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This is no doubt the best game that I have tried. I got my sister hooked and she is already ahead of me! I first found out about it a while ago on my favorite YouTube channel. I was instantly in love and about a year or so later I was finally able to get it! Definitely recommend for minecrafters who want something more. The price is a steal in my opinion and the game was worth every penny! It even runs okay on my mom’s old windows laptop. It really is “a survival game at it’s best.”

can't believe real life ripped off vintage story smh

Its honestly unbelievable that game still in early access can still offer WAY more fun gameplay than finished AAA release and not require me to sell my liver to even buy it, Love the work you guy's are doing with this game

Amazing. 10 hours in so far. It's like a mature version of Minecraft! Very good and fleshed out survival elements and gameplay as of right now. Really makes you feel like you are stuck deep in nature and have to be a true Wildman to survive. Can't wait to see what else happens in development, its already so good!!! Also, mods can make certain aspects easier, or harder, or add completely new stuff that feels vanilla.

When I first saw this game, I wasn't sure what to think. It was voxel based, and had a sort of weird crafting system, while also paying some minor amount of lip service to lovecraftian influences.

After a few years of playing this game on and off, I can safely say my idea of what this game is has developed greatly. The game is not perfect, and it doesn't pretend to be; it has a few rough edges that are being worked on as I type this out, and you may occasionally find performance issues, or the odd rare bug; however, you can mod the hell out of this game and really experience no issues so long as you're smart about it. The developers used to be mod makers, and as such the level of mod compatability is off the charts. This means that not only do you have the tons of content the developers put in, but also the Googleplex of tons of content that mods can provide. You enjoy modding minecraft? Well welcome to that, but on some as yet unnamed stimulants that the World Health Organisation advises caution in taking.

That's not to put down vanilla! Just playing utterly unmodded can still have a playthrough time of hundreds of hours, even when you are rushing the objectives. If you're looking for a game to scratch that itch that "Primitive Technology" leaves in your gut, then this is absolutely that game.

So, after first finding this on YouTube and thinking it was a Minecraft mod, I was really happy to find out it was not!
After playing the game for about 100h non-stop and barely entering the Bronze Age, I'll probably be playing this for years!

TLDR
This game is very complex, but everything you learn/discover gives you a great since of accomplishment.
Even the hardest thing so far, which was learning the Prospecting mechanics (Finding Ores), became fun and rewarding.

Its a really great survival game with interesting gameplay and crafting systems and also gives you a lot of tools for customizing your builds.

More details on what to like
- Being a voxel game, it still has detailed items and props that make the world feel complex and interesting.
- Chisel mechanic!!! This basically allows you to model some blocks like wood and stone, and mix them together!

- The mechanics are very complex but easy to learn. Also you have a handy survival guide always at hand;
- Built in shaders and live environments;
- Immersive first person view (which has a toggle option);
- Well done sound design (From footsteps to weather sounds);
- Game runs really well, lots of graphic options to adjust;
- From what I can tell, game development is very much alive with a good planned future for the game;
- Also a good live community with servers and mods;
- MP servers or LAN options as well (One account per user);

Overall, if you're looking for that kind of game to play, focused on just having your little corner and surviving, or creating a whole village with lore, with good atmosphere and interesting gameplay, this is it!
Mind you, making a village will take a lot of time 

This is my house, entry please.

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This game is NOT a minecraft clone. Knowing how to play MC will not help you at all in figuring out the game unless you play only in creative. Love both games, each in their own ways.

Several things that i absolutely love about this game: 

1. it's EXTREMELY customizable, when you generate a new world, you get several play styles to choose from. You can still go in the settings yourself to make the experience more to your liking. You can set the average temperature of your world, set the amount of rainfall, disable seasons and adjust the length of months, pick what kind of climate you'll spawn in, tool durability... and even set it so monsters wont spawn at night for up to10 in game days after world gen if you want to and many more things. Everything is made so you can make each world exactly the way you want it to be. 

It can be a hardcore survival adventure, a creative building game or a relaxing journey, you choose exactly how you play. 

2. The world is beautiful. I spent a large amount of time on my first world, just looking at the scenery and picturing what i could build there, every season is beautiful, every "biome" is gorgeous. The plants slowly changing color as fall progresses then turns to winter, the night sky looks really nice aswell and i loved the little extra detail of seeing aurora in the sky when far enough up north. 

3. The handbook. If you don't like tutorials, you can skip it entirely, the handbook is always available in game and you can open it whenever to want to. If you just want to relax, enjoy the game, build and only learn a new mechanic when you feel like it, you can do just that. 

4. It runs very well, i have a not very good laptop and already a full collection of mods to add more species of animals and plants and structures and all sorts of things. It doesn't lag one bit, it occasionally freezes for a couple seconds when my laptop runs a bit too hot but nothing that a fan can't fix. I only experienced a couple crashes with large mods, fixed with a simple item library expension. No crashes since. The game autosaves pretty often too so no progress lost.

