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I cannot believe I never heard of this game before.

The game feels, so vibrant, alive, beautiful sounds and graphics, amazing performance for such a game.

Lots, and LOTS of things to do. Where do I even begin?

The modding community is very nice. Tons of impressive mods that I already use.

I can see myself play this game for hundreds of hours to come.

I will be looking forward to your future updates!

Great game

best game I have ever played. Even without mods.

Getting my throat ripped out by wolves has never been easier or more fun.

Sure, a lot of people will assume Vintage Story is a minecraft clone, and it is in of itself a standalone of a very nice minecraft mod called Terrafirmacraft. 

 But the atmosphere and love and attention to detail in this game is on a totally different level that it feels wrong to compare this game to minecraft at this point. Despite both games being block games, Vintage Story looks, sounds, and feels so much more vibrant, alive, beautiful and engaging. I still like minecraft but Vintage Story has been filling a gap that minecraft has lost to me and that gap is challenge and reward. You can work to get some decent loot in minecraft, sure, after like 5 minutes then you can fight almost the whole world and be at no risk of losing your gear. In Vintage Story you're at the mercy of the world, and you need to work and toil to be able to scrape up a comfortable existence. 

 But why is that so important for the gameplay cycle? I made an iron pick in minecraft, cool, sure, I can go get some diamonds woohoo. I get an iron pick in Vintage Story? This thing is the fruit of literal hours of prospecting, mining, blooming, and shaping the metal into a pick. It's a real achievement, and by that I worked Hard to get this one single tool. This alone made this very simple experience into a level of being special that is dripping from all places in this game. It makes you Love your work, your progress. All of your work is slower and harder but it Means something. Your house is your pride and joy, your armor is your lifeline, even your meals are a satisfaction that just makes all of that work so worth it when you get there, I hardly ever feel this in minecraft anymore, minecraft is just more of an arcade, a game to kill time and play for the sake of nostalgia but Vintage Story fills that nostalgia in many more ways than modern minecraft can for me. That reason is because Vintage Story is a hard, hard game.

 It's not unfairly difficult either, in their 2022 trailer it even says in the beginning "If you only do what is easy, your life will be hard" and that very much applies to the gameplay here, you work hard to live peacefully in this game and that's just something I cannot stop loving. This game in its early access state is such an accomplishment in what it does that I cannot recommend this even more, and I haven't even got into the atmosphere, the community, the QOL features, the sound design, everything else in this game truly has love put into it by a small indie dev, versus the mass produced slop of weak updates made by a corporation that sadly overshadows minecraft now.

 Get this game, I guarantee starting out will be difficult, confusing and perilous, but that's the journey, that's what I miss from old minecraft. You will love it here, thank you for reading my review.  

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.

I find it a difficult task to speak about just how good this game really is. It's an experience, One unlike any other. I tried to write this review at least 5 times. For me, it's that difficult to do justice. This is very easily one of the most important video games to exist in the last 2 decades in my opinion. I've played almost every "sandbox open world survival" game that's on offer. None of them come close to the experience you get from Vintage Story. And none of them ever will. 

Love this game!

TL;DR - more than a Minecraft clone, its a voxel adventure well worth the price of admission. Come join us on the official public server once you learn the basics!

Now to my itemized list...

Mods - Superb integration, easy to manage, tons of variety and a very active community

Servers - The built-in claims system & other QoL features make server play a breeze. I love the fast travel systems that make city building a cool experience. I would like to see additional trade systems for offline trading... traders & AH do work but fees make it pretty painful to use on a big server this is an area of improvement, but honestly you add a couple mods & this issue is solved

Animals are infinitely more interactive than competitors and successfully domesticating a herd is fabulously worthwhile

Mobs are terrifying and dangerous. Almost too much so LOL. Love that armor levels can make it so you can handle them but I think a brewing system with buffs and etc would level the playing field a ton. This is on the roadmap & I hope that it isn't too far away!

