Vampyr

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  1. Esthete
    Mar 22, 2019
    1
    It seems that the Dontnod took up a vampires theme against the background of the success of "Blood and wine". It would be good if not abominable implementation of Vampyr. Pros: interesting concept, which was shown in the first teaser. Dontnod tried to make at least a couple of interesting NPCs, Lady Ashbury and Sean Hampton plus main character - Jonathan E. Reid, but apparently Dontnod orIt seems that the Dontnod took up a vampires theme against the background of the success of "Blood and wine". It would be good if not abominable implementation of Vampyr. Pros: interesting concept, which was shown in the first teaser. Dontnod tried to make at least a couple of interesting NPCs, Lady Ashbury and Sean Hampton plus main character - Jonathan E. Reid, but apparently Dontnod or Focus Home Interactive wanted to release the game as soon as possible and as a result, devs couldn't do it qualitatively.. But everything else is disgusting: combat system, level design, character animation, cardboard dolls instead of interesting characters, the chaos system doesn't work, because of the lack of interesting characters, so chaos system just doesn't care, weak plot, the mechanics of the game are repetitive and boring. The vampire Mr. Reid cannot knock out doors and locks, and, you need to spend time in the same mazes again and again. Vampyr tries to copy ideas from different projects, and the same time it doesn't have its own individuality.

    Total:
    - Vampyr isn't AAA game
    - Vampyr isn't RPG
    - Vampyr is just demo concept which never became a game.    … Expand
  2. Skyrant
    Jun 5, 2018
    2
    This is a game that would have been a bad AAA in 2005. I would not even call it a AAA now. This should be around $25 not more.

    The design is bland and uninspired. The presentation is beyond amateurish. Controls, camera and combat feel cheap and have no weight or punch to it. The environments are bland. Good sound design is nowhere to be found, the same goes for music. The "story" is    This is a game that would have been a bad AAA in 2005. I would not even call it a AAA now. This should be around $25 not more.

    The design is bland and uninspired. The presentation is beyond amateurish. Controls, camera and combat feel cheap and have no weight or punch to it. The environments are bland. Good sound design is nowhere to be found, the same goes for music.

    The "story" is as uninspired as the design. The voice acting is mediocre at best and the multiple choice dialog system was all the rage 10 years ago. "You are bitten by a Super Vampire, you "accidentally" kill your sister, you are hunted, you need to find whoever made you into a vampire." What a dreadful boring story.

    Of cause they had to throw in a skill system and crafting system that is as uninspired and boring as the rest of the game. They should have spent more time on combat animations sound and design in general.

    Stay away from this unless its in a bargain bin and even then you will regret the purchase.    … Expand
  3. MinionX
    May 18, 2020
    0
    The writing of this game is very poorly elaborated & rushed, so it frequently contradicts itself because of that.. throughout its entire plot.....

    Its combats are too easy, generic & repetitive.. to such an extent, that basically it's just about attacking & dodging, attacking & dodging, which causes its entire playing-throw to-be just like a bad joke, & this doesn't change even if one    The writing of this game is very poorly elaborated & rushed, so it frequently contradicts itself because of that.. throughout its entire plot.....

    Its combats are too easy, generic & repetitive.. to such an extent, that basically it's just about attacking & dodging, attacking & dodging, which causes its entire playing-throw to-be just like a bad joke, & this doesn't change even if one plays it on HARD!

    The AI of its enemies is extremely stup¡d & scripted, which is why they often get stuck with miserable obstructions in their pathways, such as columns, barrels, boxes, walls, etc.... {Especially in the indoors areas.}