5. Very immersive survival. starting bare handed, carving a blade in a rock and finding a stick to make your first knife and start cutting reeds to make a basket. Making your first axe, making firewood, making a spear and learning how to hunt, making leather, melting ores and pouring molten copper into a mold then waiting for it to cool down so you can get your first pickaxe... it's a whole experience and even though it sounds tideous and overwhelming at first, it comes so naturally, especially with the help of the hand book. And it feels so rewarding every time to go through a new step in the development of your home. 

6. Extra details: Love the seasons, makes the game all the more immersive. The sounds are very pleasant, even just walking on gravel is satisfying. The survival menu showing current temperature, date, time and how common rainfall is in the area is such a good feature especially when looking for a good place to settle. Great dev support. The possibility to choose how often the soundtrack plays in game is a nice touch. Finding abandonned settlements underground reminded me of finding lost miner houses in Terraria caves. 

A couple things that could be improved/fixed: 

I mostly thought it was too bad that wolves cannot be domesticated in vanilla. 

Lacks name tags or collars or anything to identify/name your animals. it's such a silly detail but it really feels like it's missing. 

Vintage Story is a refreshing step into sandbox survival, blending creativity with a touch of realism that sets it apart in the gaming world. From the moment you start, the game immerses you in a beautifully evolving world, with dynamic weather, shifting seasons, and a level of detail that makes every moment feel alive.

What makes this game truly shine is its commitment to realism. Crafting isn’t just about clicking menus—you’ll have to manually shape tools, gather resources, and adapt to changing environments. The survival mechanics are intense, requiring you to plan for seasonal changes, preserve food, and master complex systems like farming and metallurgy. It’s challenging, but that’s what makes every achievement feel so rewarding.

The game’s progression isn’t handed to you. You’ll struggle at first, but as you learn and grow, there’s a genuine sense of accomplishment. There’s also an intriguing story that unfolds as you explore, adding a mysterious layer to the experience.

While it has a steep learning curve, and the multiplayer could use some more features, Vintage Story offers a deeply engaging experience, especially if you’re into realistic survival. It’s a standout in the genre and worth diving into if you’re looking for a challenge.

fun times

I like hitting rock with stone, make brain feel good.

English:

It is one of the best games that I have had the pleasure of trying, it is understandable that you may feel a certain approach to what Minecraft is, but I assure you that it is very different from it, it is noticeable once you are inside the game and experience it for yourself. your own account.

I truly recommend it to everyone, although it may seem overwhelming at first.

Español:

Es uno de los mejores juegos que he tenido el placer de probar, es comprensible que puedas sentir un cierto acercamiento con lo que es Minecraft, pero te aseguro que se difiere mucho de el, se nota una vez que estas dentro del juego y experimentas por tu propia cuenta.

Verdaderamente se lo recomiendo a todo el mundo, aunque tal vez al principio pueda parecerte abrumador.

I'm going to start my review with a few ideas that would easily earn it a 6th star, because I don't feel like making another account on some third party website to suggest simple ideas.
-Low tier chisel: The cozy art of sculpting/chiseling is locked behind the smithing age, when a hard rock should suffice to etch into many soft blocks. There are ways to balance a low-tier chisel, such as low durability, inability to carve any larger than the smallest voxels, only working on softer blocks, etc. 
-Custom world settings: These can be changed at generation, but cannot be saved as a custom starting scenario, meaning every setting in every new world needs to be meticulously changed before one can start a new adventure to their liking.
-World Gen: There are issues with world-gen... Forests of trees thriving atop granite mountains and growing out of gravel, giant sinkholes that open up beneath you because you picked a berry, LOTS of floating islands... This may be intentional, but...
-Stuff: I'm sure ya'll are working on it, but there's sooo many mods that add simple mechanics and items, like fishing rods and scarecrows, that would be simple to implement, I imagine.
As for my actual review, this is the perfect combination of survival challenge and cozy chill sesh. It's heavily customizable to one's own personal desires, as well. There's always the minecraft comparison, which leads me to wonder why minecraft runs so, so poorly compared to something as pretty as this. I can see why the devs moved on from modding that mess. VS runs very smoothly

This game is the definition of perfection. It is fun all the way through, and its easy to grasp systems for they are very grounded to real life. Simply amazing game, and I've gotten up to the iron age so far. can't wait to play more.

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

Just can't stop playing. The mechanics are genius and the game is very immersive. Cannot wait for more updates. Truly an amazing game made by an amazing team!

El Juego es encantador.

As someone who played a lot of minecraft when I was in college (and it was in beta), I've always felt that I wanted a bit more MEAT to the game. I never tried the vintagecraft mod, so I hadn't heard of this game until I stumbled upon it by chance. And I have to say, it's almost everything I ever wanted from Minecraft, and much more. I cannot recommend the game highly enough if you love heavy survival simulation games with mining, crafting, and building. 

