Warhammer: Vermintide 2

I love Warhammer 40,000 but their Fantasy sibling always felt too forced for my tastes. It's why I didn't look forward to playing Warhammer Vermintide 2, having already skipped the original. Now that I've played it, I still don't think much of the...

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is an explosive, bloody, fast-paced, hack-and-slash fantasy co-op game that follows a group of fantasy heroes on their quest to rid the world of the Skaven, a literal race of rats that have come to take over everything. On the...

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 had a positive reception when it released on PC/Steam back in March 2018. It smashed the original game's sales within a few weeks and made Fatshark more revenue than the first title within the space of two weeks. It helps that...

When Warhammer: Vermintide came along I could not get enough of it. It was challenging and the fun in all the right ways for a game that is essentially designed for multiplayer survival. If you kept running too far ahead or too far behind your group you...

Rare online game that encourages you to play with people instead of against...

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Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is an engaging, challenging multiplayer game that succeeds in spite of loot and matchmaking issues thanks to clever level design and thrilling...

Warhammer Vermintide 2 takes us back to the gritty, gruesome and dirty world that's at the end of times. With seemingly infinite hordes of rats out to get to you and stop you from succeeding, Vermintide 2 really ups the ante in every way possible. An...

Vermintide 2s’s co-op delights are gruesome fun, especially if you have a dedicated group of friends to take on the horde of monsters and level up your characters. The bloody thrills of working with fellow players to shred entire armies of foes into meat makes this grisly battlefield surprisingly fun (if unsettling) place to spend time.

While it is in dire need of some balancing, there’s magic in Vermintide 2’s frenetic combat. It’s a real co-op treat that simply has to be played.

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 manages to improve on its predecessor in just about every way, resulting in a structurally familiar but highly entertaining co-op experience with a surprising amount of depth and variety in its character and difficulty...

Vermintide 2 is a sequel done right. It's not overly ambitious or outlandish, instead choosing to build smartly on the solid foundations of its predecessor. New players will find a varied, exciting cooperative melee game - returning players will find the same well honed action, now free of many of the drawbacks of the original.