The second reason is the small pool of special enemies. Vermintide 2вЂ™s AI Director works as well as it did for Left 4 Dead, which helps to improve the replay experience. It controls the ebb and flow of every stage you play, randomly spawning enemies and other gameplay effects so youвЂ™re always in for a challenge or a surprise. First is the AI Director working behind the scenes. Even raising your power level, which increases as you equip better items, can mean little if you get overconfident or drop your guard. The gameвЂ™s a definite challenge, even on its lowest difficulty. This isnвЂ™t like Dynasty Warriors though, where every sweep of your blade or hammer spells instant death. The superb sound effects complement the action very well, bringing another draw to the gameвЂ™s fast-paced combat. The melee weapons feel especially weighty, so much so that you can almost feel every impact. You get believable depictions of decapitations, amputations, and other gloriously violent effects thatвЂ™s the result of sharpened (or blunt) weapons meeting an enemy. ItвЂ™s very satisfying to cut down the AI in droves, mainly due to the great physics engine at work. Whether itвЂ™s ranged or melee, fighting the mass of Skaven and forces of Chaos never gets old. You may choose the complicated fire mage Sienna, who must balance use of her power or risk overheating and blowing up or the hot-blooded Bardin, who does much better when heвЂ™s fighting right in the thick of things. You have five playable heroes, each giving you a different kind of playstyle. What Vermintide 2 gets very, very right is its combat. One boss fight or set-piece battle later and youвЂ™ll have to fight you way out to the escape point. Your group of four will have to run through a largely linear level while swarms of Skaven attack, ambush, and do their best to stop you from reaching your goal. The Vermintide games borrow heavily from ValveвЂ™s popular Left 4 Dead series, at least in its base mechanics.

The story isnвЂ™t going to mean much unless youвЂ™re into Warhammer Fantasy, but it does serve the purposes of the game nicely. There are only a few cutscenes scattered throughout the stages, so much of the story is delivered through the loading screen briefings, your actions, and the bits of dialogue in-between.

Who are these characters? What happened to them? Is this supposed to mean something? Luckily, once youвЂ™ve cleared the prologue, that missing background knowledge no longer becomes much of an issue.ДЄfter fighting through swarm after swarm of ratmen (which is basically what the Skaven are), youвЂ™ll slowly get to know the characters and their personalities. Vermintide 2 assumes youвЂ™ve played the first game so players like me will be left floundering right from the start. Now that IвЂ™ve played it, I still donвЂ™t think much of the setting as a game, however, itвЂ™s actually pretty good. ItвЂ™s why I didnвЂ™t look forward to playing Warhammer Vermintide 2, having already skipped the original. Vermintide 2 expands the intense first-person combat with a brand new enemy faction, 15 new career paths, talent trees, new weapons, an improved loot system, and more.I love Warhammer 40,000 but their Fantasy sibling always felt too forced for my tastes. The time has arrived to revisit the fierce first-person co-op slaughter-fest featuring visceral and ground breaking melee action, set in the apocalyptic End Times of the war-ravaged Warhammer Fantasy Battles world. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed Vermintide. Vermintide is back - darker, bloodier and more intense than ever! Learn more about the Warhammer: Vermintide 2 General Brand

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