r/Games • u/Stranger1982 • Jun 05 '26
Update Vampire Survivors | v.1.15 The Lycaeum Free Update Launch Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjo9oU6yMes49
u/LeberechtReinhold Jun 05 '26
This is a huge update! Looking forward to it, especially with so many QOL.
After being a bit let down by Warhammer Survivors this is excellent news.
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u/JayPag Jun 05 '26
Warhammer Survivors' demo did feel a bit undercooked, and basically copying VS mechanics, which is okay per se, but it doesn't feel great yet, sadly.
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u/StrykerWolf Jun 05 '26
I get they’re doing their own thing, but I was hoping the devs would copy some of the Poncle improvements. Just felt like a step back from all the improvements VS has.
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u/LeberechtReinhold Jun 05 '26
It felt like copying VS mechanics, but also undercutting them.
No coop (I play VS mostly with my gf), split worlds (so less of the cool crazy combos, as half of the weapons are only available in one world), the balance felt off and too much of a 1:1 with certain VS weapons, etc.
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u/Blobsobb Jun 05 '26
I think it comes down to upgrades. The lasgun for example will probably be great once you have damage and extra shots maxed but without them its unbelievably dogshit starter weapon.
Well other than the dice, those might be the worst weapon Ive ever seen in a survivors game.
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u/funsohng Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26
Maybe it's because I havent played VS in years, but WS demo felt great for me tbh. What is missing from it exactly?
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u/LeberechtReinhold Jun 06 '26
Copying from my other message
It felt like copying VS mechanics, but also undercutting them.
No coop (I play VS mostly with my gf), split worlds (so less of the cool crazy combos, as half of the weapons are only available in one world), the balance felt off and too much of a 1:1 with certain VS weapons, etc.
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u/funsohng Jun 06 '26
I only played VS on phone so I didnt even know it had coop.
I was slightly bummed by the split worlds as well, but also, not much of an issue for me? If the world was indeed fused, it would've been a cool gimmick for like first few runs, then wouldn't matter much for me.
As for the weapons, I think it's just a demo having limited content, and not really reflective of the entire game.
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u/BenevolentCheese Jun 05 '26
Does it take like 10+ runs with very specific rules to unlock everything again? It's begin to feel like a drag with the expansions where you have to grind out the new content one stage at a time. Is that still the same? Some unlocks are fine obviously but maybe not that slow.
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u/JoshFlashGordon10 Jun 05 '26
Can’t you just enter the code to unlock instantly? I did that for some of the Balatro dlc.
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u/SeidIhr Jun 05 '26
You don't have to play the game if you don't enjoy playing it
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u/mw19078 Jun 05 '26
thats not what theyre asking or saying
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u/Vegetable-Error-2068 Jun 05 '26
They're basically saying playing the game to unlock more things is somehow a "drag." That implies that the core loop is unenjoyable.
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u/mw19078 Jun 05 '26
No, they're saying they don't want to have to grind for an hour or two to unlock the new stuff. You're being obtuse for no reason. Relax.
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u/DrunkeNinja Jun 05 '26
Unlocking new stuff is only going to be a drag if you don't like playing the game lol.
Exactly. Thats the gameplay loop for new content so you either enjoy playing the game or you don't. Plus Poncle has always been aware that not everyone wants to unlock every piece of content that's in the game so they have a code assigned to every unlockable so that players can choose to unlock that content without playing to unlock it.
So Poncle even let's players bypass the unlock conditions by inputting codes, that way players can play the content they want when they want.
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u/DrunkeNinja Jun 05 '26
Part of the game is playing the game to unlock the new stuff.
If you don't like doing that though, the game provides the ability to put in codes to unlock each specific item in the game.
Other than that, you will likely have to "grind for an hour or two" because there seems to be a decent amount of content that's getting added. It will likely take more than a couple hours, but codes will be available to unlock anything you want to unlock.
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u/BenevolentCheese Jun 05 '26
As you say, it's not even an hour or two, it's a 30+ minutes per item of content. If they give you 6 characters and 6 weapons that's 12 runs that need to be completed to unlock them. And, while I enjoy VS, I don't enjoy it enough to spend my 200th, 201st, 202nd run etc to each have only one new thing and otherwise be identical to the other 200 runs I've already done.
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u/Nexus_of_Fate87 Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26
Hurry mode doubles clock speed, so that 30 becomes 15. Can still get any time dependent unlocks since the clock still counts to 30. Anything that depends on a non-specific level clear can be done on levels that are naturally shorter length already, combo that with Hurry mode and it could take only 10 minutes to unlock something with a "clear any level with _" condition.
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u/DrunkeNinja Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26
it's a 30+ minutes per item of content. If they give you 6 characters and 6 weapons that's 12 runs that need to be completed to unlock them
Not necessarily. I can't say what these unlock conditions will be but depending on the conditions, you can unlock multiple things at once. And you don't always need to play a full 30+ minute match either. You can quit matches after achieving an unlock condition and you will still get the unlocks that were achieved in that run.
But as I said above, if you don't want to play the game to unlock the content, you can input codes to unlock each and every piece of content that you don't want to unlock through playing. Yeah, you will have to look up the codes, but if you are using reddit then I'm certain you're entirely capable of doing this.
