Roll up, roll up, Vermintide 2 has a spooky fort and extra hats. The fort is a free remade model of the Drachenfels stage from the primary game. This is simply the opening salvo of Season 2, and two extra ranges will likely be coming without cost later down the road. You can earn a number of the new hats by enjoying, and purchase separate ones with real-world cash. Developers Fatshark are hoping to finance the free stuff by the paid beauty stuff, which is nice. Yes. Do that.
There’s additionally been a whopping stability replace, and the game’s 75% off on the mo, too.
Here’s that fort, which first appeared within the Drachenfels DLC for the primary game.
The hats price between £2 and £4, and you should purchase them as mini chunks of Steam DLC. They are largely flaming skulls and the like. One of them is a pig that looks miffed.
Fatshark say they “want to try to release content that involves gameplay for free while charging for a few premium cosmetics instead. By adding a few select cosmetics that you can purchase for real money you can support the studio and we can create more free content updates, such as the Curse of Drachenfels levels.”
I’m very proud of games that fund precise game bits this fashion, whereas stepping across the sordid pit of loot packing containers. It means I get stuff I care about without cost, different individuals get stuff they care about for cash, and I get to ogle their trilbies as a bonus. It amazes me what number of videogame individuals are keen to pay to decorate up for me however I’m not complaining.
There’s additionally a brand new in-game cosmetics store the place you spend “shillings” earned by finishing every day and weekly quests, and if you happen to personal Winds Of Magic growth or both of the present map packs, Fatshark have given you a a bag of shillings as a pressie.
If you personal Winds Of Magic, you’ll additionally see Weaves have been given a wee rework. They’re a separate game mode that take chunks from current ranges and blend them up with new aims, and now you can soar right into a quick-play queue that places you right into a “reshuffled” weave at your alternative of problem. You additionally get extra essence as a reward, and may play with bots.
Head over to the update page to see the huge record of stability adjustments. One massive tweak is that Battlemages get to spend much less of the game on hearth.
The base game is presently solely £6/$7/€7 on Steam, whereas its growth and two map packs are 33% off. Winds Of Magic is £10/$13/€11, whereas Shadows Over Bogenhafen and Back To Ubersreik are £5/$7/€5. The sale ends on the 27th of January.
