would love to see him stick at it, theres so much stuff he hasnt even unlocked yet, he doesnt even have arcanas yet, i cant even imagine a build without arcanas (also tom if you're reading this there are 'cheat codes' you can use to unlock everything if you dont want to spend a gazillion hours finishing every quest)
Always great to see Vampire Survivors still being played. I gotta say though, out of all the discussion around this game I rarely see anymore mention the soundtrack. The soundtrack is insanely good! One of the best I've heard to be honest!
Love that your back on vampire survivors. honestly, just explore the stuff that looks fun! The new content, or bits that were added since last time you played, are a good place to start!
in terms of tall vs wide, my personal preference is to go tall on maps with less pickups and go wide on maps with more pickups, cuz it takes a long time to travel to all the pickups so going wide ensures i can start taking the items on the map earlier in the run
In case you forgot, you can kill death by getting the laurel and freeze lance, then getting the 4 items that create mini bosses (the two rings and the two arrow glyphs) and they let you upgrade those both to super OP items. And in general yes, it's better to get all your passives filled before getting more weapons so you can roam the map and overfill on passives.
You should get the Randomazzo so you can use Arcanas during your runs. You can get it from Gallo Tower, just follow the green arrow to the top of the map. (Edit: My bad, you already have it, it's just toggled off in stage select.) In The Bone Zone is also The Forbidden Scrolls, if you defeat a boss that's highlighted as a ? on the map, which will allow you to unlock anything in the game with "magic spells" (cheats codes), if you'd like to skip to any particular thing for a video. The full list of spells are on the wiki. Love seeing Vampire Survivors on the channel again, original and best!
I’m like 95% sure Tom had them unlocked in the old videos. Only guess is cards are turned off while trying to relearn the game, or got lost in an update/deleted a save
Love that you’re back in it Mr. Tom. Just throwing it out there; to add another aspect to the game tick that Arcanas box when you’re selecting a character
Man those lasers were satisfying. And yea, you probably realized this but build tall, not wide. Absolutely down to watch you just try all the new stuff (or at least as much as you want) ^^
It's so funny I just decided to return to this game like 2 weeks ago and then Tom came back! There's so much content to enjoy if you only played up to the first DLC and didn't complete the collection back then
Kudos to Tom for using the base game characters in another episode of his Vampire Survivors video. I get that the Castlevania characters are cool, but I think it's cooler that he's playing as the old man killing monsters with the power of farts.
Luck is one of the best passive weapons. More items from breaking stuff and a higher chance of getting multiple upgrades from chests. It is usually one of my auto takes whenever it comes up. Also the speed upgrade is really good. Unfortunately the character you were using, Poe, is incredibly slow. With full speed upgrades you can zoom around the map and get every upgrade pretty easily. If you want a ridiculously powerful build there is a character that gets a bonus projectile and you just stack up projectile weapons on them and the bonus projectile passive weapon.
My advice is to just go down the Steam achievement list to unlock everything because honestly that's the main goal of this game rather than just surviving the round. Unlocking and turning on everything in the PowerUp menu besides Curse and turning on Arcanas is also a great idea to play the game in a much more interesting way than it's basic state. Turning on Hurry on the stage select menu is also an option to speed up rounds so they take half as long and possibly makes them more watchable. After all this the joy comes from experimenting with different characters, Arcanas, and items to find the most fun builds. Whatever you decide to do with the game I'm always enjoying your commentary regardless!
Maybe also could try investigating what the rings and weird red arrows are all about? Why are they guarded by really strong phantom cape monsters? They must be powerful, powerful enough to maybe...
Been playing tons of this since the dlc dropped and ironically barely touched the dlc, theres so much I hadnt unlocked from base game, I would genuinely recommend looking at the wiki for some cool ideas for stuff to unlock. (I feel like you’d enjoy the appearance of Robbert if you can unlock him) Also I would probs turn on Arcanas in the level select, they add another layer of stuff to the game and theyre good fun to have enabled
You want to get all the weapons you want to have as quickly as possible before leveling up. If any you want are on the map you only want to pick them up after you are full on weapons.
