Vampyr

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  1. otakon17
    Jul 15, 2018
    7
    First the good: Presentation and characterization with consequences for your actions are very well done. The voice work and NPCs are pretty fleshed out and the explorable parts of London you have access to are nice and gritty. The story and take on vampire lore in game is also a good twist..
    Now, the bad: The combat is mediocre at best. It uses a semi-Dark Souls like system of locking on    First the good: Presentation and characterization with consequences for your actions are very well done. The voice work and NPCs are pretty fleshed out and the explorable parts of London you have access to are nice and gritty. The story and take on vampire lore in game is also a good twist..
    Now, the bad: The combat is mediocre at best. It uses a semi-Dark Souls like system of locking on and a stamina meter for keeping you from spamming attacks on enemies. You have a limited amount of Vampire powers to use against a fairly small amount of enemies but the biggest issue comes from if you want to NOT use the games touted feature of feeding on NPCs to give yourself XP. The XP amounts you get from combat and even quest is a piddling amount compared to what you get if you drain an NPC you got to know and did a sidequest for, but the consequences for draining NPCs can be unknown at the time you make them, and usually blow up in your face without fail at a later time in the game no matter how scummy the NPC you drain.
    Still there hasn't been an RPG vampire centric game in ages so it's still good in that regard.    … Expand
  2. actionist83
    Jun 16, 2020
    7
    PROS:
    Story, concept, enemies, tough choices, dialogue, upgrades, blood!

    MIXED:
    Combat, character movement, graphics.

    CONS:
    The worlds design, graphics, sewers!

    I enjoyed my time with Vampyr; despite it feeling outdated and not quite finished. It “sucked” me in.

    7.5/10.
  3. Risax
    Jun 19, 2018
    7
    I first got interested in this game when I heard this was a vampire RPG. Sure, the graphics didn't look that great from trailers and all that considering how it is a Double A Game, but Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines is one of my favourite RPGs and its graphics aren't exactly great either.

    Anyway, you start the game being dragged by a pit filled with bodies while a bunch of grave    I first got interested in this game when I heard this was a vampire RPG. Sure, the graphics didn't look that great from trailers and all that considering how it is a Double A Game, but Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines is one of my favourite RPGs and its graphics aren't exactly great either.

    Anyway, you start the game being dragged by a pit filled with bodies while a bunch of grave robbers relieve you of your possessions. This is after hearing a creepy nursery-rhyme from a mysterious voice. As you flee from them, the world is tinged in grey but in the distance you see a human walking around. Or, to be more specific, you see their red blood-filled veins and pumping heart. Acting on instinct Johnathan Reid, our hero, sinks his fangs into the neck of this person and sucks them dry...only too realize too late that it was his sister.

    After this, he gets chased through the streets of London and searches for a place to hide. Especially because the sun is coming up and he feels it burn him. Eventually, he does find a suitable location where he finds a gun, takes it and places it against his chest as he lies down on the bed. But even as he pulls the trigger, he still awakens the next morning.

    As you probably could have guessed, even before actually starting the game, Johnathan is now a Vampire.

    What follows is an interesting tale of Johnathan learning more about his condition, and others like him, as well as trying to figure out WHO exactly made him this way. Not only that, but there is an epidemic raging through London as well. The Spanish Flu. Only, it isn't like any flu anyone's heard of before.

    Personally, I thought Vampyr had a strong and interesting main storyline and their spin on Vampire lore was a lot of fun as well. Another strong point, which I hope more games will use from now on, was learning more about the NPCs. In Vampyr, you need to learn certain hints about NPCs as it strengthens their blood and thus give you more EXP when you finally decide to suck them dry. You can learn these hints through conversing with them, conversing with other NPCS, eavesdropping on them during certain events or by reading journals or letters. Barring the last options, I don't think I've seen a lot of games handling acquiring information this way. In a lot of cases you just find written or recorded journals were you'll get an info dump about the world or a character, or you have to build up a characters trust or whatever by speaking to them multiple times or selecting the correct dialogue option. (That is still a thing, by the way. You can lose a Hint by not picking the correct one.)

    But as much as I might have liked Vampyr's main story, their lore, the way you aquire information and even the atmosphere in London. It is not a perfect game, even if you keep in mind that it is a Double A Game.

    On PS4 loading screens would pop up randomly as you move through the city, which could be quite immersion breaking. Fighting is...kind of dull. Some of the boss fights were cool, but fighting the same mobs over and over as you walk through the city gets boring FAST. Not only that, but I think I went with the same strategy for most of the game. Use a combination of blood powers and melee attacks, stun with stake to suck blood. Rinse and repeat. There is also no fast travel, which is a minor annoyance because you CAN unlock gates and stuff for shortcuts. But like I said, you have to go through a fight in nearly every street. Although intentional, the fact that you can only use one save slot which saves automatically can be pretty annoying if you just want to save and check all the options you get during certain parts of the game. Though I guess it will encourage multiple playthroughs. Finally, although there are loads of important NPCS that all look unique. When it comes to their models and voice acting, you can tell that the most effort has been put in the main characters, the villains and the pillars.

    My final verdict for the game would be a 7/7.5. Definitely a game to check out sometime. But it would probably be best to wait for a sale.    … Expand
  4. SuperkenGaming
    Jun 5, 2018
    7
    Vampyr
    It doesn’t suck
    Vampyr is a 3rd person action adventure rpg where you play as Dr Johnathan Reid. Youre dead. Well. Youre undead. Youre a vampire. Things happen that set you out to get answers and to save early 1900s London which is where this game is set… During the 1918 spanish flu… The game takes place in an open world with vampyr hunters crawling the streets, youre given    Vampyr
    It doesn’t suck
    Vampyr is a 3rd person action adventure rpg where you play as Dr Johnathan Reid.
    Youre dead. Well. Youre undead.
    Youre a vampire. Things happen that set you out to get answers and to save early 1900s London which is where this game is set…
    During the 1918 spanish flu…
    The game takes place in an open world with vampyr hunters crawling the streets, youre given tasks and markers on the map, and you spend the games 13 hour long campaign going from place to place, at first gathering materials for the hospital that takes you in.. in between all of these areas are of course enemies wanting you dead.. lucky for you youre a vampire… you have a skill tree that you dump your experience into that’s earned off of these enemies and that you get from completing quests and sidequests…
    and at the end of these missions theres usually a giant boss to take down, test out your skills, switching between one handed and two handed weapons, stunning enemies so you can bite them and drain their blood which allows you use the moves you’ve unlocked in your skill tree that not onlky need blood but run on a cool down as well.. and then the rest of the game youre investigating and gathering information..
    I guess you could say.. youre londons batman…
    this is when the game really starts to come to life.. you gather hints from characters that will unlock new dialog options of other charcters and you can go back and forther gathering info on the location of a person youre searching for…. But more importantly this is where the whole you being a vampire thing comes into play…
    you can play this game as a good vampire, controlling your thirst for blood.. or you caun be like me.. a naughty vampire.. sucking all that blood. If you see someone out there looking like a snack.. they can be..
    you can mesmerize characters, bring them into the shadows and drain them of their delicious blood, granting you a massive xp reward.. youre rewarded for being bad in that you can afford more skills, you become a more powerful vampire, thus the game is easier for you…
    but by doing so chaos will break loose in the territories t hat you take too much life from.. and this is where I had the most fun.. in the role playing of a vampire.. of getting my victims to invite me inside and little do they know im just a little thirsty…
    But now comes the tough love,
    Vampyr is essentially a mid life cycle ps3 game.
    There are so many mistakes made in this open world that just make this game painful.
    for starters there is no fast travel.
    there are hideouts spread all of this map where you can rest to spend your xp, refill your ammo, upgrade the weapons you find in the world.. but you cant travel to a single one of them…
    and its not like the game slowly moves you along the map, no.. these missions will have you running back and forth across this world constantly…
    this is made worse by the annoying decision to lock every single gate in the game.. you can just run from territory to territory, because theyre going to put a gat in the middle of the street that if you didn’t unlock from the otherside 7 hour ago, youre gonna have to run all the way around the map again.. dealing with other locked gates and paths…
    but a las it gets worse…
    its not as simple as running from one place to another there are enemies all over the place and you cant interact with unlocked gate while enemies are around.. forcing you to have to engage in combat before moving forward..
    but it somehow gets worse…
    the combat here is sluggish slow and unfun, special attacks use way too much blood for how little damage they do, and to get more blood you have to do enough stun damage for an enemy to be vulnerable to be bitten… fights just drag on forever.. im a vampire.. I want to feel like some untouchable god when im dealing with these hunters and vampire rejects in the streets…
    the only time the combat is fun is during boss battles.. boss battles are addictive and challenging.. forcing me to strategize.. its like the combat was made only with boss battles in mind and the street enemies weren’t balanced… fighting them isn’t fun.. theyre a nussiance.. it’s a chore
    BUT. IT. GETS. WORSE.
    youre not even rewarded for dealing with these garbage encounters
    These annoying enemies crawling all over the place only gain you 5 to 15 xp each.
    Higher level upgrades cost about 2000 xp each.
    That means you have to kill 130 to 400 for one single upgrade….
    I don’t know how this ridiculous unbalanced in risk reward was overlooked but it was..
    These enemies are far too much of a threat for you to need to kill 400 of them for an upgrade.
    Get out of here.
    That being said vampyr is still a good game.. I enjoyed the game, its currently one of my top 20 games of 2018 so far.
    Im just baffiled at the ps3 era mistakes made in a 2018 game
    thankfully The story, the world, and the roleplaying save this game..    … Expand
  5. GamerJosh0137
    Jun 8, 2018
    7
    For the first time in a long time Vampyr is almost exactly what I expected. A good enough RPG that does just the bare minimum to keep you chugging along until the next big release. Vampyr does nothing fantastic but it doesn't do anything horribly wrong. Vampyr's ultimate weak point, imo is the combat. Seeing gameplay previews before release, the combat looked relatively precise andFor the first time in a long time Vampyr is almost exactly what I expected. A good enough RPG that does just the bare minimum to keep you chugging along until the next big release. Vampyr does nothing fantastic but it doesn't do anything horribly wrong. Vampyr's ultimate weak point, imo is the combat. Seeing gameplay previews before release, the combat looked relatively precise and deliberate. After playing though I found it not so precise and not at all deliberate. I felt like someone with a severe lack of depth perception. Being mostly melee, most of the combat is close up and personal, but whenever Jonathan (the protagonist) seems close enough to attack he actually isn't at all which leads to a lot of misses. The same can be said for enemies though. It seems the NPCs have the same lack of depth perception than you. When I found myself making mistakes that left me wide open for an attack the enemy would get within striking distance and miss completely. The good news is it makes the game easier. The bad news is it makes the game easier. Imo, this is what turns what could be great combat into very sloppy combat. When enemies miss more than half the time it makes combat feel more tedious and boring. Don't get me wrong, I kinda make that sound worse than it is because its not awful by any stretch, it's just not great. That is probably what I found to be the worst part of the game. Everything else though, the feeding mechanic, looting and dialogue are all good enough to pick up the lack of exciting combat pretty well. I would go more in depth with the feeding mechanic but I don't think I can articulate without giving too much away. All in all I did enjoy my time with Vampyr but if I were speaking to a friend I would suggest waiting for a used copy or a price drop.… Expand
  6. RodSal
    Nov 16, 2020
    7
    Its a good game in general, but nothing great or special.
    The dialogues seems ok but not as deep like the witcher 3.
    Worth checking if you like RPG AND vampires.
    For the rest, just pass this.
  7. Reed618
    Aug 7, 2018
    7
    I really went in hoping to love this game and for most of it I did. My two main issues though were first of all, the sense that my choices didn't really matter. Sometimes the dialogue wheel would offer me three options which were essentially the same because the game was funnelling me in a certain direction. My second main issue was with the combat system and the difficulty. I didn't enjoyI really went in hoping to love this game and for most of it I did. My two main issues though were first of all, the sense that my choices didn't really matter. Sometimes the dialogue wheel would offer me three options which were essentially the same because the game was funnelling me in a certain direction. My second main issue was with the combat system and the difficulty. I didn't enjoy the combat very much especially in the later stages of the game when the difficulty starts to ramp up but I did like being overpowered. So I decided to devour everyone and roleplay as an evil vampire. It was going great until the final boss... who is more difficult the higher your level... so at my stage it's next to impossible for me to win. If the combat system was better I'd stick with it and beat the game but it's not enjoyable enough for that. Also i'm quite annoyed that the promised 'you decide the difficulty' line turns out to be highly misleading.
    There are really fantastic things about this game. I loved the art style, the layout of the city, the npcs who have really excellent and well written dialogues. The initial sense of guilt for even considering drinking someone's blood. It was all going so well until I reached the later stages of the game and all of that promise came to naught. I really respect the developer's for taking a risk and introducing such an innovative gameplay idea in the form of drinking blood to level up while risking the safety of other inhabitants but these missteps left a real sour taste so it has to be a 7 from me.    … Expand
  8. jcolin
    Jun 14, 2018
    7
    This game was really fun. The characters are really interesting and learning about them through various means was a blast. The atmosphere was great and the guilty vampire theme worked great with the main character and the story. I'd give it an 8 if it weren't for the terrible performance issues on the ps4. I don't know if it runs better on a more powerful PC, but the loading screens areThis game was really fun. The characters are really interesting and learning about them through various means was a blast. The atmosphere was great and the guilty vampire theme worked great with the main character and the story. I'd give it an 8 if it weren't for the terrible performance issues on the ps4. I don't know if it runs better on a more powerful PC, but the loading screens are hideously long and if you sprint across the map a loading message pops up because it couldn't load the textures of the next area fast enough. Aside from that, several things keep this from being a legendary game. If every idea and mechanic just had one additional layer of complexity it would have been amazing. Combat would have benefit from a greater variety of weapons and upgrades as well as skill upgrades. The ability to influence a civilian is the most obvious thing lacking. You learn all about their problems but you cannot convince them to do anything about it. If they hate london, you can't convince them to leave. If they're a hopeless drunk, you can't inspire them to get their life together. All you can do is either eat them, or not eat them. Similarly, they are missing from any sort of epilogue. The ability to sire one or a couple of citizens would have been badass, even if they could just do simple things, like go out and gather you ingredients or they could be given medicine to heal the sick people in a district. In any case, Vampyr is a pretty fun ride with some unique ideas, I would totally recommend it.… Expand
  9. Berrlett
    Nov 1, 2018
    7
    Studio and publisher made this game just announced solid profit and an unexpected revenue rate and I am very happy for them. The game is actually fun, the alternate set of London is very good, controls, gameplay and fighting mechanics are also very good and I like it even more for not putting a lot of the fighting emphases on guns although you do have them and upgrades are also avail.Studio and publisher made this game just announced solid profit and an unexpected revenue rate and I am very happy for them. The game is actually fun, the alternate set of London is very good, controls, gameplay and fighting mechanics are also very good and I like it even more for not putting a lot of the fighting emphases on guns although you do have them and upgrades are also avail. Story wise at times I thought it was a prolonged dialogues to get to the same conclusions but over all an enjoyable experience. Recommend it at a discounted price.… Expand
  10. mrvertigo89
    Jun 7, 2018
    7
    This is a game I really, really wanted to like, and I decided to buy it even after the mediocre reviews. i don't regret that decision, but it is a game with great ideas that are often poorly executed, or just under-resourced.

