Vampyr

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  1. Sal
    Jun 5, 2018
    6
    A competent soulslike, let down by janky, uncomfortable combat, stilted dialogue, and lack of vision. Gorgeous graphics and sound design that massively overshadow every other aspect of the game tell me that the developer focused on entirely the wrong parts of the development cycle for an RPG.

    The investigation and npc mechanics are unique and could be cloned into a better RPG to make a    A competent soulslike, let down by janky, uncomfortable combat, stilted dialogue, and lack of vision. Gorgeous graphics and sound design that massively overshadow every other aspect of the game tell me that the developer focused on entirely the wrong parts of the development cycle for an RPG.

    The investigation and npc mechanics are unique and could be cloned into a better RPG to make a 10/10 game.

    Overall opinion, Okay, not outright bad but certainly not great. No performance issues on my rig.

    Game Price - £45
    Dont buy above - £20-25

    Extra Criticism - Why can i feed in battle and the enemies just ignore me?    … Expand
  2. Hack
    Jul 11, 2018
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Vampyr had a ton of potential that ultimately went to waste.

    First the good, the story is interesting and well told with fantastic voice acting, the location is old school London which is always a fan favourite so no complaints there. The NPCs feel alive and are very fleshed out, and if one of them should die or be killed you do notice an effect on the town, depending on how important they were.

    The downsides are numerous, with poor optimisation leading to lower than expected frame rates, severe hitching/stuttering and an overall feeling of choppiness, especially in certain key locations. The combat is very clunky, with the KB+M controls especially feeling awful. The enemy lock on system doesn't work correctly, and will constantly cycle through targets if you barely touch the mouse, there's no way to disable this behaviour so I finished the game without using the lock on feature, which wasn't ideal. The camera also has issues which made the combat feel even more cumbersome at times.

    A major issue is the XP system, you gain the bulk of your XP from feeding on civilians, if you choose not to feed you're incredibly weak, which makes the game frustratingly difficult, but if you do decide to feed well good luck at the end, because the last boss scales with how many people die during the game, and they become impossible to kill from my experience. I faced them at level 37, while they were 51 (their maximum), at this level deficit they were unkillable, the devs really need to tune this scaling as it's just not balanced right now, and can lead to you not being able to finish the game at all.

    Overall my lasting feeling is one of disappointment, I've been looking forward to Vampyr since it was announced but it just didn't live up to expectations.    … Expand
  3. altaydron
    Jun 8, 2018
    6
    Отвратительная анимация, вампиры сказочные,а не фантастические, убогая боёвка, мало развитий событий. В очередной раз обманули! Мусор!!!
  4. xavia91
    Jun 5, 2018
    6
    It is clearly missing some love and polish, lazy animations, boring combat. After the success of Life is Strange I expected a more compelling Story, but this is just boring cliche and didn't manage to get me engaged right from the start, I am just sucking blood from the first enemies I met, like it is the most normal thing in the world and no chance to spare them...
  5. deuxdoom
    Jun 5, 2018
    6
    Poor action motion and not a fun narrative through vampire cliche. i cant recommend this game for the Dontnod fans.
  6. Aezak
    Jun 6, 2018
    6
    Vampyr inanılmaz derecede beklediğim bir oyundu. Çok fazla beklentiye girdim. Sonuç ise beklentimin çok azını karşıladı. Oyunla ilgili hayallerim çok daha farklıydı. Vampir temasını tam oturtamamışlar. Oyun ne olmak istediğini kendisi de bilmiyor. Souls vari mi yoksa adam akıllı bir hikaye mi anlatmak istediklerinden emin değiller. Hikaye başlangıcı filan gayet hoş başlıyor devamında daVampyr inanılmaz derecede beklediğim bir oyundu. Çok fazla beklentiye girdim. Sonuç ise beklentimin çok azını karşıladı. Oyunla ilgili hayallerim çok daha farklıydı. Vampir temasını tam oturtamamışlar. Oyun ne olmak istediğini kendisi de bilmiyor. Souls vari mi yoksa adam akıllı bir hikaye mi anlatmak istediklerinden emin değiller. Hikaye başlangıcı filan gayet hoş başlıyor devamında da fena ilerlemiyor fakat dövüş sistemi. Oyunda savaşlar gerçekten zorlayıcı ve bu zorlayıcılık da bir süre sonra hikayeden koparıyor ve zor oyun sevmeyen insanları sadece hikaye isteyen insanları oyundan koparıyor. Asıl eksiyi ise şuradan veriyorum. Oyunda herhangi bir zorluk seviyesi yok oyun default olarak neyse öyle oynamak zorundasınız buda bir önceki cümlede dediğimi doğuruyor. Zor oyunlardan hoşlanmayanlar oyundan kopuyor bu yüzden.