Loving this! Maybe try unlock more characters by doing their achievements, or pick up the Lancet and other upgrades like you were trying to do last episode
MYEH! Unoptimal plays! Love this game tho! A hot move I try to do every time is to get a pair of the weapons that combine so later on you get to pick a new one! If you plan around the map pickups you can get very stronk
I need to see Tom's reaction to the Pentagram + crown, it is a classic combo that I have a hard time not going for every time. Tall vs Wide - I prefer to go wide until I start struggling to keep up then boosting the important weapons, but there is some knowledge about the build you are going for involved there. Going wide to start also helps fill out the slots quicker so you can get the map pickups for maximum effectiveness on any given map. When going wide, I avoid anything that is found on the map, even if my build needs it, because once I pick up the item at level 1 it allows my weapon to evolve (with some exceptions), so I spend the run leveling up the weapon and running toward the pickups and sometimes I am spending a good amount of time with a maxed out weapon before it evolves.
Love that you are playing this again, what a great game! For a goal maybe you could try and unlock Queen Sigma, as I think she is the most powerful characters of the original set (cast?) of characters.
Tom if game progression is what you're looking for, follow the achievement list. You'll unlock new maps, new characters, weapons etc. Worth doing if you enjoy the game!
You can pretty much beat death every time if you max the laurel and lancet and collect the two rings and arrows. Also, upgraded pentagram/crown is pretty OP if you save them for later in your build.
You gotta get both rings and the clock lancet together to kill death (all three must be fully leveled before the lancet evolves unlike the standard weapons). The two red dinguses and the laurel work the same way and help with killing death but not strictly necessary.
please keep playing this game! get the clock lancet and laurel and then get the rings and arrows... level them ALL up to max and then grab chests to evolve them. u kill death with them and progress the game.
Collect the two rings and both of the red arrows on the map and level them up to max You want to start in one direction of the map from the start. Otherwise, you won't have time to collect them before death.
Daily reminder that Tom is an amazing person and to thank him for all he has done/will do - Day 1810 Eyyyy, some more classic Vampire Survivors, and even more classic at that :D Hazzah, glad to see Tom took the garlic advice, even more so having gone full garlic XD he he You know, Tom forgetting how to play may not be bad, just mans you get more fun relearning and exploring everything :D OOOO well we gotta see what Crab Man and Blob are :D love to see more
I think unlocking and doing Adventure Mode might be something you'd enjoy. Also if you turn off damage numbers it hurts the eyes less and especially at the end the footage gets very pixelated, turning off the damage numbers reduces that to some degree.
WOAH!!! Epic vid bro! I think you should go for hector from the Castlevania dlc, he uses the mace which is the most satisfying upgraded weapon to use imo, might take a while to unlock though.
I don't think there's anything wrong with aggroing any/all of the four masked cloak guys who live by the rings and the red arrows. Sure, they'll follow you around, but it's not like you aren't always moving around to avoid enemies anyway. Plus if you kill them, they drop a golden egg which is a permanent stat boost for your character
Tom you absolute legend‼️ Try to do Poe's adventures in a Garlic Heaven run. Its a seperate adventure mode, iirc you gotta beat the director (game) There's no better time to be a _Stinky_ _Old_ _Man_ 🤭 [Would absolutely love a coop run with your _Boi_ Ben]
You should definitely tick arcana on for your next run, loving watching you play this again tom you got me in to it so as soon as it came out on console i yoinked it straight away, best purchase I've made in a long time
the binding of isaac got an update today, online co-op and some reworks and whatnot. you often play isaac adjacent games so might interest you, could maybe even get some others to play it with
“Oh look, a little faerie circle” - Tom, entering a notably square room
definitely rectangular
Surprised by how much I'm loving the return to Vampire Survivors
would love to see him stick at it, theres so much stuff he hasnt even unlocked yet, he doesnt even have arcanas yet, i cant even imagine a build without arcanas
(also tom if you're reading this there are 'cheat codes' you can use to unlock everything if you dont want to spend a gazillion hours finishing every quest)
Always great to see Vampire Survivors still being played. I gotta say though, out of all the discussion around this game I rarely see anymore mention the soundtrack. The soundtrack is insanely good! One of the best I've heard to be honest!
