{"id":306381,"date":"2025-06-12T01:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T08:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=357084"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:25:09","slug":"this-rpg-has-opted-for-single-player-gameplay-and-its-fans-do-not-forgive-it-for-abandoning-multiplayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/this-rpg-has-opted-for-single-player-gameplay-and-its-fans-do-not-forgive-it-for-abandoning-multiplayer\/","title":{"rendered":"This RPG has opted for single-player gameplay, and its fans do not forgive it for abandoning multiplayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nexon has released the demo of <strong>Vindictus: Defying Fate, an action RPG that marks a significant shift from the multiplayer format of the original, Vindictus.<\/strong> This new approach focuses on the single-player experience and adopts a gameplay style similar to soulslike titles. Despite attracting over 40,000 players since its launch last Sunday, the reception has been mostly negative, with only 46% of reviews being positive on Steam.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And as if that weren&#8217;t enough, technical problems<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Fans of the original MMO, released in 2010, have expressed their discontent due to the transformation of the gameplay style. V<strong>indictus was known for its hack and slash combat, while Defying Fate features a slower, more technical, and punishing pace, a change that has divided the community. <\/strong>Comments like <em>it doesn&#8217;t play at all like the first Vindictus<\/em> reflect the frustration of players who were hoping for a faithful continuation of the original experience.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the <strong>demo has suffered performance issues related to the use of Unreal Engine 5, including FPS drops and poor optimization, even on high-end machines.<\/strong> Nexon has defended that this is a preliminary version and has promised that the errors could be fixed before the official release, although a date for that version has not yet been confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vindictus: Defying Fate - Official Cinematic Alpha Test Release Date Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KEa6hKKxh-c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><strong>The demo will be available on Steam until June 17, 2025, allowing players to continue exploring this new title despite<\/strong> the criticism it has received. Interest remains high, and Nexon&#8217;s response to the criticism will be crucial to regain the trust of the fans who made the original Vindictus famous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nexon has released the demo of Vindictus: Defying Fate, an action RPG that marks a significant shift from the multiplayer format of the original, Vindictus. This new approach focuses on the single-player experience and adopts a gameplay style similar to soulslike titles. Despite attracting over 40,000 players since its launch last Sunday, the reception has been mostly negative, with only 46% of positive reviews on Steam. And to make matters worse, technical issues have caused fans of the original MMO, launched in 2010, to express their discontent due to [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":306382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[6250,1102,1056,12486,12487],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-306381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-demo","tag-rpg","tag-steam","tag-vindictus","tag-vindictus-defying-fate","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306381"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":306394,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306381\/revisions\/306394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306381"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=306381"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=306381"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=306381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}