A lot of confusion around this game would be solved if it was just marketed as 'Early Access'. The early life of a live service game is basically the same thing, in my eyes, and you should treat this game as such, even if Fatshark does not agree. There are definitely problems with this game, but none of them are terminal, and I suspect that this will be a game that I can recommend with no strings attached in a few years.

That being said, I do in fact think this game is very fun as is. There is very little wrong with the core gameplay. If you are a big fan of V2, like I am, then I believe that, so long as you can run the game at a level that is comfortable to you, It is worth 40 dollars. If you aren't, I would think twice about purchasing it right this second, if you don't have a friend group or other reason to play it right now. It will only appreciate in value as a purchase as time goes on and the kinks get ironed out. Once again, though, the gameplay is phenomenal. It does suffer from a lack of content compared to Vermentide 2's launch, because that game had more time in the oven, but I do personally believe that this game will come to be praised as another good step forward from Vermentide 2. The melee combat is just as good if not better than it was in V2, and the ranged combat is much more sophisticated, among other changes that I am personally quite fond of, like the weapon stats system, and information access within the game itself.

A lot of confusion around this game would be solved if it was just marketed as 'Early Access'. The early life of a live service game is basically the same thing, in my eyes, and you should treat this game as such, even if Fatshark does not agree. There are definitely problems with this game, but none of them are terminal, and I suspect that this will be a game that I can recommend with no strings attached in a few years. That being said, I do in fact think this game is very fun as is. There is very little wrong with the core gameplay. If you are a big fan of V2, like I am, then I believe that, so long as you can run the game at a level that is comfortable to you, It is worth 40 dollars. If you aren't, I would think twice about purchasing it right this second, if you don't have a friend group or other reason to play it right now. It will only appreciate in value as a purchase as time goes on and the kinks get ironed out. Once again, though, the gameplay is phenomenal. It does suffer from a lack of content compared to Vermentide 2's launch, because that game had more time in the oven, but I do personally believe that this game will come to be praised as another good step forward from Vermentide 2. The melee combat is just as good if not better than it was in V2, and the ranged combat is much more sophisticated, among other changes that I am personally quite fond of, like the weapon stats system, and information access within the game itself.