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Absolutely fantastic little game based on certain Minecraft mods, with, in my opinion, far more potential. I'm very excited to see where it goes, but even where it is right now, it is well worth the price.

This is my favorite game of this year by far. Normally in sandbox survival games I just get bored after a week but this game has kept my interest for way longer and shows no signs of losing it. The clayworking, smithing, and mechanical power systems are really well put together and I can't wait to see how this game evolves as more features from the roadmap are added.

Vintage Story is an absolutely gorgeous game. 

On the first day, I was skeptical. After the whole mess what happened to CubeWorld and the huge disappointment, I was way more careful with building up hype for games in development. 

On the second day, I was becoming more and more interested. Could this game really be a modern, 3D-version of good old UnrealWorld? A realistic, "minecraft-like"-game with immersive mechanics and a huge rewarding feel after passing through gamestages?

On the third day, I did it. I purchased the game, it looked so promising, I simply had to try it for myself. That was exactly one week ago now, and I didn't regret this choice for a single minute, playing every day since then and having a huge blast.

Now this was little bit picked with references to other games, and I don't mean to offend other developers or advertise for other games, but for the sake of making your own decision if you want this game, I find it helpful to have a few comparisons. One thing very unique here for an early access title is its high playability at this early stage, and that mostly bug-free. I myself encountered very very few minor bugs or things I think could/should be tweaked a little, for example a thrown spear sticking in the ground that can continue to hit mobs and sometimes yourself if you walk into it. (For a fun fact, this actually saved my life a couple of times) Nothing gamebreaking and most importantly, no crashes at all! Just a very short freeze once, which resolved itself after a few moments. The developers here are truly meaning what they say in the descriptions. 

As of now, version 1.14 already feels like a complete game in a way. The downside is, now that I delved into it... I can't get enough! I am now addicted to checking these forums each day to check for new updates while speculating/imagining what the full, complete game will look like. If it continues in any way like it did so far, this will become a unique masterpiece.

Thank you for this wonderful gaming experience! I am looking forward to many more weeks/months and even years of amazing fun and joy with this game.

One last bit of references if you should get this game or not: If you find the survival aspect in minecraft too easy and lacking realism and want it to be more like UnrealWorld and Don't Starve, but imo in a better way than Don't Starve did it - try it out. You can refund within 2 weeks or 10 hours of gameplay (whichever comes first, check refund policy) and that is really enough to determine if you like it or not. It is different than minecraft, considerably harder at certain stages, but you also won't be occupied with managing your survival and food all the time as the only thing you do. I find it very balanced in that point. Food will always be a factor to consider, but once you setup a solid base, you will continue to make breakthroughs and progress. It's worth a try, really good title!

Well, when I first watched the trailer I really thought this is to good to be true.

But after a few days I decided to give it a try - and it was worth it. 

However, this game is still in early access, so don't expect a fully complete project.

Just like most of the players, I also came from Minecraft to get something similar, but more challenging. If you know Minecraft, most of the controls are very intuitive. But you should expect to die quite often in the beginning, since you need to watch out for hostile mobs - day and night. You also need to be aware of your hunger. 

The beginning: 
Just like in the old school times of minecraft, you start to build a dirt bunker. Since you can not effort to build a pickaxe in the first days, a cobble bunker will be a product for the future. But after a couple of days you will be able to get copper, which you can smelt into a pickaxe. It is a process way more komplex than in Minecraft, so getting to this point is a much more slower process than you might know. 

Having a pickaxe opens actually a whole new world. You can mine resources much more efficient and in way bigger amounts. While doing so don't forget to eat. 
You can do farming. You need to find vegetables or crops. The fertillity of the soil influences the growing time. But it will take a couple of days anyways, untill you can harvest you first onions - or whatever you have planted. Later in the game, you can automate farming and tool making - but thats definitely a long way ahead, when you start a new world.

The world:
The world is beautiful. There are no biomes like in minecraft. The landscape is actually influenced by the weather and temperature. You actually can divide the world into 3 major climate zones:
1. boreal
2. hot 
3 arctic

Each of these climate zones also has different regions, which can vary drastically. You can have big mountains and flat steppes. The world is quite big, so it will take you a really long time to enter another climate zone (I am not exactly sure how many blocks, but at least a couple 10k from my experience). Although the landscape is quite impressive, it gets a little repetetive after a time. 

Potential:
What I would love to see are big multiplayer server, in which resources actually have a value. You can have certain stones or woods only have from certain areas. Since the world is so big, it just doesen't make sense in single player to travel that far, only for getting a certain stone. Multiplayer could benefit from those distances. One big plus is the creation of custom blocks with a chisel. You can combine up to four different blocks into one custom block. You can make a statue, your indivudual furniture or a really impressive house facade. But having those things in singleplayer gets quite boring after a time, since you can not show or share it. 
Making custom blocks as a profession in multiplayer server and trading resources, could lead into to a interesting simulation. 

Conclusion:
I am really looking forward in which direction the game develops. It is a game which can offer so much depth. In the current state, the game is in a good position to become something great. Sometimes the game feels a little empty, because of it's repetitive landspace and the relatively few mobs. But the road map offers everybody a good overview what will be implemented hopefully soon. 
 