    Vampyr delivers a really atmospheric world, albeit with a fairly predictable mission of discovering the cause of your vampirism and what it means. London is    This is a game I really, really wanted to like, and I decided to buy it even after the mediocre reviews. i don't regret that decision, but it is a game with great ideas that are often poorly executed, or just under-resourced.

    Vampyr delivers a really atmospheric world, albeit with a fairly predictable mission of discovering the cause of your vampirism and what it means. London is rendered in a fantastic macabre way and the ravages of the Spanish Flu have left it sparse, making interactions with individuals feel fairly weighty and meaningful. The real issue undermining the world itself is the incredible amount of locked doors and the lack of intuition. Although I'm not expecting BoTW levels of freedom, if I can teleport 20 feet in the air I expect to be able to climb over a crate half my height.

    Where the game really shines is in the conversations, which are interesting and it's fun to explore the depths of each character. They can be a touch immersion breaking when you don't follow the most natural order - for example, after a character reacts to you in fear, you can ask some generic questions about the location and their job, exploring all the dialogue fully before saying 'don't be afraid'.

    The only other thing I'd mention, and this is more for the developers than anyone else, is that it's really not great if you don't have perfect eyesight, or in my case, if you play on a 30" TV. While there is an option to make the subtitles as big as 'medium' (why no large I have no idea), the flavour text in notes is near illegible, while the names of ingredients in recipes is so small I have to either walk up to my tv or google it on my phone. A minor complaint maybe, but a bit of a microcosm for how the game has good ideas but fails to follow.

    7/10 wouldn't play again but enjoyed completing it.    … Expand
  11. CoreGamer1408
    May 3, 2019
    7
    The Vampire TMB had a very cheesy pop culture feel to it. Vampyr is a very broody and sombre serious kind of affair. Art style kind of cool, but graphics look last gen 360/PS3. VA and music no real complaints. As for the combat oh dear. I never had any real fun with it. I wish I had played it on easy to skip it as quick as possible. I was more interested in exploring the game world, andThe Vampire TMB had a very cheesy pop culture feel to it. Vampyr is a very broody and sombre serious kind of affair. Art style kind of cool, but graphics look last gen 360/PS3. VA and music no real complaints. As for the combat oh dear. I never had any real fun with it. I wish I had played it on easy to skip it as quick as possible. I was more interested in exploring the game world, and seeing how the characters and story evolved. I generally found talking and trying to find out the secrets of the many characters a genuinely interesting activity to engage in.

    The option to play as light or dark vampire helps the replay factor I suppose? I was disappointed with the general combat, but the rest of the game I was mostly pleasantly surprised. I did have a odd disconnect while playing this game. The music score was all creepy and spooky as though to put the player at unease. However being a bad ass Vampire it is kind of hard to get spooked and creeped out.    … Expand
  12. Split_Decay
    May 15, 2021
    7
    Victorian London, the worlds ablaze with a plague and you’re a vampire. Seems like quite the selling points, and to me it was. The world was as dreary as you would expect a plagued London to be. Dark cervices and alleyways, period dressage and socioeconomic separation. The scene was set up well, the characters were much akin to the high regard I give this game.

    Mechanics were    Victorian London, the worlds ablaze with a plague and you’re a vampire. Seems like quite the selling points, and to me it was. The world was as dreary as you would expect a plagued London to be. Dark cervices and alleyways, period dressage and socioeconomic separation. The scene was set up well, the characters were much akin to the high regard I give this game.

    Mechanics were functional, I enjoyed the combat, the ability progression. The natural blend of narrative and action, a combination that worked. Characters were life like, not bland or generic. London was a breathing setting, even if it was to the sound of slowly dying citizens.

    Unfortunately, as much as I praise the game it its splendour, there is that impending but. For me it was the hard crashes after twenty minutes. It’s a shame that a well-crafted world, full of charm and character falls to the clutches of backend ongoings. It’s a shame as I really wanted to explore the roots of the well-crafted levels, but alas it was not meant to be.

    In conclusion then, the world and its characters seemed well revised. The idea of being a creature of myth among the reality of a plague was insightful. Though my time was halted and swift, if ever you have better luck, I am sure that the world of which was created can play home to a chapter in a very enticing an thrilling tale, one of bloodlust and all.    … Expand
  13. Professorfett
    Jun 24, 2018
    7
    Have you ever wanted to be a creature of the night? How about stalking your prey before you much on their sweet neck juice? Maybe you've wanted to be a immortal badass who can kill without remorse because not only is it easy, but it's fun? If you answered yes to any of these you need help, and Vampyr is the game for you. Vampyr you play Dr. Jonathan Reid a recently turned Vampyr who isHave you ever wanted to be a creature of the night? How about stalking your prey before you much on their sweet neck juice? Maybe you've wanted to be a immortal badass who can kill without remorse because not only is it easy, but it's fun? If you answered yes to any of these you need help, and Vampyr is the game for you. Vampyr you play Dr. Jonathan Reid a recently turned Vampyr who is trying to find his maker.
    The story may sound simple, and it is, but for this game I didn't need something super gothic or Shakespearean. The games story lets you follow the type of characters you'd expect to see. They have a man of science trying to cure vampirism, the femme fatale who your character falls in love with even though they barely even speak, and the old vampire club that have been around for centuries that pull the cities strings. The game story has you make choices on certain characters that for the most part don't seem to matter. I was so evil in this game, but everytime he is in a cutscene Jon acts like I didn't just kill 7 innocent people. He acts all righteous and then I murder the hell out of whoever I am talking to. Unfortunately the games ending is a bit lack luster, and I had me thinking that's it?
    The gameplay is rather interesting. Unlike other choiced based games that punish you for going evil Vampyr will reward your dickhole ways. The game gets easier the more innocents you murder. Me personally I loved the way you can seduce your prey into following you then having a late night snack. The game plays very similar to the Witcher series with how combat is concerned. Special abilities are on a cooldown, and require blood. You can stun foes with certain attack. It has a minimal crafting and upgrade system that will reward your combat skills and make the game easier. The enemies vary enough so you don't get tired of hitting the same four types over and over. The boss fights are very much patterned based with how you must time and dodge their attacks and wait for the right moment to get your licks in. The game will be easier if you kill people because you can level up more which means you can brute force your way through the fights. So if you want a hard game be the nicest vampire you can be and resist the temptation. What did annoy me is the setting. While Victorian England is nice it is so easy to get turned around when everything looks the same. Soooooo many doors where locked from the otherside it got annoying after awhile.
    Overall I liked the game and see myself going back to it a while from now to do more side quest, and maybe get the stories ending a bit better. I liked the kills and combat, but thought the character should fit the choices a bit more especially if you go full on villain. The game isn't perfect but well worth owning at a discount. I definitely think one should BARGAIN BIN this game.    … Expand
  14. zouali
    Nov 1, 2018
    7
    very nice game and interesting game, good game over all, combat not the best but i can get past it, it have a good
  15. Naedeslus
    Mar 24, 2019
    7
    Sometimes an average game can do one thing exceptional that makes you forget the other flaws that exist with it. That is the game's plot. It has an excellent story set in a very interesting time period, post World War I dealing with the Spanish Flu epidemic. It truly nails the tone done beyond a doubt and by far, has a very intriguing story that will make you want to finish it.