Love the soundtrack. Gotta be honest tho, after playing so much of it i have the sound turned down to play something like Mystery Quest on monitor 7
Very Castlevania-esque, which has amazing soundtracks.
You're the one who got me into this game years ago, I love it so much, it's great to see your coming back
Love that your back on vampire survivors. honestly, just explore the stuff that looks fun! The new content, or bits that were added since last time you played, are a good place to start!
in terms of tall vs wide, my personal preference is to go tall on maps with less pickups and go wide on maps with more pickups, cuz it takes a long time to travel to all the pickups so going wide ensures i can start taking the items on the map earlier in the run
In case you forgot, you can kill death by getting the laurel and freeze lance, then getting the 4 items that create mini bosses (the two rings and the two arrow glyphs) and they let you upgrade those both to super OP items.
And in general yes, it's better to get all your passives filled before getting more weapons so you can roam the map and overfill on passives.
You should get the Randomazzo so you can use Arcanas during your runs. You can get it from Gallo Tower, just follow the green arrow to the top of the map. (Edit: My bad, you already have it, it's just toggled off in stage select.)
In The Bone Zone is also The Forbidden Scrolls, if you defeat a boss that's highlighted as a ? on the map, which will allow you to unlock anything in the game with "magic spells" (cheats codes), if you'd like to skip to any particular thing for a video. The full list of spells are on the wiki.
Love seeing Vampire Survivors on the channel again, original and best!
This, the randomazzo is amazing and leads to some crazy builds! I'm even surprised Tom didn't find it yet 😅
I’m like 95% sure Tom had them unlocked in the old videos. Only guess is cards are turned off while trying to relearn the game, or got lost in an update/deleted a save
@@gummybread Oh yeah I see the toggle at the start of the video. Tom should definitely turn it on in which case!
he did get the forbidden scroll way back in the day but no randomazzo yet...
Love that you’re back in it Mr. Tom. Just throwing it out there; to add another aspect to the game tick that Arcanas box when you’re selecting a character
Yes! Please do more of this! The content is addicting!
Man those lasers were satisfying. And yea, you probably realized this but build tall, not wide. Absolutely down to watch you just try all the new stuff (or at least as much as you want) ^^
It's so funny I just decided to return to this game like 2 weeks ago and then Tom came back! There's so much content to enjoy if you only played up to the first DLC and didn't complete the collection back then
Do a pentagram build, you are going to love the final upgrade.
and do both rings, both red symbols, laurel and clock lancet.
Kudos to Tom for using the base game characters in another episode of his Vampire Survivors video.
I get that the Castlevania characters are cool, but I think it's cooler that he's playing as the old man killing monsters with the power of farts.
Luck is one of the best passive weapons. More items from breaking stuff and a higher chance of getting multiple upgrades from chests. It is usually one of my auto takes whenever it comes up.
Also the speed upgrade is really good. Unfortunately the character you were using, Poe, is incredibly slow. With full speed upgrades you can zoom around the map and get every upgrade pretty easily.
If you want a ridiculously powerful build there is a character that gets a bonus projectile and you just stack up projectile weapons on them and the bonus projectile passive weapon.
I’m so glad we’re back to Vampire Survivors. Tom’s actually the person who got me into this genre in the first place 🙌
Huzzah for more of the (updated) classic with future Garlic Tom!
Someone tell Tom there is an entire new Garlic Man Adventure mode where you can learn who he is and why he is so garlicy!!
