Overall graphics and environments are quite good. Voice acting and environment music are also very good. I didn't experience any technical issues with a Ryzen 7 5800X / RTX 3060 / 16 GB RAM / Win11 64bit machine. One nuisance are the somewhat long loading times, that seemed to get longer by the end of my playthrough for some reason.
In terms of gameplay, this game could have used a few more elements in terms of freedom to explore. I mean, I can't break a lock even when I carry an axe? Beyond the silliness of locked doors, this game could have used more alternate paths to traverse via teleporting, a mini map and the greatest omission of all: fast travel.
Fights were a bit of a slog as there isn't much variety of enemies and the few enemy types around don't have a lot of attack variety. You can use many weapon types but they are all fairly similar. When I noticed you can parry with some weapons I got my hopes up. However, I didn't find them very effective as some attacks still go through your parry. I played with a keyboard and mouse and locking onto an enemy seemed counter productive, so I mostly aimed at the enemy I wanted to attack.
My last gripe is the healing the NPCs mechanic. To me, if an area is "sanitized" people shouldn't fall sick the next night. Also, hunting down NPCs to heal them without map pointers is kinda lame in this day and age.
Towards the end of my playthrough, I was fighting enemies 10 levels above me, but besides being patient and careful with the dodges, there isn't too much to worry about. I struggled more with a few bosses than against the end bosses. The game doesn't throw large mobs at you, but on a few indoor areas, again towards the end, it does and it was slightly aggravating.
Overall, I enjoyed my time with Vampyr, but more for the story and the narrative than the gameplay itself.
