Vampyr

Fun game, Loved the combat mechanics and the story

Ah, Vampyr! A game that lures you in with its brooding atmosphere and gothic charm, only to sink its fangs into your patience with clunky combat and a storyline that meanders like a lost bat in the night.

Atmosphere and Setting: Set in the fog-laden streets of 1918 London, the game masterfully captures the despair and decay of a city ravaged by the Spanish flu. The environments are rich with detail, and the haunting soundtrack by Olivier Derivière perfectly complements the game’s somber tone. It’s a world that beckons you to explore its dark corners, even if the journey is fraught with frustration.  

Combat: Ah, the combat—a repetitive dance of dodge, strike, repeat. It’s as if the developers took inspiration from a metronome, ensuring every encounter feels the same. The enemy AI is as predictable as a sunrise, and the lack of variety in combat mechanics makes each fight feel like déjà vu. It’s a system that manages to be both overly simplistic and inexplicably frustrating. 

Story and Dialogue: The narrative follows Dr. Jonathan Reid, a man torn between his duties as a physician and his newfound thirst for blood. While the premise is intriguing, the execution leaves much to be desired. The story unfolds at a glacial pace, bogged down by endless dialogue that often feels more like filler than substance. It’s a tale that promises depth but delivers monotony. 

Endings: And then there are the endings—four variations that differ in tone but share a common thread of underwhelming conclusion. Each ending feels like a half-hearted attempt to wrap up the story, leaving players with more questions than answers. It’s a finale that makes other controversial game endings seem masterful by comparison. (Looking at you Mr. Shepherd and Electronic Arts/Bioware).

Final Verdict: 💀💀💀⬜⬜ (3 out of 5 Skulls) 

In conclusion, Vampyr offers a richly atmospheric experience that is unfortunately marred by repetitive combat and a lackluster narrative. It’s a game that had the potential to be a masterpiece but ultimately falls short of its ambitions.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I must retreat to my lair to ponder how a game about vampires could suck the life out of me. NYEHHH!

Vampyr is a well-written, atmosphere-rich and full of well-rounded characters and difficult choices.
Getting to the best ending is worth another playthrough, and so is seeing how far the good doctor can really fall.
This game got a lot of flak for it's action RPG gameplay being:
1.Kind of seperate from the story and a bit silly in it's context (valid)
2. Being ...worse than Bloodborne (not fair at all).

If you're a fan of Bloodlines, this your Bloodlines 2, and if you know Vampire a little deeper -- this is what your VtM game should REALLY look like, with characters balancing monstrous powers and fragile mortal lives that they hold in their hands, at the same time kicking annoying sheriff's and other gloomy npc's asses.

Also, since Bloodborne will never come to PC, I am sorry but this is the closest to Bloodborne you will ever going to get. I played both and Vampyr's dash-and-slash gameplay is totally fine, and not THAT far off.

The atmo in this game is the best I have ever seen. The story and characters are just 10/10.

60% dialog 40% gameplay, but the gameplay is great when you get done talking to everyone for hints and the drama is spicy

dont buy it, it has amazing lore and its a sort of open world but restricted to London game and it has great music but the only main problem that made me quit this game, was how every single friggin road or street LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE 7 DASHES YOU GET LOCKED IN A COURTYARD AND FIGHT MONSTERS WHO ARE ALWAYS STRONGER THAN YOU SO IT TAKES AN HOUR TO TRAVEL TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FRIGGIN MAP TO DO A SIDE QUEST SMH.

Okay look, they did absolutely everything great about this game, they cooked but the single problem is how u cant travel anywhere without having to fight your way everywhere you go and so it gets ridiciously repetitive and you dont get the option to stealthily sneak around, the enemies always some how detect you and you get locked in a courtyard every single time. Watch it on youtube so you see what I mean and decide if ur willing to put up with this. its the fact how u have to FIGHT EVERYWHERE TO GET ANYWHERE THAT MAKES THIS GAME ridiciously long to play.