My advice is to just go down the Steam achievement list to unlock everything because honestly that's the main goal of this game rather than just surviving the round. Unlocking and turning on everything in the PowerUp menu besides Curse and turning on Arcanas is also a great idea to play the game in a much more interesting way than it's basic state. Turning on Hurry on the stage select menu is also an option to speed up rounds so they take half as long and possibly makes them more watchable. After all this the joy comes from experimenting with different characters, Arcanas, and items to find the most fun builds. Whatever you decide to do with the game I'm always enjoying your commentary regardless!
I look forward to Tom unlocking Darkanas in five years time.
So glad youre back in the OG!
Maybe also could try investigating what the rings and weird red arrows are all about? Why are they guarded by really strong phantom cape monsters? They must be powerful, powerful enough to maybe...
Been playing tons of this since the dlc dropped and ironically barely touched the dlc, theres so much I hadnt unlocked from base game, I would genuinely recommend looking at the wiki for some cool ideas for stuff to unlock. (I feel like you’d enjoy the appearance of Robbert if you can unlock him) Also I would probs turn on Arcanas in the level select, they add another layer of stuff to the game and theyre good fun to have enabled
You want to get all the weapons you want to have as quickly as possible before leveling up. If any you want are on the map you only want to pick them up after you are full on weapons.
Loving this! Maybe try unlock more characters by doing their achievements, or pick up the Lancet and other upgrades like you were trying to do last episode
MYEH! Unoptimal plays!
Love this game tho! A hot move I try to do every time is to get a pair of the weapons that combine so later on you get to pick a new one! If you plan around the map pickups you can get very stronk
I need to see Tom's reaction to the Pentagram + crown, it is a classic combo that I have a hard time not going for every time.
Tall vs Wide - I prefer to go wide until I start struggling to keep up then boosting the important weapons, but there is some knowledge about the build you are going for involved there. Going wide to start also helps fill out the slots quicker so you can get the map pickups for maximum effectiveness on any given map. When going wide, I avoid anything that is found on the map, even if my build needs it, because once I pick up the item at level 1 it allows my weapon to evolve (with some exceptions), so I spend the run leveling up the weapon and running toward the pickups and sometimes I am spending a good amount of time with a maxed out weapon before it evolves.
I was always a fan of the upgraded Pentagram weapon. Since it kills and pulls all the xp in.
Love that you are playing this again, what a great game! For a goal maybe you could try and unlock Queen Sigma, as I think she is the most powerful characters of the original set (cast?) of characters.
Yes this is back?!? They were SO much fun! I'd also love to see the return of Dysmantle with the DLC.
Tom if game progression is what you're looking for, follow the achievement list. You'll unlock new maps, new characters, weapons etc. Worth doing if you enjoy the game!
Please play more! I'd love to see you do all the additional content and ridiculous unlocks
Given the constant walking into things and saying "ow!" I expected this to end with about twenty seconds left on the clock and a loss.
You can pretty much beat death every time if you max the laurel and lancet and collect the two rings and arrows. Also, upgraded pentagram/crown is pretty OP if you save them for later in your build.
You gotta get both rings and the clock lancet together to kill death (all three must be fully leveled before the lancet evolves unlike the standard weapons). The two red dinguses and the laurel work the same way and help with killing death but not strictly necessary.
please keep playing this game! get the clock lancet and laurel and then get the rings and arrows... level them ALL up to max and then grab chests to evolve them. u kill death with them and progress the game.
Collect the two rings and both of the red arrows on the map and level them up to max
You want to start in one direction of the map from the start. Otherwise, you won't have time to collect them before death.
WAHOOOO those vampires sure are surviving
Daily reminder that Tom is an amazing person and to thank him for all he has done/will do - Day 1810
Eyyyy, some more classic Vampire Survivors, and even more classic at that :D
Hazzah, glad to see Tom took the garlic advice, even more so having gone full garlic XD he he
You know, Tom forgetting how to play may not be bad, just mans you get more fun relearning and exploring everything :D
OOOO well we gotta see what Crab Man and Blob are :D love to see more
I think unlocking and doing Adventure Mode might be something you'd enjoy.