    Its plot is too linear, & the options that are present during it are practically irrelevant during the course of the same; Basically everything comes down to: MC has killed or not non-generic NPCs, if he has.. then how many he has killed..... (つ◉益◉)つ    … Expand
  4. MihneaCalin
    Jul 12, 2018
    1
    As a huge fan of Life is Strange, i have to admit my expectations were pretty high for this one and they fell completely short of the mark. First of all, the game tries to be, in my opinion a jack of all trades/rehash of better games i have played before, from Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines to Witcher 3 to Bloodbound. It captures elements, mechanics and even dialogue structure from allAs a huge fan of Life is Strange, i have to admit my expectations were pretty high for this one and they fell completely short of the mark. First of all, the game tries to be, in my opinion a jack of all trades/rehash of better games i have played before, from Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines to Witcher 3 to Bloodbound. It captures elements, mechanics and even dialogue structure from all of these, but fails to implement them properly. The game is pretty much unbalanced from start to finish, both in terms of story-to-action ratio, as well as in terms of how most of the 'choices' the game advertizes as its strong point play out. Moreover, the 1-save only system completely ruined the rest of the fun i had with this game, as, in my opinion, there are WAY better means of making sure 'our choices matter' than completely killing all means of backtracking and locking us up in Ironman Mode. I can very much understand the opportunity to play the game in that fashion as long as it is a PLAYER CHOICE, but not if it is forced upon you, especially in a game were word-descriptions are ambiguous, triggers are often bugged or missing and so on. Overall, a very disappointing game that i am not able to honestly recommend to anyone.… Expand
  5. MO3BIUM
    Jun 30, 2018
    2
    oh man! I really was hoping this would be fun. maybe younger people who have had far less experience in gaming will like this- obviously some really do. I have played at least 5000 games since the commodore 64 and the Atari. this was sadly lackluster all around, except the OST. - but it wasn't made to have some epic ost anyways. so I wouldn't have penalized for such a thing. the music isoh man! I really was hoping this would be fun. maybe younger people who have had far less experience in gaming will like this- obviously some really do. I have played at least 5000 games since the commodore 64 and the Atari. this was sadly lackluster all around, except the OST. - but it wasn't made to have some epic ost anyways. so I wouldn't have penalized for such a thing. the music is melancholic or somber. you don't need some damned epic star wars type crap. it is mood music. the graphics are decent. they make it nice enough. the story although not that good it was a novel enough concept. they had some ambitious ideas for this however, my opinion was almost instant from the second I was allowed to start moving and fighting though. for anyone interested,

    there is absolutely no jump ability period. so when you are running for your life and want to jump over a railing or hop a fence - forget about it. not happening

    all of the maps are static - meaning unmoving set in stone objects . so if you see a box, you cannot simply hop over it. which takes me to the next bit of sadness... stupid AI

    the AI literally gets stuck on all little things and waits for you to get to them.
    they also did this thing where the friendlies don't seem to realize your a damned vampire but
    the blah hunters can see you from a 1000 feet away and immediately give chase.

    combat is insanely boring, yes BOOOORING! it is a button mash fest basically and be bored by the time you get to your first bed to level up (if I wanted that Id play shadows of mordor or dead rising 4). and if you take just a moment to think you would realize that all of the powerup/level ups will be much, much more of the same blah.

    the whole "cool factor" of each unique npc you kill triggers areas to collapse literally has no impact on the end game. you can kill all or none it just makes it all more complicated. so simply don't give a crap and level up = none of it matters. so you wont care about the people and their little backstories AAARRRGH!

    remember you are a vampire, but you cant fly, jump sneak , hide except for the skill you buy what is an option when you level. I mean really? im a vampire. I cant sneak or hide behind these say these boxes over here? nope cant jump behind them and cant walk behind them because ummmm... why cant I again? oh yeah they are blocked by this 2 foot tall pole.

    the amount of nonsense makes my head actually hurt thinking about what I have missed while typing to report back. I don't generally complain about a game if it isn't up to par, I simply move on. but dammitt I was hoping from all of the rave reviews that it would at least be 6.5 and was hoping for an 8. I got this based on that guy Karak on youtube. I usually trust his reviews. but not anymore

    they could have done something truly great with this concept. instead you get this consolized bastardized humdrum game. there are so many games out there and literally dozens more coming every month. there will never be enough time in your life to play them all. so yes I expect them to be at least a C+ If I am going to waste my time on one. you all need to remember you only live once, time is finite! they have a responsibility to make the games better. graphics have improved but what about the gameplay? get it right!    … Expand
  6. plount
    Jun 19, 2018
    4
    This game is the epitomy of mediocrity. But it gets a 4, not a 5, since blandness should be penalised. Ok, just hear me out:

    1. On one hand it has a coherent story, on the other is a boring, predictable, and melodramatic one. 5/10 2. You play in a third person sandboxy environment which is pretty immersive, but you hit a lot of closed doors, while being funnelled on a predetermined    This game is the epitomy of mediocrity. But it gets a 4, not a 5, since blandness should be penalised. Ok, just hear me out:

    1. On one hand it has a coherent story, on the other is a boring, predictable, and melodramatic one. 5/10
    2. You play in a third person sandboxy environment which is pretty immersive, but you hit a lot of closed doors, while being funnelled on a predetermined path. 5/10
    3. The gameplay can be challenging at times, but it’s simplistic, and it gets old really fast.
    4. etc    … Expand
  7. neptunes1201
    Jun 19, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is the worst game I've ever played in my life. Waste of time with bad puzzles and bad story. It's not a true RPG. The combat is boring and is FORCED EVERYWHERE. You go out, there's 3 enemies. You kill the enemies, there are more 3 enemies up ahead. You try to go back, those 3 ENEMIES RESPAWNED.

