Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York

Coteries of New York is a visual novel with quite a few branching story lines (referred to as quests by the developers) and a very intense atmosphere. Graphically the game is very well done. Character and location art are awesome and together with the ambient music the game manages to create the kind of atmosphere one would expect from a VtM game. The main story progresses based on time - the game is clearly intended to offer replay value and you have to choose carefully which plots to pursue in one play-through. In my first run I ignored two of the seven subplots and wasn't able to fully finish the remaining five. So to get the most out of it, choose only a hand full of story lines and stick with them. The subplots themselves (four of which revolve around forming the title giving coterie) are very well done. The characters are unique and in my opinion really lovable. Every character story arch offers a unique atmosphere. Especially the "Cult of Hope" is fantastic and memorable! The only down-side of the game is its limited scope. The game ends rather abruptly and the coterie you form as much less significance in the plot than the title of the game would suggest. tl;dr: If you like the VtM universe and shows like L.A. By Night and you don't hate visual novels, then this game is definitely worth a try. It offers some really unique moments, great characters and a great atmosphere.

Decent game if you do not expect much. Would love to get more variability , and it is actually pretty short. IF they would make something with the mechanics of Disco elysium, would have been awesome.

I was really enjoing the story, and then it ended before i got my katharsis.

Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York does a fantastic job of using the Masquerade universe and lore to center the story around. It will be easy enough for newcomers to grasp as it has a glossary for terms but still has enough for those who know more already. The characters were well done and I was enjoying the story up until the end. The game does a good job of giving you choices over when to feed or not; when to use violence or not and who to befriend or not. It could have been better in some ways though. The ending itself was too sudden and left too many unanswered questions. It also made most of the middle part of the game, which is forming your own coterie, kind of pointless as you never get to interact with these new friends much. The music was pretty good aside from one weird part where there was silence. The art and backgrounds was fantastic and possibly the only time I have seen a visual novel use dynamic backgrounds. I played Coteries of New York on Linux. It never crashed on me and I didn’t notice any spelling errors. The game uses the Unity engine. The game auto saves on every page and overwrites the one save. You can have up to 3 save games going at once but you can’t use more than the one slot for any one play through. This makes it near impossible to see where certain choices go as you would have to replay the whole game to try things out. I played version 1.06F1 of the game from GOG. Disk Space Used: 2.9 GB VRAM Usage: 1971-2022 MB CPU Usage: 3-7 % RAM Usage: 2.6-3 GB Overall even with the poor save system and the rushed ending the game is still a lot of fun and does a great job with characters and atmosphere. I finished my first play through in 4 hours 20 minutes. I paid $22.79 CAD for it and feel that is a fair price. If you enjoy visual novels, and especially if you enjoy the Masquerade universe, give Coteries of New York a try.

The game is a good visual novel. I think it reflects the VtM vibe very well. The plots are intriguing and characters memorable. A lot of reviews point that whatever the decision, the outcome is the same. The same is true for all TellTale games, so if you enjoyed them, you will enjoy Coteries too. + well-written story + VtM vibe - no save slots (irritating while replaying)