Vampyr

 PlayStation 4
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7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 853 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 155 out of 853
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  1. AntiMXT
    Feb 24, 2023
    4
    Way too much repetitive dialogue and ABYSMAL combat mechanics. (I've never felt so underpowered as an IMMORTAL vampire) A game where fast travel doesn't exist and the idea of running through those stupid streets, up dead-end alleys, where stubbing your toe leads to death (thus respawning miles away) just to TRY "upgrade". **** it, I'm out. They've taken an ok idea and kept it mid at best.
  2. clovensmile
    Dec 15, 2022
    1
    Horrible game. This game is impossible to walkthrough without a guide. And I had to read 3 of them in order to find out all the information I needed. More than 50% of time with this game I spent on studying the guides and forums.
    Why? Because you don’t know what build is the best, you don’t know what weapons are the best etc. You can easily spoil a hint with an incorrect answer. You don’t    Horrible game. This game is impossible to walkthrough without a guide. And I had to read 3 of them in order to find out all the information I needed. More than 50% of time with this game I spent on studying the guides and forums.
    Why? Because you don’t know what build is the best, you don’t know what weapons are the best etc. You can easily spoil a hint with an incorrect answer. You don’t know what secret weapon keeps a character in his stash and what the consequences of killing him.
    There is so much bla bla in the game it’s starts to annoy you. I’ve done all the investigations and they’re absolutely not worth it.
    I’ve wasted so much work and time into this game and the result was absolutely not worth it.    … Expand
  3. Blackshine
    Nov 17, 2022
    4
    Забросил игру на половине.
    Скучно.
    Уныло.
    Странные решения геймплея.
    Какашка,Камно,Пэнис.
  4. solomon_gumball
    Oct 11, 2022
    4
    really hated how it felt like the writers were constantly punishing me for making what seemed like moral choices (ex: my eyes turning permanently "evil"/bloodshot red for killing a literal serial killer, sparing a character leading to innocent civilians getting murdered because surprise! he's a psychopath)..would've worked better for me if most of the choices & outcomes had anyreally hated how it felt like the writers were constantly punishing me for making what seemed like moral choices (ex: my eyes turning permanently "evil"/bloodshot red for killing a literal serial killer, sparing a character leading to innocent civilians getting murdered because surprise! he's a psychopath)..would've worked better for me if most of the choices & outcomes had any foreshadowing whatsoever. basically "[GLASS HIM]: the game".. unlike in a game like Mass Effect or Dragon Age, finding out more information about characters has no real payoff or impact on the plot unless you're planning on eating them.

    P.S. It's 2022 guys, why is the PS4 version of your game still crashing every 45 minutes    … Expand
  5. X_247
    Mar 12, 2022
    1
    game play is trash, the characters are trash, and the camera was trash, but only thing was meh (not bad) is soundtrack and the story it is boring, and if someone want to buy it please save your money, only if you don't have waste basket then buy vampyr, also there are so many glitches in the game, some of it was funny but some of them maybe will effect on your progress, for example when Igame play is trash, the characters are trash, and the camera was trash, but only thing was meh (not bad) is soundtrack and the story it is boring, and if someone want to buy it please save your money, only if you don't have waste basket then buy vampyr, also there are so many glitches in the game, some of it was funny but some of them maybe will effect on your progress, for example when I was doing the main mission I opened the map to see where was the main mission, however there was no main missions, and how to fix it? by closing the game, that just an example for how much the bugs are there.… Expand
  6. GamesXpert
    Mar 10, 2022
    3
    Souls-like game. Very buggy game, constantly crashes. The story evolves on your choices and if you choose wrong answers you lose quests, that means less xp and difficulty in finishing. And you cannot load last save cause there is autosave which cannot be turned off. The story is interesting
  7. Rysak23
    Nov 24, 2021
    1
    How the **** this stupid **** could have even at least 3 points on metacritic?! Old, crooked, cheap stuff, that constantly crashes
  8. Bcastelar28
    Nov 17, 2021
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'll explain why i gave it such a low rate.