    The dialogue has no impact in the game until THE END OF THE GAME and you can ONLY ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, no SLIDES OR CUTSCENES, NOTHING! The characters have no expressions and the OST is bad, like really bad. You will feel nothing hearing to the OST because it has no emotional impact as well. Even the final cutscene which should be a romantic or sad part it doesn't make you feel nothing at all.    … Expand
  8. escknx
    Mar 18, 2020
    3
    It smells console. Input lag, lack of quick save/load. Sad, I could have liked this one.
  9. JoelLeonhart
    Nov 14, 2019
    4
    This "Vampire" game would have been pretty great until the last few chapters...You can't even level up well to manage in the game's poor "action RPG Combat" without embracing few citizen's witch would have been fine until you find out that in order to have a effing "good" ending you can't eat ANYONE!! Not murdering gang member's, not a zealot priest who burns people ALIVE!! not literalThis "Vampire" game would have been pretty great until the last few chapters...You can't even level up well to manage in the game's poor "action RPG Combat" without embracing few citizen's witch would have been fine until you find out that in order to have a effing "good" ending you can't eat ANYONE!! Not murdering gang member's, not a zealot priest who burns people ALIVE!! not literal psychopath who beats people to death & a certain parent who abuses her daughter willy nilly yeah such great "story telling" just get that writer a cookie for this bloody excuse of a game... Also many crashes over the play through anyway glad I used the game pass for this for blood's sake even Lords Of Shadows games told a better story than this bloody mess(Far better even)!! "Vampire Game" out of my blackened blood… Expand
  10. rpggamer2015
    Jun 10, 2018
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a long-time VtM:B fan, I really looked forward to this game. Unfortunately, it really didn't live up to the expectations.

    I'll skip the graphics, loading screens (oh god) and combat descriptions as you can find it in other reviews, my main concern is of RPG part. That's not an RPG game, since you are obviously stripped of all and any choice in the main game quest, and the end of the game looks more like a "vampire love story", and pretty bad one at that.
    A lot of scenes doesn't make any sense at all, like for example the scene with vampire hunter in hospital: first you obviously walk into a trap (I could tell it would be a trap before that dreaded loading screen appeared), then after you defeat him, you've only two choices: spare him or turn him into a vampire. The obvious choice, in my opinion, would be to kill him, as you've killed previous bosses without any regret before, even your sister after she turned into a vampire.
    In lots of other places I felt forced into making stupid answers, since it was the only available dialog option, which caused total disappointment.

    Vampire lore provided at the end of the game seems to be far-fetched and ridiculous.

    Side quests are petty and uninteresting, as most of the characters in the game, which main purpose seems to be wandering around or waiting for you to give them yet another medicine. No open world or exploration allowed or encouraged: most of the time you'll just hit an invisible wall or fail mesmerize check. You also punished for resting and spending XP, as you'll need to cleanse the streets of enemies and provide drugs to NPCs once again every time you rest. Totally immersion breaking.

    The craft mechanics are mostly too primitive, as well as skills leveling. Also, lack of saves punishes you in a way of exploring the possible outcomes if you kill someone: you probably don't want to start doing everything from scratch because of one character.

    All in all: meh.    … Expand
  11. BaroneLaViola
    Jun 21, 2019
    0
    What can I say, this has to be the worst game I've ever played in my life. Holy hell, I think some of the genuine unbiased reviews out there say it all. I'm only thankful I spent just $15 on this as I got it discounted on GOG. Is this travesty worth $60? Not even in your wildest dreams.

    Movement, Animations, Camera, COMBAT (This game has seriously the WORST combat I've ever experienced,    What can I say, this has to be the worst game I've ever played in my life. Holy hell, I think some of the genuine unbiased reviews out there say it all. I'm only thankful I spent just $15 on this as I got it discounted on GOG. Is this travesty worth $60? Not even in your wildest dreams.

    Movement, Animations, Camera, COMBAT (This game has seriously the WORST combat I've ever experienced, I mean SKYRIM'S COMBAT IS BETTER THAN THIS) Jonathan Reid can't parry, can't even dodge without using his vampire powers, he can't pick up objects around him (it'd be really helpful to grab one of the torches from the human enemies and use them against the vampire enemies, but I guess that would make sense) there is a "stealth" mechanic which is awful, it only allows you to "stun" enemies. Guns don't do anything, seriously, they're bloody useless. But most importantly, THE AIM. When you're not using the lock on mechanic you might as well be playing blindfolded because the controls are just that bad, when using the lock on mechanic you better hope there aren't more than 1 enemy in the vicinity because it will go bonkers, and you'll get hit and die (many times) because the game will be switching between enemies.

    DEATH: It feels like a regular death mechanic, but it isn't. You will retain any (very small) experience you have gotten from the fight, but if you've used bullets those won't respawn with you, once again making guns useless. But the worst thing, is that it's trying to be like Dark Souls where every time you respawn all the enemies respawn too, only there is NO In game or narrative explanation behind this death mechanic. Beside it being bloody awful anyway, stop trying to be Dark Souls game, you aren't anywhere as good.

