The funniest part in this is that pat got the photoshop bayonetta thing completely wrong. The girl doing the bayonetta pose on the cover art is the girl who starts out with the magic staff weapon. They made a completely NEW character that was blatantly based off of Bayonetta.
I bought this game as well, and about 30 seconds in, I realized what this is: it's the Binding of Isaac endgame, where you've made such a crazy combo that rooms are annihilated before you see them. Or it's the endgame Risk of Rain build that takes you to infinity. They've crystallized that feeling of growth and power down into a much smaller experience. Hats off to this guy, he hit gold.
That feel when Vampire Survivors can be a better slot machine than anything Konami made, using assets and aesthetic hearkening to but legally distinct from an IP Konami owns.
Also if you get invulnerability and the time freeze weapons you can stun-lock the final boss. I did this before there was an actual way to defeat it and got to 34 minutes! Every 30 seconds a 2nd Red Death shows up, then a 3rd, etc. There must have been 6 Red Deaths by the time I finally died.
Minecarts, Rosaries and upgraded Screen wipe moon item thing can insta kill them. The ones that really fuck me up are the damn Blue Ghosts cause I don't know how to deal with their bullshit.
This game is fucking dangerous... I live a 3 minute walk from my job and I am constantly finding myself finding excuses to (take 15 minute breaks) and getting a hurry game in.
Easily one of the best games I have played on Steam for the money. I think it could cost twice as much and still not see much of a drop in sales. Also... 22:32 Oh, it's got some shit, Pat... Enjoy it!
My "go-to" build is to evolve bible, guns, garlic (and usually whatever weapon my toon of the moment starts with), get the clock maxed out (evolved if possible), try for the notebook if i have free passive slots, and then go for the new stuff from the latest patch for maximum overpowerednesses
Something that's really important to know about VS is enemies currently scale with player level. And certain item drops and upgrades from leveling only have a chance to drop after you reach certain levels. Chests on the other hand will allow you to level weapons up past those restrictions. So getting to the point where you can stand still, and not leveling up until after the Kill waves end is a very good strategy as you will gain the collective levels of everything you've killed while you stopped leveling.
@@InvaderKaz2008 without saying any spoilers, new update just made garlic bible even more powerful. also "WTF IS GOING ON HELP IM SCARED!?!?!?!?! AAAAAAAAAHHHH!"
The pentagram chance to not destroy gems and items is based off your luck stat and it's level. So leveling luck in the main menu then maxing out the luck passive item before getting pentagram is key to using it efficiently.
actually now pat, if you are able to kill red death at the end of the level, the game eventually just spawns a true death, but gives you upgrade eggs for killing red death and true death slowly approaches and kills you no matter what.
Still have many arcanas to unlock, still got maybe a character or two to unlock? Rerolls and a few achievements left to pick up. I love this shit, dusting off old content when coming in for a new patch to try out a new weapon has been amazing.
Garlic also increases the amount of knockback enemies receive. So you want your garlic to be bigger than your Bible circle so enemies get debuffed before they get knocked back
Not only does MAX pentagram go off clearing the screen and leaving all the gems it ADDS a ton of high value gems and you auto collect them all. Just stupid good
Speaking of Touhou levels of nonsense, you guys should check out Touhou Endless Dream. It's like Vampire Survivors but it released a bit before so it's not actually related or influenced by it at all.
It's free on phones because Poncle is a bro, so I bought the DLC to show some support. One of the stages lets you farm golden eggs infinitely. You can phase through the wall of that area, and go AFK while all the eggs and chests travel towards you.
anybody else play the mobile game magic survival? it came out february of last year, so it actually predates vampire survivors by a bit, but it's so similar mechanically that i almost wonder if vampire survivors took, uh... inspiration, if you will
Ok, another game is KINDA like VS that is also my jam is One Way Heroics and it's upgraded(read bought out by kodokawa games) Mystery Chronicles: One Way Heroics. It's a rougelite/like that has procedure generated worlds with classes that you play and unlock. It's more rougelike than anything VS has but it's also addictive imo when you get a good run going. Also, it's usually on sale for like less than a dollar or maybe a dollar at best. Pick them up.
