Vampyr - vampire action-RPG from Life Is Strange devs

[Life of the Party]

Who's the goddess? Inanna?

 

[DalekFlay]

Watched some of the hour long stream they did. I really like the idea of choosing between enhancing your skills or preserving the city. The dev's comments about districts turning into deserted hellholes filled with monsters if you kill everyone for XP sounded like a neat mechanic. That said I have way too big of a backlog to buy this (or anything really) day one for full price.

 

[Life of the Party]

 

[Sykar]

So it will be shit?

 

[Kem0sabe]

Extensive Q&A with someone who bought the game early (ps4).

https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/commen...y_early_i_can_answer/?st=JHVZV0K5&sh=fd575517

 

[RK47]

i finished bloodlines 6 times in preparation for this one.

 

[Latelistener]

i finished bloodlines 6 times in preparation for this one.

You ate the best dinner in your life in preparation for a cup of soda.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

i finished bloodlines 6 times in preparation for this one.

You ate the best dinner in your life in preparation for a cup of soda.

Good for digestion.

 

[Life of the Party]

Extensive Q&A with someone who bought the game early (ps4).

https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/commen...y_early_i_can_answer/?st=JHVZV0K5&sh=fd575517

He seems to like the combat. I guess skills could make it somewhat tolerable.

That was my biggest concern and I mean look it's not anything crazy but it is better than I expected and smoother, fun, square is a fast basic attack depending on what you have equipped, such as machetes, hammers and the special weapons that are attached to Triangle offer cool different perks and uses like guns or stakes, along with vampire abilities, its enjoyable.

Circle to dodge, r3 to lock on and switch between targets, square is your standard attack. Combat feels good enough, you generally kill these early game guys in 2-3 hits with a bladed weapon. It's not the best but it's good combat so far, and that's not mentioning your skills you have available

A West End screenshot:

 

[Grokalibre]

Guys save your money, I'll torrent that shit day1 for a my review.

 

[Latelistener]

HYPSTER

 

[Paul_cz]

My copy was sent out today, shame it is a PC version so I cannot play it until steam unlocks it. But the 60fps and better experience is worth the wait.

 

[Raghar]

BTW certain PS4 console peasants are playing already, these filthy PC pirates must wait until official release.

 

[PhantasmaNL]

PC control scheme will probably be utter shit with no remapping.

Taking a wild guess here.

 

[Wunderbar]

i finished bloodlines 6 times in preparation for this one.

it'll be nothing like Bloodlines.

 

[Belegarsson]

This game is on my anticipation list but you guys are really not okay in the head if you think the people who made Life is Strange and Remember Me can create something that remotely resembles VTMB

 

[Life of the Party]

Bloodlines is 50% atmosphere, 100% lore, so we'll see. I asked who's the goddess since they mentioned 'curse of the goddess'. I don't really see Greek or even Egyptian gods being part of the vampire legend so probably something Levantine. Perhaps a local conflict between Yahweh and Astarte? Inanna, Ishtar, Astarte, something along those lines. They are pretty much the same anyway. By the way, they also mentioned taking your place among the bearers of the lance. Longinus?

 

[Projas]

I'll buy it if they change the name to Fampyr.

 

[Life of the Party]

Fampyr: The Mafqyerade – Floodlynes

 

[Siel]

Thoughts from some console peasant:

dude i HAVE the game, trust me

Combat feels a little bit clunky, but it’s ok, Story is great so far, soooo many conversations, you can talk to every single NPC and everyone has its own little story and is connect to other NPCs

It feels more like an Adventure in the first 3 hours wich is great

I don’t want to talk about gameplay mechanics cause i rly don’t want to spoiler anything (i hope i didn’t already)

The game looks nice, not great cause it’s no AAA, it runs with pretty solid 30fps (PS4 pro)

no options for higher fps available btw

ok, so SPOILER, you want it that way

The skilltree consists of active & passive skills. There is HP, endurance & blood. Blocking (possible with two-handed weapons), attacking and dodging consume stamina. Blood is used for abilities and can be refilled during the fight by, for example, incapacitating the opponent for a short time and then biting or using the side weapons (scalpel for example) to directly draw blood from the opponent. Blood is also important because you can sacrifice part of it to heal yourself.

I've unlocked three active skills so far, there are melee and ranged attacks. These can be further strengthened.