    The    Sometimes an average game can do one thing exceptional that makes you forget the other flaws that exist with it. That is the game's plot. It has an excellent story set in a very interesting time period, post World War I dealing with the Spanish Flu epidemic. It truly nails the tone done beyond a doubt and by far, has a very intriguing story that will make you want to finish it.

    The problem is, the combat just doesn’t live up to the plot, not at all and that’s a shame. Had this been an adventure game, it would’ve probably went down as Dontnod’s greatest game because of the plot but since they tacked on an action RPG system with it, it does bring it down.

    At first, it’s not bad. It’s simple but simplistic is fine sometimes. The issue is that it gets pretty hard. The game gives you a moral dilemma, to get stronger you have to consume NPC’s. While this might not seem like a bad idea, since some NPC’s give you the feeling that it’s for the greater good, the problem is, to get to that point you have to feed onto other NPC’s if you want to have a fighting chance. The enemies also scale with you so there never really feels like that moment where you’re becoming very powerful. The bosses are hard and also are mostly damage sponges on normal difficulty.

    While it is possible to also grind enemies for XP, they give out so little that it barely makes it worth the effort. I found myself just running from encounters because of how damage spongy the enemies would become.

    They did tack on a Story mode which while, the normal mode does provide a challenge, it made it feel more like a Dark Souls game than something I’d enjoy. I’m not a fan of these ‘so hard it’s good’ type of games so about halfway through, I ended up restarting [since you can’t just switch difficulty on the fly] and found it to actually be enjoyable, because I could focus on what made this game stand out, the story and setting. Sure combat is super easy on this mode but it eliminates the need to feed on random NPC’s. It makes playing a pacifist run that much more enjoyable.

    Of course, some will love the challenge. If you’re a fan of Dark Souls then the challenge will be up your alley. For me, I’m not a fan of those types of games.

    The visuals are also kinda bland. They’re not bad and everything does look good but I noticed some texture pop in as if the engine couldn’t keep up despite it not being one of the better looking PS4 games.

    All and all if the combat had more balancing, maybe other ways to get stronger such as defeating enemies it would’ve been seen as better but it is worth playing. The story is great and it gripped me from start to finish. It’s pretty short, about 15 hours but I felt it never dragged on. For the price? I’d say it’s worth it.    … Expand
  16. Gilibhz
    Dec 12, 2020
    7
    Good game with vampire theme, great music, good story. The characters' voices are excellent with a flawless British accent. Game mechanics are average. Game loading screens are sometimes uncomfortable as they happen constantly in the middle of the gameplay. The game crashed at least five times or so. It is a pity that there is no new game plus, as this would save us so much time to achieveGood game with vampire theme, great music, good story. The characters' voices are excellent with a flawless British accent. Game mechanics are average. Game loading screens are sometimes uncomfortable as they happen constantly in the middle of the gameplay. The game crashed at least five times or so. It is a pity that there is no new game plus, as this would save us so much time to achieve certain achievements/thropies. There are werewolves in the game, but these creatures were not exploited at all, too bad. I hope that they will make a sequel worthy of the theme in the future. Even so I recommend it.… Expand
  17. Yohanson
    Dec 3, 2018
    7
    The first quarter of Vampyr game is quite boring but after that the story line becomes interesting, you begin to understand mechanics and atomosfer works for game.
  18. LaDix
    Dec 15, 2020
    7
    Fun short game alot of thing to do, but it is not a AAA game, and you can feel it does't make it bad but some animations are a bit rough. I liked it, but I also got it for free in ps plus.
  19. StyxWitcher
    Apr 21, 2019
    7
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    Отправился в поход на четыре дня в "Vampyr" , разработчики даровали мне карту, каждый уголочек известен, полезная информация. Обнаружен мною игровой нюанс заключающий в себе закрытые районы... для исчезновения нюанса потребуется лишь выполнять основные задания обозначающие красным цветом буквой "Y". Я отыгрывал роль аморального    #Vampyr #RPG #action
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    Отправился в поход на четыре дня в "Vampyr" , разработчики даровали мне карту, каждый уголочек известен, полезная информация. Обнаружен мною игровой нюанс заключающий в себе закрытые районы... для исчезновения нюанса потребуется лишь выполнять основные задания обозначающие красным цветом буквой "Y".
    Я отыгрывал роль аморального вампира доктора, пытаясь досконально найти все подсказки которые выдаются через общения а так же через нахождения предметов, писем, записок... далее в моем случае изготавливаем лекарства для людей и вручаем заболевшему, потом гипнотизируем , отводим закоулок и вкушаем кровную амброзию для получения большего опыта. Убивая людей вы так же открываете подсказки, но не все, я не раскрыл некоторых людей досконально, но мне хватило опыта до максимального уровня ПЯТИДЕСЯТОГО, и еще осталось пять тысяч опыта. Сила Гипноза повышается после выполнения основных заданий, c помощью него можно объять людей которые не поддаются начальному гипнозу. Аморальность зашкаливает, последствия в действии и результат печальный... спас Англию от Алой королевы, ценой объятия в которой остались лишь Джеффри Маккаллум, Лорд Рейдгрев, Старая Бриджет, Шон Хэмптон, Доктор Эдгар Суонси, двоих я обратил в вампиров, священника-нежить исцелил с помощью своей крови которого изнасиловали те кем он стал и вера в Бога не угасла, стала еще крепче, остальные убиты мною, ибо так игру пройти проще и имеем иную концовку в которой моя любовь Элизабет Эшбери сожгла себя дабы предотвратить эпидемию, ее кровь разнесла инфекцию по всем районам, так как Доктор Эдгар Суонси перелил кровь Элизабет Эшбери вампира в пациента ... а Доктор Эдгар Суонси и Элизабет Эшбери знакомы друг c другом. Кровь Элизабет Эшбери породила мутировавших женских скалей , низший тип вампиров. Эпидемия разрослась а я ее усилил путем объятия, районы не пригодны для жизни людей. Убита Алая Королева ... детей рожденную тьмой... "До следующей встречи" ... оттянул время до коллапса, ибо голод ее вечен и она снова пробудиться.

    - Я советую пройти данную игру.
    - Покупать иль нет? Решать вам.
    - Я ищущий путь пиратский, во мне нет потребностей покупать то что могу использовать бесплатно.
    Оценка: 7 из 10.
    Жанр: Action/RPG
    Платформы: Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4
    Режим: Однопользовательская игра
    Разработчик: Dontnod Entertainment
    Музыка: Оливье Деривьер    … Expand
  20. Joeyjg
    Sep 29, 2019
    7
    Vampyr is an interesting take for a game, but I feel like it didn't meet my expectations. I'd say it's a good game, but it certainly has it's flaws, mainly the combat system, it's very clunky and takes some getting used to, because of that I wasn't able to get too far without being drawn in by other games that weren't driving me up the wall everytime there was a new baddy.
  21. DAMreviews
    Mar 8, 2020
    7
    A step above the typical “budget” RPG. This game has several elements - solid character and story, ok combat and a unique npc mechanic that made this a intriguing and enjoyable experience. Load time waits were long for maps and in irritating ways.
    The main character, the npcs and the world they are in are solidly crafted and nice to follow. It peppered in various elements of vampires that    A step above the typical “budget” RPG. This game has several elements - solid character and story, ok combat and a unique npc mechanic that made this a intriguing and enjoyable experience. Load time waits were long for maps and in irritating ways.
    The main character, the npcs and the world they are in are solidly crafted and nice to follow. It peppered in various elements of vampires that was an intriguing layer. The dialogue and map system for the main characters role was something unique to the game. It works towards XP but I’m not sure how much it affects the ending and or story as I only played through once trying for “good”. But there’s also an added twist where you can consume the XP or not for the benefit/negative. It’s different and ok enough to engage, and in a world whose settings and characters I enjoy, so it worked for me.
    I never found a fast travel and had to travel the map back and forth while I completed nearly every side quest. It’s not uncommon in games but it become a chore to run from point A to B. The menu to see the map was effective and allows your to zoom in which helps.
    Sometimes the map loaded slower than I was running past it. Textures and such would need time to load beyond moving around at a slow pace in the open world. Sometimes a short load screen would happen in the open world for it.
    Worst was using a door to enter an interior building or the sewers. That’s the long loading screen. If you made the wrong choice or changed your mind about entering, you’re gonna have to wait.
    Combat is ok; stamina, “magic/blood” management kind of like Dark Souls. I didn’t experiment with the different level ups available in one play. Graphics were fine, but does have a smoke-y haze to it. Ultimately I was hooked by the depth of the main character and their story.
    For smaller, “budget” rpgs, this game out does them all by actually succeeding at having solid pillars. I was left wondering if I could have different, probably slightly, ending screens. Would I want to slog it all out again to see that right away? Kind of not. But I cared, enjoyed my experience and would be interested to see a sequel.    … Expand
  22. Watcher-o-Roads
    Feb 10, 2021
    7
    Had fun. Not bad. Especially when you decide not to drain civilians' blood to level up easier. It makes the game harder and thus more satisfying. Multiple endings depending on your choices but I didn't dare considering the effort.
  23. Erevos667
    Feb 22, 2020
    7
    Generaly a very good game. The atmosphere is great. The voices are quite good and the music also. The fighting style after a while is dull and repeatdly at a point that become boring. Bugs is the main issue to this game. It crashed quit a few times. The graphics would be great if we were at 2016 but the didnt lose in the game of creating a great old London sinked in a terible plague.Generaly a very good game. The atmosphere is great. The voices are quite good and the music also. The fighting style after a while is dull and repeatdly at a point that become boring. Bugs is the main issue to this game. It crashed quit a few times. The graphics would be great if we were at 2016 but the didnt lose in the game of creating a great old London sinked in a terible plague. Generaly a good game especialy if you love vampires. The game is about 20 hour with casual game play. If you are a trophie hunter then it goes to 30 hours. If you can buy it at a low price is a must have.… Expand
  24. Adriella01
    Feb 22, 2020
    7
    Honestly it was OK.
    I was a bit dissappointed when I got to the end already after one weekend of playing and there was nothing else post end credits. But it has the potential for more and the story was really unique.
  25. Marramiau
    Apr 10, 2020
    7
    Típico juego que pasa de tapadillo por la industria y merece bastante la pena.

    Realmente me he llevado una grata sorpresa con el, es muy entretenido... una verdadera lastima las conversaciones (demasiadas) que acaban aburriendo un poco.

