Tears of Vanfell: New Beginning

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Tears of Vanfell: New Beginning approaches the roguelike action RPG formula with a straightforward but appealing idea: gather a party, venture into a dangerous mountain, collect increasingly powerful equipment, and see how far you can climb before the challenges overwhelm you. Developed by Lazy Cat Games and published by Vsoo Games, it combines dungeon crawling, hack-and-slash combat, procedural elements, character progression, and cooperative multiplayer. Rather than attempting to become an enormous role-playing adventure, it concentrates on repeated expeditions where every journey provides another opportunity to experiment with weapons, abilities, and characters. The Mountain is the centerpiece of the experience. Its procedurally generated structure introduces an element of uncertainty to each expedition, encouraging players to adapt instead of relying on exactly the same strategy every time. Weapons and equipment discovered during exploration can significantly influence how a run develops, while new abilities gradually increase the player's combat potential. This makes progression feel closely connected to exploration. Finding something powerful is not merely about increasing s…

Nah, game had potential especially since it's apparently multiplayer my friends and I did not try it out. So the game just isn't working for me because the weapon swap mechanic sucks. I don't like it. Why: 1. You cannot swap quickly: if you are going to force us to swap all the time among 3 different weapons... you got to make sure the game can keep up with how fast we press the swap button! 2. Powering up the other weapons by using a weapon: If you are going to force us to swap among 3 weapons, the least you could do is make sure the charges being raised on the other weapons are REMEMBERED. If you cycle through your weapons, you lose the charge on the weapon you just held. Maybe that's why they want us to swap so stupidly slow.... I wasn't really having fun but then we had a power outage. For once, a Tornado weather helped me out! Game has a lot of potential, just isn't up to par by my standards at least.

not too bad, ill keep up with it, rough around the edges still, but we will see where it goes

I’ve been putting time into Tears of Vanfell and it’s a weird mix for me. The game itself is a blast when you’re running around with friends multiplayer is absolutely the sweet spot. The fights get tense, you end up yelling call-outs, and the whole thing has that “just one more run” pull. What drags it down for me is the look and feel. The art style might be pretty in screenshots but in motion it makes everything feel a little stiff, almost choppy. It’s like the gameplay wants to be slick and fast but the visuals are holding it back. Playing solo makes that stand out even more, because without the energy of a group the rough edges are harder to ignore. It’s still entertaining and I’ve had a lot of fun!

Pretty fun for a bit. I only played solo because all my friends are imaginary.