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elementary my dear baxter
Recently I tried to play Vampyr. I liked the idea of it on paper. Story based vampire game where you pose as the town doctor, where any of the NPCs can be killed and you have to be careful not to reveal yourself. Sounds pretty awesome really.
But like, it's got this really generic third person action game with powers combat forced in there, just really crammed in. It's dominated most of the playtime in the first couple hours or so. It sucks because like, the streets and various buildings are full of vampire hunters or lesser ghouls to fight everywhere and it makes the idea that you're trying to stay discreet and hidden absurd. Like anyone who looks out their window will see me throwing blood spears and biting a bunch of murderous psychos.
Also the game like, starts at the beginning right after you've been turned so it then has to speed run you killing a loved one, being hunted as a monster, and finding a way to hide in plain sight like, crazy fast. And that creates stupid contrivances like having a hospital administrator be like, super fucking friendly to vampires for some reason and offering you a job within 20 minutes. It should have started months or even years after turning so that you can just start the game as a Dr. Acula and have the dramatic details of said turning be revealed as story details down the line.
So yeah at the point where I thought maybe I'd get to just go out into the world and play the game the way I'd hoped it would be it sent me to a "morgue" which is more of a "combat dungeon" with a boss fight at the end that is really difficult and keeps destroying me and I worry that's the only incentive to feed on people. So yeah. I don't know if I want to keep playing it.
But like, it's got this really generic third person action game with powers combat forced in there, just really crammed in. It's dominated most of the playtime in the first couple hours or so. It sucks because like, the streets and various buildings are full of vampire hunters or lesser ghouls to fight everywhere and it makes the idea that you're trying to stay discreet and hidden absurd. Like anyone who looks out their window will see me throwing blood spears and biting a bunch of murderous psychos.
Also the game like, starts at the beginning right after you've been turned so it then has to speed run you killing a loved one, being hunted as a monster, and finding a way to hide in plain sight like, crazy fast. And that creates stupid contrivances like having a hospital administrator be like, super fucking friendly to vampires for some reason and offering you a job within 20 minutes. It should have started months or even years after turning so that you can just start the game as a Dr. Acula and have the dramatic details of said turning be revealed as story details down the line.
So yeah at the point where I thought maybe I'd get to just go out into the world and play the game the way I'd hoped it would be it sent me to a "morgue" which is more of a "combat dungeon" with a boss fight at the end that is really difficult and keeps destroying me and I worry that's the only incentive to feed on people. So yeah. I don't know if I want to keep playing it.