I can't believe they didn't mention that this is (as of 6/13/22) on Gamepass. So even better than cheap you can play it free* right now and get your crack fix.
Is there just no way for it to possibly work or would a patch be possible? I don't know reshade much, but seeing how much work this guy cranks out, maybe we could try to ask for it, or maybe just get it as a built in feature.
@@InvaderKaz2008 I believe the problem is that the game actually runs on a really simple flash Engine or something. But I'm sure the creator could figure out a way for it to be recognized by Reshade. If not add in some CRT emulation features themselves. I've seen some indi devs on Twitter making some very convincing filters for their games in unity. Not sure that would be able to directly translate to this engine tho.
Ok, so...as someone who's only seen streams of this game. What makes it different from Musou, a game series which Pat regularly crapped on? It seems to share the same gameplay structure of "Somewhat mindlessly kill hundreds of enemies for progression and rewards."
pat blatantly lying about the whole 'banish the candelabra, then go pick it up' thing (14:00) irks me because he's accidentally describing a convoluted system poorly and then making it yet more confusing to someone who is genuinely trying to understand what he's describing.
i assume these guys have decent computers, but i have been playing vampire survivors for quite some time and i have never had any amount of dropped frames that affected my ability to play the game (or see whats going on). do you have something turned up, or unlocked? cause im not having this problem
you know what? I'm calling it: this feels like Terraria all over again... small indie dev, simple graphics, you don't expect the game to be fun for long or have complex mechanic- OH FUCK!!! and then they just keep pumping out interesting and fun updates constantly... I dunno if it'll be another game-of-the-decade but "early access" has never been this fun
Quick point to add: Pat forgot to let Woolie know that beating a stage unlocks Hyper Mode for that stage, where enemies are faster and tougher and rewards are higher, and the music gets sped up to usually kick-ass results. :)
Highly suggest anyone who likes this game to follow the channel named “Dex” he is constantly uploading videos on the game on how to unlock things. They even plays games that are very similar to Vampire Survivors which is great if you have already 100% the game and need more
Pat violently fighting the urge to call the game Morbius Survivor this whole clip
Woolie is lucky he cut when he did, pat was starting to morb
Drichael Dracula Survivor
Vampire Survivors might just be the best three-dollar game ever made, yes.
There is a 2-dollar game called "Savant - Ascent" which is pretty dope. Made by the Owlboy team. Might have been made to promote a composer
@@prowlingmonkey Owlboy fucking sucked after the first hour or so, though, so that's not the most promising thing to hear.
I'd like post void or devil daggers to be that, but you're right.
yeah just like how heroine is the best liquid you can buy
The funniest part in this is that pat got the photoshop bayonetta thing completely wrong. The girl doing the bayonetta pose on the cover art is the girl who starts out with the magic staff weapon. They made a completely NEW character that was blatantly based off of Bayonetta.
Whats the character's name?
@@habadasheryjones the girl on the cover or the girl based on bayonetta?
@@PregnantAdamSandler based on Bayo
@@habadasheryjones Pugnala Provola
@@habadasheryjones Pugnala Provola. Starts with 2 pairs of pistols. Has her own track that sounds like its from Bayo.
I bought this game as well, and about 30 seconds in, I realized what this is: it's the Binding of Isaac endgame, where you've made such a crazy combo that rooms are annihilated before you see them. Or it's the endgame Risk of Rain build that takes you to infinity. They've crystallized that feeling of growth and power down into a much smaller experience. Hats off to this guy, he hit gold.
It's Risk of Rain 2 but you don't die in one nanosecond to 20 stacks of fire and collapse from a fucking gup.
Listening to these guys talk about Vampire Survivors while furiously playing Vampire Survivors is a surreal experience.