    Difficulty: this game is hard, but it's not hard in the way Dark Souls or The Witcher 3 are hard, it's hard because you'll be fighting the game mechanics, controls, and overall poor combat design. It also throws at you enemies of much greater level than you are, when completing the main quest it won't be long before your Level 9 Dr. Reid is squaring off against Level 18 Vampires which will two-shot you, sure you can decimate your population to be more powerful but this is supposed to be a choice based game where you can choose who to drain and who to let live.

    LEVELLING: it's tied into the people you consume you won't get any reward for fighting bosses or defeating enemies of much higher level than you, one boss is the Sewer Beast which took me A LOT to kill because I was just level 8 when I encountered it, and after I did kill it, it was just so anti-climactic, I mean seriously it's awful, when you defeat a hard boss in Dark Souls and The Witcher 3 it's satisfying despite of what reward you'll get from the game, part of the reward itself is beating that boss because those games actually have good mechanics which make them fun to play. This one? It fails miserably.

    But I know what you're thinking: "Well this is a story driven game, it's all about the dialogues and the characters". yeah, let's talk about that. Let's talk about how awful the voice acting is, Dr. Reid is about as emotional as a wooden blank with a smiley face painted on it, the start of the game is incredibly weak with Dr. Reid talking like a complete tool saying quasi-poetic lines like: "I'm like a child who's discovering the capabilities of his body", he's pretending to be freaked out but his reactions are so far removed from what ANY REGULAR HUMAN would have that it makes the whole introduction weak. Honestly the only character that I liked the voice acting of was the Irish priest (or at least he's voiced by someone from Dublin) and that's about it, some of the lines of dialogue are just plain unnatural with Dr. Reid abruptly changing subject and tone with the NPC he's talking to, which is one of the biggest immersion breakers here.

    Also the level of redundancy in this game is baffling, at the very start of the game you'll talk with a bar tender who'll tell you what: "the sewer dog is", but you can just walk to the barmaid and still ask her: "what is the sewer dog" as if Dr. Reid DIDN'T ALREADY HAVE THIS INFORMATION. Or when you have a visual indicator that a door is closed but Dr. Reid will still say: "it's locked" with the flattest tone of voice possible.

    The facial animations are absolutely horrendous, the fact that this is a AA title from a small studio is irrelevant, as anyone who played Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice will attest to.

    It's experiences like this which remind me as to why people pirate games, it's because users can't rightly try games any more, and can't decide for themselves whether something is good or not, they have to go by what other people say or are persuaded by an interesting subject and its marketing, but this game didn't deliver on anything it promised. Also the music is bloody awful, seriously the cello sounds like it's out of tune at times.    … Expand
  12. Legendb2015
    Jun 5, 2018
    0
    The game starts out totally immersion breaking, from the first time you bite into someone you realize THERES NO BLOOD/GORE in a VAMPIRE GAME. Pure lazy development, couldnt even be bothered to put blood on his teeth after a bite. The story also makes absolutely 0 sense and doesnt follow lore/stay consistent at all. You get bit by a vamp. and turn into a vamp., yet when you bite someoneThe game starts out totally immersion breaking, from the first time you bite into someone you realize THERES NO BLOOD/GORE in a VAMPIRE GAME. Pure lazy development, couldnt even be bothered to put blood on his teeth after a bite. The story also makes absolutely 0 sense and doesnt follow lore/stay consistent at all. You get bit by a vamp. and turn into a vamp., yet when you bite someone they die off the map completely..because ya, that makes sense :| Also, you spend the story looking for the master vamp. that bit you when we all know you would be connected to that vamp. anyways, so its inconsistent and immerision breaking. The districts are all copy and paste from one another, in more obvious lazy development....poor districts look like rich districts with little to no landmarks. The combat performs like its from the early 2000's, wonky, janky, getting stuck on map environment..and gets very repetitive quickly fighting the same dumb ai with only few variances in models...oh and the bosses, look EXACTLY the same as enemies you've already been fighting, they couldnt be bothered to actually add cool bosses, just added more health to models they already had. This game was very cheaply made with 0 blood/gore like its for 12 year olds and the SJW crowd, the character model's faces are lifeless and again look like something from the early 2000's. I think production was so cheap they went with an older Unreal Engine 3 model instead of the newer 4. The developers also did not think their own systems through and players will often find trouble finding balance in this game. The game punishes you if you bite people in the form of near empty districts and taking away those characters you bitten (even side quests), forces autosaves on you so you cant revert to before you made a bad choice, and again those characters should turn to vamps. not die off the map forever. The game also punishes you if you dont bite people in the form of overwhelmingly increasing odds against your enemies, (they get stronger, you stay weak). So you're punished both ways, good luck finding a balance. The many flaws of the design/graphics/engine cannot be excused for the current price tag. The current asking price does not match the game in comparison with other titles in that price range, those on the fence should wait on a HUGE sale to avoid disappointment.… Expand
  13. tatomcmlxxx
    Jun 6, 2018
    4
    Saying that graphics are what I care less about (as if they had done it in pixelart), but what I do not tolerate is the coarseness of the movements, both of the character and the npcs, subtracting dynamism and fluidity. That reduces the playability of the game. No matter how many skills you may have or that the story is incredible, an awesome atmosphere or a sublime soundtrack ...
    And it    Saying that graphics are what I care less about (as if they had done it in pixelart), but what I do not tolerate is the coarseness of the movements, both of the character and the npcs, subtracting dynamism and fluidity. That reduces the playability of the game. No matter how many skills you may have or that the story is incredible, an awesome atmosphere or a sublime soundtrack ...
    And it is not a game of 50 euros / dollars. I would put it on sale for 35 as much.
    PD: A human that can not jump, and a vampire that bullets harm him. Because enemies do not use crucifixes or holy water... All very logical.
    ¿Where are the garlics?    … Expand
  14. softclocks
    Jun 4, 2018
    0
    What an absolute disaster. My expectations weren't high after the screenshots and initial videos but this disappointed even me.
  15. josei1985
    Sep 29, 2019
    4
    Tenía muchas ganas de meterle caña y finalmente, gracias al Xbox gamepass de PC, llegó el momento.