Crafting is solid, the 3x3 grid is a standard now & that makes it unremarkable but there are a ton of alternate crafting methods for advanced materials that are way more fun. Smithing your own tools is extremely satisfying, 10/10 would Smith forever if I had a friend group big enough to keep feeding me materials lol  

Cooking & storing foods is its own challenge that I really enjoy. I can see why some could see tedium in it, but I love survival challenges and this one is perfectly manageable once you get the hang of it, and there's tons of tools for preservation as you progress, like salt for pickling and etc.

Overall - 10/10. I have areas for growth, sure, but they are minor enough that I can't knock off any rating and I am excited that the devs are improving constantly  

Ps. RIP Hytale, we hardly knew ya. Long live Vintage Story!!!

I'll keep my review short and sweet.

It's very obvious this game has  an aesthetic much like Minecraft. But the core difference is Minecraft is a block building game with small survival elements. Vintage story on the other hand is a Survival game with block building elements. The game has a built in mod system, and official new update/content drops are consistent. 

The gameplay has a learning curve that is tough to get into, but ultimately rewarding.  You can very tangibly feel the progress in your world  as you go from barely surviving in a harsh world to thriving in a homestead that you pieced together. The feeling of seeing your carved out piece of land being the only beacon of light during the dark night in an abandoned world is not so easily replicated in another game I've played.

I'm assuming that anyone seeing this review, knows what a blocky builder game is. Thus, I would easily recommend this title to any one who likes said blocky builder games. The community surrounding it is small but friendly, and growing more and more by the day.

Give this game a shot, I promise you and your friends will enjoy it.

Iv died to bush bears more than the eldritch rust world monsters 10/10

I hope frogs get added

Often labeled as "Minecraft for grown-ups", Vintage Story provides an uncompromisingly realistic and deeply satisfying survival and crafting experience. With every hunt being a fight to the death, every harvest a reason for a festival and every encounter with the supernatural hair raising. If you're tired of the same old survival games, for ~20$ this is a breath of fresh air that will keep you coming back for years. Tip: For your first playthrough, be afraid of the forest  

i just bought this game after catching wind of its existence quite a while back. and WOW!!! i am so happy i decided to go out on a whim and buy it. it is SO cool!!!

i have been a minecrafter since early 2012, and i always craved something more out of it. the progression was too linear and straight-forward. but here, vintage story provides a plethora of new steps and mechanics that help in making the game so much more complex and captivating. i absolutely looove the knapping and pottery mechanic, it is so ingenious (and so satisfying). the realistic fire/torches, the nutrients bars, the temperature drops; these are all just base level things, as i have only just started, but they are exactly what separate it from just being another sandbox game, to actually being a survival game. the element of the temporal entities add another layer that keeps things interesting outside of just the survival.

i bought this for both my partner and i, and i have already drilled in over 8+ hours just overnight! there is so much more i can't wait to discover.

despite the fact that it is an indie game constructed by only a small team, it runs absolutely seamlessly. i have not experienced any glitches, and despite the gorgeous graphics, it is not at all as demanding as other games in its genre. i would provide small critique but as it is still being updated and edited i don't feel that it is warranted. i  have full trust in whatever you guys are working on.

keep up the good work, devs!! i am beyond excited for any new content you guys conjure up; what you have created so far is brilliant. 

I’ve always been very selective about buying games - in my entire life, I’ve only purchased two games, and I’m already 29 years old.
I don’t like spending money on something that doesn’t truly move me, or on something I could just watch on YouTube.

But Vintage Story is different
It’s the kind of game that makes me want to reach out to the developers and say:

Thank you so much for creating this masterpiece made with heart and soul!

Every single cent was worth it, and I’m deeply grateful for the amazing emotions and experiences your game has given me.

I do not even have 20 hours in the game yet. In fact, I am hurtling towards my first winter. That said, I am obsessed!  The game is deep and well thought out with just the right mix of cozy, and scary. 

Im stunned by how deep this game goes into the survival genre. 