I played this game outside of Steam for a while, then I bought it here and played it again. The game is very good, with solid mechanics, but at certain points in the story and gameplay, I found myself getting stuck. In my opinion, the map can sometimes be a bit confusing when trying to locate the objective you're pursuing. However, I plan to replay the game and see if I can improve my understanding of this issue.

An interesting story mired by mediocre and often frustrating combat. I would like to progress the story, but I don't honestly feel like navigating the world and dealing with the mobs over and over.

Vampire the Pet Detective. Vampire MD. Solving mysteries and curing the poor one night at a time. But the only mystery Dr. Reid can’t solve… is the mystery of his maker.

This game got a lot of hate online, which made me avoid it for a long time. Eventually, I gave it a shot, and while it’s not terrible, it’s definitely not great either. It’s just... okay. Some parts are genuinely enjoyable, and others are frustratingly bad.

First off, there’s way too much talking. Dialogue scenes drag on forever when all you want to do is actually play the game. But then, once you're in control, the gameplay is repetitive—though it can be challenging. I did a no “eat people” run, which tanked my XP progression and made the fights tougher, adding some spice to the grind. There were moments of fun, but just as often, it felt like I was doing chores. A lot of the game is story-heavy—tons of exposition, mystery-solving, side quests, and loooong conversations—and not all of it works.

One major gripe: there’s a point where the main character suddenly “loves” another character, and it comes completely out of nowhere. No buildup, no emotional foundation—it just happens. That random love plot becomes a huge deal later on, and it really soured the last acts of the game for me. When a game leans so hard into its story (I’d say about 75% of it is narrative), it really stings when that story is just meh.

As for the remaining 25%—the gameplay—it’s repetitive. There’s not much enemy variety or strategy involved. Even when I was under-leveled, basic enemies were no threat, and I was one-shotting bosses. The few bosses that did kill me were easy to figure out once I knew what mistake I made. Only one boss stood out as a real challenge, and that was mainly because it was a chaotic mob-fest with environmental hazards everywhere.

Bottom line: I did enjoy parts of the game, but I’d have a hard time recommending it to anyone I know. It’s somehow both worth playing and not worth playing at the same time. If you really like vampires and endless dialogue, maybe you’ll find something here. Otherwise, there are better games more deserving of your time and money.

If this all still sounds intriguing to you, and you’ve got nothing else to play, sure—maybe give it a shot. But for 90% of people? This one’s a hard pass.

Gameplay 8/10
I have seen numerous reviews saying the gameplay is awful, the fighting is horrible and the HUD is simply bad, and I can’t agree with any of those things. I loved it. The gameplay, the way it mattered to have a connection with your victims before “draining” them to have more experience points was brilliant, fun and gratifying. As for the fight, true, it was hard and confusing, but as soon as I deactivated the “auto lock” option (can’t remember the name), everything went from “f*ck this*” to “this is actually nice”! The fighting system, although much simpler, looked a lot like those Souls games, and I think it worked pretty well in this setting, mixing fighting and vampires powers against humans and creatures of the night. As for the HUD, yes, it is simple and yes, some things needed clarifying (like how to switch your melee/range weapons), but nothing a quick Google research can’t fix. All in all, I hade fun, every hours of it, and took my sweet time to kill, drain and explore this awesome game as much as I could.

Graphics 9/10
Damn… Yeah, this looks good. Like REALLY good. I particularly liked the changes your character have with the eyes, the stronger you become. How no one can notice you are a vampire just by looking at you is beyond me, but the graphics in this game are solid. Some minor glitches, but clean and beautiful for the most part.

Audio 9/10
The music, the voice acting, man, that is some serious work. Everyone sounds and feels authentic, different, and it really helps to put you in the mood of the game. I liked interviewing everyone, and the voice and progression of it is done so well, that I never got bored of doing it. Nicely done.