Just 100% this game and the freedom i felt was intoxicating
Can't wait for the next patch with new updates
One just came out a little while ago...added 9 more achievements too lol.
@@XiaNaphryz no please god no
Also at 100%. The feeling of emptiness is almost like nirvana
you know its a real dopamine rush cuz they've made 2 clips of it now
That feel when Vampire Survivors can be a better slot machine than anything Konami made, using assets and aesthetic hearkening to but legally distinct from an IP Konami owns.
Dev using the powers of evil for good
Patch literally dropped today with a new stage, new weapon, new character, new upgrade, it's SICK
i feel so much joy whenever i see anyone i follow go "so i tried vampire survivors and i'm addicted now" because YEAH SAME.
Once Woolie unlocks the Arcana he's going to triple down. Fucking Ex Attacks.
(17:01) Huh... never before in my life have I ever thought I'd hear Pat tell Wools to _"Go seek the power of the bibble"_ in any context whatsoever.
dang this video only made it to 26 minutes. Oh well, I'm sure Woolie will hit 30 eventually
Just wait until you hit 31......... Then you'll see some serious shit....
Also if you get invulnerability and the time freeze weapons you can stun-lock the final boss. I did this before there was an actual way to defeat it and got to 34 minutes! Every 30 seconds a 2nd Red Death shows up, then a 3rd, etc. There must have been 6 Red Deaths by the time I finally died.
Eventually the whole screen is covered in Red Death.
Literally playing Vampire Survivors while watching this clip
almost long enough to accompany you through a whole run :D
I prey to God so he may save you...
I know that it is too late for me...
This game is hilariously hard, and I can't stop playing.
And it's two fucking dollars.
10 minutes till dawn is free
@@renaigh 20 minutes till dawn just came out for the same price.
I would MUCH rather keep playing this than ever touch Diablo Immortal.
Kinda stuck farming gold at Stage 3 at the moment.
I'm pretty sure the green skeleton are exactly the Skeleton Blazes from Harmony of Dissonance.
A man of culture i see
Minecarts, Rosaries and upgraded Screen wipe moon item thing can insta kill them.
The ones that really fuck me up are the damn Blue Ghosts cause I don't know how to deal with their bullshit.
@@music79075 Same thing kills them.
@@ArmoredRevenger its funny cause i did a round yesterday and found that out lol
This game is fucking dangerous... I live a 3 minute walk from my job and I am constantly finding myself finding excuses to (take 15 minute breaks) and getting a hurry game in.
VS is literally my podcast listening game of the year :D
Easily one of the best games I have played on Steam for the money. I think it could cost twice as much and still not see much of a drop in sales.
Also... 22:32 Oh, it's got some shit, Pat... Enjoy it!
It's also funny to see the mad scramble of game creators to imitate Vampire Survivors.
I love 100%-ing this game every other week lol
My "go-to" build is to evolve bible, guns, garlic (and usually whatever weapon my toon of the moment starts with), get the clock maxed out (evolved if possible), try for the notebook if i have free passive slots, and then go for the new stuff from the latest patch for maximum overpowerednesses
Something that's really important to know about VS is enemies currently scale with player level.
And certain item drops and upgrades from leveling only have a chance to drop after you reach certain levels.
Chests on the other hand will allow you to level weapons up past those restrictions. So getting to the point where you can stand still, and not leveling up until after the Kill waves end is a very good strategy as you will gain the collective levels of everything you've killed while you stopped leveling.
All my homies love Garlic and Bible
@@InvaderKaz2008 without saying any spoilers, new update just made garlic bible even more powerful. also "WTF IS GOING ON HELP IM SCARED!?!?!?!?! AAAAAAAAAHHHH!"
The pentagram chance to not destroy gems and items is based off your luck stat and it's level.
So leveling luck in the main menu then maxing out the luck passive item before getting pentagram is key to using it efficiently.
