Steam summer sale is on and VT2 has a reasonable bundle.
I’ve never played it but absolutely love DT, so my question is - is it recommended after playing DT?
Seems many of you came from VT2 to DT but how would it square up if going the other way? Would you guys recommend it if I’ve never touched VT or VT2 but spent close to 1k hours in DT?
Do many of you still go back to play VT2 now that DT is here? Looking to hear from people with many hours in both titles.
If you believe the price is reasonable and you enjoy Darktide… absolutely.
Great thanks.
Any dlc etc you’d recommend as essential?
Back to Ubersreik and Winds of Magic because certain weapons are locked behind those two.
I’d also heavily recommend grabbing the DLC Careers.
Edit: Vermintide 2 has a LOT of free DLC on top of those!
While many here seem to love it I personally cannot recommend it.
Coming from Darktide I feel the movement to be very restrictive - no sprint or slide.
Melee feels to me less impactful due to the less advanced animations and hit feedback.
That said you could buy and test and as long as you stay under one hour return it if you don’t like it.
Vermintide 2 is the industry standard for satisfying melee combat. Only being surpassed by the likes of Chivalry, Mordhau, Exanima, and Mount&Blade.
It’s absolutely worth it.
It’s a very different game in tone and aesthetic. If you enjoy especially Darktide melee combat and think you could also enjoy the fantasy apocalypse setting I’d definitely recommend. There’s a heap of great content there even with just the base game. I personally wouldn’t spend extra on DLC till you’re sure you’re sold on the base game.
Oh that’s interesting. No sprint or slide 
… That’s my entire DT playstyle though 
So, Vermintide 2, instead of slide or sprint the game has dodge which is precise in its implementation. For starters, it feels tighter and more fluid to use compared to Darktide’s floaty dodge. Additionally the game has weapons that either extend dodge distance or grant more movement speed; Shade’s dual daggers, Witch’s dagger, Saltzpyre’s rapier, Dwarf’s one handed hammer plus the dual wield variant, Kruber’s one handed sword and his two handed spear. Then there’s classes that facilitate movement like Zealot’s MS build, Handmaiden, Slayer, and so on.
Vermintide 2 is less about sliding around and more focused on the premise of engaging in impactful, gritty, melee combats; where your positioning is key, where footwork matters, where parrying, blocking, push attacks, are all important in holding the line.
I came from VT2, and I did really like it at the time. However, I tried going back again about 6 months ago to give it another run out and, idk, it just felt sluggish once you’re used to DT.
Melee fighting is definitely better so there is that, it’s just that the game speed felt a bit pedestrian. Just my opinion though. Well worth £25 for the whole lot if you’ve the patience to re-learn your mechanics, which will be more block/parry heavy than DT dodges. And the dialogue lines are a treat if you’re in to that whole oldie-world D&D feeling.
It depends entirely if you value more melee centric gameplay or darktides hybrid take.
I would personally recommend it to anyone but i do know it can be bit of an shock on how much slower it plays compared to dt.
I miss weapon specials and combos a lot going back to that game. For some reason that was the minority of weapons in the more melee focused game, though that is design age. Tons of weapons can only use their light or heavy attacks in sequence, which makes full rounds with them even less interesting to me.
Also what hasn’t been mentioned which is possibly the biggest difference vs this game are the set characters you play as. You do not get 4 wood elves, dworfs, witch hunters, empire soldiers or flame wizards. Its a firm 1 per player with 1 character being unused every round. But their characterization is obviously so much better because of this.
However from the gameplay perspective Darktide has infinitely more combinations for goofy.
It has a higher learning curve, some annoying melee attack tracking issues, such as enemies hitting you despite being outside their visual weapon range and far less forgiving enemy damage. On cataclysm (Damnation equivalent) a slave rat with a sharpened stick can take something like 1/3 of your HP.
Still, next to Darktide, VT2 is the best coop horde game ever, especially if you prefer Warhammer Fantasy over 40k. VT2 also has more classes, which are quite distinct and more variety in map biomes. Also 3 enemy factions. The heroes banter is also put together better.
vt2 is a classic , personally cant go back after DT , but if you haven’t played it and its 80% off its an easy recommend to check out.
Thanks everyone. Something for me to mull over.
@admin I see the logic of moving to Vt2 forums but I specifically wanted DT players advice, hense my posting there. All good though, they’re probably in both if they have played both.
VT2 is vastly superior to Darktide. I regret buying Darktide and still play Vermintide 2 on the daily, ive also started playing Vermintide 1 again.
I love DT but very interested in VT2. It sounds much slower though and can’t tell if that’s appealing or not.
Give it a go is always my recommendation. Try and work up towards Champion difficulty, Legend is where most people play.
I won’t sugar coat it it’s going to feel slow coming from Darktide, but that doesn’t mean the combat is slower. It’s going to feel more punishing, but that doesn’t mean it’s less rewarding. If anything it’s 28-29-ish? new maps with the same combat system.
Also, killing rats is joy.
If you like the fantasy setting and a cast of characters that develop the more you replay the game it’s a must-buy.
Yeah I do love the skaven and always thought it was a shame they didn’t have a 40k equivalent.
I’ll give it a go and see how it feels 
VT feels a bit slower and doesn’t have as much weapon specials. It also lacks the cosmetic customization that DT has. But overall it has far more personality if you compare Skaven to the enemies in Dark Tide who are just generically evil. The locations are far more varied and interesting too.
DTs biggest shortcoming atm is that it still feels like it needs 1-2 more years in the oven before it feels like a completed game. So far DT is blatantly unfinished but it’s got potential and could end up a great game like VT some day.