    Vampyr temasını seviyorsanız şu anda piyasada bulunan en adamakıllı oyun bu. Dark Souls veya Bloodborne seviyorsanız dövüş mekanikleri ve zorluğu sizi sıkmayacaktır ama zorlanmayı sevmeyen oyuncular için temkinli yaklaşmalarını tavsiye ederim.

    VAMPYR =) 6/10    … Expand
  7. Abhorrence
    Jun 10, 2018
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Vampyr has been a game that I awaited with excitement for a while now, and upon its release I jumped right into the game to explore my life as a Vampire. While the game at first holds nothing special, the combat being pretty generic, the dialogue of the enemies and the interaction of the main character with rats or doors for example being extremely repetitive, just like the types of enemies you have to face. There is this rush of excitement when you get dressed on the boat and get to interact with the workers of the Hospital, your mind starts thinking of possibilities of what the game holds. Only to explore the game and be sorely disappointed by the RPG elements of the game .Only a few weapons available in the game and if you want to deal damage you can only go with 3 of them(for my play-through at least). absolutely zero customization of your costume or your weapons or having a little logo added to the hideouts, the game is extremely linear in its fashion, however it presents itself as a role playing one. the combat system is one of the most annoying things to deal with, often you need to learn the move-set of characters by heart because there they do not show what kind of attacks they will do, hitbox issues to go along with this. movement in the game was also buggy and often one key would get stuck to only move in one direction and readjustment was required. the story is a good one if not a little dull at some points, the world building is excellent, greatly imbued with magic through the amazing soundtrack and sound design. That is essentially what puts the game together, aspects of the story and the music. Sadly only one of your choice matters, kill citizens or do not. You can be forgiven for one of the killing but the ending is still grim. the game implies that your actions have consequences, that the fate of the districts lie on your choices but they do not matter. feeding on the civilians is very fun and my first civilian kill was on a boy. I talked to his father Joe Peterson and he said that he did not know what he would do without his son, so of course i killed his son. the father went missing and i felt very unsatisfied in how the only thing that comes of from you killing people is their relatives go missing and the percentage of the district goes down. Later i found Joe had joined the Guard of Priwen and i thought oh great i remember this guy, maybe we can get some closure but we didn't even exchange a word, he just died. In order to get the most out of feeding on the civilians you must unlock hints for them, even do their side quests, which attaches you to them a little, which is a good part because it shows you the evils of your doing and hopefully making you feel bad. One of the pillars who offers a lot of XP tempted me very much to embrace him and get that sweet power, but i held it back and "saved" the district. But my choice didn't matter, not really. But if you decide to go and kill and pillage that is a fun way to experience the game, but with so many upgrades, there isn't really a good way to get to the endgame of Vampyr, and that would be fine as you would finish the game and do a New Game Plus where you don't have to get the Mesmerise levels up so you wouldn't waste as much time but there isn't even that, you have to start over as a weakling. In conclusion the game is wonky, the story is alright, the music is great, the combat is ok at best and horrible at worst, the choices you make mostly do not matter. the game promised choice and consequences and the only consequence it delivered was the a blow to my excitement… Expand
  8. SinitarGaming
    Aug 20, 2018
    6
    Ok, let's go.

    Pros: - Really great recreation of London of that times, gloomy and dark world design. - Beautiful graphics in general with great work on lighting and shadows as well as badass-looking combat and abilities visuals. - Original approach to a storyline walkrough - drain everyone and become the most powerful monster ever, or try to calm monster inside you and stay human as    Ok, let's go.