    Ignoro si es por la plataforma o qué pero he tenido varios errores que me echaban al escritorio. La historia no es especialmente brillante, la elección de diálogo brilla por su ausencia ya que al 95% de las veces solo estableces el orden en que se hacen las preguntas. El sistema de    Tenía muchas ganas de meterle caña y finalmente, gracias al Xbox gamepass de PC, llegó el momento.

    Ignoro si es por la plataforma o qué pero he tenido varios errores que me echaban al escritorio. La historia no es especialmente brillante, la elección de diálogo brilla por su ausencia ya que al 95% de las veces solo estableces el orden en que se hacen las preguntas. El sistema de curación de los habitantes es un coñazo, he tratado siempre de curar y no matar a nadie así que no sé hasta qué punto afecta el ignorar a los enfermos. El combate es ortopédico. Moverse por el mapa es un suplicio, pide a gritos viaje rápido a través de los lugares donde podemos fabricar medicina o mejorar armas y al personaje. Los gráficos a veces aceptables y otras de PlayStation 3.

    En definitiva, más contras que pros...que no sabría decir bien alguno, salvo que no es excesivamente largo.    … Expand
  16. ErebusGaming
    Jul 2, 2020
    3
    -Dared to actually do a vampire game when its not common place these days.
    -Combat isn't overly complex
    -Boss fights are just general NPC's with more health, no real difficulty. -characters have virtually 0 development or arcs in the story, even the main character feels like a chore to listen to at times. -the game tries incredibly hard to stake its claim in the witcher 3 dominated    -Dared to actually do a vampire game when its not common place these days.
    -Combat isn't overly complex
    -Boss fights are just general NPC's with more health, no real difficulty.
    -characters have virtually 0 development or arcs in the story, even the main character feels like a chore to listen to at times.
    -the game tries incredibly hard to stake its claim in the witcher 3 dominated genre, but falls incredibly short.
    -0 sense of urgency in any voice acting, its incredibly monotone
    -Can honestly ignore certain abilities/upgrades because of how useless some of the abilities are.
    -Graphics when not closely looked at look decent (playing on max settings with gtx 1080)
    -Under close examination there is clear lack of effort in many zones through the game that were simply slapped together with no real care to how it looks graphically or aesthetically.

