Vampyr Critique - Some Life in This One 

Ten points to whoever can figure out the theme of the chapter titles and can give me specifics of where each comes from

My fondest memory of this game is when i trusted a dude that was eating human remains in some dark basement... My reasoning was "hes acting TOO evil it cant be THAT obvious, im gonna trust him" Then like half the map ended up diseased and everyone died. Lesson learned 😂

I love a little lore tidbit where it’s described how vampires don’t die when exposed to the sun but slowly crumble to a blackened skeleton only to regenerate when the sun goes down. It’s a horrifically painful experience and to me it’s a perfect blend between the original literary vampires not having any weakness to sunlight and the now cliche turning to ashes when exposed to the sun. 10:38 and its mentioned 4 minutes later 😂😂

This game is way better then people give it credit. The dialogue is crazy good. Just listening to NPCs in the background give hints to quests. Plus the fact that you can fail dialogue without save scumming is great. You need to listen to everyone's emotions. Great game. Who cares about the combat. If that's what your into then your playing the wrong type of game.

So when I heard of aggravated damage by sunlight, I went "oh like in the tabletop game" since the World of Darkness also uses aggravated damage. Then when Embrace was brought up, I also went "oh like in the tabletop game" since Vampire the Masquerade used this term for turning someone into a vampire. Then it was explained and I can't help but think about the people who also were into tabletop games, would fast forward the embrace explanation because they thought they knew what it was, chose to do it and then went "Wait wtf, he's dead?!". That would be one heck of game experience.

Yeah, it needs a sequel. I'm slowy slogging my way through my first playthrough, and I'm close to the end, but it's starting to gnaw away at me. Never have I felt so 50/50 about a game before. My original plan was to play the game twice, once as super evil eat-everyone, and then again with a super good no-embrace. But... If I finish my current run, I'll probably move on to something else and hope for a sequel. If it wasn't a vampire game, I seriously doubt I would have given this game a chance, let alone attempt to finish it. At any rate, good video!

I think if not for Vampyr's esthetic I wouldn't have played, I personally don't mind the combat because of the little things like dashing around and I personally love all the powers because i cant think of another game where you can blood bend a target or hold someone down to get butt penatrated by a shadow, I don't think the game is supposed challenge you very much because narrativly speaking you seem to be one of the powerful vampires in London so who really could stop but yourself and I really like that. All the problems you mentioned 100% agree with and I would like a improvement cause that mesmerize lvl is super limiting, I don't know why they even put in hard mode where the npcs have specific powers yet at low lvl you can't even have a good select of targets seems like an oversight.

Very good but I disagree with being punished for being a vampire, since you are rewarded by it: - Killing people makes you a stronger vampire, specially if you are evil, serving like a curse and lost of humanity - Trying to resist it is possible but lets you weaker, you struggle in game because he is struggling against the curse What you cant is be a vampire hero, since killing anyone even if they are bad, is morally gray on human society and would in theory strengthen your curse.

Can't wait to watch this over my next three meals. Loved vampyr, ambitious and innovative social circle/pillar structure, even enjoyed the combat, very curious what the critique will be like

Bro you way too underrated, banger critiques

Dude, this is really stellar video, you have very soothing pleasant voice Do not give up, your channel will blow up sooner or later

I stopped playing at chapter 3 right before you find Sean, I'm glad I happened upon this video. Because while the setting and the plot was interesting, I couldn't stand the actual gameplay mechanics. Great video!

I may disagree with the soothing voice bit, but your insight and understanding of the games you discuss is enough to keep me watching and coming back. I appreciate how well-structured your reviews/analysis are

I went back through the backlog to 100% this one earlier this year; wasn't great nor terrible. Could definitely use a sequel to find its footing

really enjoyed this. hope for more! :)

kaldini strikes again with a top tier video

great video as always, good stuff man!

High quality content as always!!! Thanks magician kaldini!!

I love the opening monologue of the game

your section on mesmerizing Dorothy and the way it's not explained to the character are spot on. On my second playthrough I attempted a Paragon run, and got punished for selecting the non lethal option. I felt the game cheated me and never progressed after that section.

i love your videos man

15:28 I can relate to the dating app comment man! 😂😂

Personally played this game over and over again... but have only completed it once. It has good bones but just can't hold my interest for the entirety of the story. I am a bit of a completionist though so I lose a lot of time in the side missions; trying to become an overpowered vampiric badass without 'embracing' people.

What a great video! I always disliked the combat system so much, that I stopped playing, but this video makes me wanna play it again, cheers!

Great game and amusingly I had no idea that the blood meter could be replenished until AFTER I fought the first boss in the Pembroke Hospital Morgue lol. Kept wondering why my heal ability wasn't working and could only be used 2 or 3 times until I noticed the bite icon showing up and figured it out. You are right though as a day/night cycle could've made things even more interesting however how that would work as a plus for the game rather than an inconvenience you could just skip by sleeping until nightfall is anybody's guess. It would've been nice to see London town in daylight though and it could've been used as a nudge to get to a safehouse rather than just going there to restock and skill up. Like a reverse Dying Light mechanic. Fast travel would've been nice but I can see how they didn't do it given how small the map is and the fact you would miss all the fights in between getting to different locations. I will say however that like most games today it does feel like the end was rushed as you mentioned with the pointless choices near the end where it should've mattered. It did make the whole thing feel pointless at the end and that's a real shame considering how much time you put into this game making choices. The plot was flawed from the start with the Doris Crane outcome because it didn't even matter what you did with her because Lady Ashbury is an integral part of the story. Charm, Embrace or fire her the outcome is pretty much the same. BTW has anyone actually managed to achieve Sanitized status on a single district? I embraced 4 bastards and kept healing the rest and still couldn't get the district past Stable and the Pembroke was always around Healthy to Stable.

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HAHAHAH WE USED TO BURN DONKEY DUNG AS FUEL

The player does have a reason to turn Dawson: It helps them stay on good terms with the Ascalon Club. Admittedly this doesn’t have any real effect but it makes sense from an in character point of view. We don’t know that King Arthur’s blood can turn people because to my knowledge the game never states that stored blood can turn people. Embracing Clarence’s wife does have a gameplay consequence he won’t accept medicine from you.

I really don't see why the name is dumb tbh

Love seeing your abundance of xp when i went to fight the last boss i was -720 exp 😅

cool

I liked this game. I like the feeling of cultivating cattle for my consumption so that I can get cool powers.

I never understood the critique of the combat system. I'm a huge sucker for good combat as a Soulsvet and over 1000hrs in both Niohs. With that said the combat in Vampyr is not bad at all. I think a lot have skill issues (as always). There are easy talent combinations that make it rly smooth and fun. When I watch youtubers it's almost always a bad button mashing.

Load times game crashes alot

If Vampyr were a linear action-rpg it would be 200% better. The open world aspect is so unnecessary, and at the cost of better graphics and more refined mechanics.

Game would be great if not combat, combat is atrocious 😢

Swj game kcd way better.

It does have a dumb name I must admit

🤣the least fun you’ll have as a vampire. The more vampire things you do, the more you get brutally punished by the strongest part of the game….the story. What kind of vampire game has your vampire fighting with swords and guns..GTFO. You do too many non-vampirey things in this game. I think this is one of the most adult games though, they talk about politics in a very mature way. Extremely rare in games. How about how extremely weak you are due to the dumb RPG leveling. This skinny weak guard is like an immortal god because the #5 above his head is greater than the #4 above yours. GTFO. What a devastating design choice making the combat all the more worse than 9/11. But the story seduced me and I bought the soundtrack. I never forgot what made the game good.

The RPG is the only thing worse than the combat