Vampyr is a game I enjoyed, I did thoroughly enjoy it. I view this game as a Dracula Simulator, moreso in the character relationships and development. Throughout the game you can choose to stalk, persuade and learn about the sixty or so people you encounter in London, as the more intel you find out about them the higher the XP you can get to level up and power yourself, and you can also heal them with medicines you can create via blueprints, where if they get sick you can heal them and get some good XP back. This XP will make you powerful as all hell, BUT, the more that you "Embrace" (or feed) on people, the lower the district health is, and when it's lowered all the way it basically becomes hostile. That's the basic gist with a bit of a plot in between about a plague in London and etc. It's an intriguing social game and experiment and to me I give it points because in a way I put the social aspect of this game in tier with say Shadow of Mordor/War. NOW to the bad part: the combat is ass. The whole reason you're leveling up most of the time is for boss battles and combat, which is for the most part just meh. It can be better the more you feed but that would also depend on if you want all the districts to become hostile and get the bad ending. So honestly I view the game as mostly this:
You can either: Not feed on many people, saving London and getting the good ending (With a better ending if you kill NO ONE) but deal with aggravating difficulty in terms of combat.
OR
You can be a total a sshole, kill people and become a powerful, getting past the difficulties in the combat but dooming all of London and making everything much hostile anyways.
To me this game is a good experiment, in that I enjoy and you might enjoy it too. But if I were you I'd say go with the lowest difficulty with no combat, I made the mistake of choosing a difficulty above the easiest one. Though I could just suck at video games and be a wimp. I will say also there are numerous upgrades you can get for weapons by collecting parts and buying special pieces from merchants. I like it but I can understand that it's for a niche crowd. I'd say give it a try but wait for a price drop.
Pros:
Dracula Simulator
Interesting Story
Open Choices and interesting characters
Cons:
Combat
That's the review I can think of off the top of my head. It's good but it's for a niche audience. If you're interested try it it's just 50 dollars? Idk
From Steam Reviews: https://steamcommunity.com/id/gamemast15r/recommended/
You can either: Not feed on many people, saving London and getting the good ending (With a better ending if you kill NO ONE) but deal with aggravating difficulty in terms of combat.
OR
You can be a total a sshole, kill people and become a powerful, getting past the difficulties in the combat but dooming all of London and making everything much hostile anyways.
To me this game is a good experiment, in that I enjoy and you might enjoy it too. But if I were you I'd say go with the lowest difficulty with no combat, I made the mistake of choosing a difficulty above the easiest one. Though I could just suck at video games and be a wimp. I will say also there are numerous upgrades you can get for weapons by collecting parts and buying special pieces from merchants. I like it but I can understand that it's for a niche crowd. I'd say give it a try but wait for a price drop.
Pros:
Dracula Simulator
Interesting Story
Open Choices and interesting characters
Cons:
Combat
That's the review I can think of off the top of my head. It's good but it's for a niche audience. If you're interested try it it's just 50 dollars? Idk
From Steam Reviews: https://steamcommunity.com/id/gamemast15r/recommended/