Single player vs Multiplayer?

[Greywolf]

So how is this game? From what I can see it is kind of like Diablo but with a survival crafting aspect to it as well? How much of a grindfest is it to get the stuff you need and how much interference from other players can I expect? Will my base be raided by some level 100 bastard while I am still at the crafting level of sticks and leaves?

I am assuming there is also a solo singleplayer option but is the content there for this to be fun offline as well? Or does it need the multiplayer component to be fun?

[Suzaku]

Same camera angle as Diablo, but very different in nearly every other aspect. Grind is dependent on server settings. As a solo PvE game, the content is finite, but there is plenty to do. Over 50 bosses to challenge you, dozens of spells to unlock and modify, the castle to build, servant army to gather for you, and more. 50+ hours of content, easy.

Originally posted by Greywolf:

...how much interference from other players can I expect? Will my base be raided by some level 100 bastard while I am still at the crafting level of sticks and leaves?

From what I've read on these forums over the years, yep! PvP ruins the PvP.

[thesnowfox84]

I’ve only been playing it as a single-player game offline, and I’ve been fine. This game feels like a single-player game that had PvP tacked on. If you play it offline, you can turn up drop rates if you’re not into gathering or feel like it’s taking too long to mine something. If the PvP is like other games, all players are out for blood and hungry, based on the way they’ve been posting. They will steal your stuff and blow up your base at the drop of a hat.

[THEUZIN Fé em Deus é os Z1KA]

PVP is trash, if you're willing to join a multiplayer server join a community server with an active admin and rules or a PVE server.

[Sauriel]

You might want to try SP, if you want to. you should already know what kind of game this is and its denizens. Games are entertainment, and if they are not fun for you it fails their purpose. People are rather possessive about dictating peoples lifes today, what they should and not should enjoy.

[Star★Dive]

PVP is garbo, trash, and the afterbirth of an abortion, still bubbling out of the womb. The devs do nothing to acknowledge or address the issues for it. You may have noticed the many threads in the forum, about how broken PVP is. Devs don't care. It's fine because they say it's fine, just like da-nile is a river in egypt.

PVE is the meat and potatoes of the game, and it is fun at first, but gets unfair quickly, in chapter/act 3 and beyond. The artificial difficulty hike is steep, so make sure you dig deep into your git gud bag, before pulling out cash for this game.

Chapter/act 1 and 2 are fun, balanced, and the progression of power you get is well addressed. After that though, all cards are off the table, the devs show their "Oh, you're still playing?" side, and aforementioned hike only gets worse, by twenty fold in Chapter/act 4.
Solo play is fine, if you bring your git gud powers to the table, but know what you're getting into. yes, diabloesque with crafting and survival mechanics.

Story is virtually nonexistant, there are "some" cut-scenes and little blurbs in your V Journal that hint as to events and actions about major plot points, but your character and their stake in things is never addressed or acknowledged, your presence is basically a ghost. Again, Devs don't care. It's fine because they say it's fine, just like da-nile is a river in egypt.

Character customization is.... Acceptable, but you can't change your name after creation, so if you make a typo or decide you want to re-brand your person, sorry, tough cheese. Vanity and styles of armor/weapons is okay, not great, not even good by any means of the word, but passable enough that you can have "some" limited fun with it. Final Armor you get, post endgame looks like garbage though, so make two copies of your favorite gear, so you can stylize over that bulky and uncoordinated garbo.

Final score: Low 7, out of 10.
Good for one or two playthroughs, three if you like the vibe and "brutal" mode. If you have friends for a group play (co-op), maybe a fourth try. Beyond this, shelf the game and wait for updates.

[Hiphoptimus Rhyme]

Looks like a lot of people in here lost at pvp.

[Jet]

Single player is pretty comfy, I enjoy it. I would highly recommend if you plan on playing single-player that you tweak some of the server settings a bit. Most of the default settings are mainly balanced towards multiplayer / pvp focus so for single-player certain settings such as castle size, servant limit, refinement rate, crafting rate, resource yield etc are generally best to change for a more enjoyable experience.

Even with a higher resource-yield and crafting/refinement rate, you're still going to be spending a fair amount of time gathering stuff and sitting by waiting for your materials to be refined, so it doesn't really break the flow of the game it just makes it better IMO.

[GamingChocobro]

Originally posted by Suzaku:

50+ hours of content, easy.

No wonder 50+ hours... when I am only up to the Cursed Forest by myself and i have died i reckon over 100 times just to get to this point.. most of which are against bosses where my equipment is as maxed out as it can be without needing to fight the VERY BOSS I NEED TO GET BETTER GEAR

[Hiphoptimus Rhyme]

Originally posted by Blue Footed Choobie Boobie:

Originally posted by Suzaku:

50+ hours of content, easy.

No wonder 50+ hours... when I am only up to the Cursed Forest by myself and i have died i reckon over 100 times just to get to this point.. most of which are against bosses where my equipment is as maxed out as it can be without needing to fight the VERY BOSS I NEED TO GET BETTER GEAR

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[Ygdrasl]

Wouldn't recommend it unless your no lifeing the game.
Progressed to lvl 65 on 12/60 server at the time of creation. Now cant login for hours

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1604030/discussions/0/6369856709170263536/

[Daminionz]

I will copy paste my store page review here:

Rust meets World of Warcraft.


Here's how a ''skilled'' V rising PvP'ers day goes:
- start on server launch
- grind for minimum 12 hours
- sleep for maximum 6 hours
- wake up and keep grinding till you get best gear/soulshards
- stomp anyone else trying to reach best gear (camp mortium zone)


Getting ahead of everyone else in gear/weapons/general progression gives insane PvP advantage.
Imagine if in Rust, once you got AK and metal armor - nothing below this tier could kill you anymore. Your skill in V rising's PvP servers only matter on how good you can minmax/speedrun progression and how little you can afford to sleep vs play.

[THEUZIN Fé em Deus é os Z1KA]

Lmao people that keep defending the pvp mode are literal basement dweller with no life trying to cope and justify their pathetic and unhealthy lifestyle while playing in solo/duo server with a +6 clan 16 hrs per day.

[Hiphoptimus Rhyme]

Originally posted by Sir Cacetinho:

Lmao people that keep defending the pvp mode are literal basement dweller with no life trying to cope and justify their pathetic and unhealthy lifestyle while playing in solo/duo server with a +6 clan 16 hrs per day.

Mad cuz bad lmao

[THEUZIN Fé em Deus é os Z1KA]

Originally posted by Hiphoptimus Rhyme:

Originally posted by Sir Cacetinho:

Lmao people that keep defending the pvp mode are literal basement dweller with no life trying to cope and justify their pathetic and unhealthy lifestyle while playing in solo/duo server with a +6 clan 16 hrs per day.

Mad cuz bad lmao

140 hrs past 2 weeks, Lmao

[oldagetron]

Originally posted by Greywolf:

So how is this game? From what I can see it is kind of like Diablo but with a survival crafting aspect to it as well? How much of a grindfest is it to get the stuff you need and how much interference from other players can I expect? Will my base be raided by some level 100 bastard while I am still at the crafting level of sticks and leaves?

I am assuming there is also a solo singleplayer option but is the content there for this to be fun offline as well? Or does it need the multiplayer component to be fun?

While alot of replys have told you that PvE is the only good way, id just like to say in my opinion the whole point of this game is the PvP. That where all the longevity and replayabilty is. Its cool if you dont like PvP and want to play PvE there is enough content to enjoy.

But the real fun is doing it all with PvP and you can have as many playthroughs as you like.