This is "basically" that-block-game, but it's taking itself fully seriously. If you like that-block-game but want something different and more serious, Vintage Story is likely what you'll like. The main selling point is the wilderness survival aspect, and you won't be disappointed if that's something you like.

Pros: Literally everything listed on the site (the features). Serious wilderness survival that is realistic. Mods can expand the existing systems greatly. Mods rarely break.

Cons: A little grindy and tedious in some ways, but far less than that-block-game-everyone-knows-about when compared. The performance is sketchy, and requires you to host a local server to get the most out of your system (though I'm sure that will be changed/fixed eventually).

Big things are on the horizon for this game. I already got well over 100 hours, and they're not even close to done yet. 

If you're a survival fan, and a minecraft fan (even though it is widely different from minecraft). This is a MUST buy!

Good job team, keep up the great work and thank you for making this masterpiece. 

Wow...I started playing minecraft when it first came out when I was younger, like 12, 13.

This is exactly what minecraft could have been. It blows it out of the water. Its so much fun. So in depth, so much to do!

Don't hesitate to buy this game. Theres only more awesome stuff coming!!

If you enjoy minecraft this will change everything for you.  I am amazed and sad that it took so long for me to find this game... I can never go back to such a limiting block game like minecraft again.  Vintage story is now my home. Just wish more people knew about it because it would 100% blow up!

If you're getting bored of playing minecraft for the past, like, 15 years, this is the best thing that could happen to you. I stumbled upon a video of "The Show" that talked about this, thinking it was a simple modpack for MC. But it's so much more than that. It has a satisfying learning curve, and rewards you in a lot of ways for trying new things. Harder than MC, but the ammount of content makes it that after playing for 50+ hours in a default world, I haven't grown bored yet. I'm so glad I found this game, and if you're hesitant about buying this, if you have the means, go support the devs and treat yourself with a copy of the game.

Wonderful game, congrats to the team, love ya !

Действительно классная игра. Заслуживает внимания не смотря на многие небольшие неприятности.
Одним из недостатков - это то,что мои друзья не особо хотят тратить 1080 рублей на игру, а играть в одиночку достаточно скучновато и сложно. Русское комъюнити хоть и есть, но мало кто хочет играть (почему-то все забили я хз).
Мне игра нравится, обновления очень частые и интересные. За ними просто интересно наблюдать) Вот жду 1.12 с невероятными погодными условиями которые сделают и без того атмосферную игру еще атмосферней! 
Из главных минусов игры отмечу (по мимо того что мне не с кем играть по сети) : Это отсутствие возможности (надеюсь на данный момент) создовать своего уникального (внешне) персонажа. Я просто очень люблю делать для себя уникального персонажа. Но надеюсь это исправят либо сам Тайрон либо мододелы <з
Я считаю что у этой игры есть будущее, не смотря на то, что она не особо популярна на данный момент. Но ее день точно настанет!

Единственный "конкурент" для этой игры это Hytale. Но Hytale все еще в разработке и у vintagestory есть еще около года и то может и двух что бы составить конкуренцию) Да, игры разные, но все таки, это просто мое мнение.

(Если вы Русскоязычный читатель этого отзыва, то вы можете найти мою группу в VK по этой игре где я стараюсь выкладывать интересные новости а также переводить их для вас)
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I love this game. It has great modability and is AWSOME with friends. On the self hosting side of things the server is multithreaded so HUGE W.

BEWARE!! This game is really tough and has a lot going on so dont expect a minecraft clone.

This is one of the hardest survival games I have played to date. Games like DayZ arent that hard when you dont have to deal with a bunch of poorly designed mechanics. This game however has really fun mechanics that are fairly easy to use but the game is 100% out to get you. Once you get a hold on the crafting and try playing on some servers you wont want to stop.

I've played countless games over the years, but this one truly stands out as a masterpiece. The developers have created a uniquely engaging experience that sets a new standard for what high-quality gameplay should be. The game mechanics are refreshingly original, seamlessly blending familiar elements with innovative twists that make every moment feel fresh and exciting. It’s clear a lot of thought went into every aspect of the design.

The gameplay is exceptionally polished, with smooth controls and a level of detail that’s hard to come by in most games. The pacing feels perfect, whether you’re diving into intense action sequences or taking time to explore the world. Every mechanic feels purposeful, adding depth to the experience while keeping it accessible for players of all skill levels.

It's rare to find a game that strikes such a perfect balance between challenge and fun. This one manages to keep me coming back, not just because it’s addictive, but because it consistently surprises me with its depth and creativity. It’s a game that will stick with me for a long time, and one I can’t recommend highly enough to anyone looking for a truly exceptional gaming experience.