This review contains spoilers
Don'tNod is really good when it comes to narrative! Vampyr has a really good and immersive story! I just loved exploring London with the Epidemy of Spanish Flu and the After-War historical context. The investigation are really good and fun. I spent most of my playtime listening and finding hints!
The real problem of this game is that it tried to be a narrative action-rpg game and succeded in neither of them. The main story is pretty good at the beginning, but the ending is a little far-fetched. Especially when it comes to the antidote.
As an Action-RPG, it's a big fail. To use your PX, you need to go to sleep. The problem is when you sleep, all the citizens you've met may become ill and their status can aggravate if you sleep a lot of night without healing them.
It would be nice if you had all the remedy available at the beginning. The third remedy is to find in the Graveyard, but normally, you're not getting there before chapter 3. If you go before, ennemies are far too strong if you play a True Pacifist run like I did.
And if you don't find the remedy on a random corpse, you are just punished for exploring. In any RPG, if you explore, win some fights and gain XP, you are rewarded by being able to surpass the difficulty level of the game. In this game, fights are worth 5 XP, no matter the level.
The Action-RPG system of the game encourages you to play a Evil Vampire cause it's easier and is a lot easier... and since it is frustrating cause playing a True Pacifist run makes you finish the game at level 30 max (against ennemies that are 35-36)...
Vampyr is sitten between two chairs and just don't succeed in any style. Giving more PX for the fights would have solved many problems of the game.
Oh and ennemies are strong since some of them have gazes or christian lights that makes you lose both of your gauge (stamina, blood or life). I died a lot of them being trapped in a gaz or in a light, wanting to dodge and realizing that I had no more stamina.
The game is pretty fun for the narrative, but the old engine (there are a lot of unjustified loading time) and the XP, fight and RPG system is completly broken. Would not replay even if only one game of evil and one game of Pacifist would be enough to get the Platinum.
The real problem of this game is that it tried to be a narrative action-rpg game and succeded in neither of them. The main story is pretty good at the beginning, but the ending is a little far-fetched. Especially when it comes to the antidote.
As an Action-RPG, it's a big fail. To use your PX, you need to go to sleep. The problem is when you sleep, all the citizens you've met may become ill and their status can aggravate if you sleep a lot of night without healing them.
It would be nice if you had all the remedy available at the beginning. The third remedy is to find in the Graveyard, but normally, you're not getting there before chapter 3. If you go before, ennemies are far too strong if you play a True Pacifist run like I did.
And if you don't find the remedy on a random corpse, you are just punished for exploring. In any RPG, if you explore, win some fights and gain XP, you are rewarded by being able to surpass the difficulty level of the game. In this game, fights are worth 5 XP, no matter the level.
The Action-RPG system of the game encourages you to play a Evil Vampire cause it's easier and is a lot easier... and since it is frustrating cause playing a True Pacifist run makes you finish the game at level 30 max (against ennemies that are 35-36)...
Vampyr is sitten between two chairs and just don't succeed in any style. Giving more PX for the fights would have solved many problems of the game.
Oh and ennemies are strong since some of them have gazes or christian lights that makes you lose both of your gauge (stamina, blood or life). I died a lot of them being trapped in a gaz or in a light, wanting to dodge and realizing that I had no more stamina.
The game is pretty fun for the narrative, but the old engine (there are a lot of unjustified loading time) and the XP, fight and RPG system is completly broken. Would not replay even if only one game of evil and one game of Pacifist would be enough to get the Platinum.