Vampyr - Review After 100%

[@molliethomas2585]

Vampyr is an underrated gem. I hope the developers get to revisit that world and make a sequel or spinoff.

[@MortismalGaming]

It was commercially successful and well recieved, so I imagine they'll do something with it eventually

[@khatack]

How is it underrated? To my knowledge the game is universally praised.

[@alexbaraj5272]

@@khatack i mean the metacritic score doesnt reflect that

[@edgarrivera4197]

@@khatackidk anyone who played this game beside me 💔

[@elbentzo]

I loved Vampyr. Loved the embracing mechanics, loved how it actually felt morally challenging, loved the atmosphere and tone. Especially just fell completely in love with the story and characters. However, I only played it once (pacifist run), got the good ending, and never came back to it. Reason being, the goddamn tediousness of running in circles around the city, having no fast travel, having no enemy variety (you said you sometimes fight the same enemies again, but actually you ALWAYS fight the EXACT SAME ENEMIES AT THE SAME EXACT SPOTS in each chapter). It just becomes so taxing. So yeah, if there was a mod for fast travel I would say this is one of my all time favorite games.

[@romellpoellinetz7435]

It's one of my top three the lack of fast travel never bothered me because I barely use fast travel unless it's a game like biomutant or immortals fenyx rising plus the maps not super big to where fast travel would be something I absolutely need but I'm the same person to explore a whole far cry map on foot

[@sumandsubstance7881]

Yeah agreed. It has no replay value at all, but it's a great game regardless

[@jakestocker4854]

I agree and personally I wish they would have leaned more into the souls like aspects of the game.

[@rainsfall4119]

you acting like souls games have different enemies each time you leave the campfire! this game is exactly like soulsborn games which i really like it but unlike soulsborn titles the enemies in this game are unique from each other they have personality and thier own dialogue.

[@Squeeble00]

I really wish they had tied the ending to how healthy each district was instead of how many people you ate. It'd make the balancing act of keeping the district's alive while you try to boost your combat strength a little more interesting.

[@paulothx138]

You can't argue against a reviewer that 100% a game. Keep up the amazing job, bro.

[@Trenex1000]

I played this game on my XBOX console (through XBOX Game Pass) and unlocked all its achievements. This game is rough, but something is genuinely precious at its core. If it had a better budget, more development time, and more refined and polished gameplay mechanics, this game would have kicked ass. This game had so much going for it, but so much of it felt tedious. I played through it multiple times, and the problems that you mentioned in this video really exposed themselves. A properly implemented New Game Plus mode would have made this game much more fun for numerous playthroughs and easier to manage. They didn’t even include it in an update.

[@edneragnarok]

I’ve been wanting to replay this one. I remember getting tired of it towards the end, but I’d like to drain everyone I can and see how messed up things can get. Love your videos my man. Keep it up.

[@malceum]

Awesome game. Beat it on hard with no embracing. A good Souls-like challenge. One thing that would have helped is getting fast travel at some point. Just being able to fast travel to the districts or your hideouts would have removed so much tedium.

[@Shadow131191]

Loved playing Vampyr! The combat isn't that great but decent enough. The story is great and loved the fact that every NPC you can embrace felt like a person. Makes you think twice before embracing someone.

[@MortismalGaming]

Yeah I think making you get to know things about them for the extra exp before choosing to embrace them really added more weight to the decision too

[@Nefilum]

"First a couple of things right of the bat" I see what you did there ;)

[@yavorvlaskov5404]

Vampyr was great (except the end, that felt rushed a little bit), but even with that it was amazing. It got me out of my "gaming fatigue" phase I had where nothing seemed exciting or engaging. I was so immersed in this game, I actually *felt* the pressure of the knowledge that if I was to rest, people could get sicker and die. I would love and recommend it to anyone, and I am really happy you are giving it a review.

[@rainsfall4119]

i got this game yesterday on xbox series x it got 60fps patch!! the game is buttery smooth with super fast loadings. so far i love the way the combat system is working which it's not just dodge and attack but the difficulty is heavily based on number of enemies. you see, you're a vampire so more enemy more blood, more blood more power so when there are fewer enemies the combat system becomes harder and harder unti 1 enemy is left and you can't heal yourself and use your vampire powers fast enough. this was such refreshing system i had experienced in a long time. i see some people complaining about fighting same enemy in same exact location but i never see you complaining this system in dark souls franchise. the game's world is exactly like soulsborn games which i really like about, if you don't familiar with this kind of mechanism so this game is not for you! some acting like souls games have different enemies each time you leave the campfire! unlike soulsborn titles the enemies in this game are unique from each other they have personality and thier own dialogue something that fromsoftware should learn from this game.

[@romellpoellinetz7435]

It's funny I started playing this during quarantine along with the division 2 and thought both were appropriate games for the time I was playing then

[@commoncrook8531]

Thank you for playing the beginning, such an awesome scene!