Story 5/10
This is where it’s gonna hurt… The game gives you the impression you can choose your path, but the choices you make looks minor, since the game will most likely makes you feel like a “good” vampire even if you really try your best not to be. Everyone will love you or hate you, right of the bat, and no matter what you do, their opinion won’t change. Or it will, as they say, but it won’t really matter… Disappointing. Jonathan Reed is a good vampire, and the story looks weird when you try to be an ahssole or a “bad” guy, it felt, off… This is supposed to be the strongest point of the game and it is in my opinion it’s weakest one…

Replayability 3/10
Well, like I said earlier, yes, you can change different paths, good or bad ones, but it won’t change the gameplay or the story very much in the end. Can you replay the game to have a new experience? Sure, but it won’t change that much from your previous gameplay. Do it again if you like the game, not if you want to experience something new…

Innovation 8/10
I like it. The fact you have to establish a connection with your victims before draining them is a nice touch, felt more “real”’ more authentic of what can it means to be a blood sucker. I also love the fact every district will react upon your path, good or bad, and will provoke some changes along the game. But like I said earlier, you will be punish for being evil, just so you know…

Overall 6/10
Solid game, way better in some aspect than I thought, way worst in others than I expected. All in all, I definitely recommend it if you’re a fan of the “vampire” settings. Play it for the gameplay and the immersion, but not for the story or how amazing tour choices are and the effects they will have.

The gameplay is alright even if combat is slow/sluggish and the hint system is infuriating at times (when PERMANENTLY locked out of one). Still, I can't recommend this in good conscious due to my experience described below:

Only uses autosaves in a game with multiple decisions that can lock you out of endings with the lack of a Ng+ this can cause extreme frustration as it did with me due to choices being locked because I didn't talk to one specific NPC, then crossing a point of no return with a lack of indication or warning of any sort, the frustration of which would have been circumvented if a simple manual save or load function was available.

SPOILERS AHEAD

I uninstalled it due to the Sean choice, I was locked out of the one option that wouldn't fuck the district by the time I realised, I quit and loaded back into the game, only to be locked in the sewers with the only exit leading to the confrontation, so yeah shitty design that.

Don't have the energy to start from level 1 again either. Wouldn't have minded if there was any form of Ng+ like the Surge 2, in fact, I would have been more exited to replay and get new endings if that were the case.

I might come back to this in a while or it might rot in my library, right now I do not care, due to an enjoyable experience being brought to an abrupt and frustrating end.

Epic game, I get lost in this world plagued by vampires and illness. I just wish that the open world was just a bit more.. open, but the maze like feeling really adds to the overall feeling of the game.

Story is interesting and makes you want to play the game further. The combat is idiotic with basic mobs being overpowered compared to you as a "ancient blood" vampire main character. You get stuck on everything in the map while mobs dont, mobs suddenly pull out combos that one shot, whoever designed the combat in this game needs to leave gaming forever. Every game ive played from the developer makes me want my money back

Love this game and would have loved to have seen a sequel but sadly it seems im one of the few.
did no one else enjoy this story as much? yes the combat is janky and the world small but it so rich that a sequel would have polished to perfection given the chance.

please make another one, petition=1 any takers?

I found this game more frustrating than fun. Vampyr has a good plot and some of the abilities are fun to use, however, the game has three main issues: the auto-save, the combat system, and known bugs that have not been resolved.

The auto-save is the primary issue of the game in my opinion. You can go into steam files and try to manually save, but even that can have issues. A whole run can be ruined if you run into a bug or make a mistake. I also found the combat system to be awkward to use. Whether auto-aim was on or off I found the targeting system a pain.

As it stands I won't recommend this game for its gameplay; just its story. I had hoped for as long as this game has been out that it would of been more polished.

I'm enjoying the story, it's not a bad game overall.

However, for a mostly story driven game, combat is very prevalent, and unfortunately, combat in this game is utter garbage. It's basic, it's repetitive, and it's boring.
This is IMO a MAJOR design flow.

I'm 13 hours in, I'm not sure I'm going to play more, solely because I'm so bored with the combat.