    Me lo he terminado cosa que no puedo decir de la mayoría de juegos.
  26. alexandrumna
    May 11, 2020
    7
    I have to say that I had lower expectations of this game and to my surprise, it was enjoyable. Yes, it has its flaws, but it deserved a go. It definetly isn't a bad game, but not a great one either. I'd say it's ok.
  27. Leon_D
    Oct 29, 2020
    7
    Nice gameplay and good enough story. But for the love of God this game is broken! Several buggy sidequests, loooooooong loading time between areas, constant freezes and crashes randomly a lot ( I played it for about a couple weeks and it crashed on me like ten times) wich is a shame because this game had potential.

    Please don't let a sequel be this broken and it will be actually a    Nice gameplay and good enough story. But for the love of God this game is broken! Several buggy sidequests, loooooooong loading time between areas, constant freezes and crashes randomly a lot ( I played it for about a couple weeks and it crashed on me like ten times) wich is a shame because this game had potential.

    Please don't let a sequel be this broken and it will be actually a legitimately good game.    … Expand
  28. Oreshulya
    Nov 22, 2020
    7
    В целом игра неплохая. На безрыбье, как говорится... Вампирская тематика, мне кажется, очень интересная, но игр очень мало выходит на нее, вот вышла и не сказать, что игра плохая, но явно можно было сделать лучше. Начнем с плюсов: 1) Шикарная атмосфера. Очень напоминает бладборн, везде какая-то кровь, мрачно, некоторые локации пугают 2) Саундтрек. Очень хорошая музыка в этой игре,В целом игра неплохая. На безрыбье, как говорится... Вампирская тематика, мне кажется, очень интересная, но игр очень мало выходит на нее, вот вышла и не сказать, что игра плохая, но явно можно было сделать лучше. Начнем с плюсов: 1) Шикарная атмосфера. Очень напоминает бладборн, везде какая-то кровь, мрачно, некоторые локации пугают 2) Саундтрек. Очень хорошая музыка в этой игре, прекрасно дополняет общую атмосферу. 3) Главные персонажи: персонажи харизматичные, с интересными историями, мне понравилось. 4) Боёвка. Этот пункт я отнесу и в плюсы, и в минусы. В целом, при правильной раскачке удовольствие от игры получать можно. Много разных скиллов, разные виды оружия, главное всё правильно настроить и драться будет интересно. 5) Сюжет: несложный, без каких-то неожиданных поворотов, но интересный, неспешно развивающийся, мне тоже понравилось. Теперь поговорим про минусы, их в игре намного больше. Начнем с главного: 1) Баги. Очень много багов. Ни в одной игре я столько багов не встречал. Раз 10, наверно, у меня игра просто ступорилась, когда я куда-то шел и зависала, приходилось перезаходить в игру заново. Была ситуация, когда не загрузилась сюжетная катсцена.... Уж что говорить, если даже на экране загрузки во время включения игры лаги есть... Оптимизация на ПС4 ужасная, в общем, не знаю, как на ПК, но тут видно отсутствие нормального бюджета. 2) Экраны загрузки. Это просто какой-то ужас. Ты входишь в новую локацию или в какой-то большой дом, и ты должен 30 секунд сидеть на экране загрузки, ждать, когда же оно всё прогрузится. Еще одно совпадение с бладборном... В бладборне это пофиксили, правда, после релиза, в этой игре это, видимо, останется навсегда. 3) Боёвка. Если неправильно качаться и взять не то оружие, то играть будет тяжело, неинтересно и не увлекательно, ближе к концу игры надоедает. В игре, где у тебя есть ВЫБОР как качаться, билды должны быть равносильными, тут же непонятно что. 4) Кривой баланс уровней. Если играть в доброго вампира и никого не есть, то уровня не хватает вообще. Враги выше тебя на 10 лвлов, ты их просто не дамажишь, и ты ОБЯЗАН кого-то есть, потому что иначе ты не получишь уровень и не пройдешь боссов. Это поразительно в игре, где тебе предоставляют выбор - кого убивать, а кого нет. 5) Пустой однообразный открытый мир. Мир абсолютно бедный, неинтересный, смотреть не на что, просто бегаешь туда-сюда и бьешь мобов, которые заново появляются. 6) Нет быстрых телепортаций. Здесь просто без комментариев. Пускай карта небольшая, но постоянно бежать из точки А в точку Б как-то не комильфо, особенно если они в разных частях карты. 7) Побочные персонажи интересные, но болтология ближе к концу игры надоедает. Если вначале тебе интересно всё это изучать, то в конце уже абсолютно наплевать кто есть кто, однообразие надоедает.… Expand
  29. Savuhoria
    Oct 13, 2020
    7
    Definetly a good SOLID game, it s not a Masterpiece but if you like vampires, rpgs, a good story with likeable characters you should definetly try this game, with an ok combat, good graphics, place in a some what open world setting with side quests, the only things holding it down are, some design choices and ocassional bugs, definetly worth buying, especialy considering it s price at theDefinetly a good SOLID game, it s not a Masterpiece but if you like vampires, rpgs, a good story with likeable characters you should definetly try this game, with an ok combat, good graphics, place in a some what open world setting with side quests, the only things holding it down are, some design choices and ocassional bugs, definetly worth buying, especialy considering it s price at the moment.Great atmosphere and music too!… Expand
  30. Nilondon777
    Oct 19, 2021
    7
    its game that has good render and image platform , its a good vampire game , its a bit difficult in aspects of direct chacters and making chemical in 1800s , blood and gore , playtime is over 10 hours ,where image is better than tasks little heip of tasks and location , say easy setting would make tasks more easy and hart setting with limited help , its not bad but could be more haveits game that has good render and image platform , its a good vampire game , its a bit difficult in aspects of direct chacters and making chemical in 1800s , blood and gore , playtime is over 10 hours ,where image is better than tasks little heip of tasks and location , say easy setting would make tasks more easy and hart setting with limited help , its not bad but could be more have more direction on plot and location.… Expand
  31. bhelix
    Mar 19, 2019
    6
    Ok, so whether you are going to like this game or not will depend in the expectations and the idea you have around it. This is not a vampire action RPG, this is a heavily story driven RPG, where combat is one of the least important aspects of the game, one of the worst as well. However, the story and the atmosphere are super good, really, the eerie and creepy feeling all around the game,Ok, so whether you are going to like this game or not will depend in the expectations and the idea you have around it. This is not a vampire action RPG, this is a heavily story driven RPG, where combat is one of the least important aspects of the game, one of the worst as well. However, the story and the atmosphere are super good, really, the eerie and creepy feeling all around the game, sometimes even scary, is amazing and perfectly built and you never get tired of investigating and knowing more about the NPCs because the stories are very well written.
    You also have basic looting and crafting and a bunch of abilities you can unlock as a part of the character’s progression. Some are cool, some others are useless and completely forgettable, but all in all it is an average towards good progression system.
    Kind of a mixed bag so far, right?
    When this game really shines is in terms of choices and consequences, and atmosphere as I mentioned before. You are going to have some tough time making some of the decisions here (if you care about that stuff of course). There will be even times when your intentions are good, and some very nasty unexpected things happen after some of your choices (sometimes I found a bit of unfairness there). But that is really the soul of this game, you need to choose very carefully how you proceed with every NPC as they have their own lives and will impact others if something may happen to them.
    The game is definitely worth it, just know what you are getting in to, the pace is slow and is not action driven. But if you are into this type of games, you are going to like it.
    I am 8 to 10 hours into it and I am really enjoying the time spent so far.
    Also, there is a great and original concept behind it and that is something I always appreciate.

    [Edit after finishing the game]: The end is really boring and long and the final boos fight is lazy, absurdly simple and generic. I would have really appreciate a fast travel in the game, as you spend way too much time walking around the map. Also, the enemies respawning in the same corners every time just gets really annoying.
    Overall downgrading it to a 6.    … Expand
  32. xeis
    Aug 27, 2019
    6
    Just a bit slow, combat is nice, skills are nice, but load times and the amount of talking required is a little off putting. Got it on sale for £25 and feel I got value, but so much talking I didn't finish it.
  33. MaxDBlack
    Jun 20, 2018
    6
    To be honest, the game just didn't live up to expectations.
    The story and characters are good. I like small half-open world games and Vampyr's world is one of such. But several mechanics and how they are included in game are ruining it.
    First of all it's a combat system. It is no interesting or entertaining in any aspect. And there's much stuff in game that revolves around it. The whole    To be honest, the game just didn't live up to expectations.
    The story and characters are good. I like small half-open world games and Vampyr's world is one of such. But several mechanics and how they are included in game are ruining it.
    First of all it's a combat system. It is no interesting or entertaining in any aspect. And there's much stuff in game that revolves around it. The whole character level up system is made for combat. The beautiful world is inhabited in such manner, that you have to fight ton of monsters every time you travel from one NPC domain to another. It would've been ok if it helped level up, but no! Most of experience you get for completing quests or sucking blood from NPC. Fast travel would've helped, but hey, guess what? No fast travel, well it wouldn't be needed if you could reach NPC locations without having to kill respawning monsters. Oh yeah, and the level up too as you progress. Look at Deus Ex, there's no need to traverse hostile environments to reach certain NPC. The mechanic of characters becoming ill is awesome (although a little repetitive closer to the end of the game), you have to keep them healthy. But every time you have to run through enemy lines. So annoying.
    The other sad thing but no so annoying thing are a lot of empty environment. Sometimes you go into room, or place where you find just few cons, even though place is decorated like there could be something important.
    The game just feels like very cheap indi of 10 years ago, except for the graphics. Animations, controls, combat. It's just not an AAA game at all.    … Expand
  34. SWERY_51
    Jun 11, 2018
    6
    Pros :
    + London with it's awesome dark atmosphere
    + About 60 unique NPCs with their own stories and quests + Wonderful soundtrack by Olivier Derrivière + You are a vampire (and a physician), you decide who is gonna live or not + Appealing story with interesting dialogues + Combat system is nice with a lot of cool skills to unlock + At least 30 hours long if you want to see    Pros :
    + London with it's awesome dark atmosphere
    + About 60 unique NPCs with their own stories and quests
    + Wonderful soundtrack by Olivier Derrivière
    + You are a vampire (and a physician), you decide who is gonna live or not
    + Appealing story with interesting dialogues
    + Combat system is nice with a lot of cool skills to unlock
    + At least 30 hours long if you want to see everything

    Cons :
    - Frame rate on PS4 Pro is a shame
    - Jonathan Reid's face looks like crap
    - Animations are 2 generations late
    - Level design is good, but it's hell to navigate between the different districts
    - Seriously, the frame rate is so terrible that the game is barely playable...

