Posted on: December 20, 2020

modkon

Jeux: 489 Avis: 4

Just what the doctor ordered

Vampyr isn't perfect, but it’s still special. I love parts of it so much I've played it 4 times in about 1 ½ years. When I watched trailers of the game I was intrigued by the setting and atmosphere. What put me off was the design of the main character who looked like a hipster which didn't seem to fit in with the rest. Playing the game for the first time I quickly decided that it didn't bother me much. Especially with a character who's portrayed by his voice actor so darn well. Seriously: To me, Anthony Howell's performance here is one of the best in video game history. So that, combined with an intro sequence that still gives me chills every time I see and hear it, reeled me in right from the start. To cut this short: The story couldn't quite keep up with the great first impressions. Too many plotholes and too little time put into making the various (exposition) dialogues at least a little more interesting (and there ARE a lot of those). And that's a bummer, because to me, story and characters are the most crucial aspects in a video game. Usually. Two aspects of the game are so well done however that they outweigh my gripes with the story and make Vampyr so special to me: the atmosphere and the soundtrack. There are some games out there that can pull you in with their great surroundings, but I’ve never seen it done quite so well as in Vampyr. I love the art style that looks a bit like it was painted. It's a very nice and fitting touch. And while the streets of London are dark, gloomy and dirty, the lighting gives it such a beautiful look. Combined with weather effects like rain or fog it feels amazing. The music contributes to this as it’s hauntingly melancholic and just evokes many emotions in and of itself. The indoors are very pleasant to look at, as well. The combination of setpieces and lighting works to create a gloomy and yet cozy atmosphere. Even on my 4th playthrough I couldn’t get over how gorgeous the world looked and the music tracks sounded.

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Posted on: January 8, 2022

AstroLion

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Jeux: 504 Avis: 145

Développeur français, mais pas les voix!

J'ai trouvé que c'était un très bon jeu : avec une belle ambiance sonore et visuelle. Les combats sont aussi bien réussi. L'histoire est aussi prenante, on ne s'ennuie pas. Elle est intéressante avec quelques choix important au fil de l'histoire. Mon seul regret sur ce jeu est que les voix n'aient pas été traduites en français sachant que les développeurs sont français. Je pense que c'est quand même le minimum que les développeurs français traduisent leurs jeux en français. Sinon pourquoi les autres pays le ferait pour les leurs ?

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Posted on: May 12, 2023

danblasch

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Jeux: 275 Avis: 28

one of the best vampire games out there

great graphics, great story and game play, can't think of anything to criticize. Others have criticized the combat mechanics and bugs: I did not encounter any bugs (played through the main quest and a number, though not all, side quests) and I had no issue with the combat mechanics (though I do like to play games on "easy" settings). Another point some have criticized was that in order to get a certain ending, (which some consider to be the "good" ending) you had to refrain from killing citizens and thus limit some XP and skills: I think this mechanic is great and makes absolute sense: The player can choose to be humane and "good" as a vampire or become cruel and all-powerful (and anything in between); I don't think any one ending is better or worse, they all make sense and are consequences of your actions as a player, which I find very rewarding.

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Posted on: January 9, 2022

efAston

Jeux: 252 Avis: 6

Beat up the same 3 guys for 20 hours

This might be an unfair comparison, because I played this right after Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines, which is one of the best RPGs ever made, but I didn't find anything interesting about Vampyr. Vampyr isn't really an RPG in my opinion, the experience points are used in more of an upgrade system (like in Batman Arkham Asylum) than a levelling system (like in VtM Bloodlines or Baldur's Gate). You can't strategise or change your play style, by selecting your abilities. You are "punch, dodge, rinse, repeat" man, so get used to it. And you will beat up the same three guys in the same dark street for the whole game. There is no change of scenery, there aren't even different level enemies in different areas, it's just the same punch-up with the same guys at the end of each street. And you get negligible experience from it. What you do get experience from is finding out civilians' secrets. Tom caused an explosion years ago and feels guilty about it, Dick is in a gang but loves his son a lot, and Harry is secretly gay. And the game tells the stories about as interestingly as I just did. In VtM Bloodlines, Heather Poe and Paul's girlfriend were heartbreaking characters. In Vampyr, I couldn't even figure out why I cared about the main characters. The story doesn't seem to connect to the game play either. Nobody mentions the endless supplies of monsters 20 metres from them. I never quite knew why I was killing vampires and vampire hunters all day long, and then being praised in dialogue for not having killed anyone. Of course it's because I hadn't fed on any civilians, which is the easiest source of experience in the game, but affects the ending. But was I a force for good? There are zombie-like vampires killing everything in sight, so am I helping anyone other than myself by killing vampire hunters? Why do the civilised vampires attack me when I help them kill the hunters, but not each other? This is punch, dodge, rinse repeat, on the same enemies, in the same scene.

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Posted on: June 14, 2019

Hyperlinks Proscan

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Jeux: 277 Avis: 5

Un très bon jeu en pleine épidémie

En phase avec la période actuelle, Vampyr nous plonge dans un Londres ravagé par une épidémies de grippe espagnol. Le jeu est sombre, les gens vivent dans la misère, et chacun semble au bord du désespoire. L'histoire de Jonathan Reid, médecin revenu de la Grande Guerre, et transformé en vampire, est passionante et pleine de rebondissements. L'univers est travaillé, les personnages et les lieux ont chacun une personnalité propre, et c'est un plaisir de traverser les rues de Londres. Bien que parfois un peu trop dur, notamment vers le milieu du jeu, et ayant des combats assez demandeur, on ne se lasse pas de l'histoire qui parvient à garder le joueur plongé dans ce monde vampirique, et ce jusqu'à la toute fin. Graphiquement, le jeu est beau et malgré quelques léger bugs, pour la plupart peu gênant, il est très diverstissant et prouve que des AA peuvent être de la qualité d'un titre AAA.

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