I went into the Vtuber rabbit hole back in 2019 and of course it was Hololive that introduced me to the world of Vtubing. So when a fan-made game of Hololive based on Vampire Survivors (i haven't play it and i might soon) called Holocure released i was really shocked and hype to try it out. It was fun, chaotic and addicting more than anything else.
Two things that made me appreciate this game every time i play it, the first one is that it has a gacha system for the characters but it won't cost you any payment instead the characters are unlocked by collecting coins in the game and then spending them a thousand at a time on an in-game gacha mechanic. Yu, the developer is keen to emphasise that the gacha is purely in-game currency and does not involve any sort of monetisation, you just need to play the game a few times to unlock the additional characters.
Second and this might be the best thing about Holocure is that you don't need to know anything whatsoever about Hololive to appreciate it. If you have never explored VTuber culture at all, the game’s intro sequence provides a brief bit of context, and from there the playable characters can all simply be seen as cute girls with unique abilities. At the other end of the spectrum, however, if you are deeply immersed into VTuber culture and Hololive culture specifically then the game is absolutely rammed full of references and in-jokes that will continually delight your experience.
Two things that made me appreciate this game every time i play it, the first one is that it has a gacha system for the characters but it won't cost you any payment instead the characters are unlocked by collecting coins in the game and then spending them a thousand at a time on an in-game gacha mechanic. Yu, the developer is keen to emphasise that the gacha is purely in-game currency and does not involve any sort of monetisation, you just need to play the game a few times to unlock the additional characters.
Second and this might be the best thing about Holocure is that you don't need to know anything whatsoever about Hololive to appreciate it. If you have never explored VTuber culture at all, the game’s intro sequence provides a brief bit of context, and from there the playable characters can all simply be seen as cute girls with unique abilities. At the other end of the spectrum, however, if you are deeply immersed into VTuber culture and Hololive culture specifically then the game is absolutely rammed full of references and in-jokes that will continually delight your experience.
this really is just vampire survivors but good huh
much better than vampire survivors, I mean you can even go fishing as a shark girl
Free Vampire Survivors? Hell yeah!
HoloCure é um daqueles jogos que pode destruir sua vida se você deixar. O jogo é inspirado no modelo de jogos como Vampire Survivors, mas para mim é uma evolução direta do mesmo, e conseguiu elevar bastante minhas expectativas para um jogo desse gênero.
Sinceramente, eu não sei se há pontos negativos em HoloCure, tirando o fato que depois de umas 50 horas de gameplay ele começou a se tornar um pouco repetitivo. Até a data de escrita dessa review, HoloCure é um jogo totalmente gratuito e pode ser baixado facilmente pela Steam, além disso, o jogo oferece uma quantidade imensa de conteúdo, e devido à sua gameplay viciante e divertida, com certeza vai roubar umas boas horas de sua vida.
HoloCure é baseado no universo da HoloLive, e isso ao meu ver é um excelente ponto positivo, pois além de ser uma ótima carta de amor para os fãs dessa comunidade, ajuda a manter o jogo interessante e repleto de coisas para se descobrir. O jogo conta com dezenas de personagens diferentes para se conhecer, cada uma com seu estilo de gameplay diferente, assim como seus respectivos atributos únicos, e ela são liberadas através de um sistema de Gacha que, por mais incrível que pareça, não é abusivo com o jogador.
No geral, Holocure é um excelente jogo que com certeza vai te render várias horas de diversão até começar a ficar cansativo, mas vale ressaltar também que o jogo é bastante ativo, e vai receber bastante atualizações que incluirão ainda mais conteúdo.
Sinceramente, eu não sei se há pontos negativos em HoloCure, tirando o fato que depois de umas 50 horas de gameplay ele começou a se tornar um pouco repetitivo. Até a data de escrita dessa review, HoloCure é um jogo totalmente gratuito e pode ser baixado facilmente pela Steam, além disso, o jogo oferece uma quantidade imensa de conteúdo, e devido à sua gameplay viciante e divertida, com certeza vai roubar umas boas horas de sua vida.