Obviously because the graphics are so similar that it's hard to not initially compare it to Minecraft. But after a couple of hours it becomes clear that this game is so different from Minecraft in every conceivable way. 

Absolutely five stars so far. Love it. Obsessed! Please bring it to console! LOL  As a 50-something year old lady with carpal tunnel the fact that I can't use my chunky controller is the only thing that breaks my heart about this game. In fact, I  rarely venture from my console due to the carpal tunnel, but  I did it this time and I do not regret it. 

If you are into survival games, get it you won't regret it.

I love this game.

It took me a while before purchasing it after I've heard about it from one of Ethoslab's videos. I don't know why I waited, this game is everything it promises to be and such a joy to discover and play. I'm 50 hours into my first world and going through my first winter, and I just got iron tools.

The slow pace makes the game feel cozy and makes all your achievements so much more rewarding. Building a house, making metal tools, cooking and stockpiling for the winter, everything has more impact because what it took to get there. There is so much to do that even if things take time, you never feel bored and never need to idle. It's one of those games where I write down notes on my phone about what to do next because I can't stop thinking about the game when I'm not playing.

It also looks beautiful, especially as you see the seasons change.

There were a few small things that I didn't like about the game, and all of them had a mod to change it. With builtin support for modding, you literally only have to click one button in the mod page and it gets downloaded in the game. I've never had issues adding mods to my existing world either.

If you watched the trailer and it speaks to you, just go for it!

This game is addictive! I love the way the game is developping all the challenges the environment provides for you. If you like some mechanics that were originated from TFC but tries to go further, I really recommend for you to try this game.

I really like making bread, it makes my dopamine receptors go nyooom.

That's it. That is all it takes to make me smile.

One of my all time favorite games of all time, I've bought it for my friends and we love playing it! It's reasonably priced, and it's one of the most worth it games I've ever played.

Vintage Story - A game that almost takes the throne for me

The goods:

When I jumped into Vintage Story, (which I will be shortening to just VS for readability) , I was expecting a hard, immersive experience that felt familiar to it's core inspiration, and unsurprisingly it did not fail to deliver. VS encourages patience and a mind that's able to comprehend the puzzle of surviving. What I mean by this is it's ability to really invest the player in thinking about their next move, and despite how long the days and nights are you never truly run out of questions.

"I should probably get food"

"But wait, a shelter would be more important"

"Oh, but waiting the night in said shelter with berries is going to waste my time, maybe i'll try to find clay beforehand?"

These and other similar questions go through your mind when you first generate a world and explore around. You never simply idle around trying to think of what to do next, because there is ALWAYS something to do the next day or when the sun goes down (Prepping meals, making stuff out of clay, etc etc), and that to me feels like a game loop done right. The next day I attempt to run away from and kill a bear and on Tuesday I go searching out in the wilderness for berries.

I have yet to compliment how this game pushes you towards these goals in the first place, the impending doom of winter, where crops die, animals become less viable and you are only left with what you've prepared in your cellar, if VS didn't have a set in stone system where one season could ruin your entire run then what other factors would motivate you to go out there gathering in the first place? A bear attack? Hostile mobs? Nah, how about something humanity can never solve or fight against, the mother nature. And if things seem to get too difficult or overwhelming, prepare to have a mind for reading because VS is, in fact a "WIKI" game. Aka a game that benefits the player for looking into different things that they don't seem to understand or want to understand, and this game makes wiki reading super accessible, with most of the info you need for early and mid-game all written down when you press H.

When we get to the modding aspect I can't really talk too much on it, but I highly respect the developers going out their way to make an official modDB for VS, you don't see it very often and when you do it's usually from people really ambitious about keeping the games legacy alive, which I have very very high respect for.

The bads:

Mind you, the reader that when I say "the bads" it's not me outright saying some systems simply suck or shouldn't be in the game, that's absolutely not the case, and what did poor criticism ever do good for anything? 

