Warhammer: Vermintide 2

If you like Left 4 Dead style co-op, that's good

If you like Left 4 Dead style co-op, that's good. This game has similarities. The melee is much cleaner than Left 4 Dead 2 and where this game shines. The ranged combat certainly works but the emphasis is placed on your ability to balance out the hard hitting ranged with the melee weapons that go wide (long sword) or go deep (spear or axe), combined with the unique skills and abilities of the characters make this game quite fun. The voicelines, level design, hidden items, and scaling difficulty are icing on the cake. Most of the combat content is included, but a few powerful careers are locked behind DLC. There are also some DLC maps locked up, but if your host has the maps, you can play them without issues. The loot variety is mostly a 'power level' just to scale to higher difficulty and has less impact than perhaps it could. Weapon styles do make a difference and high level gear does often have traits that increase their utility to the team or have interesting effects such as generating ammo for a headshot, potions partially healing your friends, or reducing stamina loss when blocking hits. Overall, a very fun game that has remained fun for a long time. Shines with players, but beware of the whiny brats that run ahead leaving everyone behind. These people will sprint forward for some reason, not enjoy the ride, then get ragey when they end up getting picked off, blaming everyone else but themselves in a co-operative, team-oriented game. Don't lone wolf, be a team player, especially if there are some new players along the way. Usually the community is good though, these folks have found some other game to torment themselves in.

• Graphics4.0
• Gameplay4.5
• Story4.5
• Value4.0