PAX Prime 2015 Final Recap

Warhammer: Vermintide

Staying in the fantasy lane, we have a game coming up in the Warhammer Fantasy universe. Vermintinde! There are lots of vile Skaven on the loose, and playing as one of several heroic characters, you’re going to kick the crap out of them. It’s violent, gory, explosive! I played as the Dwarf, and though that was not my first choice, I had a whole heap of fun. We played through the first stage where you learn how to play the game as you go, learning to throw bombs, fire ranged weapons, and melee where you splatter and split Skaven into little chunks all over this dimly lit, doomed town. One of the major points to be aware of is that each time you play through the game, everything will be different, other than where chests are located. The contents are random, but where the placements are will be the same. The enemy patrols will always be different as well as what’s with them, so you can’t plot and plan for anything. Vermintide will also feature drop in/out technology, so you can have bots take on characters while your friends eat dinner/do whatever they have to do. When they’re through, they can join the game, the bot will go away. It’s a nice feature so if your friends have to leave for something important or even trivial, you won’t suddenly be on the receiving end of a beat-down from a horde of Skaven.

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