One of the games on my want list for this year is Vampyr. Reading this E3 Preview has gotten me more excited. Game is scheduled around November.
You play Dr. Jonathan Reid who, at the game’s outset, has just become a vampire. It takes place in 1918 London, and the alpha-build demo they showed off happens during the first act. Without going too in-depth into the details of the opening plot, Reid is looking for a man in town who he suspects of committing murder. He doesn’t want to lock the man up; he just wants to ask a few questions and get the full story from the horse’s mouth.
While looking for the suspected murderer, you can wander around town to your heart’s content and get to know the townspeople as you please. Every NPC you encounter has a name, a backstory, and a subplot you can learn about through conversation, as well as relationships to other townspeople. Additionally, each and every one of them is also a potential victim for you to feed on, should you so wish.
Being a vampire, obviously you need blood to survive. There are your standard “bad guys” who will attack you now and then, and by taking them down you can regain some blood and claim a paltry amount of EXP. Potentially, you could go through the entire game without killing any NPC, instead just grinding these battles over and over and over like you’re playing Final Fantasy and about to take on the last boss. The much faster way to gain EXP is finding NPCs, getting to know them, and chowing down on their necks.
You don’t just want to go sacrificing people all willy-nilly though. When you approach an NPC you can views their profile, which shows who they have close relationships with, how much EXP you would gain from killing them and sucking their blood, information you have learned about them, and so on. As you talk to them or those they are close to, the number of dialogue options there are with them and the amount of EXP gained by sacrificing them raises. Not all dialogue options are unlocked just through conversation though, as often you will have to take on side-quests for them in order to gain their trust, letting them feel more comfortable opening up to you. Alternatively, if you’ve got enough influence over a person you may mesmerise them and force them to tell you the truth about whatever you want to know.
Gameplay 15-30 hours
http://www.psu.com/feature/33299/vam...17-impressions
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While looking for the suspected murderer, you can wander around town to your heart’s content and get to know the townspeople as you please. Every NPC you encounter has a name, a backstory, and a subplot you can learn about through conversation, as well as relationships to other townspeople. Additionally, each and every one of them is also a potential victim for you to feed on, should you so wish.
Being a vampire, obviously you need blood to survive. There are your standard “bad guys” who will attack you now and then, and by taking them down you can regain some blood and claim a paltry amount of EXP. Potentially, you could go through the entire game without killing any NPC, instead just grinding these battles over and over and over like you’re playing Final Fantasy and about to take on the last boss. The much faster way to gain EXP is finding NPCs, getting to know them, and chowing down on their necks.
You don’t just want to go sacrificing people all willy-nilly though. When you approach an NPC you can views their profile, which shows who they have close relationships with, how much EXP you would gain from killing them and sucking their blood, information you have learned about them, and so on. As you talk to them or those they are close to, the number of dialogue options there are with them and the amount of EXP gained by sacrificing them raises. Not all dialogue options are unlocked just through conversation though, as often you will have to take on side-quests for them in order to gain their trust, letting them feel more comfortable opening up to you. Alternatively, if you’ve got enough influence over a person you may mesmerise them and force them to tell you the truth about whatever you want to know.
Gameplay 15-30 hours
http://www.psu.com/feature/33299/vam...17-impressions
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