    Bought the game last month in the psn sale. Great value and i didn't want the plus service ,i want the game. So after 20 hours the game crashed 8 times. Yeah,8 times. Sometimes the screen frozen. Sometimes the error 34878-0. Sometimes my playstation simply turn it off. Reading some reviews and forums it showed me that i've made a huge mistake buying this crap. The game in general is fun but the lack of respect from dontnod and the devs for allowing such a broken ass game for sale in the market is beyond my imagination. If i could,i would ask for i refund but here i am,without my money,without the game and with ZERO RESPONSES from dontnod,focus or vampyr game twitter account.

    No,don't buy this bomb. Stay away.    … Expand
  9. Hawks2018
    Nov 3, 2021
    2
    This game is just abysmal. It is wretched. Mind-numbingly boring, stunningly awful in a technical, story and gameplay aspect. So utterly, utterly atrocious on so many levels it makes you angry.

    Picked it up for less than $10 on ps store and even if it had've been a dollar it would still be a ripoff. I understand that many critics are just lazy shills who provide good reviews in    This game is just abysmal. It is wretched. Mind-numbingly boring, stunningly awful in a technical, story and gameplay aspect. So utterly, utterly atrocious on so many levels it makes you angry.

    Picked it up for less than $10 on ps store and even if it had've been a dollar it would still be a ripoff.

    I understand that many critics are just lazy shills who provide good reviews in exchange for financial and other rewards, I expect it.

    But the disparity between the critic's consensus of 70 and the reality of slogging through a god-awful, abhorrent mess has never been starker.

    I'm holding out for at least a handful of great PS5 games til I upgrade, and picked this up only because there was basically nothing left.

    I finished it, I am ashamed to say. I finished it on the hardest setting purely because I had nothing left to play, and am both stupidly stubborn in finishing what I start, along with being simply unable to drag myself away from this stunningly atrocious train-wreck.

    I can barely even begin to describe the myriad abject failures of this self-indulgent tripe, and am too angry at whoever birthed this travesty to dwell on it much longer.

    I never thought it would be possible to hate someone responsible for any particular product, but that was before I encountered the cancerous, slovenly, misguided, ineptitude and imbecility of "Vampyr".

    Wow. Just.....wow.    … Expand
  10. Vizantiyec
    Sep 23, 2021
    3
    Low-quality game, a lot of bugs, lags, and freezes!
    Combat system as in-game in 2001
    The only plus is the characters and the storyline!

    DO NOT recommend!
  11. MrsBigPizza
    Jul 1, 2021
    3
    Pretty good storyline but the bad realization of the game world.
    Also pretty bad fighting system. And another game mechanics feel pretty **** But because of Lady Ashbury (she's is my crush), I won't give this game 1 of 10. I won't recommend this game to buy, better watch game film on YouTube and buy something else.
  12. maddiplomat
    Jun 1, 2021
    0
    Unplayable, as you cannot even change controller sensitivity. How are such games even allowed to be released?
  13. KadirCoruk
    May 24, 2021
    0
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  14. Tom182Matthew
    Mar 17, 2021
    0
    Apesar dos estúdio não ser muito experientes em trabalhos AAA, Fizeram um trabalho primoroso em Vampyr, que tem uma ótima direção em suas cenas, e gameplay muito divertida recompensada com uma história muito intrigante com diversos finais diferentes, personagens carismáticos, e um protagonista muito interessante que faz com que você queira participar junto dele nessa história melancólicaApesar dos estúdio não ser muito experientes em trabalhos AAA, Fizeram um trabalho primoroso em Vampyr, que tem uma ótima direção em suas cenas, e gameplay muito divertida recompensada com uma história muito intrigante com diversos finais diferentes, personagens carismáticos, e um protagonista muito interessante que faz com que você queira participar junto dele nessa história melancólica de contos vampíricos, excelente game! Parabéns aos desenvolvedores.… Expand
  15. ToshLichev
    Jan 29, 2021
    4
    The best that could be said about Vampyr is that it's an ambitious AA game that manages to accomplish quite a bit considering its tiny budget. Unfortunately its biggest accomplishment is its existence, being a complete game with quite a bit of content, but when you look at it as an actual experience it falls apart very quickly.

