Fans both adore and despise Vampire Survivors’ Darkasso update like some kind of cursed monkey paw – Destructoid

Developer Poncle has the Dark ass update for Vampire Survivors in the dead of night on August 15th, 2024. As players slowly realized that new content had been added to the game, they dug through the new Darkanas and quickly realized that they were completely broken in the best way possible. As long as they don’t crash your system.

Darkasso by Vampire Survivors update is a solid one with a new challenge phase, relic, the aforementioned Darkanas, new character skins, and of course a few extra surprises. It’s the Darkanas that are causing chaos for players, and they haven’t been shy about sharing their experiences in the update on the game’s subreddit. While some builds made with the items the update adds have crashed the game, everyone welcomes it because the builds that don’t crash your system are invincible. They’re like a cursed monkey’s paw to play with.

More power, but at what price?

The first few messages from players about the Dark ass update showed how it broke Vampire Survivors so hard that the game crashed completely. User Bonzi77 posted a great example in a good mood, saying: “I got so much movement speed that I had to struggle with the reality of my existence.”