DEUS VULT | Online VR sword fighting
Fight against other medieval warriors all around the world!
Deus Vult is an online medieval fighting game which uses cutting-edge weapon physics to make you feel like a real knight.
The numerous weapons available have each their own behaviour and fighting style: you can keep your enemy at distance with a spear or destroy him at close range with an axe, protect yourself with a shield or take the risk to fight with two swords.
You can defy players online in 1vs1 best of 5 medieval battles. As your level increases, you will unlock a wide choice of weapons and learn to master each of them to slay your opponents. You can customize your hero and take a break from the intense combat to chat with your brave rivals in the tavern.
In Deus Vult, you will discover epic landscapes and a world full of mystery where you will FIGHT FOR GLORY!
Features
– Full character customization ( body, clothes, and armor)
– Online matchmaking
– A social tavern where you can meet other players
– Physics based online combat system
– 12 maps
– 14 weapons with specific gameplays
– AI fighting with 4 levels of difficulty so that you can train yourself for the real duels
Safety Notice
Deus Vult requires players to swing their controllers and perform wide gestures in virtual reality. Be cautious with your environment and play at your own risk. Raptor Lab is not responsible for any destruction of property or the injury of yourself or anyone else while playing Deus Vult.
Play far away from any object, have plenty of space, use high quality wrist straps, remove all children or animals from the room, do not play near stairs.
Room-Scale Info
Deus Vult will play correctly with simple standing configuration as long as you can move your arms in any direction without risking to hit something. However, it is recommended for best playing experience to have 2.5m x 2.5m of playspace or more.
Oculus Setup Info
This game requires the use of motion controllers. You can play on a 180° setup and use the joysticks to rotate your playing space.
Game Discussion
Steam User 34
This is it. VR melee combat.
I've got 7 hours in and I can own some people, lose to others. The game feels like I'm back in martial arts class. You have to defend your weak points and take advantage of your opponent's mistakes. You can block attacks, you can sidestep around enemies. Every game I try to learn more and more about how to play so that I can improve. Some people I can just totally negate their weapon with one of my weapons while I side stab them. Some people run back and forth swinging wildly. There's talk here and there of various weapons being OP, and that might be true, but when in history did people really know what was 'OP' until years and years of top level competition?
Devs seem to be pretty active as the game just came out and there's already been patches.
The community has only grown since launch, and while there might be 10-20 people on, I feel like it's going to keep growing, and it's usually not hard to find a match. Unfortunately matchmaking is a little weird - you need to queue up at the same time as your friend if you want to just face him/her, otherwise it will choose an opponent based on all the people queued up.
There's a variety of weapons so you can really pick a style that suits you. I haven't run into a single jerk in-game, and I've met some pretty cool people. There was this one old man who called me 'Sensei' when I beat him. I taught him some stuff.
I don't think there's another game like this in existence. I don't want to play shooters - I want melee combat where I use my arms and positioning to outmaneuver my opponents, just like a martial art - and this is the only game I know of that (currently) fits the bill.
It's not perfect, and I don't expect it to be at this stage. I feel like more subtle physics are necessary for when swords collide and when they are in contact.
Nevertheless, this game, even in its current state, is a must play for all honorable warriors. As far as I know, this is just the beginning of what I hope is an amazing future.
Steam User 27
In Deus Vult you fight against one other opponent with swords or other meelee weapons, fight vs AI or human's online. Level up to unlock new items, and gear up your character with new armor & weapons.
Steam User 7
This game... is freaking AWESOME! It's Early Access and it shows, and could use some major improvements in some areas (sword physics or response time is a little goofy.) but it nonetheless is great fun.
Landing those awesome moves on another player is great, the weapons that I've unlocked so far are unique and feel very different and are all very fun.
Get this game if you have VR, and hey it doubles as a gym membership. I played for one hour and probably lost 6lbs in sweat alone.
Oh and stay away from THE POON DESTROYER. Trust me
Steam User 6
English
SO COOL. Good atmosphere, good dynamics, good customization, and the online game is very immersive. Being able to play and talk to other players online gives you a lot of fun. The bad thing is that you need to unlock levels to gain access to more powerful weapons, and not be so weak against other online users. Also the physics of this game feels broken sometimes, the bots are very easy to win and there are very few online players. Even with all that, I had a great time playing and it's one of those that I'll play more hours. Unfortunately the developers have abandon this game and there are very few players, so make sure to go to the Discord chat to meet some real players that are keeping this game alive!:
Español
BRUTAL. Bien ambientado, buena dinámica, buena customización, y el juego online es muy inmersivo. Poder jugar y hablar con otros jugadores online le da muchísima gracia. Lo malo que quizá hay que desbloquear niveles para poder acceder a armas más potentes, y no estar así tan vendido contra otros usuarios online. Aparte, la física de este juego a veces parece que no funciona bien, los guerreros que controla el ordenador son muy fáciles de vencer y hay muy pocos jugadores online. Pese a todo, me lo pasé muy bien jugando y es de los que echaré más horas. Infelizmente los desarrolladores han abandonado este juego y hay muy pocos jugadores, por eso ¡asegúrate de ir al chat de Discord para conocer a otros jugadores reales que mantienen este juego vivo!:
Steam User 7
I had only two battles so far. It's too warm today ;)
My Impressions so far:
Graphics and Presentation are very nice.
1 vs 1 Multiplayer is working good.
The fights are a little bit chaotic. It needs some fine tuning.
This game has big potential and I'm looking forward to have more content.
PvE and Battles with more players would be fun.
Update 1.5 hours played:
I still enjoy the fighting. There are some funny guys around!
BUT: The fights are often too chaotic. For me it seems that "2-Hand weapon wild slashing" is overpowered.
Either cancel 2-Hand Weapon or decrease the damage when using 2 Weapons. Maybe a stamina-system might help to avoid wild slashing orgies. I enjoyed the strategic shield vs. shield battles more.
In the Tavern you should include some mini-games. Otherwise people won't wait, if there is no other player available and the game might die quick, what would be sad.
Anyway: Nice game! Keep up the good work!
Steam User 6
Alright, in all seriousness this is precisely the type of game I've been waiting for. I'm going to try and be as objective as possible after having played a few rounds.
Is it worth it now? YES! It's a ton of fun, very invigorating and a fantastic start, but of course has some glaring issues.
PROS:
- Great graphics
- Honestly, it's a ton of fun, with a decent player base (as of right now).
- Decent physics over-all.
CONS:
- You move by swinging your arms which make moving and fighting very difficult if not outright silly. Needs more movement style ie) Onward.
- The physics for the weapons are too rubbery right now. When you swing fast you can see it trail behind you, it makes it feel very weird and impossible to land a precise attack most of the time.
- There needs to be some type of stamina penalty for people who just wildly swing in all directions.
- The spear is 100% OP. All one must do is twirl it around and good luck getting close to you. I beat 3x people until I played someone with the spear and it was literally impossible.
Steam User 3
Wow! What a fun game. This game is way more functional than I had expected. It has great graphics and mechanics, and probably the best melee combat I've experienced yet. Take it from someone who has been in SteamVR for more than a year now- this game is a lot of fun.
Be warned! It is a MAJOR workout if you want to be tactical! Also, I'm bringing my steamvr group over to the game so that should add quite a few players to play with.