[@slyaspie4934]

So glad I got bored and decided to install this game and check out some reviews while I wait, as it's brought me to your channel and looking at your list of 100% reviews and this one I'm subbed great content

[@samueltheprideofafrikarobi9319]

No spoilers. But outside of when I accidently made what turned out to be bad decisions with some of the pillars of the communities, I made it a rule to NEVER embrace someone who didn't deserve it. That being said, I'll never do a pacifist run of this game because, in my heart, I can't play a character who's got their heart in the right place yet allows killers, rapists and other deplorable people live. I just can't abide by it. Those type of people will ALWAYS get their just deserts when I'm given the wheel in an RPG. If ever there was a game that needed to get picked up by a AAA studio and given a Resident Evil-like remake, it's Vampyr. AAA graphical fidelity, a fleshed out combat system that focuses more on physical vampiric ability than mortal weapons and guns (and a block button would be nice), a light overhaul of the embracing mechanics, MUCH clearer wording on major choices with major characters such as Nurse Crane, a more visually in-depth weapons upgrade interface a la Metro or TLoU2, more NPC's with a more visually diverse cityscape and more districts, some quality-of-life improvements with the map interface and maybe an out of map compass of some sort so that you don't have to constantly switch back and forth in and out of gameplay... Wouldn't that be nice?

[@nunpho]

That would be amazing!

[@DiggerPat]

The fact that you generally can't do anything about the killers and rapists *except* drain them is part of the game's failings. The choice to either break your rule of not drinking any of the citizens or let them go about their merry way isn't much of a choice at all, especially when you've supposedly got other abilities. The game feels half-finished.

[@freedfalchion9860]

I loved how they made a gameplay cost for being a good guy; usually being a good guy nets you the same gameplay cost as being bad and only a different narrative one. But this game MOS DEF has a gameplay cost for doing good as you progress through the game and wow i was re-loading saves alot near the end....especially during a certain sewer ambush... great game!

[@cyrylkowalczyk9392]

Another great game that is rewarding evil, caculated deeds: Dragon Age Origins (pact with a demon, becoming blood mage, golem resolution)

[@jacobbronsky464]

Well, Bloodlines 2 is most likely doomed, but this sounds like a pretty good next best thing.

[@KuLaydMahn]

I sure as hell hope not! I decided to get my first pc in about 10 years because i wanted to play Bloodlines 2... But yeah, it's not looking good. Surely theres enough demand for it that SOMEONE will make it sooner or later?

[@khatack]

Vampyr doesn't even get close to the first Bloodlines, but it is a good game. It is different, but it is good. A bit depressing and monotone as far as the mood goes, but I did enjoy it quite a bit.

[@sebastjankrek1744]

@@khatack Yeah, it kind of tries to be a big game but doesn't really cut it unfortunately, but it's still great if you're a huge vampire fan

[@paStLife463]

I loved it! Covered my need for bl...ahhh...vampires!😉 Meaningful choices,great atmosphere, interesting plot, awesome combat...Began a second playthrough immediately after finishing it once but a game breaking bug stopped me...At some point I couldn't meet with a certain character to advance the plot- happened during my first playthrough also, but it was resolved with a reload -WHICH did not happen with my second playthrough 🙄

[@ApolloSinsYT]

I like replaying it ,it’s hard to keep everyone healthy and be a good vampire

[@Erosgates]

I never beat this game & just reinstalled it. Stoked.

[@michaeltitze4577]

in the beginning i found the game strange and quit playing on pc, but after i switched from pc gaming to console i played it on my ps5 years later and i loved it.

[@ghost.3271]

I don't know if you did anything to change it but your audio sounds way better than your recent Deadfire video. Sounds perfect now

[@MortismalGaming]

I've been playing around with some audio tools to try to address what people were mentioning. Honestly I can't hear the difference, but I'm glad it seems to be working!

[@shimmerback]

Really good review. I played this awhile back but couldn't finish it. The story and world were awesome and interesting, but I didn't finish it due to the combat. I also disliked how I was penalized for engaging in the vampire power fantasy. Maybe one day I'll revisit it.

[@Luca_Talis]

Have you gone back to it?

[@shimmerback]

@@Luca_Talis I haven't. I've been stuck on Elden Ring for months lol.

[@Luca_Talis]

@@shimmerback I'm on a fromsoft binge as well. I went back to Bloodborne after over half a year because I couldn't get past the first level and I'm doing pretty good so far. I was wondering if Vampyr is worth playing as the movement seems clunky is all

[@Xpit12345]

Amazing game, love it. Story, atmosphere and even combat is grate.

[@donnydarko47]

would have been perfect if you had a romance with that one vampire hunter dude, THE TENSION THAT "KISS"

[@TechnoLawyer]

Re: the trigger warning, one of my favorite “life is fucking strange” moments was when the new miniseries of The Stand was released in 2020. Sitting at home in the middle of a pandemic watching a TV show about a pandemic…

[@wikkiddeathlord7372]

I love this game and yea the battling is a bit clunky as you said but it kinda reminds of a dark souls combat style and i love that

[@cubablue602]

Always liked this game for the immersive & atmospheric qualities. Interesting game dynamics if a little flawed in places. Pity about some of the graphical quality, especially facial depictions & animation. Great dialogue, characters and voice acting though. Yeh! Well worth your time.