    Let me start off by saying that I couldn't care less about    The best that could be said about Vampyr is that it's an ambitious AA game that manages to accomplish quite a bit considering its tiny budget. Unfortunately its biggest accomplishment is its existence, being a complete game with quite a bit of content, but when you look at it as an actual experience it falls apart very quickly.

    Let me start off by saying that I couldn't care less about the generic plot, I truly wanted to get into it seeing as 60% of the game is an obscene amount of dialogue and exposition (an insane amount of side missions). However around 3 hours into the game I stopped trying and just started skipping the poorly acted dialogues, saving myself what I can only guess to be around 4 hours of boredom. The plot is paper thin and the character development never amounts to anything of substance.

    The gameplay and world don't hold up much better. London is tiny but getting around it is tedious. Because of the endless dead-ends and locked doors you spend hours just trying to figure out how the hell you can get from point A to point B - the hordes of respawning enemies are also frustrating since you never feel like you are progressing - they always spawn in the same places and in the same numbers slowing you down in the cheapest way possible. The combat feels like it's pulled from an early PS2 game, hit detection is terrible, locking on is a 50/50 bet and due to the adaptive difficulty, all of the enemies level up along with you so you never feel as though you've gotten more powerful.

    The game's worst element is it's adaptive difficulty which is based on the way you play. A pacifist playthrough results in endless grind, absurdly long battles and an overall feeling that you are always the weakest around. If you go wild and start killing everybody (which is what I did at one point when everyone was 10lvls above me and combat became nearly impossible) you will quickly start overpowering most enemies turning the combat into an annoying chore untill you reach the end where you will experience a truly absurd difficulty spike during the final boss battle (good luck fighting someone 15lvls above you).

    One final thing I want to mention is how badly optimized this game is. During my 30 hours with it I experienced over 20 hard crashes, endless loading screens which drag on far too long and hundreds of freezes which left me guessing whether my game had crashed or was just stuck, loading some textures.

    Overall, if you have 50-ish hours which you are ready to sink into a very mediocre AA game that feels extremely last gen, maybe Vampyr will be perfect for you and you'll be able to play through everything it has to offer. For everyone else tho, skip this one, it's yet another bad PS+ free game Sony got from the bargain bin.    … Expand
  16. quegtu
    Jan 27, 2021
    2
    Es más aburrido que mirar por la ventana. todo diálogos, para eso mejor ver una película y hay mejor argumento. combates de generación de ps2. parece un juego indie, pero no es un juego indie.
  17. Gambit1986
    Jan 7, 2021
    0
    The combat in the game forces a sense of perfectionist mentality, when in reality you just want to enjoy the very welcomed story.
  18. Dtk1337
    Jan 2, 2021
    0
    This game is sucks. Probably the story of game world is not bad but gameplay is peace of sh&t
  19. SplitMind
    Dec 19, 2020
    4
    Vampyr is a game that is almost great for me, making it even more frustrating that it comes so close to greatness, yet some very odd design choices hold it back and even more vexing is that these have not been patched over.
    The graphics of Vampyr match the ambience. The vampire genre has been done to death and the early 20th Century Britain was a great choice of setting. The game suffers    Vampyr is a game that is almost great for me, making it even more frustrating that it comes so close to greatness, yet some very odd design choices hold it back and even more vexing is that these have not been patched over.
    The graphics of Vampyr match the ambience. The vampire genre has been done to death and the early 20th Century Britain was a great choice of setting. The game suffers a bit from everything being a bit dark and lacking in colour, as well as the repetition of enemy sprites. Given that it’s not a AAA title it can be forgiven for not having the best graphics, however combined with the issues below makes the game suffer more for it.