    Pros:
    - Really great recreation of London of that times, gloomy and dark world design.
    - Beautiful graphics in general with great work on lighting and shadows as well as badass-looking combat and abilities visuals.
    - Original approach to a storyline walkrough - drain everyone and become the most powerful monster ever, or try to calm monster inside you and stay human as much as posisble, solving quests through talks and helping other people. Both ways have own pros and cons.
    - Noticable inspiration from Vampire: The Masquerade

    Cons:
    - Repeative combat animations.
    - While story itself is great there's noticable lack of charisma and character depnth in NPCs.
    - Some not very rational aspects of combat and movement in both human and vampire forms.

    Vampyr has mixed reviews from both critics and players for reasons. It's still a GOOD game, but it looks and feels like pretty much unfinished - and that's why I personally think it's simply overpriced. But if you personally love vampire games in general - you should take a more deep look on it, as most likely you'll truly enjoy it despite of its flaws. Buy it with a decent discount and you'll be fine.    … Expand
  9. AltNova
    Jul 6, 2018
    6
    An enjoyable yet flawed game. Vampyr has a great idea, however, the execution isn't anywhere near expectation.
    The game obviously took inspiration from Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, but the characters give me the feeling like they're being forced into the game, excessively repeated animations, uninteresting dialogues and poor facial expressions all but immerse me into the game.    An enjoyable yet flawed game. Vampyr has a great idea, however, the execution isn't anywhere near expectation.
    The game obviously took inspiration from Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, but the characters give me the feeling like they're being forced into the game, excessively repeated animations, uninteresting dialogues and poor facial expressions all but immerse me into the game. The story isn't bad, but the medium of that story, the characters, ARE bad. Despite the emotionless inhabitants, the world itself is beautifully crafted, a gloomy, plague-ridden 16th century London coupled with blood sucking demons is a match made in heaven.
    The combat is sub-par with your character, Dr. Jonathan Reid, always underpowered if you chose to be a good vampire and didn't kill anyone, which isn't very enjoyable of an experience since most semi-boss type enemies can pretty much finish you in 1 or 2 hits, you'll respawn, but your items don't so if you want to stand a chance at a particularly hard fight, you'll have to run back to a safe house, craft some meds then return, sounds tedious? Because it is.
    Overall recommendable for fans of Vampire: The Masquerade or fans of vampire stories in general, you'll enjoy it all the way through or get bored half way through, like me.    … Expand
  10. madtisa
    Jun 11, 2019
    6
    Il gioco mi è piaciuto ma avrebbe potuto essere molto meglio. La storia e i personaggi sono ben scritti, la colonna sonora di violoncelli è molto bella. Sul lato RPG il gioco è valido, ma è su quello tecnico che gli sviluppatori hanno operato delle scelte più che discutibili. La grafica è accettabile. Non è bellissima ma considerando che non è un tripla A va benone. Passa facilmente inIl gioco mi è piaciuto ma avrebbe potuto essere molto meglio. La storia e i personaggi sono ben scritti, la colonna sonora di violoncelli è molto bella. Sul lato RPG il gioco è valido, ma è su quello tecnico che gli sviluppatori hanno operato delle scelte più che discutibili. La grafica è accettabile. Non è bellissima ma considerando che non è un tripla A va benone. Passa facilmente in secondo piano rispetto alla storia.