HoloCure é baseado no universo da HoloLive, e isso ao meu ver é um excelente ponto positivo, pois além de ser uma ótima carta de amor para os fãs dessa comunidade, ajuda a manter o jogo interessante e repleto de coisas para se descobrir. O jogo conta com dezenas de personagens diferentes para se conhecer, cada uma com seu estilo de gameplay diferente, assim como seus respectivos atributos únicos, e ela são liberadas através de um sistema de Gacha que, por mais incrível que pareça, não é abusivo com o jogador.
No geral, Holocure é um excelente jogo que com certeza vai te render várias horas de diversão até começar a ficar cansativo, mas vale ressaltar também que o jogo é bastante ativo, e vai receber bastante atualizações que incluirão ainda mais conteúdo.
i know nothing about the hololive vtubers but holy moly is this game fun & addicting!! x3
new addiction found
This is a vampire survivors clone with characters based on the Hololive company vtubers. I have no interest in Hololive though but I think the game is pretty good.
The biggest strength of the game is a solid roster of characters that each have their unique abilities and are very varied, yet all of them are fun to play and feel viable. I'm legitimately surprised at such an expensive and qualitative roster, it's impressive. The design is also quite cool and the pixel art is nice to look at.
The roster gives you a good amount of content to explore and grind. There are few stages so far though but the game is still in development after all.
The lack of features such as time acceleration is painful though. Each ruin is at least 20min and this can be quite tedious. There's also only one special stage for now (for an average of 5min runs).
The game has relatively few balancing issues and is very fun to play. The enemies and maps are diversified and great. While mostly a copy of VS, its twists make it a good game that I enjoyed.
The biggest strength of the game is a solid roster of characters that each have their unique abilities and are very varied, yet all of them are fun to play and feel viable. I'm legitimately surprised at such an expensive and qualitative roster, it's impressive. The design is also quite cool and the pixel art is nice to look at.
The roster gives you a good amount of content to explore and grind. There are few stages so far though but the game is still in development after all.
The lack of features such as time acceleration is painful though. Each ruin is at least 20min and this can be quite tedious. There's also only one special stage for now (for an average of 5min runs).
The game has relatively few balancing issues and is very fun to play. The enemies and maps are diversified and great. While mostly a copy of VS, its twists make it a good game that I enjoyed.
Vampire Survivors ran so Holocure could sprint.
This game's got a lot going on, a massive roster of characters that all have their unique set of weapons and skills that all correspond with the respective vTuber's personality, meaning each character approaches the game slightly differently. For example Mumei likes having lots of small enemies on screen to both trigger her Civilization buff and to kill them to activate Bloodlust. Sana, meanwhile, who I mostly played as focuses on having big objects orbit around her to make a barrier, and if you're ever in danger you can use your Super to become BEEG and escape. There are also many unique enemies, from the Gold/Silver YAGOO to the midbosses that add an extra challenge as you figure out how to tackle them.
There are also changes to the core system from Vampire Survivors, most notably a reduction from 30 minutes to 20 minutes, killing a lot of Vampire's downtime and making for a better paced game. The other is options that use the mouse to aim, which are most character's signature weapons. There is one that I'm not a super huge fan of, which is the in-game gacha unlock system where you spend the coins from playing to hope you get all the characters from the group you want and, if you got a duplicate, that character is enhanced. That randomness makes it tricky if I wanted to try and get all the girls (I got all but 1) or enhance my main.
There's one more feature, Holo House, where you partake in minigames to cook buffs that can help you in the main mode and get you money. It's alright for what it is, but is a nice break from the action if you so choose to use it.
If you liked Vampire Survivors you'll love Holocure, and if you didn't like that game, maybe this one has something that fixes the issues of Vampire Survivors. But even if you don't know much about vTubers, there are good times here. Best of all, Holocure comes at the low low price of absolutely free!
This game's got a lot going on, a massive roster of characters that all have their unique set of weapons and skills that all correspond with the respective vTuber's personality, meaning each character approaches the game slightly differently. For example Mumei likes having lots of small enemies on screen to both trigger her Civilization buff and to kill them to activate Bloodlust. Sana, meanwhile, who I mostly played as focuses on having big objects orbit around her to make a barrier, and if you're ever in danger you can use your Super to become BEEG and escape. There are also many unique enemies, from the Gold/Silver YAGOO to the midbosses that add an extra challenge as you figure out how to tackle them.