    The story of Vampyr is a compelling one and being set amid the Spanish Flu pandemic made playing this game in 2020 resonate in a way nobody would ever have expected when it was released. It took me some getting used to, as at first so many names and information was thrown at me that I found it overwhelming and couldn’t keep track of quests and characters very well. The dialogue choices are a key component of Vampyr, and there is definitely plenty to sink your teeth into, however I also found it got rather mundane by the midpoint of the game, as I sent a good 50% of my time in conversation, another 30% wandering around lost, and the rest in combat.
    In order to develop your dialogue choices with characters you have to acquire clues from taking to other people or by finding evidence, both of which are essentially fetch quests. This is further confounded by the gameplay of Vampyr, which is where I had such a tumultuous love-hate relationship with the game.

    The fundamentals of the game is your choice between feeding your hunger or by resisting and therefore stabilizing the local community. The problem I found with this is that by being the good guy and not feeding off people you actually make the game harder for yourself as you are weaker unless prepared for the inevitable fights. Furthermore, it was often quicker and easier to just bite someone rather than pursue their banal quests to complete their dialogue and story. You unlock powers very quickly doing this and therefore have a much greater motive to be a ‘bad’ guy than the good guy. On one hand this may seem unbalanced, however it could also be argued that it provides more of a difference in the choice you make, as you see a visible impact around you when you continually take lives.

    However all of the above is greatly undermined and almost deemed irrelevant as the developers made some rather silly choices and omissions in their game design. Firstly, this game suffers badly from there being no fast travel. I don’t understand how this wasn’t implemented even after launch as many reviews have noted its absence. Secondly, this is further exasperated by some bad layouts on the map itself. The game is made almost entirely out of corridors and streets, with random gates locking off sections of the game, meaning you have a tedious journey to get around these and open them from the other side. This is also very odd given that you have a kind of teleport ability that lets you reach certain ledges, but a simple gate seems to be your kryptonite. These two aspects of the game mean that no matter how good the rest of the game is, it will be difficult to enjoy when there is ample tedious travel.

    What really brought this game down in my ranking for it was when I reached the final boss and discovered the most unbalanced portion of the game (SPOILERS). The last boss was extraordinarily highly-levelled and upon reading online (yet again!) I discovered specific skills and weapons were needed to defeat it; that or grind for more arduous hours. This is a fundamentally broken mechanic and the cherry on top of my poisoned experience with Vampyr.

    Finally, a special mention also goes to the combat. They seem to have imitated SoulsBorne games here but haven’t quite succeeded. Many enemies and bosses to require an engaging amount of strategy, however also suffer from being overly cheap with their attacks (some even summon ghosts to attack all at once) and having inconsistent health bars, in that the damage you do to them is high one minute then minimal the next. The most frustrating aspect is probably how few exp you get from defeating enemies, which made me want to avoid fights altogether, when the game should be encouraging you to explore all mechanics to stimulate you with diversity.

    Overall, Vampyr is more frustrating than enjoyable at times. Frustrating because game design isn’t always great, but also frustrating because I can see how great this game could be with a few minor tweaks and a couple of bigger tweaks. The concept and premise are excellent, while I have big grievances with the level designs and minor frustrations with things such as tiny fonts. There is plenty of lore and socializing to get lost in, but this ‘Doctor Simulator’ is hard to recommend    … Expand
  20. rwncop
    Dec 10, 2020
    3
    Unfortunately I stopped playing this at the point of chapter 3. I just became very uninterested.

    The combat was probably my least favourite that probably put me off. The blood meter system is pretty cool, having to bite people to be able to use abilities which often led to some challenging battles when I ran out of blood. However, other than that it got very boring. Early in the game I    Unfortunately I stopped playing this at the point of chapter 3. I just became very uninterested.