Current price is $40. Get it while it's on a big sale and give it a go. Do not buy full price.

It's a great game but does not have the scope of Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines but it does have a good story just self contained. The abilities are great I recommend getting shadow mist first then upgrade health and stamina for a few levels and go for barrier to prevent damage blood spear for enemies weak against blood damage and just upgrade shadow mist or blood spear and health and stamina and the healing ability and you should be good

I cannot believe I slept on this game for this long. Best vampire RPG in my opinion. The plot is plotting. The characters are so in-depth. Every choice matters and has consequences. My only complaints are that the fighting is buggy, and that there's not a sequel. At least give me some expansion of quests via DLC's! I'm hungry for more!

while i do understand the choice behind it, i really dislike not having save/load system.

i play games to relax. to take a break from real life which occasionally include regretting my decisions. it is not something i look for or appreciate in video games.

Was a good game, the attack can be a bit clunky but was still all in all good. Story was good, if you were looking for a game to sink your teeth into this may not be it then. I finished the main story in less than 40hrs and this was dragged out.

It's a good game. The story is more interesting than the gameplay.
Runs good on the Steam Deck.

Not for everyone. AWFUL leveling system, which can make it feel VERY difficult at times to progress to the next chapter or district. Definitely slow paced, so be mindful of that. 90% of the time, you're talking with citizens & 10% of the time, you’re dancing around with enemies in some form of combat. Also, your actions really do have consequences. Currently, I’m on chapter 4 & have almost no motivation to finish the story a second time.

10/10
The characters' premise fits my needs of perspective.
This might not mean anything, and I apologize if this isn't misleading.
I don't leave bad reviews, all efforts are a perfect score.

Although this game came out in 2018, it is still the closest we've had to a perfect vampire game. The concept of a doctor returning from the war and newly becoming a vampire during the plague is ingenious. Unfortunately, the game took a very combat-heavy lead that can sometimes take away from both the story and the overall theme. When treating someone for a headache knowing there's a giant lesion covered beast right around the corner, it makes you wonder if the game may have lost its sense of direction.

Overall- 8/10. It's a game that you force yourself to love because of the amazing overall theme, but prolonged exposure reveals all of it's sometimes game-breaking imperfections.

Combat- 9/10. I know many players have argued about it, but I enjoyed the combat styles quite a bit. I love how much control the player has to cater their character to their fighting style, which many players may not know how to navigate hence the complaints. However, dying because you got stuck on a random minuscule and nonsensical object while strafing during a fight is a frustrating occurrence.

Graphics- 10/10. Both the city and the NPC's are well visually designed.

Map- 2/10. Navigating the city is a horrendous experience. It can be so bad that it makes you contemplate uninstalling. Often times, you will be doubling back over locked door after locked door. I wished that once you sanitized an area, all external doors would automatically unlock.

Audio- 4/10. Soundtrack is fairly ambient, and audio glitches caused by combat or cut scene are common.

Story- 8/10. The story is well designed and fairly thorough. All of the voice actors also speak with realistic clarity and emotion. The investigative aspect of the game is very good, although eavesdropping is very glitchy and you may encounter a time where you have to let an NPC die because you were just simply not high enough of a level and/or skilled enough to save them.

I'm sure the dev's learned a lot and they'll get it way more polished next time.

Great game.
Great dialog
Challenging fights and interesting monsters
Good variety of goals and quests.
Satisfying ending.

I bought this game when during the spring sale. I saw it recommended on a youtube video for top games to buy during the sale.