Also if you turn off damage numbers it hurts the eyes less and especially at the end the footage gets very pixelated, turning off the damage numbers reduces that to some degree.
I feel like the Among Us DLC would be good for Tom, because it starts meta progression from 0 again, giving you a chance to re-learn everything
WOAH!!! Epic vid bro! I think you should go for hector from the Castlevania dlc, he uses the mace which is the most satisfying upgraded weapon to use imo, might take a while to unlock though.
If only tom knew what La borra means 😂
Keep going! I want to see more "new" weapons and builds!
You should do an Adventure, Tom!
Hell yea we're back in toms VS era
I don't think there's anything wrong with aggroing any/all of the four masked cloak guys who live by the rings and the red arrows. Sure, they'll follow you around, but it's not like you aren't always moving around to avoid enemies anyway. Plus if you kill them, they drop a golden egg which is a permanent stat boost for your character
Man. I love this game. Get the shooter expansion! They’re great! Try to get all the drones!
Jesus, I forgot that you need to unlock something to gain an option to level up weapons when everything is maxed lol.
I do love to see some _Vampire Survivors_. Time to unlock all of the things!
Tom you absolute legend‼️
Try to do Poe's adventures in a Garlic Heaven run. Its a seperate adventure mode, iirc you gotta beat the director (game)
There's no better time to be a _Stinky_ _Old_ _Man_ 🤭
[Would absolutely love a coop run with your _Boi_ Ben]
You should definitely tick arcana on for your next run, loving watching you play this again tom you got me in to it so as soon as it came out on console i yoinked it straight away, best purchase I've made in a long time
Poe is my favourite, NGL
Would the Mummy of Mummies be called the Grand Mummy?
i wanna see tom tackle the castlevania dlc more
The two weapons that evolve with the rings. ;)
I would love to see he new combinations used by the newt.
I love watching someone infinitely more competent at this game than me play it
I do hope Tom tries the new Holocure update. The game has evolved so much since he last played it
Hope tom gives the new holocure update a try
Based
Vampire surviors had big update, so much to play also HoloCure had a big update. so we gunna be eating well for a while boys!
Would love more!!
Going back to old games? Mechabellum next?! The return of the hackers?
Tree sounds like jokes.
if you are overwhelmed by character choices maybe do adventures since they are pretty stream lined
I haven't seen this much garlic since Dragonball. Lmfao.
Good job
If you max out items picking always heal will give you money if you don't need healing.
Nintendo would never go for it, but a pokemon dlc would be fantastic
Play some of the DLC maps, I think you'd get a kick out of contra
get the clock lance and laurel to progress more
Why not get the off screen pickups immediately as opposed to what you did which is walk in a circle for 10 minutes before venturing out?
Would be nice to see you using the tarot cards 🙌
the binding of isaac got an update today, online co-op and some reworks and whatnot. you often play isaac adjacent games so might interest you, could maybe even get some others to play it with
spend ur gold to build the character skills…. speed, health, etc. It makes a difference.
Maybe do a run with tarots enabled
May i have some more BROTHER!
Lancet and Laurel to kill death
Its killing me watching him not understand/use the shadow pinion weapon properly... its my favorite one(weapon and character) >.
I want more castlevania!
Yes please more :D
Man you just cannot beat the OG.
Vampire Survivors is fun, but the best game of this style is HoloCure in my opinion!
More!!!!!!
shadow Pinion is a really annoying weapon. i used it twice mayber and then never again. always having to move and stop for it to fire...
have fun breaking the game like dex. or try to beat him at that.
Why have you never told us you're into Warhammer!?
Now I'm upset I wasn't able to witness your strategic genius sooner
Oh wow you're missing a ton
New tom vid lfg