Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide

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Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide is an excellent game which is slickly produced, well thought out and great fun to play. It has something for casual and hardcore gamers alike and delivers an exciting teamplay experience with depth and longevity. According to the Chinese Zodiac, the next year of the Rat isn’t until 2020 but with this game available now, why wait?

Occasionally stupid AI and the lack of split-screen play aren't enough to dull the formidable lustre of Warhammer End Times: Vermintide as one of the most entertaining and flat out enjoyable online co-op games you can get on PS4. Killing rats has never been so much fun.

Vermintide is fast, furious fun, and its supporting systems do a great job of dragging you back in for just one more go. The melee combat is the most rewarding and enjoyable I’ve ever seen in a first-person game, and the distinct hero characters and post-game loot system give it plenty of extra depth and variety. Jump into an online game and you’ll have a great time, but with one or two friends at your side, Vermintide is a serious contender for the best multiplayer experience of the year...

Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide is an interesting conundrum. Nothing here is new or particularly innovative, but it is a well-realized experience nonetheless. Overall, it’s a budget title but with more than enough content to belie its pricetag. If you are a fan of Left 4 Dead, Warhammer, or cooperative games in general, then this is a must buy.

On paper, the premise of combining Left 4 Dead and the Warhammer universe looks absolutely brilliant. Will the beloved co-op formula turn out to be a blockbuster when transplanted into a world full of Skavens?

I just wished that Fatshark had tried to be as original in the gameplay as they have in the visual direction. At times, it just felt like I was playing a mod, and depending on how you look at it that’s either the biggest compliment or the absolute worst thing I could say about Vermintide.

The use of different classes and the evocation of the Warhammer setting is enough to make Vermintide a competent twist on the Left 4 Dead formula, but it doesn't execute them well enough to live up to its inspiration. Even at its best, Vermintide’s co-op horde mode lacks a sense of suspense, and its addictive loot chase can’t fully replace that. As I'm sure any Skaven would tell you, there are better things than being a rat in a maze.

Rat pack.

Not every game created for PC makes a good console port and vice versa. Unfortunately, Warhammer: The End Times – Vermintide is one of those that shouldn’t have been ported from PC. While I have no doubt that it excels on PC, and the glowing Steam reviews definitely suggest that, it does not translate well to the console. As a Warhammer fan, I’m always excited to play Warhammer games on console, since they are far and few between. I think the only Warhammer game that would be a bigger mess to port to console would be the Dawn of War series, which should firmly stay on PC. The next time Fatshar...