    Final Thoughts
    The game is insultingly boring, short, and most of all... bland. It does nothing to pull players into the vampire world. For me its a solid 5 out of ten on its best days with a couple of drinks in me. If any other day of the week this would be a solid 3 out of 10.    … Expand
  17. Ben_ben
    Mar 26, 2021
    0
    One of the worst games I have played.
    1. Crash
    2. It is too boring to find some quest items without highlight. Why should I run around the map repeatedly to find something? 3. Long load time. Especially when I enter a load by mistake, it wastes time to get out. 4. Useless options. Just eat them or feed them for eat. 5. MOST IMPORTANT why I cannot continue play after ending. All items    One of the worst games I have played.
    1. Crash
    2. It is too boring to find some quest items without highlight. Why should I run around the map repeatedly to find something?
    3. Long load time. Especially when I enter a load by mistake, it wastes time to get out.
    4. Useless options. Just eat them or feed them for eat.
    5. MOST IMPORTANT why I cannot continue play after ending. All items collected and NPC fed is waste. Cannot select chapter or replay quest. It is ridiculous for a multiple event game that must start new save to experience.
    6. Poor plot. There are not many things in main quest, it just is stuffed by a lot of setting.
    Spoil
    Though I do not think it worth spoil
    the sister Mary appears suddenly and just for kill her again. It is illogical. If she understands the thirsty of blood, she should not blame her brother, otherwise she does not need to worry about becoming vampire. And at the end there is no explanation about how exactly turn hero and why throw our hero into pit. If that blood ghost can appear everywhere why he can not just care about the process. And at end the knight also appears abruptly. And many characters are useless too. Like Old Bridge is only for adding more setting.
    About game play, it is stupid to chop, chop, chop. Useless item and skill
    I wonder how such a bad game can get high score.    … Expand
  18. vlxedits
    Mar 19, 2019
    4
    Does everything good, but nothing great.
    No reason to keep playing though
    the story seems interesting but no effort is shown to "wow" you
  19. DimkaUA
    Dec 2, 2020
    3
    Сюжет не плохой, но реализация... Это просто треш! Хитбоксы... Хотя если учитывать что делали Focus Home то тут ничего удивительного, т.к. эта кантора всегда делает говном всё к чему прикасается. Хороший сюжет и графику затмевает кривая работа боевки, что только толкает чаще нажимать Alt+F4. Забросили игру, патчами не исправляли, даже в 2020 году она выглядит как Бэта-версия и игра ещёСюжет не плохой, но реализация... Это просто треш! Хитбоксы... Хотя если учитывать что делали Focus Home то тут ничего удивительного, т.к. эта кантора всегда делает говном всё к чему прикасается. Хороший сюжет и графику затмевает кривая работа боевки, что только толкает чаще нажимать Alt+F4. Забросили игру, патчами не исправляли, даже в 2020 году она выглядит как Бэта-версия и игра ещё находиться в разработке. 1 слот под сохранения? Не беда, но только зачем так делать в такого рода игре? Не восстанавливаются боеприпасы и пр. в инвентаре после гибели - хорошо, тогда почему по логике игры у врага убившего вас здоровье восстанавливается? (тот-же трешовый Маккалум) Боссы просто один "лучше" другого, только черезмерно накрученный уровень и неичего более, они просто не запоминаются и вызывают только безразличие... Короче даже не дотягивает до игр уровня 2В.… Expand
  20. NordSpirit
    Jan 7, 2021
    3
    This game can be very interesting masterpiece, but developers don't support it at all. Many bugs, that force you to start a new game because they don't have normal save system. So it better for all that dev now make gameplayless cartoons, and not touch really games.
  21. BulgarianCritic
    Jan 25, 2021
    4
    This game seemed pretty fun and interesting at first but unfortunately it has too drawbacks and one of them (A huge one) is the awful combat system and camera control that they have provided players with.
    This game is almost unplayable and sadly I really don't have the patience to finish it all and tolerate such a bad combat which is worse than Code Vein.
    The voice acting is all over the    This game seemed pretty fun and interesting at first but unfortunately it has too drawbacks and one of them (A huge one) is the awful combat system and camera control that they have provided players with.
    This game is almost unplayable and sadly I really don't have the patience to finish it all and tolerate such a bad combat which is worse than Code Vein.
    The voice acting is all over the place with some really good lines and some really boring and hillarious ones like (What is Sand but Tortured Glass)lmao, the idea and story seemed pretty interesting but not that much for me to keep playing with those awful combat mechanics. Soundtrack was the bomb 4/10    … Expand
  22. Astellios
    Nov 23, 2018
    2
    In Vampyr I had high expectations and was bitterly disappointed. I played it through twice within 16 hours to see if you can really influence the story in a sustainable way; These expectations were suggested by known streamers who, as I now believe, were paid for by the developer.
    The combat system is boring and the opponents never surprise you. Bosses are reused to distract from the lack    In Vampyr I had high expectations and was bitterly disappointed. I played it through twice within 16 hours to see if you can really influence the story in a sustainable way; These expectations were suggested by known streamers who, as I now believe, were paid for by the developer.
    The combat system is boring and the opponents never surprise you. Bosses are reused to distract from the lack of game depth and character development. You advertise with an open-access London in the time of the First World War and you get a level hose that is always equipped with the same opponents. Anyone expecting gaming experiences like in Vampire Bloodlines will be disappointed.