I don't usually play single player games, mainly mmorpgs/shooters. So this was a very big change of pace, but very welcomed one. What enticed me was the vampire aspect of the game, i thought you would jump in and run around with vampire like abilities and suck people's blood all game whilst fighting vampire hunters. Although there are these elements in the game to a degree, Vampyr actually focuses heavily on the adventure/story aspect for the most part of the game (as i understand it so far and most likely will be the same for the rest of the playthrough)

I never would have thought that i would enjoy such heavy story driven game, but here i'am absolutely hooked on this game, i won't spoil anything here but the way they have set the scene in the early 1900s timeline in London, to the duality of the Vampire/Doctor sides of the main character, fighting between his evil side or being a good ''doctor''/investigator, whilst battling monsters/thugs on the side. I think this is a one of a kind type of game. I really enjoy it and will pursue other single player games like this moving forward, i hope this dev team makes more games.

So far i rate it 9/10 - Highly highly recommend it, i would buy it at full price also.

i like the story game and combat

What an amazing game. Good not great combat but the story makes up for it 10 fold. A must play.

very fun and the story is immersing

beautiful ambience, great voice over and storytelling.

Ahhhh Vampyr. That game i got on my steam recommendations so many times across multiple years ever since it was released back in 2018. This game was suggested to me so many times by steam i finally decided to buy it and actually play it in 2025 after clearing up my backlog a bit. And i dont regret doing so, because of how great the game actually is.

My reviews are always spoilers free.

Lets start with the fact that i started playing Vampyr with very low expectations, after watching a few videos and gameplays of specific mechanics that were something i never seen before in a game, but my interest kept increasing after i actually completed the first chapter, with a few exceptions in between chapter 2 and 3 where i felt a bit bored but it quickly got fixed just before reaching chapter 4.

The Story:

Fantastic. Brilliant. Over the Top.
You get plot twists that you could not expect happening. You get decisions of the fate of certain important characters like pillars, that will have an impact in the districts health.
The map and the story just evolved and unfolds to you the more you advance.

We play as a Vampire doctor named Jonathan Reid, who just woke up in a pile of corpses, fully resurrected and unable to control his vampire instincts, straight up in the first 3 minutes something tragic already happens and you are set on the run, being chased by vampire hunters known as Priwen Guards. The game immediately let you know that you are playing a soulsborne game, with souls like combat, that includes the stamina management, the dodging, patiently timing attacks, etc. You cannot defend yourself from the first priwen brawler you encounter, till you drop down and grab your first weapon.

As you progress thru the story, you meet new characters that obviously distrust you at first but then become your friends. Some you can decide the fate, and some you cant. The game is pretty lineal and straightforward, yes it is true it lets you explore previous areas before advancing to the next chapter, but the only things you can do there are investigations (side quests) and killing enemies for ingredients and materials in order to create medicine and upgrading your weapons. You also cannot explore some areas until you reach them by advancing in the main quest. The xp and level up are mostly tied to side quests and main missions, but half of the available xp (if not more than half) is tied to a mechanic i never seen before in any videogame, called "embracing". Embracing is basically feeding on a citizen and is the core of the game basically, the consequences for doing so can be either minimal or brutal depending on who you decide to embrace and how many people you "eat" for the xp. There are 4 districts and each of them have a health status, you need to go around checking and ensuring everyone is fully healed by giving medicine to the citizens that become sick, because if health status drop below stable, things can get tough really quick, with enemies increasing in power and numbers. If you are a hardcore masochistic gamer like me and play every game on hard on their first run, i strongly recommend embracing only a few citizens per district, never embracing the pillars during story decisions, because, i am really serious about this, if one district goes hostile or even critical by chapter 4, you will have a nightmare time trying to explore it, the game will go from a challenge bloodborne to dark souls sl1 new game plus level of difficulty with stuff that 1 or 2 hit kill you and are 10+ levels above you. Especially in the west end district.

I personally went without embracing almost anyone at all, except the 2 or 3 that truly deserved it, but i found myself stuck on some story bosses forcing me to embrace some questionable npcs that had a "is this guy bad or good, idk" type of reputation. So i feel like you must embrace at least a few in hard mode or you will get extremely underleveled for certain encounters and have a very bad time. So dont bother getting the "No embrace" achievement and the good ending in your first run, if you play on hard. Yes the ending of the game is tied up to the amount of npcs you embrace. You have 4 endings and the one you get depends on the amount of people you "eat", be it by yourself or during story choices.