Got through a minute of this clip before shelling 3 monies out. Ready to get addicted to video game vampire crack
Nothing like that first visit to Moongolow.
actually now pat, if you are able to kill red death at the end of the level, the game eventually just spawns a true death, but gives you upgrade eggs for killing red death and true death slowly approaches and kills you no matter what.
That only happens if you kill it using the upgraded lancet.
Still have many arcanas to unlock, still got maybe a character or two to unlock?
Rerolls and a few achievements left to pick up.
I love this shit, dusting off old content when coming in for a new patch to try out a new weapon has been amazing.
I literally thought this was about that other vampire game until I looked it up
Garlic also increases the amount of knockback enemies receive. So you want your garlic to be bigger than your Bible circle so enemies get debuffed before they get knocked back
Glad to see the boys enjoying themselves
At 11:30, The weapon that he talk about is Song of Mana. Not the Pentagram
Not only does MAX pentagram go off clearing the screen and leaving all the gems it ADDS a ton of high value gems and you auto collect them all. Just stupid good
The only problem is the flashy light make my eyes watery. But a cool game worth every penny
You can turn some of those off in the options I believe.
Speaking of Touhou levels of nonsense, you guys should check out Touhou Endless Dream. It's like Vampire Survivors but it released a bit before so it's not actually related or influenced by it at all.
I still think it's hilarious that Vampire Survivors has a character named Missingno, that can literally only be unlocked by editing save files.
Excuse me?
@@Maioly There's instructions on how to do it on the game's wiki.
Wollies trying to find a vein to inject while pat goes by instinct and just stabs
Pats entire body just *knows* when the needle's above a vein
Got check this game out, I read the title and thought they were talking about Darkstalkers. Vampire Savoir - Vampire Survivors
It's free on phones because Poncle is a bro, so I bought the DLC to show some support.
One of the stages lets you farm golden eggs infinitely. You can phase through the wall of that area, and go AFK while all the eggs and chests travel towards you.
I just got off and you're pulling me back in!?
23:00 THAT ALREADY HAPPENED!
the ripoff is called 'spirit hunters: infinite horde' and yes i do already own and have played 8 hours of it
anybody else play the mobile game magic survival? it came out february of last year, so it actually predates vampire survivors by a bit, but it's so similar mechanically that i almost wonder if vampire survivors took, uh... inspiration, if you will
game author did mention this himself
Magic Survival is my current favorite mobile game, this genre really rubs my 'fight a million enemies at once' spot without being too involved.
This game is pure serotonin.
Check out: Nomad Survival, Spirit Hunters: Infinite Horde, 20 Minutes Till Dawn
I still feel bad about the magic survival devs. If only they had released their game on pc then it would have taken off just as much
Vampire Survivors is proof that pashion and the desire to create are more powerfull than boardroom jockeys.
It's not even a game, it's just Progress Quest!
Agreed.
**
Ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
Ok, another game is KINDA like VS that is also my jam is One Way Heroics and it's upgraded(read bought out by kodokawa games) Mystery Chronicles: One Way Heroics. It's a rougelite/like that has procedure generated worlds with classes that you play and unlock. It's more rougelike than anything VS has but it's also addictive imo when you get a good run going. Also, it's usually on sale for like less than a dollar or maybe a dollar at best. Pick them up.
I can't believe they didn't mention that this is (as of 6/13/22) on Gamepass. So even better than cheap you can play it free* right now and get your crack fix.
VS is game of the year for me so far.
I'm honestly sad that you can't run Reshade over VS because I really want to make a CRT pixel art shader to fully immerse myself in the arcade jank
Is there just no way for it to possibly work or would a patch be possible? I don't know reshade much, but seeing how much work this guy cranks out, maybe we could try to ask for it, or maybe just get it as a built in feature.
@@InvaderKaz2008 I believe the problem is that the game actually runs on a really simple flash Engine or something.
But I'm sure the creator could figure out a way for it to be recognized by Reshade.
