Warhammer Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - co-op action from Vermintide devs

[gooseman]

Well, most coop shooters are different enough to not be compared to L4D2 (a comparison they'll likely always lose). I liked DRG and Payday 2. But Vermintide 2 was bugging me, it was practically an L4D2 clone, most of the design is very similar, but none of the gameplay "clicked", like it does in L4D2. There was something missing. Balancing? Better designed maps? AI? Sound? I don't know. I vaguely remember enjoying VT1 more, but I haven't played it since 2018.

 

[Average Manatee]

VT2 unfortunately takes quite a while to get going because its only on higher difficulties where elites and specials are prevalent enough to make the gameplay feel different from a very casual shooter, and those are locked behind grinding character levels/equipment power. But Darktide is just as bad if not worse on this front.

 

[Harthwain]

There was something missing. Balancing? Better designed maps? AI? Sound? I don't know. I vaguely remember enjoying VT1 more, but I haven't played it since 2018.

For me the defining moment in Vermintide 2 was which perks to get for each class. Without the game wasn't nearly as fun.

 

[Reever]

It's still extremely fun despite it's flaws. You can fault Fatshark for a lot of things but the combat is still it's strong point. The patches have been hit or miss for me but the one that revamped the class trees was good. Still surprised they haven't added a new class yet.

 

[randir14]

how about they let me put a goddamn optic on my goddamn lasrifle? goddamn.

There's already a mod for that, but it sounds like it's crashing in the latest patch and needs to be updated.
https://www.nexusmods.com/warhammer40kdarktide/mods/277

 

[Utgard-Loki]

i already tried it. it crashes the game since the patch before this one.

 

[gooseman]

What about networking? Lag? Desyncs? Disconnects? Unavailable servers? Queue times? Is this another one of those always online games that they can just flip a switch and kill overnight with no hope of it ever being playable again? Especially since there isn't even a singleplayer mode. Maybe mods could fix it, idk.