There are also changes to the core system from Vampire Survivors, most notably a reduction from 30 minutes to 20 minutes, killing a lot of Vampire's downtime and making for a better paced game. The other is options that use the mouse to aim, which are most character's signature weapons. There is one that I'm not a super huge fan of, which is the in-game gacha unlock system where you spend the coins from playing to hope you get all the characters from the group you want and, if you got a duplicate, that character is enhanced. That randomness makes it tricky if I wanted to try and get all the girls (I got all but 1) or enhance my main.
There's one more feature, Holo House, where you partake in minigames to cook buffs that can help you in the main mode and get you money. It's alright for what it is, but is a nice break from the action if you so choose to use it.
If you liked Vampire Survivors you'll love Holocure, and if you didn't like that game, maybe this one has something that fixes the issues of Vampire Survivors. But even if you don't know much about vTubers, there are good times here. Best of all, Holocure comes at the low low price of absolutely free!
Great for a chill session of gaming
goated and f2p, idont even watch vtubers or ntohgint but its fun brainless murder game
I skipped out on the Vampire Survivors craze last year so HoloCure is my first entry into the hot new genre (subgenre?). The concept is pretty simple. It's a twin-stick shooter where you are dropped on one a handful of maps, and in the normal mode your goal is to defeat the final boss which always spawns at the 20 minute mark. You level up and are periodically given a random assortment of upgrades as you build out your character. There are also permanent upgrades you can unlock in the main menu that persist across runs. In a way it's like a rogue-like stripped down to the bare essentials with the exploration cut out.
As the name suggests, HoloCure is a twist on the formula that is centred around the vtuber organization Hololive. At the time of writing this, there are 38 different characters to choose from, each with their own gimmicks that make for different playstyles.
Besides the normal mode I mentioned earlier, there's also an endless mode where you keep going until you die, as well as a Time mode where you have to kill X amount of enemies in a time limit. Beyond the core game modes, there is also a chill area where you can go fish, hire workers to collect coins for you, garden, and decorate a living area a la Animal Crossing.
There really is a staggering amount of content here, especially if you want to max out all your upgrades and unlock everyone's costumes. This truly is a great free passion project by the creator, and I look forward to seeing whatever else they choose to include in future updates.
As the name suggests, HoloCure is a twist on the formula that is centred around the vtuber organization Hololive. At the time of writing this, there are 38 different characters to choose from, each with their own gimmicks that make for different playstyles.
Besides the normal mode I mentioned earlier, there's also an endless mode where you keep going until you die, as well as a Time mode where you have to kill X amount of enemies in a time limit. Beyond the core game modes, there is also a chill area where you can go fish, hire workers to collect coins for you, garden, and decorate a living area a la Animal Crossing.
There really is a staggering amount of content here, especially if you want to max out all your upgrades and unlock everyone's costumes. This truly is a great free passion project by the creator, and I look forward to seeing whatever else they choose to include in future updates.
Do not let the release of this game distract you from the fact that Pekora owns a fucking monkey
vampire survivors if it were a good game
Surpreendentemente divertido, mais competente que Vampire Survivors em alguns pontos, e menos em outros.
Cheio de fanservice pra quem gosta de Hololive, e ainda aproveitável pra quem não for o maior fã, que é o meu caso.
O criador do jogo, Kay Yu, já era conhecido por ser um animador que coloca muita dedicação no seu trabalho, aqui não foi diferente, e ainda disponibiliza o jogo totalmente de graça.
Cheio de fanservice pra quem gosta de Hololive, e ainda aproveitável pra quem não for o maior fã, que é o meu caso.
O criador do jogo, Kay Yu, já era conhecido por ser um animador que coloca muita dedicação no seu trabalho, aqui não foi diferente, e ainda disponibiliza o jogo totalmente de graça.
The only way to get me to play a game in a genre I find repulsively uninteresting is to make Inugami Korone a playable character. So far only one game has been able to do this.
uma cópia bem divertida de vampire survivors, traz umas novidades interessantes pro gênero mas não tem metade da profundidade de vs, pra quem curte vtuber vai acabar gostando mais ainda e o jogo é de graça
Where it Shines:
Spritework - 10/10
Music - 10/10
Unlockables - 10/10
The Good:
This game, is phenomenal. For starters:
- Free. Not F2P. FREE. No MTX.
