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Vampyr: 'Becoming a Monster' Gameplay Trailer
- Thread starter Maxime
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Wonder if they've polished it up. The previews from before were dire. It looks great here but I'm wary.
i've heard you can have a full pacifist run, and yet at the same time i heard in preview events that combat was nigh on impossible because you can't upgrade you characters combat abilities without feeding on the innocent. some clarification on this would be good. was it just a case of the journalists playing being shit at the preview event? i mean it wouldn't be the first time. lol
It's definitely very tough to play through as a pacifist, as the way you gain exp is by feeding on people. I wouldn't say it's nigh-impossible, though
That actually looks really good. Except for the enemies health bars, they need to go or be more discret. Definitely keeping an eye on it now.
Decades of gaming and i am still in shock we're getting a spoonful of lovecraftian and vampire games this year. I'm astonished. I'm buying 3/4 or Focus Home games on day 1.
Tell us more about the vampires. There is a difference between feeding on people's blood and sucking people dry, killing them. Do you actually gain a significant amount of XP just when people die as opposed to the amount of blood you're sucking from a number of them?
I'm wondering if by pacifist it's meant to kill or to hurt (feeding)
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Pumped for this. June is a pretty good release window. I wish the game finds success.
I see that there are still complaints about HUD/health bars. It was way worse originally, it's been improved now. But I guess it's still not good enough.
I see that there are still complaints about HUD/health bars. It was way worse originally, it's been improved now. But I guess it's still not good enough.
When you dont mention HDR or anything these day so close to release its because there probably isn't any...combat looks a little janky but hey I liked Remember Me so I will definetly keep an eye on this and wait for impressions and reviews though...read it's quite hard also.
You can suck small amounts of blood from enemies in combat, which will re-charge your blood level to use abilities. When you kill people by feeding on them, you will gain a very significant amount of XP. You get near-negligible amounts of XP from killing people in combat.
Right?! Been craving both for years, and then suddenly, we get both in the same year.
A very ambitious mechanic, I hope it is indeed implemented much better than Bioshock's Little Sisters and gives us some really tough choices to make.
Hi!
You mentioned Buffy and I am IN. I'll ignore the "not" part before that.
What kind of graphics options are there for PC? Sorry if this was already mentioned.
The game looks sick.
I hope it's REALLY hard to play without upgrading. I want to feel forced to make that hard decision on my first playthrough.
Are there difficulty levels at all? I might play on the hardest one if so.
Are there difficulty levels at all? I might play on the hardest one if so.
This trailer sucks
Nah but seriously this looks pretty good. Wasn't really on my radar before but the trailer was cool and the gameplay sounds interesting. Love the idea of choosing who to drain to get stronger and it having an impact on the world around, hope it's done well and not as shoddily as the way Dishonoured did it
Nah but seriously this looks pretty good. Wasn't really on my radar before but the trailer was cool and the gameplay sounds interesting. Love the idea of choosing who to drain to get stronger and it having an impact on the world around, hope it's done well and not as shoddily as the way Dishonoured did it
Question: I heard there's multiple endings. Can I achieve the best ending even if I kill some people here and there? I assume there'll be a bad guys where my morale shouldn't be really affected by killing them?
Yes, yes! I am absolutely looking forward to this game. The setting, the themes, all wrapped up in a sweet third person RPG wrapper. The more I see, the more interested I become.
Very much looking forward to giving this a whirl. I've wanted a new vampire RPG since Bloodlines, and this seems like it'll scratch a lot of that itch.
Very much looking forward to giving this a whirl. I've wanted a new vampire RPG since Bloodlines, and this seems like it'll scratch a lot of that itch.
The game looks incredible.
Be very proud. Congrats to ya all.
Graphics settings on X and Pro?
I've been excited for this game for awhile. And the fact that being a "good" vampire means not leveling up is kind of crazy. I figured you'd have the option of only killing "bad" people in the game but if you're forced to make moral choices woo. That's going to be tough.
If you can do a pacifist run, does that mean combat can be avoided throughout the game?
When we say pacifist run, we mean without feeding on named characters.
We haven't announced anything about Xbox One X and PS4 Pro settings yet.
I see. What would you say is the split between combat and exploration/choices/narrative?
Also do skills you unlock for combat have uses outside of combat? Like that bat dodge getting you more mobility to explore, stuff like that?
This has been on my radar and is looking really good now. I'm taking the LSAT on June 11 so this will be a good respite once I'm done. By that time I'll know whether to get it on PC or PS4 Pro.
I'd say the split between combat and exploration/narrative is maybe 33/66, it's more of a means to an end.
There aren't really any Metroidvania-style exploration options like that, though, no.
Best of luck on your LSAT!
Thank you!! Positive vibes to you and the team during the home stretch before release. Thanks for answering so many questions here!
i hope both forms of play are at least equally viable as dishonored was. i never felt like i was at a disadvantage playing dishonored without upgrades because the design was such that it let you avoid most of the reasons you would ever need upgrades in the first place. if you have no cool combat powers...just sneak around. easy.
with vampyr seemingly focused on combat it seems to me that sort of freedom of choice doesn't even factor into the equation.
basically sucking all the blood = easy mode and sucking no blood = hard mode.
So basically, combat aside, it's not about the amount of blood we drink it's about the lives we end. We can't just drink a bit from a guy here and a bit from a gal there without killing anybody until a bar is filled and we get stronger... we have to chose which life to end eventually.
Interesting. I initially thought what gave us XP was succeeding in stealthily grabbing and biting a victim, or that a quest would be solved regardless of violence used, not the lives we end
Will we as the player get penalized for chomping on humans in order to level up? I really hope this isn't one of those games where good ending is locked behind being a pacifist.
Really hated that concept in Dishonored games where you have all those cool powers and are getting constantly penalized for using them.
I'm a little confused as to why someone wouldn't be 'at liberty to discuss' the HUD elements of the game
When people use that phrasing it gives me the impression that the answer is a protected secret. The HUD elements? Really?
Is it a secret, are you not at liberty to discuss cause you know we're not gonna like the answer, or do you just not know?
When people use that phrasing it gives me the impression that the answer is a protected secret. The HUD elements? Really?
Is it a secret, are you not at liberty to discuss cause you know we're not gonna like the answer, or do you just not know?
Oh, so this is a full fledged $60 game? I was under the impression that it was a budget $20-$40 title
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This is what I was afraid of :(
Still going to keep and eye out but if it is narrative-focused in a similar vein to Sony stuff then I'm out
It's like Dishonored, the more you kill the worse off districts are.
But the endings reflect your actions, it's not about good ending vs bad ending. It would make no sense to feed on everyone and get an ending that references the fact that you didn't feed on anyone.
Of course it depends on execution and how much nuance they can get across so the endings where you do feed don't all feel like they're lecturing you about how you shouldn't have done that, but conceptually it's very interesting.