If not add in some CRT emulation features themselves. I've seen some indi devs on Twitter making some very convincing filters for their games in unity. Not sure that would be able to directly translate to this engine tho.
I had a run where I left the game on over night and killed 9 Red death while I was sleeping
Some of the achievements don't make sense. They mainly involved names I'm having a hard time getting. Are they characters or power ups?
Some are, some aren't. Most of the achievements tell you what you have to do to unlock them though.
Ok, so...as someone who's only seen streams of this game. What makes it different from Musou, a game series which Pat regularly crapped on? It seems to share the same gameplay structure of "Somewhat mindlessly kill hundreds of enemies for progression and rewards."
It’s three dollars
I can't wait until Woolie tries Song of Mana.
the prettier version of vampire survivors I'm playing RIGHT NOW is 20 Minutes Until Dawn
it's like Vampire Survivors but for goth girls
But does it have goth girls in it?
@@planguy9575 my guy every playable character is a goth girl
You don't say..🤔
I'm assuming Woolie played the game in his private time? Can't find any VS stream either on here or his twitch channel.
If you want more vampire survivors, check out 20 Minutes Till Dawn
pat blatantly lying about the whole 'banish the candelabra, then go pick it up' thing (14:00) irks me because he's accidentally describing a convoluted system poorly and then making it yet more confusing to someone who is genuinely trying to understand what he's describing.
I mean, he immediately goes back and corrects himself within the next minute.
Wait what? I can't pick up items like empty tome if i'm full already
i assume these guys have decent computers, but i have been playing vampire survivors for quite some time and i have never had any amount of dropped frames that affected my ability to play the game (or see whats going on).
do you have something turned up, or unlocked? cause im not having this problem
I-I need to get involved in this.
Good game I just wish it didn't come down to very specific items past 30 minutes
It didn't grab me. Surprisingly enough. I finished the first time at around 10 minute mark and I was like "Eh".
I was also about the give it up right as I unlocked hyper mode and then it all clicked. The game really suffers from its speed without hyper mode.
I played it 2 weeks ago, its cool.
Bought this game using 100% funds made from selling off the Steam trading cards I've accumulated.
Welp, time to reinstall Vampire Survivors.
Is this what drug addiction looks like?
Every day you can spend 30 minutes playing this dumb slot machine game. It's the best.
I just went and bought the game
14:05 CRAZY TALK
Oh so it's cookie clicker.
I don't think they're giving the game enough credit by saying it's just a slot machine.
this but yakuza
you know what? I'm calling it: this feels like Terraria all over again... small indie dev, simple graphics, you don't expect the game to be fun for long or have complex mechanic- OH FUCK!!! and then they just keep pumping out interesting and fun updates constantly... I dunno if it'll be another game-of-the-decade but "early access" has never been this fun
Quick point to add: Pat forgot to let Woolie know that beating a stage unlocks Hyper Mode for that stage, where enemies are faster and tougher and rewards are higher, and the music gets sped up to usually kick-ass results. :)
There are already VS clones on Steam and they just look worse.
More unique sure. But lacking the special sauce
This game on my future Steam Deck is gonna be the worst thing to my free time ever... I can't fucking wait
Tfw half way through the video and have no fucking clue what they're talking about.
I cant get into this one at all. Dont like games that play themselves.
god this game sounds like a fake game
20 Minutes Till Dawn is better.
Yeah not falling for it guys. Don’t play trash just gold. This is why gaming is dead
Looks like garbage everyone will forget in a week or two.
It's been out for 5 months and is still getting patches. So no it's not.
This is the first time I hear about it lol
@@thegoose8663 Just because you haven't been paying attention doesn't mean it hasn't been getting a lot of it.
Highly suggest anyone who likes this game to follow the channel named “Dex” he is constantly uploading videos on the game on how to unlock things. They even plays games that are very similar to Vampire Survivors which is great if you have already 100% the game and need more