    (If one day a patch fix this horrible framerate issue, then add 2 points to this review)    … Expand
  35. jimmylittle007
    Jun 20, 2020
    6
    Great storyline and the world design is convincing. The combat isn't great, and seems unresponsive at times, but once you get the hang of it it does the job well enough. Desperately needs a fast travel system and a better map design, getting around is both long and difficult. At times the game is a chore to play, which is a shame as it has some great characters and stories. Worth gettingGreat storyline and the world design is convincing. The combat isn't great, and seems unresponsive at times, but once you get the hang of it it does the job well enough. Desperately needs a fast travel system and a better map design, getting around is both long and difficult. At times the game is a chore to play, which is a shame as it has some great characters and stories. Worth getting at a discount for sure, but lacks the polish of a AAA title.… Expand
  36. kwstas
    Jun 26, 2018
    6
    i was really enjoying this game at the beginning , i thought what a fresh idea , what a cool gameplay , what a nice story . well those are quite true though the game gets old and boring real quick . lack of freedom , repetitive combat , too much blabbing got all over me after a few hours on the game . i really think that the idea has some potential though it still needs a lot ofi was really enjoying this game at the beginning , i thought what a fresh idea , what a cool gameplay , what a nice story . well those are quite true though the game gets old and boring real quick . lack of freedom , repetitive combat , too much blabbing got all over me after a few hours on the game . i really think that the idea has some potential though it still needs a lot of improvement , i really hope that if ever a sequel is out it will bring it until then we are talking about a quite mediocre indie game… Expand
  37. boris_out
    Nov 1, 2020
    6
    Неплохая игра с абсолютно ужасной технической реализацией. Даже спустя столько времени некоторые вещи на починили.
  38. Damocles
    Jun 10, 2018
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is mediocre. Combat is clunky. The dialogue is ok then trends towards SJW commentary and becomes unbearably painful. You end up just clicking through it to get it over with as fast as possible. Its too bad really. You end up really not caring about characters because their story about their "gay lover" and life was hard in trench warfare...... but man those bigots are worse. Or I just murdered this guy cause he was actually "racist" so its not that bad, or I was sexually abused by a priest... Cheap cliche SWJ writing ultimately detracts from a chance for compelling original story... A wasted opportunity wait for it to be on sale.… Expand
  39. danield80
    Jul 3, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Vampyr has an original concept of level up system. You either complete side quests or suck people's blood for xp. It's a decision between morality and faster xp gaining. The xp value of one's blood can be increased by finding clues about them and by doing the mission they give you. Although some of the personal stories are interesting, the only outcome of a character's development (there are 66 characters) is death by bloodsuck or death pending. There aren't really any other resolutions but the two mentioned earlier. The side characters are simply xp storages waiting to be claimed.

    Combat is clunky at first but can be mastered quickly and be then enjoyable and fair. However, most of the gameplay is hours of mostly boring dialogues presented with monotonous voice and little to none facial animations which are seen through fixated camera view. And no, you can't hammer x because it would skip all the lines of speaker A until speaker B says something and not just one line of subtitles.

    The game is 4 years old and optimization is abominable. The game regularly hardlocks and crashes.

    Between the two main characters, there is a romance which is so forced and therefore cringe. It goes from no indication at all (not even in optional dialogues) to "you're the only a woman I've ever loved" after one 20-minute long dialogue session. And then the romance revolves around the story until the end of it. I can't recall anything so fast-forward like this. Maybe "romances" in Mafia (2002) or Metro Last Light but those are rather for a sex scene and are more irrelevant to the story. Not such great effusions.

    On the top of that, the game is brimming with woke schütt. People using "independent woman" unironically, screaming feminist/marxist slogans at night. The game sometimes lets you pick one of three answers on a question but when you catch some gays doing gay things, the only thing you can say is "I support gays" or "I support gays very much" or "damn bigots!" Same with religion related questions, you can just hate Christianity but you can choose how much (not to mention every Christian is depicted as a molester or a complete lunatic).
    There were like just over a hundred Africans in London in the early 20th century, yet you meet 4 of them and all of them whine about oppression. Historically accurate.    … Expand
  40. bersi84
    Jan 12, 2020
    6
    This is one of these games that made me being torn between given it a 4/10 or 8/10. Because of that I chose 6/10 and will further explain why I think this game had so much more potential then it delivered due to some poor decisions and optimizations made by the developers.

    First of all I ve been playing this game on my PS4 Pro SSD and I cant say that this game is well optimized. A lot    This is one of these games that made me being torn between given it a 4/10 or 8/10. Because of that I chose 6/10 and will further explain why I think this game had so much more potential then it delivered due to some poor decisions and optimizations made by the developers.

    First of all I ve been playing this game on my PS4 Pro SSD and I cant say that this game is well optimized. A lot of the graphics dont look detailed or crisp but still the game has frame drop issues. I also had mutliple freezes which made me nearly softlock because it happened on the same passages over and over so I had to take detours to prevent this. Also I had to re-do some boss fights which was highly annoying. Besides that I had bluescreen crashes in different chapters, gladly only a few in comparison to the freezes. The game has popup issues even on Pro SSD and also this game has so poorly loading optimizations that sometimes it needs even time to buffer when you want to talk to someone. In my personal opinion this is completely unacceptable and deserves 0 points.

    On the other hand the narrative, the story and the atmosphere created by the developers is very well made and deserves at least some praise. London looks vicious and deadly. Wandering through bloody halls and gloomy streets made an excellent basis on what the story plot tried to deliver. The devs put good efforts bringing storylines into each of the characters. The neighbourhood system is interesting but flawed. Even if you kill a side character it can happen that the whole borough gets wiped. If you kill a pillar in a bad borough situation at whole it can also wipe multiple boroughs. It is interesting because your decision do have consequences but it is bad design that this is not really clear to the player. You can manually save, so if you did something wrong by not knowing you have to re-play the game.

    The leveling system is not bad. I felt to not use a lot of the skills and concentrated on a few. The game has interesting balancing options. You level the most by killing but in a pacifist run you are not allowed to, but the weapon dmg remains static whereas the enemies scale making it a viable balance. You can find, buy and craft things but the variety is limited.

    It is really hard to summarize my feeling on this game. I would ve rated it 8/10 probaby if not for the various crashes, freezes and performance problems. Switching between 1080, 4k, supersampling etc. did not help me. To be fair these issues are random and do not happen to all of the players it is still unforgiveable to me because it ruins the gaming experience a lot. I still had fun with Vampyr. I might even be willing to suggest buying it but only at a large discount.    … Expand
  41. DelvooD
    Jun 6, 2018
    6
    In the process of the game, the question arose - what for she is exist?
    Minuses:
    1. A simulator of a doctor, not a vampire. It is necessary to treat a lot of NPCs and run between them every new day = routine. 2. Most of the time you need to read / listen to quests. And they are cliched and uninteresting. A lot of water in the texts. 3. The characters are inexpressive. Do not cause a    In the process of the game, the question arose - what for she is exist?
    Minuses:
    1. A simulator of a doctor, not a vampire. It is necessary to treat a lot of NPCs and run between them every new day = routine.
    2. Most of the time you need to read / listen to quests. And they are cliched and uninteresting. A lot of water in the texts.
    3. The characters are inexpressive. Do not cause a desire to remember them and listen to their stories. How did this come about in the authors of the game "Life is Strange"? - a riddle.

    Pros:
    1. I really liked the atmosphere.
    2. The game is beautifully drawn. Good color scale and overall style.    … Expand
  42. jinkoku
    Jun 12, 2018
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Excellent Story, bad delivery.
    I won't bore you with all the mundane details that my surrounding colleagues have laid out for you. I will assume by the time you read this little blurb that you already know the premise of the game.
    set in 1918 -
    Jonathan Reid --
    Vampire / Doctor --

    Got it... good. Let's continue.

    I will simply explain what happened to me.
    I bought the game with high expectations of a good bit of entertainment coming my way.
    I started to play, and found my self perplexed and puzzled. The main character has just realized he cannot die and is trying to wrap his head around what he possibly is, but somehow, without any instruction, explanation, or assistance he is able to evolve his vampiric abilities. As I went a little further in the game to the first of many stiff and horrible combat situations, I found that this was not the game for me.
    So like some other colleagues, I tried to take the game back. i soon found that gamestop's return policy was lacking, and sorely I was stuck with a game that did not have the polish i needed in most of the games I have played. This is not something I would have wanted to pay full price for.

    So now I am stuck with a game that no longer want. Someone has to pay!

    I made up in my mind that would play the game, but I would give 'no quarter' to any and all NPC's in my path. I was on a mission to kill and suck dry all humans and vampires alike, and I held true to that statement.

    But something started to happen. I found that I was actually being drawn into the story and wanted to see how it unfolded. However, the game play was the factor that kept taking me out of the immersion I sought.

    Here were some of the issues:
    -Bad targeting.

    -Stiff; repetitive combat.

    -Collision detection issues.

    -Repetitive NPC use (gets pretty bad when you have chaos level districts ) - Same Monster in 1 new skin, and possibly a slightly higher level, but no real difference in the end.

    -Poor Game mechanics - FINGER POINTING -The game seemed to continually remind you when you did something bad, like kill a human character, and it got pretty annoying to see the message every time you made the choice to suck someone dry, But there was NEVER a message to specify letting them live, or helping them out would better help the surrounding area. They give you a choice, but point the finger at you telling you that you have done something bad (and that there would be consequences for what you did), without saying your a bad guy!

    -Poor Item crafting mechanics - Make 3rd to 4th level weapons and never worry - The powers and RPG elements are pretty cut and dry. Since I went on a killing spree, I eventually made it to level 48, and I was pretty powerful with a limited set of powers selected. The item customization was pretty broken. Like the old game RAGE..level up that one weapon (Shotgun w/ explosive rounds in Rage, or the CLUB in Vampyr) and you pretty much WRECK the enemies for the rest of the game. I did not have to rely on my powers, and enemy levels were not a factor as I was pretty OP.

    This, in turn, took away from the story. I was breezing through situations, not giving a care in the world to my very existence. I was the master and didn't care. When you find a loop hole like this in games you tend to not fear death, and thus further disconnect yourself from the true purpose of the game.

    Story wise, I was hooked. The characters in game are nice and complex. They have depth, and that is what the developers hoped you would see and feel. Thus, it would have made it hard for you to suck them dry. I, on the other hand, harbored ill will at both the game, and gamestop, so it was easy to kill every last one of them, though you will need a little strategy to do that task as you could put yourself in a bind if you kill a whole district too fast and you do not have the correct level weapons or powers.

    The ending was confusing, the last boss, was easy to read, and sadly a few more levels than myself, but I had no idea why they were the end boss, and there was no real mention of them until literally at the very end in a cryptic conversation with your maker.
    WHO?
    WHAT?
    HOW?
    These questions come out, but are not answered. It seemed severely rushed and left me scratching my head.
    So we just add a random new boss at the very end with no context? Fine.....

    The epilogue was a kind change. This really intrigued me as I was not ready for a detailed ending such as that.

    I am happy for the story, and sad at the effort it took for me to learn of it. I would have had a better time watching the whole thing play out on someone Youtube channel and saved my $60.00.