    German translate:
    In Vampyr hatte ich hohe erwartungen gesteckt und wurde bitter enttäuscht. Ich hab es innerhalb von 16 Stunden 2 mal durchgespielt um zu sehen ob man wirklich nachhaltig einfluss nehmen kann auf die Story; Diese Erwartungshaltung wurdens sugeriert von bekannten Streamern die wie ich inzwischen glaube, dafür bezahlt wurden vom Entwickler.
    Das Kampfystem ist langweilig und die Gegner überaschen einem nie. Bosse werden wiederverwendet um von der fehlenden Spieltiefe und Charakterentwicklung abzulenken. Man wirbt mit einem offen begehbaren London in zur Zeiten des ersten Weltkriegs und man bekommt ein Levelschlauch der immer wieder mit den gleichen Gegnern bestückt wird. Wer Spielerfahrungen wie in Vampire Bloodlines erwartet wird herbe enttäuscht.    … Expand
  23. TheeDannyB
    May 5, 2020
    3
    Pro's good story idea.
    Cons movement / combat is clunky and boring "boss battles" consist of mostly the same thing dodge attack dodge attack in that order until it is dead. The choose to kill option would be good if it wasnt for the fact that all enemies are scaled so no real reason to kill NPC's as yes your level will increase but so will all those around you.
    I would suggest just    Pro's good story idea.
    Cons movement / combat is clunky and boring "boss battles" consist of mostly the same thing dodge attack dodge attack in that order until it is dead. The choose to kill option would be good if it wasnt for the fact that all enemies are scaled so no real reason to kill NPC's as yes your level will increase but so will all those around you.

    I would suggest just watching the main story arc on youtube or if you really want a good vampire game, the wither 3 blood and wine is amazing and vampires the masqurade is out soon.    … Expand
  24. Radianser
    Jul 11, 2022
    2
    Пример действительно плохой игры. Из достоинств только манящая атмосфера викторианского Лондона, которая отлично сочетается с вампирским сеттингом. Графика звезд с неба не хватает, но выглядит неплохо. На этом плюсы этой игры заканчиваются.

    Отвратительно нудное повествование заставляет либо бросить игру сразу, либо надеятся, что она скоро закончится. Как можно было так задизайнить    Пример действительно плохой игры. Из достоинств только манящая атмосфера викторианского Лондона, которая отлично сочетается с вампирским сеттингом. Графика звезд с неба не хватает, но выглядит неплохо. На этом плюсы этой игры заканчиваются.

    Отвратительно нудное повествование заставляет либо бросить игру сразу, либо надеятся, что она скоро закончится. Как можно было так задизайнить игру?! Когда приходишь в новый регион, на тебя вываливают ТОННЫ текста в разговорах с NPC. И это просто говорящие головы, без постановки, без анимации и без хоть чего-нибудь интересного.

    Геймплей напоминает соулслайки - тут есть выносливость, которая расходуется на удары, уклонения и спринт. Есть немножко способностей. Пытаясь комбинировать все это в бою вы будете частенько промахиваться по врагам (а стамина в это время будет стабильно расходоватся), потому что боевая система настроена неказисто и коряво.

    Унылейшие побочные задания. Ты их проходишь и проходишь, а они все не заканчиваются и не заканчиваются, а часы в игре идут и идут, а ты все ходишь по одним и тем же локациям одними и теми же тропами и ходишь, а интереснее все не становиться и не становиться...

    Игра не стоит внимания, не стоит того, чтобы в нее играть и мне жалко тех 23 часов, в течении которых я пытался заставить себя втянуться в эту игру, которые я на нее потратил.

    P.S. бросил эту игру уже второй раз    … Expand
  25. xorbane
    Dec 26, 2020
    3
    Terrible fight system, feels like some ps1 game with a bit better graphics and story.
    Overall too much console spirit in this game and it is a bad experience to play this on pc with things like no quicksaves, target-locking enemies, lack of realism and physics in fights it is always just some dmg given but you cant ie cut off limbs or anything, this should be an example of obsolete game    Terrible fight system, feels like some ps1 game with a bit better graphics and story.
    Overall too much console spirit in this game and it is a bad experience to play this on pc with things like no quicksaves, target-locking enemies, lack of realism and physics in fights it is always just some dmg given but you cant ie cut off limbs or anything, this should be an example of obsolete game and no-go console ideas for any pc game developer.    … Expand
  26. dotrem
    Jun 4, 2021
    2
    All about this game beyond of stupidity.
    You even can not to finish this game like you want. There is no save option, the game works with single autosave so you can not check all possibilities, dialog options, try to fight with high level foes.
    Miss some clues, haven't looked into right window, selected wrong dialog option - npc dies/you lost exp/you lost story. The game just don't give    All about this game beyond of stupidity.
    You even can not to finish this game like you want. There is no save option, the game works with single autosave so you can not check all possibilities, dialog options, try to fight with high level foes.
    Miss some clues, haven't looked into right window, selected wrong dialog option - npc dies/you lost exp/you lost story. The game just don't give a fk.

    Went to the wrong neighborhood with high level mobs, died, mobs respawned, and you found yourself without any ammo, blood and other stuff in the middle of nowhere, without any possibility to return bc high level mobs kill you again. And only way to broke this circle - start game from the beginning.

