Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York

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7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 81 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 51 out of 81
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 81
  3. Negative: 15 out of 81

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  1. wooboom
    Dec 13, 2019
    10
    Like a great book, not for guys who have problems with reading. Arts are simply amazing.
  2. golemiada
    Dec 21, 2019
    10
    very nice game. I absoluty reccomend this. Great Arts, graphic etc :)))))""
  3. AlexRedfern
    Jan 31, 2020
    10
    Of course it could be better. Not much choose options. Weird unexpected ending. Poor socialization option with other characters. Poor mechanics and only 3 clans available for player. But it's atmosphere and writing is perfect! I'm afraid it's developers just have not enough time, cause heavy artillery release was pretty close (originally, VtmB-2 release planned in q1 2020).
  4. nd_
    Mar 9, 2020
    10
    Beautiful graphics, captivating story, excellent atmosphere great intro for newcomers and must-have for fans -game that leaves you hungry for more - become a vampire in New York!
  5. vampiric
    Dec 12, 2019
    10
    It’s a really good game. Once you know it vn-ish type of game and you are ok with it then it’s really fun. The game is dialogue based and depending you’re your clan you can use special dialogue choices (disciplines). You chose which quest to peruse and with whom to form coterie. It have some initial bugs, yes but nothing game breaking. I hope more characters and quests will be added. IIt’s a really good game. Once you know it vn-ish type of game and you are ok with it then it’s really fun. The game is dialogue based and depending you’re your clan you can use special dialogue choices (disciplines). You chose which quest to peruse and with whom to form coterie. It have some initial bugs, yes but nothing game breaking. I hope more characters and quests will be added. I know it’s not Bloodlines but that itself is not a reason to hate it.… Expand
  6. PublicNuisance
    May 2, 2020
    8
    Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York does a fantastic job of using the Masquerade universe and lore to center the story around. It will be easy enough for newcomers to grasp as it has a glossary for terms but still has enough for those who know more already. The characters were well done and I was enjoying the story up until the end. The game does a good job of giving you choicesVampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York does a fantastic job of using the Masquerade universe and lore to center the story around. It will be easy enough for newcomers to grasp as it has a glossary for terms but still has enough for those who know more already. The characters were well done and I was enjoying the story up until the end. The game does a good job of giving you choices over when to feed or not; when to use violence or not and who to befriend or not. It could have been better in some ways though. The ending itself was too sudden and left too many unanswered questions. It also made most of the middle part of the game, which is forming your own coterie, kind of pointless as you never get to interact with these new friends much. The music was pretty good aside from one weird part where there was silence. The art and backgrounds was fantastic and possibly the only time I have seen a visual novel use dynamic backgrounds.

    I played Coteries of New York on Linux. It never crashed on me and I didn’t notice any spelling errors. The game uses the Unity engine. The game auto saves on every page and overwrites the one save. You can have up to 3 save games going at once but you can’t use more than the one slot for any one play through. This makes it near impossible to see where certain choices go as you would have to replay the whole game to try things out. I played version 1.06F1 of the game from GOG.

    Disk Space Used: 2.9 GB
    VRAM Usage: 1971-2022 MB
    CPU Usage: 3-7 %
    RAM Usage: 2.6-3 GB

    Overall even with the poor save system and the rushed ending the game is still a lot of fun and does a great job with characters and atmosphere. I finished my first play through in 4 hours 20 minutes. I paid $22.79 CAD for it and feel that is a fair price. If you enjoy visual novels, and especially if you enjoy the Masquerade universe, give Coteries of New York a try.

    My Score: 8/10

    My System:

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 16GB DDR4-3000 CL15 | MSI RX 5700 XT 8GB Gaming X | Mesa 20.0.5 | Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB | Manjaro 19.0.2 | Mate 1.24 | Kernel 5.6.7-1-MANJARO    … Expand
  7. zukzuzlowiec
    Jan 26, 2020
    10
    Great game with charming graphic.I will be waiting for next game from Draw Distance.
  8. garygreen
    Oct 30, 2020
    10
    the best game i player and the best vampire i play with great writer and the good soundtrack

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Metascore
70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. TheSixthAxis
    Apr 16, 2020
    70
    While clearly not as impressive in gaming terms as the Bloodlines series, Coteries of New York is a welcome addition to the digital world of The Masquerade. Offering up an immersive and atmospheric take on the politics and personalities of the undead Big Apple, it seduces with it’s quality of writing and characterisation, proving to be more than a mere snack to tide the Hunger over until the main course of Bloodlines 2. If you have any taste for the Gothic you should give yourself over to the vampiric delights of Coteries.
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  2. Games.cz
    Feb 28, 2020
    70
    A well-written interactive visual novel aimed primarily at the newcomers to the world of the Masquerade. The progress is, however, a bit too linear and you can’t really change the outcome of the story.
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  3. GameCritics
    Feb 28, 2020
    75
    Exploring and appreciating a visual novel with writing as good as this one shouldn’t be tiresome. With luck, future patches and updates will address these minor concerns because Coteries of New York is something well worth sinking one’s fangs into.
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