- Tons to unlock. Like an insane amount of characters, upgrades, and even a house you can sim in.
- Still being supported by the devs, for free
- Great music and art
- Not as boring or basic as Vampire Survivors as you actually have to dual stick this one. It's practically superior to that brain dead game in EVERY way.
The Bad:
I honestly think the balance for certain characters can be a bit off, some being too good, others being bad, but all in all that's a minor complaint as there are so many to choose from.
Summary:
If you like VS clones, this game is superior, period. It does everything better, for free. After playing this I realize how lazy VS is as a game, how basic and unfun it actually is, and how it kinda disrespects you as a player. Yes, this is a degenerate waifu game, but it's cute, not horny, and I recommend to everyone who likes this genre. What have you got to lose, it's literally FREE with NO MTX
****note on my ratings:
half ⭐: hot trash garbage
⭐: below average, needs work
⭐⭐: average
⭐⭐⭐: pretty good
⭐⭐⭐⭐: excellent
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: all time favourite
half star ratings between those mean it's slightly better or worse than stated in this list.
*
Spritework - 10/10
Music - 10/10
Unlockables - 10/10
The Good:
This game, is phenomenal. For starters:
- Free. Not F2P. FREE. No MTX.
- Tons to unlock. Like an insane amount of characters, upgrades, and even a house you can sim in.
- Still being supported by the devs, for free
- Great music and art
- Not as boring or basic as Vampire Survivors as you actually have to dual stick this one. It's practically superior to that brain dead game in EVERY way.
The Bad:
I honestly think the balance for certain characters can be a bit off, some being too good, others being bad, but all in all that's a minor complaint as there are so many to choose from.
Summary:
If you like VS clones, this game is superior, period. It does everything better, for free. After playing this I realize how lazy VS is as a game, how basic and unfun it actually is, and how it kinda disrespects you as a player. Yes, this is a degenerate waifu game, but it's cute, not horny, and I recommend to everyone who likes this genre. What have you got to lose, it's literally FREE with NO MTX
****note on my ratings:
half ⭐: hot trash garbage
⭐: below average, needs work
⭐⭐: average
⭐⭐⭐: pretty good
⭐⭐⭐⭐: excellent
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: all time favourite
half star ratings between those mean it's slightly better or worse than stated in this list.
*
HoloCure was a very addicting game for me to play lately. As a Hololive fan, I got the most fun out of this game as there were so many references throughout this entire game, whether it was just through the characters, the enemies themselves, the power ups, even the music and levels are references themselves.
As a game, it is a roguelike survival-esque game where you run around and slain enemies in order to level up and get stronger. The more time you stay alive, the more stronger and challenging the enemies become. The game offers many power ups that can boost armour, stats, health recovery, or even give you new weapons to boot in order to survive. Despite this fan-game being one to one with Vampire Survivors, anyone who isn't a vtuber or Hololive fan will still get the most enjoyment out of this game.
Unique to this game are characters who have special attributes like passive skills and even specials that can turn the tide of the round. My favourite characters I enjoyed playing were Hakos Baelz, Gawr Gura, Kureiji Ollie, Vestia Zeta, and Calliope Mori, as they brought the most fun and chaos through out my matches. Another thing that Vampire Survivors doesn't have is the Holo House, a mode that lets you hire fans of their oshis and bring in cash for your upgrades, but also allows you to customise your home, grow crops to feed your fans and to also cook buffs for the next round, and to fish in order that you can either feed to your fans, cook into meals, or trade them to Bloop for money. Good luck finding the shiny fish as it took me days to complete that achievement...
HoloCure is one of the best Steam games I have played for months and I recommend it to everyone. Plus it's free on top of that and it's getting updates that adds more characters in the mix. Now we just wait for update 0.7 to drop.
As a game, it is a roguelike survival-esque game where you run around and slain enemies in order to level up and get stronger. The more time you stay alive, the more stronger and challenging the enemies become. The game offers many power ups that can boost armour, stats, health recovery, or even give you new weapons to boot in order to survive. Despite this fan-game being one to one with Vampire Survivors, anyone who isn't a vtuber or Hololive fan will still get the most enjoyment out of this game.