There are over 50 npcs you can talk to, and the story will have you talking to many of them, if you are an ocd gamer prepare yourself to hear . So be aware that there is gonna be A LOT of talking, and i mean a lot.

The Gameplay:

The gameplay, unless you ruin a district health, is challenging but a bit easier than soulsborne games in terms of bosses and enemies, and you get used to the mechanics and dodging very easily if you are familiar with dark souls and bloodborne, but hey i have thousands of hours in soulsborne games so maybe that made it easier for me personally.

You can find several weapons that you can later upgrade with materials you find in crates and chests, or enemy drops. You can also adquire some weapons from certain npcs you embrace.

You have 3 types of weapons, 2h, 1h weapons and off hand weapons like stakes and guns. Personally i liked going 2H and parrying everything i came across, while ocassionally switching to 1H and a gun.

The combat can get repetitive, and will get repetitive over time, that is why i was switching weapons constantly.

The abilities you can get are cool to use, you can get passive ones that increase your health, stamine, blood, biting damage, etc. And offensive skills that melt your enemies health bars.

The Graphics:

Decent, the game aged well, you wont get the red dead redemption 2 or the witcher 3 level of graphics, but the environments and athmosphere is really great. I found no visual glitches whatsover.

The Animations:

Pretty good i would say, nothing much i would like to add, it has the AAA animations level of quality from games released on that year. And i found only a few bugs where some enemies were t posing on me, or a miniboss that got stuck and forgot how to attack.

The Side Content:

Hmm, this is where i have to be honest. While the healing mechanic can be cool at first, it gets boring and gets repetitive really fast, the fact that you are forced to do so unless you want a district to go nuts makes things kinda worse. The investigations (aka: side quests) can range from a cool story culminating in a boss or mini boss fight, to a "go there, pick up this, return" type of fetch quests. The documents collectibles are the only collectibles you can find, and the reward for finding all of them is PATHETIC.

Final conclusions: While the story, the gameplay and the healing mechanic are very enjoyable and the embracing is great and makes you think twice before getting that "free" xp. Only a few side quests are good, most of them are boring. The combat can get repetitive and the fact that you can end up easily underleveled if you go around without embracing anyone can be annoying a bit. The fact that killing enemies give you 3 xp points and only useful to do for mats, is something that i personally found underwhelming.
Overall i got unlucky this time and found a lot of bugs as well, one side quest glitched for me and i could not rescue a specific girl attacked by priwen guards, because the door that led to her was permanently locked for me, even if it is not supposed to be locked, so she kept screaming for the rest of the game while passing thru that area. A boss got stuck for me too, another miniboss forgot to use his weapon and twice i got t pose disrespect from priwen guards. I usually get lucky and rarely encounter bugs in games, but not with this one. This was also the first time i was able to play as an actual Vampire, the only other time i played as a Vampire was in Skyrim, but that was nothing in comparison.

Giving Vampyr a solid 7.5/10.

I must be honest with you since 2018 I played this game twice and acting, plot and all the little details are too good to be true. Unfortunately it is a lost gem to the vast gaming industry. It is like playing an old vampire novel.

BEAUTIFUL game, I spend so much time just appreciating the overall design of every building and street. The choices and dialogue is so well done, the voice acting is TOP NOTCH. I love the replayability as well given how many different endings you can get and I also love the managing of districts aspect. It really makes you realize that your choices have even more consequences than in a typical decision based game. 100/100

атмосферно, красиво, хорошие но иногда сложные файтинги

The game gives you this whole ‘moral choice’ system, but let’s be real: by the third chapter, you’re just snacking on everyone like it’s an all-you-can-eat buffet. ‘Should I spare this innocent citizen?’ Nah, bro, I’m running low on XP, and Karen’s looking juicy.

