V Rising reviewed by Leana Hafer on PC.
V Rising has been nicely polished up during its dark slumber in Early Access, allowing it to fully rise to the occasion with its excellent boss design and challenging ARPG combat. Keeping the killing rays of the sun and your dwindling blood supply as ongoing concerns is effective and evocative in selling the vampire fantasy, as is the ability to craft the sprawling, spooky estates of my nightmares. And the huge amount of customization available when setting up your own private server practically eliminates the need to do chores that are timed to realworld days in a way that only really makes sense for playing with a larger clan and having those timers going even when you're not online. It's one of the best ARPGs – and one of the best vampire games, in general – of this moonlit age.