    Veniamo ai punti dolenti. Intanto la mappa non prevede spostamenti veloci, e il fatto che sia sempre piena di nemici respawnati fa passare la voglia di tornare indietro a finire quest secondarie. E' un peccato. Tutte le varie porte chiuse sono eccessive e si potrebbero sbloccare da sole arrivati a un certo punto. Il sistema di combattimento è un po' monotono ma il punto peggiore del gioco è raggiunto dal fatto che alla morte si viene resuscitati con zero sangue e le consumabili esaurite. Non è un grosso problema durante il gioco ma ai boss diventa una frustrazione insensata. La prima volta affrontiamo i boss con il sangue pieno (e questo significa poterci curare) e le pozioni, ma se si muore inspiegabilmente si rinasce con tutto azzerato e i salvataggi sono automatici! quindi siamo costretti a farci i boss con una difficoltà estrema, in aggiunta al fatto che se abbiamo fatto i "santi" non abbiamo ucciso nessuno e quindi abbiamo livellato poco. Quindi siamo costretti o a tornare indietro a ogni boss per rifarci le pozioni e recuperare il sangue, oppure ad affrontarli in condizioni assurde. Questa mi sembra una scelta davvero idiota e poco ponderata. Non fosse stato per questo il gioco meritava anche un 8,5, ma considero questo aspetto un errore madornale da parte degli sviluppatori.    … Expand
  11. Jckovacks
    Nov 19, 2019
    6
    Disfruté este juego, tiene ideas muy interesantes, una ambientación tétrica y una historia compleja, que te obliga a dudar de todos y a plantearte constantemente el "comerte" a determinados NPC's.
    Debo reconocerle al juego su capacidad de reflejar en el jugador la sed de un vampiro. A más sangre más experiencia, pero eso dañara tu escala moral por lo que matar a todos, si bien te hará más    Disfruté este juego, tiene ideas muy interesantes, una ambientación tétrica y una historia compleja, que te obliga a dudar de todos y a plantearte constantemente el "comerte" a determinados NPC's.
    Debo reconocerle al juego su capacidad de reflejar en el jugador la sed de un vampiro. A más sangre más experiencia, pero eso dañara tu escala moral por lo que matar a todos, si bien te hará más fuerte, terminará por arruinar tu identidad.
    Dicho lo cual hay muchas cosas que funcionan mal:
    - Puedes matar constantemente a bandidos y vampiros, los cuales no afectan tu moralidad, haciéndolo únicamente con los NPC (no cuadra).
    - El final es soso, esperaba más de un juego con tantas tramas e intrigas.
    - Los diálogos son...tediosos y la realidad es que el 80% del juego te lo vas a pasar hablando. Básicamente repites las mismas 5 preguntas a todos los habitantes de todas las zonas y a la (no) tan larga, cansa y mucho. en mi caso hice todas las segundarias y se me hizo muy cuesta arriba el tener que entablar conversaciones todo el rato.
    Se quedó en pequeña decepción y si hubiera manejado algo mejor su ritmo hubiera sido notable.    … Expand
  12. Misao
    Sep 21, 2020
    6
    The game starts well, but development is disappointing. I found many bugs throughout my gameplay, basic things that could be easily found by a tester. My sound has been compromised on an audio track at least once. At another time, my ability to run was canceled, becoming stagnant on an exclusive floor inside houses. The layer that showed possible places to be "teleported" simplyThe game starts well, but development is disappointing. I found many bugs throughout my gameplay, basic things that could be easily found by a tester. My sound has been compromised on an audio track at least once. At another time, my ability to run was canceled, becoming stagnant on an exclusive floor inside houses. The layer that showed possible places to be "teleported" simply disappeared and was not rendered. I wasted a considerable amount of time until I realized I needed to turn the game on again - and the layer appeared. Making changes that change the lives of NPCs is a lot of fun, but there are few endings and the criteria for them are doubtful. Some dialogues are repetitive and the whole story is presented by the extra texts, much more than in an interesting interactive way. There was a lack of more choices of moral choices that would really shape the character and other consequences - I see a lot of missed oportunities to make quests more interesting than searching for a missing item. Healing the same characters every time is annoying. A vampire who doesn't know how to crouch or jump is also uncomfortable.
    In addition, the idea was great and the title is unique. I would like the company to take everything into consideration to launch a new one.    … Expand
  13. Ratingss
    Jul 5, 2022
    6
    This is almost my ideal of what an RPG game should be like. Every npc is unique, all your actions have consequences and you have multiple ways of doing everything, the combat doesnt feel like it was an after thought even tough its pretty bad, on other "rpg" games it would be way worse considering the quality of everything else.
    The game just betrays itself when it goes against these core    This is almost my ideal of what an RPG game should be like. Every npc is unique, all your actions have consequences and you have multiple ways of doing everything, the combat doesnt feel like it was an after thought even tough its pretty bad, on other "rpg" games it would be way worse considering the quality of everything else.
    The game just betrays itself when it goes against these core values but its obvious it does it because of the low budget.
    I really would like to see this developer do another game like this but with a much bigger budget, being strict about those rules, no random nameless grunts the game doesnt treat as humans, no forced one way solution to anything, etc. But they seem happy doing those braindead walking simulators with forced propaganda to colorful hair dumb teenagers, a pity.    … Expand
  14. F3T1W
    Aug 27, 2021
    6
    Detective action RPG, with high-quality pumping, good combat and spectacular scenes of drinking blood
  15. Doestik
    Jan 13, 2022
    6
    + PROS +
    - great atmosphere of the first world war London
    - music, especially ambient
    - interesting theme
    - good voice acting and some interesting characters