Unique to this game are characters who have special attributes like passive skills and even specials that can turn the tide of the round. My favourite characters I enjoyed playing were Hakos Baelz, Gawr Gura, Kureiji Ollie, Vestia Zeta, and Calliope Mori, as they brought the most fun and chaos through out my matches. Another thing that Vampire Survivors doesn't have is the Holo House, a mode that lets you hire fans of their oshis and bring in cash for your upgrades, but also allows you to customise your home, grow crops to feed your fans and to also cook buffs for the next round, and to fish in order that you can either feed to your fans, cook into meals, or trade them to Bloop for money. Good luck finding the shiny fish as it took me days to complete that achievement...
HoloCure is one of the best Steam games I have played for months and I recommend it to everyone. Plus it's free on top of that and it's getting updates that adds more characters in the mix. Now we just wait for update 0.7 to drop.
Honestly despite knowing nothing about vtubers this game is so much fun.
I unlocked all the characters and did some of the hard levels.
I still frequent this game for 15-20 mins in the morning before I leave for work.
Despite marking this game as complete I can tell that I will still come back to this game often, for being free to play what more could you ask for?
A 5/5 without a doubt!
I unlocked all the characters and did some of the hard levels.
I still frequent this game for 15-20 mins in the morning before I leave for work.
Despite marking this game as complete I can tell that I will still come back to this game often, for being free to play what more could you ask for?
A 5/5 without a doubt!
I know nothing about any of the Hololive vtubers but this game is surprisingly really good and addicting! So much content for a free fan game and somehow made all 38 (as of now) characters have unique playstyles. Can't wait to see what else is added in future updates!!
I don't recommend this. It is a sugar rush of addictiveness and I don't even like Hololive.
so addicting, great for when i feel like a loser
edit: listening to heaven by dontaskalan on loop as i slowly get detached from a situationship cuz the girl don't wanna anything serious just to feel even more like a loser
edit: listening to heaven by dontaskalan on loop as i slowly get detached from a situationship cuz the girl don't wanna anything serious just to feel even more like a loser
I don't like to compare games across franchises in my revfiews, but it's hard to review games in this fledgling genre without some comparison. I don't know where the "Bullet Heaven" style games got their true start, but it's inarguable that Vampire Survivors is what popularized them. From there, HoloCure refines the formula into something truly spectacular. Each character has a unique weapon, skills, and special/ultimate ability: this makes choice of character much more impactful than in Vampire Survivors, which often feels more like an aesthetic choice after a certain point. And with so many characters to choose from, HoloCure is a great place for experimentation. Also, the level one stage theme is way too catchy! Admittedly I don't know much about Hololive but this game is worth playing for the gameplay alone.
i love my oshi akai haato
more games need to feature the main game and a side farming/housing minigame for minimum rewards so you don't need to do a full run when you're incredibly close to your goal
I know next to nothing about vtubers, but this game is a ton of fun.
"Holocure: Save the Fans!" was a nice and welcome surprise.
Coming from someone who has never watched/doesn't regularly watch VTubers or Anime, playing this game I had a complete blast, the characters are fun to play, the game isn't very repetitive, doing regular activities like fishing, gardening is chill and fun and the powers in the combat system are amazing!
Grinding fish for sand to exchange for better fishing rods or currency to upgrade your stats doesn't feel like a chore, and you're often having a nice chill and casual experience.
I recommend this game to every single person to at least try out, because it's free!
Coming from someone who has never watched/doesn't regularly watch VTubers or Anime, playing this game I had a complete blast, the characters are fun to play, the game isn't very repetitive, doing regular activities like fishing, gardening is chill and fun and the powers in the combat system are amazing!
Grinding fish for sand to exchange for better fishing rods or currency to upgrade your stats doesn't feel like a chore, and you're often having a nice chill and casual experience.
I recommend this game to every single person to at least try out, because it's free!
Don't have any clue who 90% of these people are and yet this game is a banger. The fact that this game is free is insane
I Played This For Takahashi Kiara And Nothing Else