Vampires: Bloodlord Rising

yes i recommend it its a fun simple game yets there is quat a number of things to do. if you like building youre own place going out to explore gather hun and fight wel this is a game for you. the ability tree is also simple yet fun,no unnessaserly skills you wouldnt use either. honestly one of the best vampire games i played in years.

Exactly what you want from a sandbox crafting vampire game. Definitely makes you feel like a rising vampire lord, and has some fun lore. The quips from the villagers are funny, has radiant quests from the nearby village in the first zone. Pros: - Atmosphere: This is a very strong point. From the voices, to the skills, to the enemies, you really do FEEL like a vampire lord -Performance: Recently? Great! Previously not so much. But if my lil guy can run it, im sure others can. I had roughly 80fps on medium except when switching zones or cells -Gathering: No need for a billion tools. Makes sense. Why does my superhuman vampire need a tool to break rocks? -Combat: Pretty fun actually. Good dodge mechanic with the dash, fun animations on the counters, and same with the executes. Although Id love to see more executes for the heavy units. Very PS1 era combat if that makes sense? but its not bad. -Castle building: GREAT. Could use more pieces like triangular or better pieces to make better circles (I want a circle tower, not a square!) And more decorations and lights. Some lights are just not usable lol. -Servants: Another game like soulmask that gets them right. They actually pick things out of chests, craft things, put them in the chest. Only ask here is to tell them to make a certain amount of items. Right now if I just want 1 Guard armor, I have to sit there with them and De-queue it once done. -Voice acting: WAY better than expected. As a voice actor, this is awesome and the personality is huge. -Travel: Brother, in hunter form, you are FAST. Getting movespeed means you are ZOOMIN when you sprint. Has fast travel carriages and travel between strongholds. Only thing to note: Fast travel has no loading screen, it just zips you across the map. Maybe think about a quick fade to black and unfade or something. Could help. Also let us hold R in our strongholds to return to castle hill. -Exploration: Finding new areas that are hidden are great. Usually rewarded with a chest, tomes, or vampire tears. Exploration feels great. Finding the gold mine in the tree of sorrows was a hype moment. -Story: Tells you who you are, what youre doing, and why. I always love the twist of benevolent vampires and that is what you (mostly) and your master are (or was, spoilers). -NPCs: They all have distinct personalities. Only wish is that there were more vampire NPC's. Also, move Reveka to the damn stronghold. I need to collect my taxes easier dammit! Cons: -Length: I DID get 15 hours out of it which is low but worth it in my book. But man Im hungry for more. Sucker for vampire lore. -Servants: Some servants get stuck, and since they actually travel to do activities, they will just stand there. Maybe add a failsafe for them to TP to where theyre trying to get to -Desires: The negative desires also need some failsafes. Like telling them no and automatically setting them 0 or something. Currently, its JUST a debuff that sucks. No benefit. Its almost always easier to tell them to leave your castle and get a new servant. Multiple times I had them ask me to kill or turn someone who didnt exist. Went to every town, listened to every rumor, checked my journal, and they werent there. After saving an quitting, the name went blank on the desire. I would say do three things for these desires: 1. Add a buff for doing them. If you turn their friend or lover like they ask, give them a working bonus when assigned to work together. If its to kill someone, have them get a surge in productivity when they get the news the person is dead (on compeletion). Etc. 2. Add a way to tell them No, but they dont have to leave. Have this give them a temp debuff or maybe just set loyalty to 0 and then they have to regrow it again. 3. Failsafe, dont allow them to pick a new villager, force it to be someone IN the journal already. Once, early game (before discovering some just didnt exist) they wanted me to turn someone in hells chasm which I hadnt unlocked yet.. -Equipment: Like classic WOW im wearing a Clown Outfit to get my desired stats lol. Just mismatched things. I also never found a necklace for aristocrat form in 15 hours of gameplay. -More enemies: Currently there are only 2 enemies in the game: Wolves and Inquisitors. Each zone has its own version of wolves and inquisitors with different debuffs on their weapons. -Bosses: None. I feel like with this combat and how it already works, we can 110% do bosses. Im sure with the ending, we will get some, but if each zone had a boss, like a Cerberus for Hells Chasm, a bear or druid or something for tree of sorrows, and some kind of fae, bone, or insect creature for the fey swamp that are big, mean, and hit decently hard, would be awesome. Currently a negative for me because the combat FEELS like it could use bosses. -Abilities: Most are great. Im just sad the magic isnt in yet. I love ranged magic builds, especially in vampire games. Although Scarlet vortex even when maxxed out feel meh. Healings fineish but even on the damage build, it didnt even change the amount of swings I needed to kill an inquisitor. Im convinced it doesnt do damage. Suggestions: (Seperate from cons since they dont currently "take away" from the experience) -Weapons: Although I love the claws, maybe add more weapons. Swords are very notorious weapons for vampires, see Alucard. Add claws like gauntlets so you can keep the claws, add swords, maybe scythe, daggers. I know spells are coming so we can leave ranged to the spells. -NPCs: Add more interaction. Even if its just random quips when asking Reveka or your brother how theyre doing, their thoughts, etc. You can kinda do this with your brother, but only on specific prompts like unlocking or completeing a new zone. Or even more interactions with the Villagers. Like giving them gold or gifts to raise their prosperity and morale respectively. -Strongholds: Maybe let us build some stuff here, but honestly I would only want coffins here. Youre telling me homeboy ran all the way home to get in his coffin? Also saves space. Also put Reveka at teh hells chasm stronghold lol. I get why shes at the church but still. Maybe even just include 4 coffin construction with the prefab it builds. 3 for the guards, and 1 for their stronghold owner. Although the swamp one, maybe a bed LOL. Other than that Im just hungry for more content and zones. This could be the making of something fantastic. Conan Exiles level worldbuilding. Soulmask level servants. Best building ive seen (love planning things then letting my servants build em, its awesome. With more armor, weapons, and enemy variety with some bosses, this could be top 5 sandbox survival games.