    - CONS -
    - poorly implemented rpg system
    - stereotypical locations and combat
    - outdated character animations
    - some technical issues (long loading times, even on fast CPU and SSD, ocassional frame drops)
  16. Moodo
    Jun 12, 2022
    6
    Is it worth buying? Well only buy it if you are interested in the story, becuase there are many games that do better gameplay than this game.

    Gameplay: The game is split into 2 parts, talking with NPCs and Combat. Talking with NPCs inst much really, its just for progressing the story and it doesnt do much than just telling you whats happening and sending you to the next place. Combat is    Is it worth buying? Well only buy it if you are interested in the story, becuase there are many games that do better gameplay than this game.

    Gameplay: The game is split into 2 parts, talking with NPCs and Combat. Talking with NPCs inst much really, its just for progressing the story and it doesnt do much than just telling you whats happening and sending you to the next place. Combat is "Ok" at best, almost all the weapons do the same thing but have different stats, the abilities are cool but by the time you get them you are already almost finished with the whole game. The enemies are straight up copied and pasted through the map, they all look and act the same and you will fight them a looot. This game also has a very bad case of artificial difficulty, they made all the enemies tanks with health and kill you in a few hits, while thier moves are very basic and easy to dodge and easy to memorize, same thing with the boss fights. The gameplay is also very repetitive.

    Story: The story wasnt bad really, but any choice you make for the story doesnt really affect it as much, but at least the overall story is interesting and has some good things going for it. The characters are also just "Ok" they werent amazing or special in any way, but they werent bad either.

    Sound: Pretty good, the music was nice and fitting through the whole game and the combat sounds werent bad.

    Graphics:Pretty good, the charcter designs and world buildings all look good and even the UI looks good.

    World design: Way too many "This door doesnt open from this side", and I hate that I couldnt find my way to some quests without using a guide to see where I needed to go.

    Fun: Yes you can have fun playing this game, but there are many games like it that are more worthy of your time and money.

    6/10 Its alright, nothing terrible but nothing amazing either.    … Expand
  17. PenetratorGod
    Aug 20, 2023
    6
    It's a game you'll either love or hate. It has some serious gameplay issues and gets very repetitive and boring very quickly. Also, the game becomes unfairly difficult if you refuse to drink blood. Even when given the choice, the game constantly pushes you to be evil and feed on people. Traveling from one place to another is also tiring. Also, the fact that we have to keep everyone aliveIt's a game you'll either love or hate. It has some serious gameplay issues and gets very repetitive and boring very quickly. Also, the game becomes unfairly difficult if you refuse to drink blood. Even when given the choice, the game constantly pushes you to be evil and feed on people. Traveling from one place to another is also tiring. Also, the fact that we have to keep everyone alive in the towns gets annoying after a while. There aren't enough games about vampires, so if you like the concept, Vampyr is worth a chance, but even if you don't play it, you won't lose much. It could have been a good game and it definitely has potential but they didn't work hard enough.… Expand
  18. Quazder
    Aug 22, 2023
    6
    Game looks good, original, nice etc... great potential. But it has one big problem - and thats movement system & running - I just cant stand it
  19. dubesor
    Jun 8, 2018
    5
    the combat is dull and the way you level/sleep making the world move on and giving diseases to people just because you wanted to use your skillpoints is counter productive, I found myself often not wanting to spend EXP because then I would have to run around curing everyone again which is tedious as there is no mini map nor fast travel. The world is empty and locations just look the samethe combat is dull and the way you level/sleep making the world move on and giving diseases to people just because you wanted to use your skillpoints is counter productive, I found myself often not wanting to spend EXP because then I would have to run around curing everyone again which is tedious as there is no mini map nor fast travel. The world is empty and locations just look the same everywhere. the dialogue and story were meh at best. I didn't find myself caring about any of the characters and even if you did their missions it never resulted in anything. Just a hint found, done. No conclusion, no twists, nothing. The way that enemies levels are tweaked to always completely outlevel you even when consuming citizens is annoying to say the least. I was 8 levels below all enemies and having troubles so I decided to eat 2 citizens and spent the EXP. By doing that the world advances and the enemies gain more levels again thus me sacrificing citizens didn't do anything..