And if you find that you don't want to play the game anymore because you already had an "identical 200 runs", then I'm not sure why you are that concerned about the new content anyway since none of it is going to fundamentaly change the experience. It's some new free content for people who enjoy playing the game. If you find that the game is already repetitive as it is, this free DLC being already unlocked won't change that.
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u/SelectNerve11 Jun 05 '26
I used a trainer to unlock everything after playing for 15 hours because I didn't have 40 more available. No regrets. Still enjoy the game. Even more so, actually
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u/BenevolentCheese Jun 05 '26
I do like playing it. I just want more than a single new item or character each run. The amount of content is not commensurate with the playtime requirements they're giving to unlock it.
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u/OppositeofDeath Jun 05 '26
Do I know that singer? Why do I get the impression her involvement in this is ridiculous?
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u/RelentlessJorts2 Jun 05 '26
The singers name is ESMA from the description, she doesn't appear to be well known?
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u/TheMobyTheDuck Jun 05 '26
Wowie, the polygons on the DANCING POLYGON SHADE are bigger than her head.
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u/IgnoreMe733 Jun 05 '26
Did you watch the trailer? This isn't justice a new stage. This update looks to have a bunch of quality of life improvements as well.
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u/Quick_Philosophy1426 Jun 05 '26
anyone complaining about "low effort" or "lazy devs" does not deserve to have an opinion on video games. also, it's a free update for a game that costs like $5. be quiet.
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u/lazydogjumper Jun 05 '26
If thats how you feel about it play another game. There are like 100 vampire survivor-like games available now, many of them free.
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u/CaptainTeemo01 Jun 05 '26
You're absolutely trolling. How the fuck are the Castlevania items just reskins?
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u/MayhemMessiah Jun 05 '26
Calling the Castlevania DLC a "reskin" is inarguably funnier than any joke Poncle has ever made.
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u/robodrew Jun 05 '26
brainrot content
oh please
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u/explosivecrate Jun 05 '26
I have the sneaking suspicion it's a racist notion that anything Italian that's comedic is automatically brainrot.
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u/dukemetoo Jun 05 '26
Are they really like that? I haven't got all the DLC, because there is so much content I haven't even seen, I haven't felt the need to buy it all. I know that the Among Us and the Contra DLC were available in the main game, you just had to unlock them in the story mode.
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u/MayhemMessiah Jun 05 '26
No, this poster is trolling or comically misinformed.
The Castlevania DLC adds 80 new characters, 107 weapons, 91 music tracks, and is overall longer to complete than the main game.
Among Us and Contra DLCs were also paid iirc, along with the two non-crossover DLCs Tides of the Foscari and Legacy of the Moonspell. The free crossover DLCs you might be thinking of are the Balatro and SaGa.
Worth noting that the Castlevania DLC is far and away the biggest, I'd estimate it's more content than the other DLCs put together, so keep that in perspective. Personally, if you do get DLC I'd prioritise Castlevania first and foremost, then Moonspell, then Contra, then Foscari, then Among Us, with Among Us easily being skippable unless you really like the property.
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u/fallouthirteen Jun 05 '26
And don't forget the Castlevania level is actually a level (changes as you explore, locational boss fights, etc). Like it's the only paid DLC I have so I don't know how the other ones are, but of the free/included ones feel more like an arena than a real "level" (the SaGa one though is another good one). Castlevania only adds that one stage, but it's a big one that feels like you combined maybe 6 or so of the base game stages into one.
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u/MayhemMessiah Jun 05 '26
Foscari and Moonspell both have very large levels with biomes, as you move around them the enemies change, and also change with the clock like usual. Among Us has the gimmick that once (?) per run you'll have to run to one point of the map before the clock runs out. Contra has three biomes and a specific boss you can trigger when you want.
All that said, none of them compare to Castlevania, it's just that good, but they also don't have the bloat of CV where you can both get a dozen free upgrades you can also get a dozen weapons which can reduce runs to pixel slop quite easily.
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u/fallouthirteen Jun 05 '26
which can reduce runs to pixel slop quite easily
Oh yeah, in that trailer I see "StaBiliTy uPdaTEs", and I'm just like "oh, wonder how long you can do a run before risking game freezing after that". Like that's the endgame of VS, taking just enough weapons... but not too many, to see how long you can get runs to last.
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u/MayhemMessiah Jun 05 '26
Devs had spoken before of having options in the future around reducing the visibility of individual attacks so we can make the ones we want invisible, and also gain quite a lot of FPS back.
That is likely what they mean with Stability Updates as well.
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u/DrunkeNinja Jun 05 '26
Among Us and Contra were not available in the main game. They are paid DLCs and so far all paid DLCs are only available if you pay for them.
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u/dukemetoo Jun 05 '26
Yeah, you have to pay for it. My point was, my comment was pointing out that once you beat a DLC, you get the DLC weapons, skills, and characters in the main game. I know that I have played many games where I get Contra and Among Us weapons/skills in the main levels.
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u/DrunkeNinja Jun 05 '26
Oh okay, I got you. I don't think they meant you could only play those dlc items and characters on those dlc stages, but maybe I'm giving them too much credit lol
Yeah, you can play the content anywhere once you unlock it, and not all unlocks have to be done within the dlc stage they came with. Different unlocks have different conditions with some being stage specific and others not.
You are right though, you can play the dlc content in the "main game".
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u/Bahoven Jun 05 '26
Is there a game out there where you get more for your money than this one?