Posted on: September 24, 2024
cj_iwakura
Verified ownerGames: 143 Reviews: 8
A bitter-sweet Reckoning
If you plan on playing this game, I strongly, STRONGLY encourage you to play both Coteries and Shadows of New York first. Reckoning builds on their foundations, and the main character of Shadows plays a major role in Reckoning. (And it also spoils how Shadows ends, so be warned.) That said, this is going to be a heavy game for both fans of the originals and newcomers. Reckoning feels like the end of an era, and the chaos engulfing New York, the Camarilla, and the Anarchs is being watched from an outside perspective, that of a Ravnos and Caitiff, respectively. What unfolds from there has to be experienced to be appreciated. While most(myself included) critique RoNY for not having as strong a protagonist as Shadows' Julia, I still found Kali and Padraic to have very gripping, compelling narratives, and the way the story ends will definitely sit with me. If I had to make a main complaint, it's that a lot of the choices inconsequential, largely of the 'but thou must!' variety, making very little difference on the outcome. Still, the writing is as solid as the last two games, and there's the same colorful cast of characters, so it's fun to see who comes back for the last dance of the trilogy. I feel RoNY at the end offers more questions than answers, but much like the ending graphic conveys, sometimes in the world of Vampire, answers don't come easily... if ever.
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