There are four types of damage and the opponents have different resistances. Melee, ranged (pistols or shotguns), blood attacks and shadow attacks. You can see their resistances next to their HP bar

The game saves every time you distribute points, you can not undo the distribution. By the way, you collect XP while you play and can only distribute it when you go to sleep. There are small hiding places on the map, empty apartments, there you can craft & sleep.

I have only seen one district so far, there is a big HUB with a lot of NPCs, as I said, there alone all dialogues to lead and explore took 1.5 hours. The opponents have different levels depending on the district.

something to exploration: while exploring you will find everywhere doors or gates that are closed, I have found only a key that opened a door for me, there are also closed boxes that can not be opened. In the inventory, every key you find is displayed with a matching description.

So that's it for now, I will not be able to play until tonight, I'm out all day. I'm from Germany and it is 9 o'clock in the morning here ^

for anyone who was afraid because he doesnt know what to expect because it is not an AAA title, if you enjoy openworld-action-rpg-adventure gameplay with a strong focus on great story’s you can buy it without a doubt. It has its own style and its better than i expected

the worldmap seems not that big but it's filled with lovely details, and many areas and secrets to explore. The game has a great atmosphere and the game looks pretty nice imho

it’s worth the money

EDIT: btw, voice acting is high quality especially jonathan

the game gets even better, can’t stop playing cause main story and even all these conversations are so well written and interesting, rly, all these different characters...

it’s definitely the best game from dotnod so far and if you liked Life is Strange than you like Vampyr of course, i can 100% recommend this game

 

[racofer]

Fampyr: The Mafqyerade – Floodlynes

I'd buy that for a dollar.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Fampyr: The Mafqyerade – Floodlynes

Who took the teeth outta vampires?

 

[fantadomat]

Thoughts from some console peasant:

dude i HAVE the game, trust me

Combat feels a little bit clunky, but it’s ok, Story is great so far, soooo many conversations, you can talk to every single NPC and everyone has its own little story and is connect to other NPCs

It feels more like an Adventure in the first 3 hours wich is great

I don’t want to talk about gameplay mechanics cause i rly don’t want to spoiler anything (i hope i didn’t already)

The game looks nice, not great cause it’s no AAA, it runs with pretty solid 30fps (PS4 pro)

no options for higher fps available btw

ok, so SPOILER, you want it that way

The skilltree consists of active & passive skills. There is HP, endurance & blood. Blocking (possible with two-handed weapons), attacking and dodging consume stamina. Blood is used for abilities and can be refilled during the fight by, for example, incapacitating the opponent for a short time and then biting or using the side weapons (scalpel for example) to directly draw blood from the opponent. Blood is also important because you can sacrifice part of it to heal yourself.

I've unlocked three active skills so far, there are melee and ranged attacks. These can be further strengthened.

There are four types of damage and the opponents have different resistances. Melee, ranged (pistols or shotguns), blood attacks and shadow attacks. You can see their resistances next to their HP bar

The game saves every time you distribute points, you can not undo the distribution. By the way, you collect XP while you play and can only distribute it when you go to sleep. There are small hiding places on the map, empty apartments, there you can craft & sleep.

I have only seen one district so far, there is a big HUB with a lot of NPCs, as I said, there alone all dialogues to lead and explore took 1.5 hours. The opponents have different levels depending on the district.

something to exploration: while exploring you will find everywhere doors or gates that are closed, I have found only a key that opened a door for me, there are also closed boxes that can not be opened. In the inventory, every key you find is displayed with a matching description.

So that's it for now, I will not be able to play until tonight, I'm out all day. I'm from Germany and it is 9 o'clock in the morning here ^

for anyone who was afraid because he doesnt know what to expect because it is not an AAA title, if you enjoy openworld-action-rpg-adventure gameplay with a strong focus on great story’s you can buy it without a doubt. It has its own style and its better than i expected

the worldmap seems not that big but it's filled with lovely details, and many areas and secrets to explore. The game has a great atmosphere and the game looks pretty nice imho

it’s worth the money

EDIT: btw, voice acting is high quality especially jonathan

the game gets even better, can’t stop playing cause main story and even all these conversations are so well written and interesting, rly, all these different characters...

it’s definitely the best game from dotnod so far and if you liked Life is Strange than you like Vampyr of course, i can 100% recommend this game

If the unwashed masses think that the game is good,then there is a good chance that it is shit!

 

[Hobo Elf]

Hype as fuck for this

 

[Mikeal]

Who thought that being forced to play as new member of one clan, when in game world several others exist, was a good idea should be fired. I sensed missed opportunities of replayability.