    The combat was probably my least favourite that probably put me off. The blood meter system is pretty cool, having to bite people to be able to use abilities which often led to some challenging battles when I ran out of blood. However, other than that it got very boring. Early in the game I had already picked out my weapon choice and the game doesn't really encourage you to try different weapons except from the tutorial. This leads to you using the same abilities and weapon choice through most of the game, making every enemy encounter the same fight. There are a variety of abilities to choose from but only a few of them seem to be useful in combat, there was no point using a shield ability when all I'm doing is dodging and hitting attack each battle.

    The story and world was what had me interested. It's such an interesting story that gets set up pretty well at the beginning and you learn more and more as you play. This makes you want to play more so that you can find out more about the lore. However, because of the gameplay I just couldn't be bothered to keep going.

    The levelling up system is very unique but was very frustrating slowing down the gameplay even more, You could only level up when you went to sleep, and if you decide not to suck blood from civilians the game is made even harder. If you decide to eat civilians you get a huge boost in XP, but it makes that area of the city worse in terms of health. I decided not to do this which meant I was 5-7 levels below the enemies which then makes the gameplay slower and more frustrating.

    Overall, the game has an interesting story to follow and a detailed world to explore, but the gameplay was holding it all down resulting in a frustrating experience.    … Expand
  21. patch0433
    Dec 1, 2020
    4
    I played it on a PS4 when it was released on ps plus for free.

    I liked the setting, the soundtrack, some of the characters and the combat was repetitive, but fun. I don't know if it was just my game, but it crashed so many times and had many graphic bugs. I hated the world, it was way too large for so few characters and activities and combined with no fast traveling, it was a pain    I played it on a PS4 when it was released on ps plus for free.

    I liked the setting, the soundtrack, some of the characters and the combat was repetitive, but fun.

    I don't know if it was just my game, but it crashed so many times and had many graphic bugs.
    I hated the world, it was way too large for so few characters and activities and combined with no fast traveling, it was a pain in the ass to run always from A to B and killing the same stupid npcs.
    The Boss fight weren't challenging at all especially the final boss.

    But what i hated the most, were the decisions and the autosaving. Most of the time, I didn't know what the good or the bad decision was, because I didn't know how the characters would react on some of the dialog decisions. The i choose the wrong option and BOOM the hint was gone.
    I am perfectionist and I play my games as one. And I hate it when I cant unlock all dialog options, doors or chests. I was forced to run through this empty world, seeing looked doors and areas I couldn't reach, and I didn't know what i had to do or what i did wrong. It was sooo frustrating.
    Some of the side quests weren't completable, if you hadn't reach a specific point in the main quest.

    The choice you had to make in every district when you finished it, felt like it had no impact on the result. I don't wanted Nurse Crane to blackmail Elizabeth anymore, but i don't wanted to kill her.
    So i erased her memory, of the information against Elizabeth. I wanted Nurse Crane to stop blackmailing her and continue her work in white chapel, or so i thought. Because in the end she just had to die. I was frustrated because, this was not the result i wanted, but i could load my saved game, because you can't. Same with Sean The game forces you to make decisions but don't give you all the information.

    The game is simply not good enough to play it multiply time just for the outcome of every decision.