    The game is a bargin if you get it used after waiting a month... trust me, that would be the adequate price for it. I have completed my mission and I encourage all to try and kill all the people, you will find some cool twist and turns.    … Expand
  43. Skollie
    Nov 6, 2020
    6
    Pros:

    - Decent story with great lore - Combat system is a bit tedious, but satisfying - Tons of upgrade options - Great citizen and XP system Cons: - Game is littered with freeze screens - Very long loading screens - Mediocre graphics This game was quite good and I enjoyed it, but the technical problems really holds it back. I ran around the districts to get collectibles    Pros:

    - Decent story with great lore
    - Combat system is a bit tedious, but satisfying
    - Tons of upgrade options
    - Great citizen and XP system

    Cons:

    - Game is littered with freeze screens
    - Very long loading screens
    - Mediocre graphics

    This game was quite good and I enjoyed it, but the technical problems really holds it back. I ran around the districts to get collectibles and the game would freeze about 10 times in an hour’s time which forced me to quit the game and relaunch it, with the super long loading screens. I noticed that when there are too many enemies (about 6-7) on the screen, the game can’t handle it anymore. What a way to force you to fight every enemy before moving on. I can’t believe that after 2 years this still hasn’t been fixed.    … Expand
  44. nandika
    Sep 7, 2018
    6
    Almost-good atmosphere, middle tier graphics (considering the age of XoneX and PS4 Pro). The very bad voice acting and the all-too-familar story made me ditch it after a couple of levels/hours.
  45. 613th
    May 27, 2021
    6
    Average game with its pluses and minuses.

    Pluses: + strong story as for me; + interesting and memorable characters; + setting and entourage, and the whole environment with all letters, textes and other; + RPG component of the game (the character skill mostly, the items part is rather bad). Minuses: - optimization, it is the worst of all games I have played on PS4; - drops, they    Average game with its pluses and minuses.

    Pluses:
    + strong story as for me;
    + interesting and memorable characters;
    + setting and entourage, and the whole environment with all letters, textes and other;
    + RPG component of the game (the character skill mostly, the items part is rather bad).

    Minuses:
    - optimization, it is the worst of all games I have played on PS4;
    - drops, they were very often and sometimes it discouraged the desire to play;
    - lack of fast movement, so you had to run through the whole map to your next point and every night the enemies are respawn, so you must kill them again and again;
    - a lot of unnecessary dialogs, which are just intentionally lengthen the playing time.

    So the main story and game were near 7 point for me, but all technical problems were really annoying and earned a reduced score.    … Expand
  46. GRRicky
    Jun 14, 2021
    6
    It got exciting concepts like deciding either to save or kill; however, most of this game is horrendously executed and deviated from its core concepts. Overall, except few well-thought-out plot twists in the middle of the game, the designer wants the game to convey too much, but too few design choices actually work. All four endings are terribly written and rendered all the development inIt got exciting concepts like deciding either to save or kill; however, most of this game is horrendously executed and deviated from its core concepts. Overall, except few well-thought-out plot twists in the middle of the game, the designer wants the game to convey too much, but too few design choices actually work. All four endings are terribly written and rendered all the development in the middle of the game meaningless. But I have to say it got some interesting characters and well developed plots in the middle part of the game. This game definitely deserve a high 6 or even a low 7.… Expand
  47. cmg2903
    Oct 9, 2020
    6
    Es buen juego, buenas ideas pero tiene algunos fallos: Muy mal optimizado, tiempos de cargas largos, y misiones secundarias muy aburridas. Ojalá saquen una secuela con mejoras porque en general el juego es bueno.
  48. Mafiabrett
    Oct 16, 2019
    6
    Played this on PS4 Pro. Vampyr is a pretty fun game, I really enjoyed the world the devs built around London and the Vampires. Game offers a good story and a few different paths for completing it. Mostly coming down to whether you want to be a good doctor or a evil vampire. And that's where I got most of my enjoyment from this game. The moral choices they give to the players make you thinkPlayed this on PS4 Pro. Vampyr is a pretty fun game, I really enjoyed the world the devs built around London and the Vampires. Game offers a good story and a few different paths for completing it. Mostly coming down to whether you want to be a good doctor or a evil vampire. And that's where I got most of my enjoyment from this game. The moral choices they give to the players make you think about what you're doing. There was a few times I thought I was doing good but the game did a twist and turned it into bad, which surprised me and kept me questioning my decisions. Now for what brings the score down a bit. The graphics aren't the best, and the game has a little bit of a motion blur to it when running around the city giving the game a weird foggy look. The controls also are okay but something about the way the character handles just makes me wish it was smoother. Then there's the combat which I also wish was better, it gets repetitive after so many hours and got to the point when I came across a enemy patrol I just wanted to run past them to avoid the combat.

    In my Ratings:
    0-4 Games that I wish I hadn't spent money on
    5-7 Games that I enjoyed but probably wont play again
    8-10 Games that I loved and will definitely play again    … Expand
  49. painava
    Dec 30, 2020
    6
    The good: Story and atmosphere, art direction and score. The bad: Terrible load times, multiple crashes and freezes. The story could've been more compact. I'd remove one of the areas or make their population smaller. Now there are too many people whose lame stories take away from the main plot. The end game also feels like a different story. Why not start with the epic stuff instead ofThe good: Story and atmosphere, art direction and score. The bad: Terrible load times, multiple crashes and freezes. The story could've been more compact. I'd remove one of the areas or make their population smaller. Now there are too many people whose lame stories take away from the main plot. The end game also feels like a different story. Why not start with the epic stuff instead of cramming it all in the end?… Expand
  50. Cl4ncyDeWitt
    May 2, 2023
    6
    It's very interesting to see a game that addresses the end of the Victorian era, even more so when they take advantage of the lack of basic sanitation to bring about a "vampire apocalypse". The game's setting is beautiful and proves that in addition to having the necessary budget to make an epic adventure, it demonstrates the love and dedication of the developers to make it a reality.It's very interesting to see a game that addresses the end of the Victorian era, even more so when they take advantage of the lack of basic sanitation to bring about a "vampire apocalypse". The game's setting is beautiful and proves that in addition to having the necessary budget to make an epic adventure, it demonstrates the love and dedication of the developers to make it a reality. However, it turned out to be a shallow experience, where the combat feels heavy and with few options for opportunities, in addition to having a character customization that leaves something to be desired and a need to grind so hard that it discourages playing killing as few humans as possible. Despite so many aspects that I considered negative, the story and the atmosphere held me in roleplay and encouraged me to follow Dr. Reid from beginning to end, not to mention that it's a good option for players who are just starting to get interested in promotional RPGs to start with something more basic. I also hope that the game will serve as a base for Dont'nod to improve in future projects; but above all, review its direction and production, which in my amateur eyes, was the great weakness of the project.… Expand
  51. nexus151196
    Nov 9, 2020
    6
    Очень противоречивая игра, сначала я прямо заставлял себя в нее играть,к третьей главе немного вник в происходящее, а к концу не мог оторваться, НО -у игры плохое техническое состояние даже в 2020. Баги , вылеты, зависания мешали играть, боёвка слабая, постановка тоже. Постоянные подзагрузки просто убивают желание играть. Их плюсов выделю хорошую озвучку героев, атмосферу, звук и шикарныйОчень противоречивая игра, сначала я прямо заставлял себя в нее играть,к третьей главе немного вник в происходящее, а к концу не мог оторваться, НО -у игры плохое техническое состояние даже в 2020. Баги , вылеты, зависания мешали играть, боёвка слабая, постановка тоже. Постоянные подзагрузки просто убивают желание играть. Их плюсов выделю хорошую озвучку героев, атмосферу, звук и шикарный сюжет. Крепкая средняя игра, потенциал шикарный, реализация - увы нет!… Expand
  52. Zumbie101
    Oct 13, 2020
    6
    A unique game that takes place in a 1919 epedemic. Interesting game mechanics around who to feed on to level up and develop. However the map is pretty confusing, combat feels clunky and there are serious performance issues. Its a shame as this could be a real gem if they ironed out some of the issues
  53. KijanPan
    Oct 25, 2020
    6
    Całkiem przyzwoita rozgrywka, mocno dokuczają drewniane dialogi i nadmiar walki. W grze nie ma żadnych rewelacji i rewolucji. Pseudo zamknięty świat z długimi loadingami.
  54. PS4isbest
    Jun 28, 2021
    6
    alcune scelte sono interessanti come per esempio essere buoni e cattivi.
    la storia è abbastanza convincente ma va a ritmo lento
    ALCUNE abilità sono inutili
    una bella cosa del gioco invece è il poter rendere un luogo ostile,critico ecc...
    voto finale 6,2
  55. IdleSpace
    Apr 14, 2022
    6
    Душные персонажи, скучные бои, нет баланса между разговорной частью (когда ты приходишь в новый район и просто начинаешь 2 часа бегать между персонажами, раскрывая их тайны) и боевой (то же самое, только со стороны скучной боевки), интересное исследование мира (по дарк соуловски - можно найти неожиданные интересные вещи по углам игрового мира), у игрока слишком мало мотивации пить кровь вДушные персонажи, скучные бои, нет баланса между разговорной частью (когда ты приходишь в новый район и просто начинаешь 2 часа бегать между персонажами, раскрывая их тайны) и боевой (то же самое, только со стороны скучной боевки), интересное исследование мира (по дарк соуловски - можно найти неожиданные интересные вещи по углам игрового мира), у игрока слишком мало мотивации пить кровь в силу отстойной прокачки.
    Игру дропнул чуть дальше середины, потому что её единственный плюс, а именно исследование мира, не вытянул все остальное.    … Expand
  56. Kaden101
    Sep 9, 2018
    5
    I really wanted to like this game. I did actually like this game, up to a point. The setting, the story, & the characters are all good.

    It's the game mechanics & bugs that let it down (on PS4 Pro v 1.06). It ran okay at the beginning, but the longer I played it, the more the little quality of life (or lack thereof) bugged the hell out me. Long load times & random loading pauses while    I really wanted to like this game. I did actually like this game, up to a point. The setting, the story, & the characters are all good.

    It's the game mechanics & bugs that let it down (on PS4 Pro v 1.06). It ran okay at the beginning, but the longer I played it, the more the little quality of life (or lack thereof) bugged the hell out me.

    Long load times & random loading pauses while just wandering around, especially if you decide to change direction quickly. The random ones aren't too bad as they're short, but there's doors that load into new areas that have long loading screens. Unfortunately, they are marked exactly the same as the doors that don't lead to a new area & have no loading times, so if you click on the wrong door, you have to watch a red bar on a black screen doing nothing, & then again to get back where you were.

    Controls don't react for a while after un-pausing the game. If you paused it in the middle of a fight, hope you get lucky.

    Controls in a fight don't always work at all. The main 2 attacks & dodge always work, but the specials are a bit hit & miss. I've sat hammering L1 for heal 10 times, & nothing happens. If it was the cooldown timer that would be fine, but it's not. Multiple event one shot cheap deaths immediately after a long loading screen because the controls aren't responding is not cool.

    If you get a trophy & press the PS button to see it, when you go back to the game, it's quite often frozen up, especially on cutscenes which can turn into a 1 frame per minute slideshow.

