So... I've been hyped for this ever since I saw the trailer back in 2018. I always wanted a good vampire game and I thought this was going to be one, even though people were already saying it was bad. And yeah, unfortunately it really isn't a very amazing game, but I don't think it's terrible either.
Bad things first: this is an RPG where the most important choices are not even choices. The story wants to go in one direction and it will MAKE YOU go, so you get things like:
- Option A: Kill
- Option B: Let it die
Which is, honestly, hilarious. Also, I think I got the bad ending in this thing, and I have no idea why. Sure, maybe is because I killed some NPCs and the game didn't want me to do that, but that was literally the ONLY WAY to get true XP for the upgrades, cause if you depend only on missions and fighting thugs on the street to get XP, you're simply not gonna finish the campaign because it will be impossible or extremely time-consuming.
And talking about the upgrades, the combat is quite frustrating. You can be on maximum level with a lot of special skills and a powerful weapon, but your stamina still sucks and you're still not strong enough for most fights. By the end you should be passing the thugs with one hit, but you're still getting beaten.
Another frustrating thing is that almost every single door in this game is locked. And the character will tell you that every time you try to open one. The game is also full of bugs. They never ruined anything for me, but were a bit inconvenient. Like, there's one where the map would just create mark points in random places, and I had to remove them manually to follow the one I actually should.
I talked about all these bad things, but I still said I don't think the game is terrible. That's because I loved the atmosphere, the music is great, and the vampire mechanics are a lot of fun, even with the frustrations. Graphics are nice and the story is cool, although it drags more than it should.
Bad things first: this is an RPG where the most important choices are not even choices. The story wants to go in one direction and it will MAKE YOU go, so you get things like:
- Option A: Kill
- Option B: Let it die
Which is, honestly, hilarious. Also, I think I got the bad ending in this thing, and I have no idea why. Sure, maybe is because I killed some NPCs and the game didn't want me to do that, but that was literally the ONLY WAY to get true XP for the upgrades, cause if you depend only on missions and fighting thugs on the street to get XP, you're simply not gonna finish the campaign because it will be impossible or extremely time-consuming.
And talking about the upgrades, the combat is quite frustrating. You can be on maximum level with a lot of special skills and a powerful weapon, but your stamina still sucks and you're still not strong enough for most fights. By the end you should be passing the thugs with one hit, but you're still getting beaten.
Another frustrating thing is that almost every single door in this game is locked. And the character will tell you that every time you try to open one. The game is also full of bugs. They never ruined anything for me, but were a bit inconvenient. Like, there's one where the map would just create mark points in random places, and I had to remove them manually to follow the one I actually should.
I talked about all these bad things, but I still said I don't think the game is terrible. That's because I loved the atmosphere, the music is great, and the vampire mechanics are a lot of fun, even with the frustrations. Graphics are nice and the story is cool, although it drags more than it should.