    Overall this game just has so many faults, I wasn't really enjoying my time with it, but I also didn't absolutely hate it. it is mediocre overall.    … Expand
  20. Overpaid
    Sep 15, 2019
    5
    Could have been brilliant, but ruined as an experience by countless bugs. I could live with it crashing every half and hour, and then it became every ten minutes, and in the end, about a third of the way through the game, it started to crash on load, and I gave up.
  21. kuehnau
    Dec 9, 2018
    5
    Vampyre is kind of a hybred of a adventure/horror/rpg/mystery game in which you play as a Doctor who has managed to come down with a bad case of vampirism. While struggling with his own demons, he also finds himself in the middle of a horrible epidemic of spanish flu.

    Your role in the game is to discover why you were turn into a vampire while still trying to hold on your humanity and    Vampyre is kind of a hybred of a adventure/horror/rpg/mystery game in which you play as a Doctor who has managed to come down with a bad case of vampirism. While struggling with his own demons, he also finds himself in the middle of a horrible epidemic of spanish flu.

    Your role in the game is to discover why you were turn into a vampire while still trying to hold on your humanity and save as many people as possible, all while groups of hunters and monsters attempt to tear you to ribbions.

    The entire concept is actually really good, but it has been implemented poorly as there is a complete lack of polish to the game.

    There have been times that dialog spoken and subtitles do not match, as if the voice actors couldn't properly remember what they were supposed to say. Sometimes, there can be multiple vocal dialogs going on at the same time, making it hard to understand who is saying what or what is going on.

    Characters have what appears to be almost completely static faces, It's almost impossible to be able to tell how they feel or what they are thinking based on looking at their faces. There are cases in which characters may be talking but their mouths don't even move.

    Most of the game enviroments feel like they are nothing more than cattle paths, pushing you to a specific location or place. A bigger issue arises when locations are built maze like and you are never quite sure where you are supposed to go. Add to the fact the quest tracker for the game is complete garbage and it can be a overall frustrating experience trying to get a job done.

    For a game that likes to tout that your decisions and choices matter, a lot of times it feels like the developers (or in this case the writers) often try to shoehorn you into many decisions to meet whatever criteria they have for the writing of the story.

    As RPGs go, I never really felt immersed in the game, because I couldn't put myself in the role of the main character and the game refused to allow me to make choices that I would want, instead simply forcing the character's opinions on me. What makes this even more frustrating is the game never really gives you any clear ideas on what your choices will do or how they will change the landscape, comebine that with a completely unforgiving save system that refuses to allow you to back track.

    Combat is the worst part of the game by far, especially with the stamina system they have in place. Playing as a vampire you should feel powerful, but often everyone else around you is more powerful than you in almost all aspects. What kind of vampire gets tired after swinging an axe two or three times? I mean honestly!

    Enemies are often at much higher levels than you, putting you at a constant disadvantage. Expect to die. A lot. You'll constantly encounter quests that are 5 or 6 times out of your level range, the only way you'll know they don't expect you to be there yet is by going in to an area and dying. When I bought this game, I wasn't under the impression this was some sort of Dark Souls knock off.

    It really is a beautiful game under all of this rust, but I would never be able to recommend this game to anyone at it's full retail price. If you can get it at a discount (like I did), go for it. Otherwise I'd suggest you wait.    … Expand
  22. Grismar
    Jan 14, 2022
    5
    I get why this could be a good game, but the controls are atrocious and the combat is merely hard because it's so frustratingly bad. There's some other points of criticism, the game feels a bit unprofessional or overly clinical in places, but it's mainly the combat that has me quitting it in frustration even though I generally like hard games. The story and game world had me intrigued, butI get why this could be a good game, but the controls are atrocious and the combat is merely hard because it's so frustratingly bad. There's some other points of criticism, the game feels a bit unprofessional or overly clinical in places, but it's mainly the combat that has me quitting it in frustration even though I generally like hard games. The story and game world had me intrigued, but the controls and combat made me uninstall, the graphics and sound are just OK - not offensively bad, but also not a draw by themselves.… Expand
  23. DreamCore
    Jun 6, 2018
    5
    * Mediocre graphics
    * Sluggish controls and animations
    * Crappy combat system Game has lots of weird design decisions like that if you suck blood from someone they die instead of later turning into vampires themselves like real vampire lore. Also for some reason the Witch Hunters for some reason know that you're a vampire from miles away while normal citizens doesn't have a clue. If    * Mediocre graphics
    * Sluggish controls and animations
    * Crappy combat system

