Let’s address the elephant in the room. Firstly, imitation is the best form of flattery; don’t call it a knock off. Yes, Vermintide absolutely shares major similarities to the Left4Dead franchise, and you know what? That’s just fine.
Game Development is a rocky, uncertain, and complicated industry. It’s full of smaller studios that don’t have the funding to realize their goals, studios financially beholden to publishers that exert far too much pressure in terms of expectation, design philosophy, or punishing deadlines. While the rise of indie developers like Mojang, the advent of studio-friendly
Space Marine would be far less frustrating if it weren’t obvious that Relic truly loves the Warhammer 40,000 setting. I’m not a huge 40K fan, but I really wanted to like this game. Even in spite of this review, I can’t say the experience wasn’t often entertaining. But the most damning thing I can say