DW to bump my accuracy a bit, though with limb motorics from blades it's not that much of a problem, at least for now.

So far the game if fucking amazing, I'm probably loving it more than LoG2. Planning to do next run with rifles/pistols only.

I like the fact that lots of mobs have AoE attacks, move way faster than in LoG, and due to small spaces, it's hard to do the square dance - it's way more challenging than LoG, where you can do most of the fights without taking any damage.

 

[Piotrovitz]

I was hesitating whether to replay Log2 or first Vaporum and went for the latter - will save Lockdown for later.

This time instead of DW blades I wanna roll with firearms.
QQ - what's more fun, pistols of rifles?

I'd go with rifles, since they have shotgun and high dmg. The only thing that bothers me, is most of them are 2h, so there's no chance of rolling with rifle + shotgun combo. And waiting ~4 seconds for cooldown after each shot is a bit too much

But pistols OTOH deal lesser dmg, but allowa dual wield, and there's this the one with 50% of instant reload, which on paper sounds pretty nice.

 

[4249]

So I guess the KKK was that this is a decent title? For five dorra now on Steam and GoG, so slightly intrigued. Kind of expecting to see this in a bundle at some point though.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

The original Vaporum is the best Dungeon Master-clone to come out in years, haven't played the prequel.

 

[Eisen]

Is it good or just a shadow compared to old blobbers and gridders(sorry for the retard term)?

 

[Major_Blackhart]

I enjoyed Vaporum.

 

[Contagium]

Is it good or just a shadow compared to old blobbers and gridders(sorry for the retard term)?

If you liked Grimrock, you should like this.

I'm talking about the original Vaporum, not Vaporum 2 which can fuck itself with it's retarded encounters and never ending timed puzzles.

 

[<3sRichardSimmons]

Is it good or just a shadow compared to old blobbers and gridders(sorry for the retard term)?

I liked it, though it’s been at least five years since I played it. Iirc the content is pretty front-loaded though.

 

[Eisen]

Gonna buy it then, waiting for a Steam sale(cause i am poor)

 

[Contagium]

Gonna buy it then, waiting for a Steam sale(cause i am poor)

I can't believe that game is still $20 USD .... Vaporum "Lockdown" is only $17.99 for some reason. I even checked G2A and the Vaporum keys were $14 or so. Kinda strange for a game probably not many people are playing

 

[Fatberg Slim]

Gonna buy it then, waiting for a Steam sale(cause i am poor)

It was recently on sale for $5 on GOG so I picked it up. Not as complex or as long as LoG and I lost interest in the "story" fairly quickly, but it was enjoyable while it lasted. It only involves one character and the combat moves quickly as a result. The playstyle reminded me of playing through LoG as the single fast character you are able to play as after winning the game.

 

[Eisen]

Lame ass final boss fight

 

[anvi]

Enjoying this so far, I hope LoG2 devs play it and feel bad for that stupid rune clicking idea.

 

[Contagium]

Enjoying this so far, I hope LoG2 devs play it and feel bad for that stupid rune clicking idea.

Be interested to hear your opinion on the sequel when you get to it. I loved the first one but couldn't stand the sequel.

 

[luj1]

The original Vaporum is the best Dungeon Master-clone to come out in years

Because?

 

[Unkillable Cat]

The original Vaporum is the best Dungeon Master-clone to come out in years

Because?

No other (decent) Dungeon Master-clones have come out in years.

It earns the honor by default.

 

[Piotrovitz]

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Be interested to hear your opinion on the sequel when you get to it. I loved the first one but couldn't stand the sequel.

Haven't finished the sequel, but it was pretty on par with the original, if not better. Better itemization, better encounter design, some new skill trees, puzzles spanning for more than one level etc. Kinda like what LoG2 was to LoG1.

I've saw many opinions like yours, that first one was better, mainly because of less/easier puzzles. Which is kinda bullshit and not true at all.