    Game has lots of weird design decisions like that if you suck blood from someone they die instead of later turning into vampires themselves like real vampire lore. Also for some reason the Witch Hunters for some reason know that you're a vampire from miles away while normal citizens doesn't have a clue. If you don't kill people for their blood and exp the game will be too hard to beat so you're pretty much forced to do this, which in turn has a negative impact on the districts etc, it just doesn't make sense. The most off putting thing about the game is the combat system. You can't hit anything unless you target it and when there are more than one enemy it simply doesn't work. It feels like an EXTREMELY bad version of Dark Souls.    … Expand
  24. uVimOvil
    Jan 20, 2019
    5
    m uchas ilusiones y expectativas y una absoluta decepcion, no me atrapo en ningun momento durante la primera hora, lo descambie y mire por internet videos y definitivamente hice bien en descambiarlo, lo apruebo raspao porque se que es un juego que a alguien le puede llegar a enganchar a mi en lo absoluto.
  25. Plan3tX
    Jun 12, 2018
    5
    What was supposed to be a unique take on both RPG and vampire genre turned out as talking simulator. The story is mediocre and doesn't make you want to push forward. You'll spend most of the time in dialogues and running between districts while trying to avoid boring combat (shadow veil skill will be your best friend). The game can be hard sometimes if you don't want to kill any NPC butWhat was supposed to be a unique take on both RPG and vampire genre turned out as talking simulator. The story is mediocre and doesn't make you want to push forward. You'll spend most of the time in dialogues and running between districts while trying to avoid boring combat (shadow veil skill will be your best friend). The game can be hard sometimes if you don't want to kill any NPC but sadly not in satisfying way - boss fights feel like copy-paste with minor changes. Technically Vampyr feels unpolished - I experienced a few crashes, some visual and sound glitches as well.
    There are, of course, things that Vampyr excels at - atmosphere is great. Streets of 1918 London are gloomy and unwelcoming, people sad and distrustful. Soundtrack is a masterpiece. Main character is well written. I really liked Jonathan Reid and his journey as a newborn vampire.
    All things considered the game deserves an average score - 5/10. If you're considering buying it, wait for a sale or humble bundle - it's not worth a full price of 60$.    … Expand
  26. ireviewbadgames
    Aug 16, 2018
    5
    A painfully average game that could have benefited from more production and development time. The story is fairly interesting: you play as a retired military medic forcibly stricken with an acute case of vampirism in an early 20th century London. Your new goals become acclimating to your new bloodthirsty affliction and curing a devastating plague affecting the city.

    Combat is simplistic    A painfully average game that could have benefited from more production and development time. The story is fairly interesting: you play as a retired military medic forcibly stricken with an acute case of vampirism in an early 20th century London. Your new goals become acclimating to your new bloodthirsty affliction and curing a devastating plague affecting the city.

    Combat is simplistic and not very engaging, though I wouldn't say it's terrible. The skill and crafting system feel a bit forced and are a quizzical addition to the game. I would have rather they focused on building the world better which is the main gripe I have. A game like Vampyr heavily relies on an immersive and intriguing world filled with untamed exploration and exotic characters. I quickly felt funneled and rail-roaded, with the illusion of an open world broken almost immediately. Any doors that diverge from the main path were always "locked" and many buildings were simply inaccessible.

    Overall, I believe the game has great potential if the developers were to invest more time in fixing issues and making positive changes. As is, the game is not particularly bad, but it fails to impress, especially if you have high expectations. I would say the game is worth about $25.00, so I suggest waiting for a sale or for the price to naturally fall with time. Believe me, you won't be missing much.    … Expand
  27. philzlz
    Dec 22, 2018
    5
    An action role playing game by the developers of Life is Strange, Vampyr follows the story of newly turned vampire Dr. Jonathan Reid who needs to find a cure for the citizens of London in 1918.