I am your Canadian who picked up the game, this game is the best thing since sliced bread. Its so immersive. I love it. Can't wait to see the final product one day.

If you like super realistic immersive survival then this game is for you! 

From the graphics being gorgeous, to the subtle but yet alive world. I really recommend this game, if you like survival games.

VERY impressed with the game so far. Worth my 24$ CDN. Very worth it!

I LOVE this game; I have 52+ hours in it and it just keeps getting better! I literally do not have one bad thing to say about this game; it's flipping AWESOME. If you're looking for a survival, challenging, exciting, loose story driven game, come and join us.

Отличная игра! Ни на секунду не пожалел потраченных денег. Всем советую.

This game is awsome! I allways wanted to play a game like this and now I can! Thank you developers to making this game. I recommend tha game those who like evolving survival games. The communty is really nice and friendly. I hope this game will be popular.

What I love about Vintage Story.

First it´s indie. And before you say, yeah but looks like another boring Minecraft clone. It´s not!
Sure you can place blocks like in Minecraft and you have a crafting system, but this game goes a little further. The crafting system feels more “realistic” and resources feel more valuable. Of course it has still some issues in this phase of development, like spawning under water. But I´m sure they are going to fix things like that. The world feels very natural and alive with all those animals and swinging leaves. When you want a knife you even have to chisel your blade, which is pretty neat. And you cannot carry really much before having a basket or later a backpack. All together it feels very alive and natural. I like that. (Especially the textures)

What are cool features I noticed so far?

Weather effects like fog, wind and of course rain.
It´s more challenging than Minecraft.
Light is far more important, because the night gets really dark.
You need to preserve food.
You can find ruins and NPC´s with little houses. (you cannot grief them, which I find cool)
Many world options, like temperature resistance or even building height. (building height has an effect on chunk loading)

What I don´t like at the moment:

the clouds look still a bit odd.
it´s sometimes hard to understand how things work. (but that could be me)

Conclusion: If you liked Minecraft but felt like it could be more realistic or just better, with more features, without installing endless mods. You need try Vintage Story!

This game is perfect in everything: great atmosphere, gameplay, optimization. If you like to play Minecraft and you think that something is missing in it - take a look at this game.
The developers know what their game needs and what it should be. Hope this game will grow further and we will receive more and more features.

Amazing game for very good price! Such attention to details. Crafting and cooking has so much details in it, making it more realistic. Yea. Maybe that makes game more grindy, but feels so rewarding if you get past that and see your recource and food supplies gathering in your cellar.

Amazing game, especially for the price and great support and updates from the creators. Can't wait to see the game get its new content through future updates

Always wanted a survival game like this that was challenging, loving it so far still early access and extremely playable, has a lot of content , runs really good performance wise and I love the ambient sounds,  looking forward to the future of this game!

would be nice if u could play the game when u buy it not wait 48 hours for support ticket

Ich bin dank Juliusvanvern im März 2020 auf das Spiel aufmerksam geworden und seitdem absolut süchtig. Jedes Update bringt neue Features mit sich, es bleibt immer spannend und sowohl als Einzelspieler, als auch im Multiplayer und auf Servern mit anderen Spielern kann man sich echt kreativ austoben,... Das Chiseling/Meißeln ist ein echtes Highlight *-* Man benötigt für das Spiel keinen High-End-Computer, ich selbst spiele auf einem älteren Büro-Laptop... - ich kann wirklich jedem empfehlen es einfach mal zu testen

Игра очень понравилась, жалко что раньше не купил её, хотя знал о ней.
Играю вот уже больше недели, и не пожалел, что приобрёл её, долго хотел поиграть в такую выживалку и поиграть с друзьями, рекомендую!

I've been looking for a modern replacement for Minecraft with Terrafirma craft or SevTech mods.. Finally found it in Vintage story.  and it looks Glorious plays well and is similary but better than those two mods in Minecraft, and its modable to boot. Written in C# and uses OpenGL and .Json files . currently still in early access and is extremely playable already. It has a great community with active forums, discord server and great tutorials on Youtube and Twitch , Having a great time playing and exploring Vintage Story and highly recommend it to others who love this type of game.

immersive and pleasant experience. it's like reading a book!

Отличная атмосфера, графическая составляющая выше всяких похвал, тот кто рисовал текстуры и писал код для партиклов настоящие асы! Много уникальных механик. Если вы играли в террафирма, то это вам точно понравится. Желаю разработчикам творческих успехов и побольше сил и желания сделать свою игру лучше!  Мне хочется что бы каждый кто хочет поиграть в это, купил игру и помог разработчикам, пусть для многих это кажется высокой ценой.

AWW SUPER BEAUTIFUL GRAPHICS

i want play vintage story !!

thank you !!!

The attention to detail is amazing with replay-ability through the roof. Well thought out enjoyable game, with interactive developers and the constant updates. I highly recommend it.

I dont know how exactly i found that game.. .but i love it!

Ich finde das Spiel sehr komplex, es macht mega viel Spaß und es wird nicht so schnell langweilig . 

Danke liebe Entwickler/in für dieses tolle Spiel 

Habe es bei you tube gesehen,finde es interessant,kann es leider nicht spielen,da ich keinen link bekommen habe um es zu aktivieren