Warhammer Vermintide II: Winds of Magic

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As with the other

enemies, Beastmen

will have lots of

variation, including

armor and

shields.

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executive producer of Vermintide II.

“We didn’t have time to test properly,

and we got some bad publicity for it.

It was right, because we didn’t do our

work properly, but that has made us a

bit more cautious.”

“More professional,” says

Wahlund.

Fatshark slowed down and took

stock of where they were and where

they wanted to go. “We worked on

the infrastructure,” says Wahlund.

“We needed to think about where we

want to be in five years, because we

want to build a game that people can

play for a long time. We needed to do

some organizational change

internally and figure out how we

handle a game that will live for many

years.”

Vermintide II’s first year has been

a learning experience for the small

Swedish studio. And while Fatshark

made the internal changes needed to

secure the game’s long term future,

its existing playerbase grew impatient

for both new content—just five new

levels, across two paid-for DLC

t’s easy to get carried away,” says

CEO Martin Wahlund. “You’re

proud of the game, you’re proud of

the reviews, and then suddenly you

get scared as well. People are

playing it!” After Vermintide II’s

release, Wahlund found himself

reacting to every bug report and

complaint. At one point he

messaged the team late at night

because of an error report that,

upon investigation, was down to

the player’s own internet

connection being down.

Some of the game’s early patches

didn’t receive enough testing, causing

them to break other parts of the

game. “It’s such a bad experience for

the player,” says Wahlund. “If you’re

playing, and starting a career and

using a certain weapon, and we break

that weapon or break that career, it’s

like we ruined it.”

“We had some bad experiences in

the beginning where we were a bit

too eager and released [an update] a

bit too early,” says Mårten Stormdal,