    While the premise is great, execution is poor. A clunky combat system mixed with poor voice acting lead to an ultimately mediocre game. Developers praise that every choice has consequences but    An action role playing game by the developers of Life is Strange, Vampyr follows the story of newly turned vampire Dr. Jonathan Reid who needs to find a cure for the citizens of London in 1918.

    While the premise is great, execution is poor. A clunky combat system mixed with poor voice acting lead to an ultimately mediocre game. Developers praise that every choice has consequences but none of them matter in the end.    … Expand
  28. Mehrshad_MB
    Jan 23, 2022
    5
    I was excited before playing this game because there weren't play-worthy games about vampires but now I'm really disappointed because it didn't live up to my expectations.
    The atmosphere and environment were probably the only thing that I really liked about the game. Victorian London was portrayed well. Diversity of characters and the interactions with each one of them were admirable.    I was excited before playing this game because there weren't play-worthy games about vampires but now I'm really disappointed because it didn't live up to my expectations.
    The atmosphere and environment were probably the only thing that I really liked about the game. Victorian London was portrayed well. Diversity of characters and the interactions with each one of them were admirable. Story and the endings were also fine.
    Combat system seemed good at first but after some time it became boring. The 'Vampire' abilities during combat could be much more creative (Something like abilities in Dishonored).
    There were too many dialogues! This was fascinating and boring at the same time.
    Animations were also creepy at some point.
    I think the developers forgot to add a 'Fast Travel' option! The map is designed in a way that you must go from certain alley to reach a district; Which means that if you choose a wrong alley, you have to return all the way you've come. And at this point, the game becomes boring and ridiculous.
    To sum it up, Vampyr is an absolutely disappointing and unnecessarily long game that needed to be polished (Actually A LOT of polish!). 'The Sinking City' and 'Call of Cthulhu' have a lot in common with this game. Same kind of atmosphere, wasted great ideas and unpolished. So I'd put them in a same category.
    (January 2022)    … Expand
  29. lucky3_15
    Jan 3, 2022
    5
    Меня хватило на 5 часов игры. Это настоящее мучение.5 баллов только за +/- за некотоыре геймплейные механики и нетребовательность к железу.
    Игра плоха с точки зрения гейм дизайна почти во всем. Атмосфера передана довольно посредственно, аудио ряд скудный, реализация игровых типовых механик либо кривая, либо отсутствует (это я про перемещение по карте как минимум). Анимации кривые, графика    Меня хватило на 5 часов игры. Это настоящее мучение.5 баллов только за +/- за некотоыре геймплейные механики и нетребовательность к железу.
    Игра плоха с точки зрения гейм дизайна почти во всем. Атмосфера передана довольно посредственно, аудио ряд скудный, реализация игровых типовых механик либо кривая, либо отсутствует (это я про перемещение по карте как минимум). Анимации кривые, графика не впечатляет. Сюжет более менее интригующий. Первый же боссфайт также вселяет надежду на интересную игру, но увы. Игра может вылетать кстати. За такой ценник некоторые разработчики продают рдр 2 и киберпанк с ведьмаком, а то и за цену ниже даже. Игра выглядит очень устаревшей. Типичный проходняк. 5 баллов максимум. Брать только со скидкой или бесплатно.    … Expand
  30. Pmstz
    Jan 30, 2023
    5
    very average game

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  31. realWhiteMan
    Apr 9, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My rating is based on my impressions of the game. This is not an objective review. I play quite a big number of titles per year and decided to review them as a peace of art and not as a product.… Expand
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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.
  40. 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?)
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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.
  44. escknx
    Mar 18, 2020
    3
    It smells console. Input lag, lack of quick save/load. Sad, I could have liked this one.
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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 ⚰️
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  48. 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.
  49. 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.
  50. 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
  51. 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
  52. 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
  53. 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
  54. 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
  55. 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
  56. 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
  57. 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
  58. 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...
  59. 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
  60. 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.
  61. 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
  62. 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
  63. 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
  64. 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
  65. melon9106
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    Unfortunately ubsoluteley a mediocre game. Bad fight system, uninteresting characters and story.
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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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