    It sometimes crashes on the loading screens, but as the red bar takes so long to initally move, you can't always tell for a while.

    If the mechanics were solid, I would really like this game, but the frustration by the beginning of the final chapter have made me put it down, & I won't finish it. Pity    … Expand
  57. Steyraus
    Sep 26, 2019
    5
    This Game is BOORRRIING.. really boring, walk around talk to bored sounding people figuring out uninteresting things, following a boring story full off boring characters. Occasionally fight with the stiff copy paste Soulslike combat, leveling a pointless skill tree, or skill branch!, it that limited. The game runs choppy , the visuals are bland and ugly, I know they are going for anThis Game is BOORRRIING.. really boring, walk around talk to bored sounding people figuring out uninteresting things, following a boring story full off boring characters. Occasionally fight with the stiff copy paste Soulslike combat, leveling a pointless skill tree, or skill branch!, it that limited. The game runs choppy , the visuals are bland and ugly, I know they are going for an atmosphere but they failed, the world is just lifeless and muddy. NPCs facial animations and stuck in last gen.. Its just a slog to play,, if your brain is on life support and dosent need any sort of stimulation, you might like this game.. I am sure there are some hardcore Vamp freaks out there that will love anything vampire themed. But if you a normal person pass on this.… Expand
  58. rdonoso
    Jul 23, 2019
    5
    Bugs. A lot of bugs. It’s very rare to see a game crashing the ps4 but this game does it A LOT. This comes alongside outdated graphics and shadows, a shame that such a good story looks like a ps3 game.
  59. Syche77
    Aug 18, 2018
    5
    This game has amongst the clumsiest fighting mechanics I've seen in a recent game. Combined with the developer's decision to exclude manual saves, this can make for an excutiatingly frustrating and repetitive experience. I don't mind admitting that I'm never that interested, and therefore skilled, at fighting mechanics, but I'm pretty sure these are just bad. The setting, characters andThis game has amongst the clumsiest fighting mechanics I've seen in a recent game. Combined with the developer's decision to exclude manual saves, this can make for an excutiatingly frustrating and repetitive experience. I don't mind admitting that I'm never that interested, and therefore skilled, at fighting mechanics, but I'm pretty sure these are just bad. The setting, characters and story are great but I went from pre-order to returning to the store within days. With so many well produced games out there, there just aren't enough hours in my life to bang my head against frustrating design.… Expand
  60. pixelpassion
    Jun 5, 2018
    5
    (Verdict) :Wait for a sale, flawed execution, combat is flawed, technical problems ( PS4 Pro) graphics can pass as 360-PS3. One thing I though over and over is I wish a more talented developer had the chance to make this game...not a good sign...
  61. TresVoltesRebel
    Nov 9, 2020
    5
    The game is good, the story, the narrative, the ambientation... But when it comes to combat... By far the worst and most frustrant combat control that I've played since years, when facing normal enemies arround the streets you can just keep going but when you have to face some bosses it feels so unfair, you constantly have the feeling that you just die because of the bad combat control toThe game is good, the story, the narrative, the ambientation... But when it comes to combat... By far the worst and most frustrant combat control that I've played since years, when facing normal enemies arround the streets you can just keep going but when you have to face some bosses it feels so unfair, you constantly have the feeling that you just die because of the bad combat control to the point that some times you just think about uninstall and never come back, but the good story and narrative will make you want to continue until the end.… Expand
  62. NightbreakerEX
    Jun 6, 2018
    5
    1.I play for about 20 hours and i have to say the truth the game has to many glitches Loading screen evey 10 to 5 min and sometimes just crash so u have to resart ur ps4 and xbox one and pc it runs well on 1050 ti and i core 5 precessor but the same happens it dies randomly at some parts and

    2.The Game is pretty Linear it may look like its big but 35 hours on pc and its still not that    1.I play for about 20 hours and i have to say the truth the game has to many glitches Loading screen evey 10 to 5 min and sometimes just crash so u have to resart ur ps4 and xbox one and pc it runs well on 1050 ti and i core 5 precessor but the same happens it dies randomly at some parts and

    2.The Game is pretty Linear it may look like its big but 35 hours on pc and its still not that much to explore .There is no armor for u character and only thing that can be upgraded is weapons and skills as u evolve and the only good thing is the skill tree but even that is pretty much low becuse ther like 8 skills that u used and 6 or so passives that u upgrade so no much building a powerful character when u can just max it all.

    3.Voice acting is no just bad the mouth dont even move when he talks and the acting is like watching a b movie pretty sad as i was pretty hype for this game and even pre orderd it 4 month ago pretty sad seeing a good genre that is not used much to be this bad.

    and my last if u wanna play a good vampire game i got 4 here Blood Rayne and Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines and soul reaver and Legacy of Kain get any of these over vampyr    … Expand
  63. Spaguetti
    Jun 7, 2018
    5
    In my opinion the game has a very poor gameplay, with a boring and repetitive combat system, the graphics are well-worn after uncharted 4 or final fantasy XV. History is the end point of the game, I have not finished yet to see if is good or bad.
  64. gamerz4life
    Nov 2, 2020
    5
    Vampyr is created by Dontnod, the creators of Life is Strange, because of this you would think the story would be its strongest part but oddly enough it’s really not. There are many plot points set up that pull you in but you’re left disappointed by game’s end as most of the defining points are left hanging with no definite or satisfying conclusion. I played through the game as a goodVampyr is created by Dontnod, the creators of Life is Strange, because of this you would think the story would be its strongest part but oddly enough it’s really not. There are many plot points set up that pull you in but you’re left disappointed by game’s end as most of the defining points are left hanging with no definite or satisfying conclusion. I played through the game as a good vampire, without mesmerizing and eating a single citizen, in which I got the ‘good +’ ending. Let me tell you; don’t do this type of playthrough. It’s boring as all heck.

    The menus in this game are very strange, it operates like you’re playing on a PC, having you move the joystick to get the cursor over what you want to select. But this game was on consoles and PC at release. As for reading lore, the type they chose is tiny, I often had to lean forward and squint at the TV to be able to read it all. Also, when you’re sitting there reading, if you don’t move your cursor for like a minute the game goes to the pause menu. I’m already in a menu, why is it acting like I stepped away from the game and forgot to pause? It did it four times during a long collectible page! As for opening the skill tree, you see all these skills and think there’s a lot of choice but many of the vampire powers are useless (I really only used 3 blood powers) and you won’t find yourself really needing to invest in health or stamina past 3 levels. What you do need is a high blood amount upgrade for the first half of the game, as you’ll find it more difficult to acquire fresh blood early.

    I don’t understand the reviews about how difficult the combat is. It’s not that it’s difficult but rather that it’s incredibly repetitive as there are only 3 enemy types for Priwen , 2 for vampires & 3 Skall types. You will see and fight them hundreds of times. And this is where the problem of the game not having fast travel comes into play. You’re constantly required to trek back and forth across the city and by the halfway point you just want to jump there, not keep running and fighting the same people over and over. They say & do the same thing each time. Speaking of, if you hear the phrase “I have this THIRST for blood” in your sleep, I wouldn’t be surprised. This then leads into you being OP because of all the XP from these enemies. I stopped using particular weapons or stopped upgrading them because I didn’t want their damage too high. I was trying to make a difficult fight for myself because this game will not do it for you. If you play on easy, it’s too easy, if you put it to hard, the enemies are just annoying.

    This of course leads into the boss battles being easy also. They’re called bosses but they could barely hurt me, I only used 2 health serums and 1 blood during the entire game! Sometimes you were in random locations when boss health bars popped up with names you didn’t even know, but it took little effort to defeat them as well. As for the story of the bosses themselves, it was almost nonexistent. There was no great plot leading up to the fight and you didn’t feel accomplished after their defeat. Usually you wondered why you were fighting them.

    Storywise the game starts off really strong, starts to drag midway thru and dies by the end. Vampire lore is set up pretty well, until it starts to contradict itself and established lore. Whoever heard of vampires being able to sustain themselves on other vampires’ blood? There are many citizens in each district who will acquire illnesses you must heal every time you use a bed to upgrade if you don’t want the district to fall into chaos. It’s awful because the story is usually focused on 1 district a chapter and it’s a slog to run back to heal these people. Not only that but you can talk to them all about problems they’re having and that’s that. Nothing can be done about it, you can’t be a doctor and heal the man’s arm, the 2 doctors arguing over a surgery type won’t come to any conclusion, etc. You meet a fellow vampire, Lady Ashbury, who takes you under her wing, except she never teaches you anything important and quickly becomes the worst character in the game. She felt like she was to be a mentor and yet you get clotheslined with a paper-thin romance. The lead up and reveal of your creator was half-baked and made no sense. And the game’s ending focused on the stupid romance rather than giving a nice story. It all seemed rushed.