    What is with the inventory? You can carry like 20 Weapons and other material all the time, but MY GOD THE AMMUNITION IS WAY TO HEAVY and I don't want to start with the f**king loading screens.    … Expand
  22. Artreus
    Nov 29, 2020
    0
    El juego es realmente malo, mal optimizado, gráficos malos, pantallazos azules, tiempo de carga muy largos, mecánicas malas, no tiene bien establecido la progresión, la narrativa es hueca sin olor ni sabor ya que no contribuye en nada en la experiencia del juego, tiene mucho guion innecesario que lo vuelve aburrido muy aburrido, por lo que no merece la pena comprarlo, también la obtenciónEl juego es realmente malo, mal optimizado, gráficos malos, pantallazos azules, tiempo de carga muy largos, mecánicas malas, no tiene bien establecido la progresión, la narrativa es hueca sin olor ni sabor ya que no contribuye en nada en la experiencia del juego, tiene mucho guion innecesario que lo vuelve aburrido muy aburrido, por lo que no merece la pena comprarlo, también la obtención de trofeos es muy tediosa y absurda, simplemente ni darle la oportunidad merece, juegos de este tipo no deberían salir al mercado con la cantidad de errores que tiene .… Expand
  23. Yiiman
    Nov 27, 2020
    3
    good plot. but how I hesitated to reload the game. constantly freezes, long loads and a bunch of other bugs. she blows my brain
  24. Spidor
    Nov 25, 2020
    1
    The single most boring game I have ever played, period. Of all the walking sims, the real-life job sims, nothing is more boring than the cliched vampire in London schlock. So much bland talking, the clunkiest combat, the samey environments, and the boldness to be more than two hours long. I hate this game with a passion not because it is low budget or because it is janky, but because it isThe single most boring game I have ever played, period. Of all the walking sims, the real-life job sims, nothing is more boring than the cliched vampire in London schlock. So much bland talking, the clunkiest combat, the samey environments, and the boldness to be more than two hours long. I hate this game with a passion not because it is low budget or because it is janky, but because it is completely devoid of anything to make it fun, unique or interesting. "Boring" is the worst thing to be, and Vampyr is the most boring thing, ever.… Expand
  25. Lonitx
    Nov 9, 2020
    3
    I wouldn't mind the glitches or freezing or overall sub par performance so much as the constant crashing, I've played loads of games on ps4 and none were this bad, the amount of times I've had to close the app and restart per play session is insane, couple that with the longest loading screens I've ever witnessed... gives you ample time to think about better games to play at least.
  26. Frost_Plays
    Nov 9, 2020
    0
    in 2020 its a buggy, slow paced, poor excuse of a game.
    when the game isnt busy crashing every few minutes, youll find yourself having to talk to every single npc in the game just to find a mission to do. the npcs are forgettable. you want to be a vampyr and kill some people. well be ready for it to lock you out of a bunch of missions. running from district back and forth get boring real    in 2020 its a buggy, slow paced, poor excuse of a game.
    when the game isnt busy crashing every few minutes, youll find yourself having to talk to every single npc in the game just to find a mission to do. the npcs are forgettable. you want to be a vampyr and kill some people. well be ready for it to lock you out of a bunch of missions. running from district back and forth get boring real fast.
    combat was terrible. there is a few different builds/weapons you can use. but i never needed to swap off my 2h from the start of the game.    … Expand
  27. Exscriber
    Nov 7, 2020
    0
    king of bugs, not worth to view at all. game crashes 100500 times on ps4...
  28. Br_AgSs
    Oct 27, 2020
    2
    While the setting is nice, the game is very boring. The gameplay is weird, the combat is clunky and the story is rushed. I loved what DontNod did with Life Is Strange, but this one is really bad.
  29. alexslork
    Oct 26, 2020
    4
    eally liked the story and the choice of being good and evil.
    But thats about it.
    Way to many loading screens and they were too long(e
  30. capitarus
    Oct 26, 2020
    2
    Количество вылетов просто зашкаливает, что полностью перечеркивает удовольствие от игры. И это спустя два года после релиза. После третьей главы удалил. Раздражение пересилило интерес.
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70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 67 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 67
  2. Mixed: 29 out of 67
  3. Negative: 4 out of 67
  1. Gamers Heroes
    Aug 26, 2018
    60
    Vampyr is a collection of wonderful ideas held back by a limited budget and a dated engine.
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  2. RPGamer
    Aug 17, 2018
    70
    For those looking for a unique, dread-filled experience in the RPG realm, Vampyr offers a type of game seldom seen. But much like the streets of 1918 London, expect a few bumps along the way.
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  3. CD-Action
    Aug 2, 2018
    85
    Vampyr is unique. It’s not beautiful, its combat leaves much to be desired and its limited budget shows, but if you choose to turn a blind eye to these flaws, it will captivate you with its mature, morally ambiguous story and a series of dilemmas that usually lack a “right” answer. [07/2018, p.60]
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