Massively underrated game if you like story telling - this is the 3rd version I'm buying

Fighting is great but Red queen avatar fight was too easy, traversing is boring, wish i could leap building to building to close distance quickly. Manual save should be there, as i didn't know i will be automatically transported to castle and can't come back to finish side quests.

Really good game! Great compelling story, lots of decision making that have consequences based on your choices, challenging and rewarding fights, and multiple endings depending on how you play. This is not an easy game and there is no going back on decisions because of a single save system so choose everything wisely! Be evil, good, or somewhere in between and that will effect everything from difficulty to story ending.

Great game, dont listen to people saying the combat is trash, they just dont know how to mix the skills and upgrade the equipment properly.

This entire game is excellent. The npc concept and actually caring about NPCs and what they say and the moral and ethical dilemmas? What a masterpiece. A sequel would be instantly procured.

Great game that kept me engaged for the entire play through. Final boss was the only "BS" balancing issue I had with the game, it completely negated the decisions you may have made to "feed" on some town folk earlier in the game. Other than that one complaint it was a great story, well voiced and acted, and the game play was fun enough.

One of my favorite games, Combat is good enough.Pacifist route most enjoyable makes it bit harder.

I love the dark and beautiful old London this game portrays, and the struggles of your character as you help him remain human or succumb to his dark instincts.

Hoping we get a sequel someday.

Played it before it is an excellent vampire game since there isnt too many of those.. vampire masquarade wasnt as good in my opinion. They need another installment of Vampyr or something like it

Levelling system is too complicated... you either struggle through the whole story with little xp, or you get loads of xp only to find at the end the final boss is impossible to kill because it scales with you (and some more) ... no way to complete the game without hours of grinding. Can't change the difficulty without starting again. On top of all this the mouse control has forced acceleration and no way to turn it off. It has no respect for your time. I like the concept but it just wasn't enjoyable.

Gamedevs had no vision about their own project... Is this a social sim game? If yes - shallow. Action-RPG?Shallow. Souls-lite? Even worse. Morality system bounces around like worst drunk in the town. - you can help only small number of people game specifically points you to, but not your own sick mother, or that woman who was terrorized into insanity by some vamp, or any other poor soul game wants you to talk, but for some reason not to help. Souls-lite RPG and social sim are hard to unite together, and here devs didnt even bothered. Ive laughed my ass off when in finale main character stated that he never killed anyone to his boring and forced love interest after slaughterin his way thru night London, because you know, he gave oath of Hippocrates and all, but all those game forces you to fight they just dont count. Combat is boring and made without any imagination - youre a vamp, ffs, no range hypnosis, no ability to sneak thru hostile territory as a bat, or anythin actually imaginative. Loot? Boring - regardless of your choices or allegiances thru whole story game gives you ONE secret weapon ( not even best in the game ) and others are... just there UNLESS you start murdering people. Upgrades for weapons? Boring stats increases, stun and bleed and thats it, Scythe or axe, mace or saber - who cares, why would we differentiate scythe with reach, axe with added cleave and yada yada - heres some numbers for you. Game forces difficulty with constant spikes of stats and characteristics of very small number of enemy types, but after first 10 hours i was beatin the hell out of mobs either with high gamage 2h-mace or thru kiting abuse and sneak attacks. Game finished on hardest difficulty lvl 23 and i can continue for a very long time
Positives: my respect and compliments to musicians, voice actors, all people who worked on environment and atmosphere of night London
Negatives: basically everything left - game tries to look deep as an ocean, but once you step further and further you find yourself draggin your feet for tens of or hours thru same boring puddle of mud

The vibe is great! The story is ok. The gameplay is aweful. The fighting system is totally broken.

Great game that is a lot of fun to play and level up in. The one complaint I have is the map system where there is a lot of walking through generic looking streets that are hard to find places by walking around in.

i love the aspect of this game despite it being older and slow. the story was great and i love my wife elisabeth.

Very average gaym. Decent NPC interactions. I expected more. World feels tiny and insignificant. Worth on special.