Vampyr

The game immediately draws you in with the story and makes it so that you have to that you are stuck between a rock and a hard place but you can wiggle out of it because of your humanity. As a new vampire you do something terrible as is revealed in the first cut scene and you now have to find out why you were turned and by who. You follow a trail leading out of town and kinda being chased by an angry mob. Next town you get a first glimpse of your skills and abilities as a new vampire while following a trail of blood and network of people, some of which could sense something off about you. This is the part I've played so far in the game and it has been quite an experience. I'm very early on in the game but I definitely intend to keep going with it because so far at its current state it seems polished, engaging and intuitive. It takes the traditional rpg formula and adds a drive to it.

Story is overall fun and i like the setting a lot. thing is it keeps crashing a lot tho, especially in chapter 4. cant even play a full hour without crashing at least once. this should be fixed

As a gamer without skills, I played it on EASY and had no problems, even fun fighting monsters. Thanks to a fully upgraded shotgun, I managed to even smoke the later bosses, including the final boss. (Thank you for that, developers! :)) Dodging is like a mini-shadow-teleport and you have a vampire sense which makes everything black/white, while blood is RED. This looks so simple, yet so amazing! Some say the story is a bit bland, but actually it's convincing and interesting. Dr. Jonathan Reid really takes you with you and I liked the story of every citizen, and loved the ones from your antagonists. Everything unfolds more and more, and I like the fact it's not on a grand scale (like being the savior of the world or hero to safe the universe) but only you and about 50 or so citizens. Less is sometimes more! It's also worthy to note that every death has its consequences. I aimed for the best ending and was very satisfied with it, as it gets REALLY good. I bought the "The Hunter Heirlooms" DLC, and I used the Dragonbane dagger and Barker pistol (both leveled up) the whole playthrough, because all other weapons were not interesting. The crafting system for remedies (for healing citizens) is easy to understand, not too bloated and fits well in the story. The UI is clean and understandable. This was also probably the first game I read EVERY conversation without skipping any part of the conversation like in Skyrim. The game setting is beautiful and I sometimes just stood still to admire the levels. I hope there will be a second Vampyr, because I had so much fun with this one.

Vampyr was my 2018 GOTY and that remains the case to this day. From its handling of cause and effect to its tragic central romance, there are few action-RPG hybrids quite like this. Yes, it isn't perfect - you can tell it had budget constraints all over the place - but you easily look past them once you delve into its richly drawn world of London on the verge of collapse. I get that critics were harder on it at launch, but you won't regret giving this one a whirl. It's basically The Witcher with elements of Bloodborne thrown in for good measure! I just offer one quick bit of advice: don't choose the blood talons as your primary attack ability. You'll thank me later if you opt for either of the other two options.

I bought this game years ago and just had it sitting in my queue. Decided to start it a few days ago and I'm very impressed! The story is great and I love the change of outcome with your choices. I highly recommend this game!