[@Lonewolf35-10]

Me - I don't know if I'll like this game looks difficult Dontnod - We have such sights to show you

[@landonmccartney]

I left literally every territory in hostile after draining every person of their blood and I ended up very Easley killing the final boss but it made the game take a LOT longer but it was a bunch more fun than the reg play style

[@bL4ckSalamander]

This is hands down one of the most frustrating and baffling experiences ive had in the past 5 years with a game. The priorities they had when making this game seem to me to have been pretty ass backwards from the constant frustrations of having to walk around back and forth everywhere to the really poorly explained weapon and crafting system which will 100% punish you for upgrading any early found weapons to the frustrating and pretty unrewarding experience that is a "good guy" playthrough AND to top all of that pain off at which point I went on a killing rampage to finish the game quicker they throw you a big fat middle finger by boosting the final bosses levels by the amount of people you killed making an already annoying fight annoying no matter what choices you made. I really cannot recommend this game to anyone even to the masochists who enjoy having their balls stepped on 24/7 even they would get sick of the grind this game puts you through at some point

[@nexishadow]

I love your channel friend ❤. Hey in divinity original sin 2. Who is the god of squirrels?

[@MortismalGaming]

Good question

[@skjefull8786]

Vampire games are not usually my jam, but this dialogue system looks too good to pass up.

[@Jeustful]

It's one of my favourite games, but still it has somewhat frequent freezes and game breaking bugs on the PS4. About each 5-10 hours.

[@thegreatpapyrus3595]

I actually got this free. I'll gonna play this soon.

[@thegreatpapyrus3595]

So i played it, and its really good! I'm not gonna kill any civilians in this play through.

[@mrcosmo6747]

Just bought this game yesterday

[@ramaluminus]

I get this game from Epic Games for free, I might give this game a try after watching your video.

[@topcover7390]

Loved this game.

[@sumandsubstance7881]

Love the soundtrack of this game

[@ΑλέξηςΣορφανές]

Well , i played it for 8 euro , and it was a fantastic price for a really cool game , with its cons , but cool nontheless

[@coldh8terade737]

As much as I like the concept, it's also a tad disappointing that this game doesn't FORCE you to kill any civilians. In any vampire story, there's simply no way to get around that bloodthirst. Vampyr would have benefitted so much more if it focused on mitigating the trauma you caused to the community by choosing who to sacrifice when the time comes. There's only so many bad people to hunt down.

[@DiggerPat]

Not necessarily true of vampire stories in general. Blood bags, animals, controlled methods of feeding, lots of other stories and games utilize options to help control the balance between survival and killing. Having a strict binary works solely to the game's detriment, especially when your level growth is hindered so severely by the choice not to kill. Besides which, thematically speaking it makes no sense to have such severe penalties for killing citizens when you can drink from enemies by the hundreds with no penalty. Moreover, it makes even less sense to allow hundreds or thousands of experience from a single citizen while the average human enemy gives 5-10. I'm aware that it's an attempt to balance the "quick path to power vs moral choices" dilemma but it's very poorly implemented. There's little or no incentive to defeating the dozens of trash mobs whether you embrace or not, it's a tedious slog to do so if you don't embrace, and there's very little in the way of options to avoid combat with such mobs.

[@andrewh3079]

Nice thanks

[@MichaelCordeiro]

Great video. Loved this game!

[@maxkrug2000]

Bought it on sale, didn't like the combat.

[@namgunaucao9771]

This game need finish kill animation like assassin creed or tw3. Dead with only ragdoll look boring

[@Sarah-qx4vz]

How does drinking blood kill someone?

[@nunpho]

They won't have any blood left 🤣

[@HeldVenom]

I'm relieved to hear from someone who played this game to its limits that it wasn't just me... Combat ruined this game for me to the point where I just stopped playing it. After a good 5 hours in, combat slowly turned into more enormous level gaps with more unforgiving margins in clunky/inconsistent combo repeats. A torch and a pipe gun are enough to make you crumple over after running out of breath, mindless vampire drones have the most prolonged fights possible, and unless you decided to make your character nonsensical by becoming Dr. Murder that all just continues and gets worse. Hit -> enemy teleporting away -> dodge twice -> repeat. Since you didn't decide the PTSD man who killed his sister after turning would do that on the regular, you need to do that without error 50 times over the next 10 minutes any time you run into something. Such a shame. I wanted to like the game, but the combat wasn't worth grinding through so I just stopped playing entirely. I'm playing a Vampyr game with an in-depth story and an immersive torn-up world. Instead of the combat serving as a change of pace, it was a shift from role-playing as an immortal terror of the night to a man with pool noodles most of the time.

[@flamensteinsdankmemestash]

On Xbox one this game is very unstable and buggy