    The game has extreamly poor souls like combat. So you strike enemy once and after should to avoid his attacks for 10 minutes, then repead. But honestly you can not avoid attacks. Your character can not block or avoid. Stamina bar exactly enough to hit once and...it's all you can not do any actions for 5 seconds.

    Well in the year 2021 the masquerade bloodlines still best vapires game.    … Expand
  27. melon9106
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    Unfortunately ubsoluteley a mediocre game. Bad fight system, uninteresting characters and story.
  28. KcrPLo
    May 28, 2022
    4
    Great story, nice looking graphics but the budget was too low. Elements like animations and especially combat show how bad this game is. I cannot forget to mention how great the atmosphere is.

    It would be fine if it would be an interactive movie.
  29. sasav
    Dec 29, 2021
    3
    Got this as a gift... story itself is interesting, but the rest of gaming experience is rather tragic (after 2 and half year after release, rly guys?)
  30. NyanFish
    Dec 22, 2022
    3
    Думал ждёт что то классное, а получил бой с бомжами и миллиард ненужных историй и диалогов между персами которые вообще не волновали В довесок всего это сложность которая не даёт тебе не убивать людей которых ты не хочешь убивать, если ты этого не сделаешь то будешь шотаться от любого бомжа в подворотне и хелоу бед энд Спс за выбор разрабы ⚰️
    3 из 10    Думал ждёт что то классное, а получил бой с бомжами и миллиард ненужных историй и диалогов между персами которые вообще не волновали В довесок всего это сложность которая не даёт тебе не убивать людей которых ты не хочешь убивать, если ты этого не сделаешь то будешь шотаться от любого бомжа в подворотне и хелоу бед энд Спс за выбор разрабы ⚰️
    3 из 10
  31. pokeaatrox
    May 31, 2023
    1
    Il a l'air vraiment pas mal mais avec beaucoup de dialogue et malgré d'excellentes ventes à un prix proche d'un jeux AAA toujours pas de doublage FR pour un studio FR...
  32. LuckyOne1
    Apr 7, 2022
    4
    At first, I was very positive when I started playing the game. Interesting style, gloomy London, vampires. This got my attention. But once I started playing the game, I started to notice a lot of its downsides. For example, this is an animation of running, it looks strange and ridiculous, it is strange that this has not been brought to mind. Then, passing the game further, some kind ofAt first, I was very positive when I started playing the game. Interesting style, gloomy London, vampires. This got my attention. But once I started playing the game, I started to notice a lot of its downsides. For example, this is an animation of running, it looks strange and ridiculous, it is strange that this has not been brought to mind. Then, passing the game further, some kind of nonsense began. There are 50 characters crammed into the lacquer and you have to go and talk to everyone, it gets really boring no matter how interesting their stories are. Then these stupid boss fights, where there is a main boss and while you are fighting with him, regular npc constantly pop up and you have to fight with them too, and there is no point in killing them, because they will respawn again. Oh, and most interesting thing - when I killed the boss, he dropped item that is worse than item I found in the beggining of the game.
    Although game has some good sides like story, some characters are interesting. But still, can't rate game higher than 4.    … Expand
  33. rorschach045
    Nov 18, 2022
    3
    i never understood the mechanic, harder the level less the XP you earn and Vampyr on top of that put a soul like combat.. The boss fights are so lame sometime they do a 270 spin out of nowhere and slide through the arena and also this game also punishes you for being a good guy, like the level gaps are insane . The only good takeaway from this game is the story.
  34. Tintler
    Jul 20, 2023
    3
    Oyuna bir süre şans vermeye çalıştım, konusu ilgi çekici olsa da, dövüş mekanikleri, animasyonlar kötü ve en önemlisi oyun bana göre aşırı sıkıcı geldi. Yapmaya çalıştıkları insan ve kan kalitelerini arttırma fikri başarılı olsa da boylarını aşmış ve gereksiz olmuş.

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 35 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 35
  3. Negative: 0 out of 35
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Dec 31, 2018
    60
    A horror action adventure game with cool duels, an impressive atmosphere with the need to think about the consequences of your actions. Unfortunately, the final experience is not perfect. [Issue#287]
  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 26, 2018
    75
    It feels like the script was written by three different people. One’s responsible for all these cringeworthy lines, another came up with some truly interesting characters, and the third one thought that this would be a perfect opportunity to preach his values: for example, at one point our strictly-rational atheist doctor will have to confess his sins. [Issue#231, p.56]
  3. Games.cz
    Jul 13, 2018
    60
    Vampyr can bewitch with its atmosphere and conquer with the skillful delivery of a quality story. However, the RPG and action parts didn´t succeed, and the intended main pull in the form of heavy choices, whom to kill and whom to let live, is also lost to the lack of impact of your action. Although the game can entertain in the end, it often disappoints instead.
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