Prospecting: 

This game seems very divided in what its community seems to think about prospecting. Is it tedious? Yeah. Does it serve as a filter that drives people away from the game? Maybe. Do many still find the concept of putting time into finding the ores you want rewarding? Yeah, absolutely. Do I like it? Not really, not right now, at least. This system deserves a overhaul, a balance. Considering how much time one can put into finding a clay node, food, fertile dirt and other items that are necessary for early game, the game doesn't leave breathing room and hits you with prospecting, which can absolutely drive people off, it seems to rub a specific niche group of people who enjoy tedious tasks, but sacrificing a tedious task for the sake of accessibility shouldn't be an idea that's immediately thrown off the cliff. If anything, I'd hold polls for the people who own an account to ask what they think and put potentially better ideas on the table.

 "I've been looking for [thing] for so long and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt!!!":

Clay, as important as it is for early game progression is absurdly hard to find, I did manage to find some but it took time, yet when you receive clay you are awarded with spending more minutes making the pots you require to go further, which I feel is a bit unbalanced, I haven't gotten too far into the game to have more of these "Cant find" moments but hey, worth mentioning everything amirite?

In short, despite the game being in early access this thing is a beast, it's totally worth your 20 if you are willing to get sucked in and blasted with serotonin that activates your pre-historic neurons, and I'm extremely happy with the game that I'll keep it and probably go back to smelting ores real soon after I've hit the post button.

- Mellie 

The best game I ever played

Vertical Slabs?!
Built in Chiseling?!
Weather that's locational and not server wide?!
Useful boats!!!???!?!?!
Actual lore?!
Funny sounding characters?!
Cave in physics?! that are OPTIONAL?!
In-depth crafting system?! 

lol so many things that Vintage Story has, that make it a cut above what Minecraft could of been.  Though this isn't a game for children, requires some patience and time to get use to, but many of us in the group I'm in, are loving it! Already bought the game for multiple people to come and join the fun times.

So I highly recommend it! Plus, the modding system and joining modded servers is so much easier than Minecraft, heck even the idea of Via Version is already built into the game and joining older servers while on a newer version =D

Also, this game is cheaper than Minecraft, by at least $5 It also runs on all 3 PC systems: Windows, iOS, and Linux.

I really love this game!

The survival mechanics are so enjoyable.
I can finnaly live out my creativity in the game.
It gives so many building block options even vertical slabs, and a built in world edit.

And the game is just so optimalised unlike other block games.

I hope they add:
- butchering (there are a mod for this but its should be in the game by deafult)
- aligators, Frogs, turtles and other reptiles
- painting (so i can use linen for canvas)
- chiselable doors, chests and chairs (because the chisel is already a thing in vintage story but only for blocks)
- rivers
- more wallpapers, windows, weapons (like zweihänder), astrology (connectable stars to make constellations and name them)
- wall painting

My apology if my english is a bit bad, im from hungary.

In first few hours I really thought about refund, because I thought I can't get past minecraftish graphics.

But then I tried few more hours, got my first farm, smelted early metals and really got into the game. It is very well thought out with some complex systems like metal smelting and smithing.

With 1.20 update, some really cool additions are coming in too.

Now I'm around 40 hours into my first single player world, and I'm really enjoying it.

I hope devs will continue to develop this great game for many years.

Discovered this game a few years ago on some random forum. It has quickly become one of my favorite games; I'm not quite sure what it is but I just love the world and feeling of it all. Those first few hours just learning everything was magical, and to this day I still have that feeling while playing. 

More engaging than its competitors!

With a valley of content to explore, this game has brought me joy and never gave me a creative block unlike the other big names out there.
I enjoy that the focus of this game is more exploration and survival based rather than true creativitiy, even though there are a plentiful amount of options to decorate your world with if you are into that type of thing.
Every time I return to Minecraft, I find myself bored, unengaged, and speedrun to try and get to the end of it. It really has too much to do in that game when it comes to buildings that I get overloaded with options.
With this game, I always have to slow down and enjoy the process with the game and forces me to go with the flow and really focus on the progression rather than skipping through it.

I would always recommend this to others that are having the same issues I am.

Thank you, and keep developing!