    Overall, I’d rather play Life is Strange. If you want to try this game anyways, rent it or buy it real cheap, you’re not going to want to pick it up a second time.    … Expand
  65. Jackthegamer
    Sep 16, 2022
    5
    A lot of wasted potential. This game would be better if it was an interactive movie
  66. personinu
    Jan 30, 2021
    5
    I really want to love this game so much. The story is probably the most unique and interesting that I’ve played in a while. Gothic/industrial aesthetic Vampire game where you are a part time doctor and part time investigator of sorts. You can choose to heal the sick and/or feast on the blood of the citizens of London. So much fun, but the combat is absolutely horrendous. As much as I lovedI really want to love this game so much. The story is probably the most unique and interesting that I’ve played in a while. Gothic/industrial aesthetic Vampire game where you are a part time doctor and part time investigator of sorts. You can choose to heal the sick and/or feast on the blood of the citizens of London. So much fun, but the combat is absolutely horrendous. As much as I loved the story, I had to stop playing not even half way through because I hated the combat so much. If you’re playing on a normal difficulty and you get 2-shot killed by random (non-boss) enemies, you know the combat mechanics are complete trash. Maybe one day I’ll start again on easy mode, but for now just thinking about this game infuriates me.… Expand
  67. shiftyman
    Jun 6, 2018
    4
    Everything about this is average, not one thing stands out to make it anything special, claims to be just on a AA budget but has a AAA price tag, wait until it’s in the “cheap section” then it’s worth a few hours.
  68. DrummBumm
    Aug 14, 2018
    4
    I'm not quite sure why this game got such high reviews. Sure, its neat if you're into the whole Bloodborne approach to combat (parrying, respawning/difficult enemies). But I found it too difficult and frustrating in the amount of times I died only to have to wait a solid 2 minutes for the game to load. Its almost impossible to progress without 'embracing' most of the population. It wasI'm not quite sure why this game got such high reviews. Sure, its neat if you're into the whole Bloodborne approach to combat (parrying, respawning/difficult enemies). But I found it too difficult and frustrating in the amount of times I died only to have to wait a solid 2 minutes for the game to load. Its almost impossible to progress without 'embracing' most of the population. It was also very annoying to have to constantly maneuver and outrun OP mobs on the street only to get cornered and killed because my cool down times were too long and I couldn't block. There were also some frame rate issues and game pauses during random loading times throughout the game. The graphics were not very good for todays standards. Most of the storyline commentary was boring, having to talk to everyone just to find a stupid clue that doesn't do much good anyways. I feel like this game tried hard to be a bloodborne/dark souls ripoff but with more RPG elements added, and thats probably why i didn't like it.… Expand
  69. Fadelzz3454
    Jun 7, 2018
    4
    plz stop, its bothering me, This isn't life is strange 2, so why does it matter? I'm so confused. plz stop
  70. 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
  71. 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
  72. 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
  73. 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.
  74. sks2002
    Nov 19, 2019
    4
    Boring game with old style game process like old days 2d games. The only good thing is scenario which is quite unusual.
  75. raptus21
    Nov 27, 2019
    4
    I am very disappointed with the game. I find it full of bugs and irrational limitations in exploration. The worst thing is total lack of save/load function. Whatever you do is done forever. Not possible to max out without conversation guide, which makes playing boring. Graphics is ok, but could be better. Sucking blood sucks, forces you to listen to victim's thoughts. Fight is notI am very disappointed with the game. I find it full of bugs and irrational limitations in exploration. The worst thing is total lack of save/load function. Whatever you do is done forever. Not possible to max out without conversation guide, which makes playing boring. Graphics is ok, but could be better. Sucking blood sucks, forces you to listen to victim's thoughts. Fight is not pleasant, not possible to hide or surprise attack. All enemies attack you instantly when you pick one of them, even if hidden behind wall or something. Second worst is exploration. You can use vampire skills only in places that allow that. You can run around building many times before you notice small mark of path inside. Recommended to masochists only.… Expand
  76. 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
  77. Asgard0822
    Oct 11, 2020
    4
    Really 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(even with a SSD in my PS4 Pro)
    combat is really basic and not fluent.
    After opening your map, movement controls freaked out a few seconds.
    Happy i got this for free with PS+ and didnt pay 60 bucks for it, cause thats way overpriced
  78. 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
  79. Blackshine
    Nov 17, 2022
    4
    Забросил игру на половине.
    Скучно.
    Уныло.
    Странные решения геймплея.
    Какашка,Камно,Пэнис.
  80. mYTHEstar
    Jun 5, 2018
    3
    The graphics are mediocre at max. The animations of main character are straight from 2005, fight is dull. Probably the story and decision making is the point here but...made me refund and uninstall after 5 minutes. TL;DR We are in 2018 and Vampyr is still in 2005
  81. Shadow1234
    Oct 16, 2018
    3
    When I play a game I do so as an achievement hunter. I am always looking for that Platinum Trophy and because of that I rate games not only on the game but on the enjoyment I get out of getting 100% completion in terms of achievements.

    I had high hopes for this game and knew I would purchase it the moment I heard about it. That being said I try to avoid spoilers and as much game play    When I play a game I do so as an achievement hunter. I am always looking for that Platinum Trophy and because of that I rate games not only on the game but on the enjoyment I get out of getting 100% completion in terms of achievements.

    I had high hopes for this game and knew I would purchase it the moment I heard about it. That being said I try to avoid spoilers and as much game play previews as I can to not ruin the story.

    When I purchased the game the first thing I did was look at the achievements and realized some save scumming would be required to avoid having to do multiple playthrough's. Which I don't mind but I feel a proper game should not require multiple playthrough's to get all the achievements. Or multiple saves, you should be able to get all achievements on a single play. At this point the game score for me was 9/10.

    Soon into the game I realized after every choice was made the game instantly saved. No ability to save except when the game chose is not acceptable to me. Current score now 8/10.

    The graphics of the game I felt appeared to be in Alpha. The colors were dull and boring, and the game seems to be from the PS3 era, not the PS4/PS4 pro. The various districts in the game were also dull and had nothing to them. Current score now 7/10.

    The decisions you make in this game do not get me started. One of the achievements is to not kill/drink blood from any of the characters you meet. The game is called VAMPYR! Trying to do this achievement was worse then watching grass grow and paint dry. Plus if you do not drink blood you do not level up, which eventually means you will see enemies several times your level. Current score now 4/10, yes that is a big jump but c'mon seriously.

    This game just did nothing for me, the sound and speech was fine, however you have to sit through an entire conversation. For people such as myself who can read a bit faster and want to speed through the text, you can skip, but it will skip an entire dialog and not just the text windowed. Current score now 3/10.

    The combat in the game is ridiculous, just copy and paste each battle. Seriously their is little variety as you mow down the games enemies, certainly not as much variety as the game leads you to believe with the various abilities. Current score now 2/10.

    The story is this games greatest feature and why it is getting all the great reviews. However once you get past the amazing story to the bedrock underneath. There is not much going for this game,, however I am a sucker for a great story and so the score gets a point back . Current score 3/10.

    My hopes quickly dwindled for this game as I chose to drive a stake through Vampyr!
    Final score: 3/10

    Pros:
    Story
    Speech
    Sound

    Cons:
    Everything else    … Expand
  82. 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!
  83. 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
  84. SlavqawOw
    Apr 19, 2020
    3
    Долгие загрузки, кривая боевая система, баги и зависания.
  85. 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
  86. 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.
  87. piuscorvus
    Aug 17, 2020
    3
    This game has so many bugs and glitches that I couldn't even finished it. Visually it looks as a PS3 title but it is fairly interesting RPG. However, there were countless glitches that prevented me finishing few side quests and the game crashed do many times too, which really ruined entire experience.
  88. 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
  89. 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.
  90. benkenobi1706
    Jun 8, 2018
    2
    Played it for three hours until the game decided to end it for me with a gamebraker. In a quest I fullfilled all objectives but because of a bug I couldn't end it. Therefor there is no chance of loading a save game because all the progress is saved automatically in one save game. Now the only way is to start a new game. Three hours for nothing. Next stop Ebay.
    I liked the atmosphere und    Played it for three hours until the game decided to end it for me with a gamebraker. In a quest I fullfilled all objectives but because of a bug I couldn't end it. Therefor there is no chance of loading a save game because all the progress is saved automatically in one save game. Now the only way is to start a new game. Three hours for nothing. Next stop Ebay.
    I liked the atmosphere und the beginning of the story but technically Vampyr is not finished. The combat system is a bad copy of the Souls-mechanic and doesn't feel very good. Furthermore I hate respawning enemies and the loading times. If you leave a building and reenter it, all the enemies are respawned. This is a no go! Graphics could be better but I liked the sound of the game.
    In the end I wanted to like it but the game doesn't want to be liked. Perhaps I'll give it another try in a few years when it is in sale. In this unfinished state it isn't worth the price.    … Expand
  91. 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
  92. vault2wasteland
    Jun 12, 2019
    2
    Absolutely atrocious combat system. I was warned but I could never imagine a so called AAA game that sold for $99 could be so incredibly bad.

    I would love to be able to experience the story and uncover more dialogue options but I am so over the combat that I just can't keep playing. The combat is clunky, repetitive and boring. The enemies dart around, moving like a vampire should be but    Absolutely atrocious combat system. I was warned but I could never imagine a so called AAA game that sold for $99 could be so incredibly bad.

    I would love to be able to experience the story and uncover more dialogue options but I am so over the combat that I just can't keep playing. The combat is clunky, repetitive and boring. The enemies dart around, moving like a vampire should be but your character feels like controlling a plank of wood.

    You can get blood from rats but oh wait, no rats anywhere near the areas you roam. You could bite an enemy, oh wait, you can only do that if you sneak up on them and all the human enemies walk around in such a way that you can't actually sneak up on them (and even if you could, there is no flipping sneak button, you have to press the thumbstick super lightly). It is super easy to die at the hands of a single enemy that you took out with no trouble before... which brings me to the check point system. It sucks. With each fight being tedious and unimaginative it is a royal pain in the ass to take out each enemy and then if you f up, you have to do the whole section again with all 6 of the enemies you (painstakingly) killed respawning.

    I don't know why this game chose to include such terrible combat when it has an interesting story to tell. It would have greatly benefited from a 'story' or easy mode for people who don't want to deal with the god awful combat system.

    Also it is ridiculous how your character can't even climb over or hide behind objects and how he can supposedly teleport but there's no way to sneak around 3 human enemies blocking a bridge

    I wanted to like this game so bad and I am just so disappointed. Never should have been a full price game

    Oh yeah, longest loading times after dying than any ps4 game I can remember    … Expand
  93. luzarius
    Jun 5, 2018
    2
    The women NPCs in this game are extremely ugly. They're not just ugly, they're mannish too. There is too much SJW politics of forced inclusion & diversity. It's so obvious, it's like a diversity quota checklist. The dialogue is so boring that I cant' keep my eyes open. The game play is horrible.

    If you were hoping for a game like Vampire Masquerade Bloodlines, this is not it. 1918    The women NPCs in this game are extremely ugly. They're not just ugly, they're mannish too. There is too much SJW politics of forced inclusion & diversity. It's so obvious, it's like a diversity quota checklist. The dialogue is so boring that I cant' keep my eyes open. The game play is horrible.

    If you were hoping for a game like Vampire Masquerade Bloodlines, this is not it. 1918 London is not very exciting. This game is a snooze fest.    … Expand
  94. 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
  95. darthcooper
    Dec 31, 2019
    2
    I want to play this game but is so frustrating. You spend more time running around trying to find a way through a gate and no matter what level you are your run into this bull **** level scaling nonsense. Games are just no fun anymore. If I want a challenge I get up and go to work. I don't want to work at playing a game. The point of a game for me is to feel invisible take on anything andI want to play this game but is so frustrating. You spend more time running around trying to find a way through a gate and no matter what level you are your run into this bull **** level scaling nonsense. Games are just no fun anymore. If I want a challenge I get up and go to work. I don't want to work at playing a game. The point of a game for me is to feel invisible take on anything and my mind free of everyday bull****. but these games want you to run around frustrated and becoming bored and this is very tedious.… Expand
  96. cosmistuff
    Jun 24, 2018
    2
    The story of this game is really interesting and that makes me sad because I'll never finish it. Why? Because there is no manual save. That may not be a big deal, but when choices are not explained, or when you just click the wrong button you have to start the game over to go back. The idea is to make the choices matter because the player can't go back. But guess what? If I wanted to playThe story of this game is really interesting and that makes me sad because I'll never finish it. Why? Because there is no manual save. That may not be a big deal, but when choices are not explained, or when you just click the wrong button you have to start the game over to go back. The idea is to make the choices matter because the player can't go back. But guess what? If I wanted to play like that, i could do that in literally every game ever just by not going back. I don't need a game company to force me to play this way. Especially when their dialog trees make it incredibly difficult to know what's actually going to happen from any choice...or when quests bug out so that you can't finish them and can't load your game before the bug.… Expand
  97. 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.
  98. Gambetta610
    Oct 12, 2020
    2
    Виснет, как тварь, невозможно играть, особенно на финальном боссе, когда почти убил.
  99. 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
  100. 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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#17 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2018
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#19 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2018

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Metascore
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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