Vampyr is set in early 20th century Britain as the country is gripped by the lethal Spanish flu and the streets of London are crippled by disease, violence and fear. In a disorganized and ghostly city, those foolish, desperate, or unlucky enough to walk the streets lay prey to Britain’s most elusive predators: the vampires. Emerging from the chaos, a tormented figure awakens. You are Jonathan E. Reid, a high-ranking military surgeon transformed into a vampire upon his return home from the frontline.
Explore the darkly atmospheric streets of early 20th century London, and interact with a multitude of characters with their own identities and importance. Accept and fulfill the missions they give you, but don’t forget: sooner or later, you will have to feed, and make a difficult choice… who will be your prey? Absolutely all characters in the game are potential victims of your vampiric lust. Carefully study the habits of your next victim, his or her relationships with other characters, and set up your strategy to feed, unnoticed: seduce them, change their daily habits, or make sure they end up alone in a dark street…
Be careful who you choose to hunt, as they will be gone forever, and their death will impact in a meaningful way the world that surrounds you. Feeding on human blood will not just keep you “alive”; it will also unlock new vampiric powers to use.
There will be times when exploration and seduction will only get you so far, and you’ll need to resort to engaging in Vampyr’s dynamic real-time combat. It blends hard-hitting melee combat with ranged shooting mechanics and the supernatural vampire powers. You’ll face many types of enemies: different species of vampires and creatures, as well as vampire hunters who want to hunt you down with their weapons, tools and traps. In Vampyr, your health and the “energy” that drives your supernatural powers are one and same! Using powers will drain your own blood, giving you an edge in battle but also leaving you weaker. You will have to find a way to feed during combat to replenish your strength.
Vampyr also offers a deep crafting system. Find and loot materials and components from the fresh corpses of your victims or during exploration, in order to craft and improve tools, melee and ranged weapons, as well as special ammunitions and coating to exploit the weaknesses of your enemies.
As you cling to what remains of your humanity, your decisions will ultimately shape the fate of your hero while searching for answers in the coughing, foggy aftermath of the Spanish Flu.
Explore the darkly atmospheric streets of early 20th century London, and interact with a multitude of characters with their own identities and importance. Accept and fulfill the missions they give you, but don’t forget: sooner or later, you will have to feed, and make a difficult choice… who will be your prey? Absolutely all characters in the game are potential victims of your vampiric lust. Carefully study the habits of your next victim, his or her relationships with other characters, and set up your strategy to feed, unnoticed: seduce them, change their daily habits, or make sure they end up alone in a dark street…
Be careful who you choose to hunt, as they will be gone forever, and their death will impact in a meaningful way the world that surrounds you. Feeding on human blood will not just keep you “alive”; it will also unlock new vampiric powers to use.
There will be times when exploration and seduction will only get you so far, and you’ll need to resort to engaging in Vampyr’s dynamic real-time combat. It blends hard-hitting melee combat with ranged shooting mechanics and the supernatural vampire powers. You’ll face many types of enemies: different species of vampires and creatures, as well as vampire hunters who want to hunt you down with their weapons, tools and traps. In Vampyr, your health and the “energy” that drives your supernatural powers are one and same! Using powers will drain your own blood, giving you an edge in battle but also leaving you weaker. You will have to find a way to feed during combat to replenish your strength.
Vampyr also offers a deep crafting system. Find and loot materials and components from the fresh corpses of your victims or during exploration, in order to craft and improve tools, melee and ranged weapons, as well as special ammunitions and coating to exploit the weaknesses of your enemies.
As you cling to what remains of your humanity, your decisions will ultimately shape the fate of your hero while searching for answers in the coughing, foggy aftermath of the Spanish Flu.
Will you embrace the monster within? Survive and fight against Vampyr hunters, undead skals, and other supernatural creatures. Use your unholy powers to manipulate and delve into the lives of those around you, to decide who will be your next victim. Struggle to live with your decisions… your actions will save or doom London.
BE THE VAMPYR – Fight and manipulate with supernatural abilities
FEED TO SURVIVE – Be the savior and the stalker
SHAPE LONDON – A web of interconnected citizens reacts to your decisions
Vampyr Key Features:
1, Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
CURSED BE THE CHOICE…
London, 1918. You are newly-turned vampire Dr. Jonathan Reid. As a doctor, you must find a cure to save the city’s flu-ravaged citizens. As a vampire, you are cursed to feed on those you vowed to heal. Will you embrace the monster within? Survive and fight against Vampire hunters, undead Skal, and other monstrosities.
Use your unholy powers to manipulate and delve into the lives of those around you to decide who will be your next victim. Struggle to live with your decisions… your actions will save or doom London.
Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
CPU | Intel Core i3-2130 3.4GHz / AMD FX-4100 | Intel Core i7-3930K 6-Core 3.20GHz / AMD Ryzen R5 1600 |
VRAM | 2 GB | 4 GB |
RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
OS | Win 7 64 | Win 10 64 |
Graphics Card | nVidia GeForce GTX 660 / AMD Radeon R7 370 | nVidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB / AMD Radeon R9 390 |
Direct X | DX 11 | DX 11 |
SOUND CARD | DirectX Compatible | DirectX Compatible |
HDD Space | 20 GB | 20 GB |
Game Analysis | Vampyr will use an upgraded version of Unreal Engine 4 and likely require a powerful PC to get good frame rates on high settings at 1920x1080 screen resolution. This includes an I7 Intel CPU or an AMD Ryzen 5 processor. Add to this a pretty powerful GPU, like an R9 390 or a GTX 970. For those planning to play Vampyr at 1440p or 4K screen resolution, the CPU and RAM stay the same as the recommended. A more powerful graphics card is all that is needed to play Vampyr at higher resolutions. Set just after the events of World War One, Vampyr has you playing the role of a doctor who returns home following the global Spanish Flu pandemic. Upon arriving home he’s bitten by a patient, transforming him into a fiend of the night | |
High FPS | 80 FPS ( GTX 1060 ) | |
Note | Recommended System Requirements For 2560x1440, 60 FPS, High Preset Gameplay: GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K (3.2 GHz)/AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (3.2 GHz) RAM: 16GB Hard Disk Space: 20GB OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64 bits) Recommended System Requirements For 4K, 60 FPS, High Preset Gameplay: GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K (3.2 GHz)/AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (3.2 GHz) RAM: 16GB Hard Disk Space: 20GB OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64 bits) | |
Optimization Score | 8.1 |
Story
Visuals
Atmosphere
Combat
Facial and movement animations
No stealth
When Vampyr was first revealed, it looked very interesting and quite original. I was certainly interested. But now, when I had the chance to play it, I’m kind of dissapointed, but I still had a good time playing it. The story is probably the best thing about this game, because combat is decent at best and facial animations are emotionless.
Conclusion: If you don’t have high hopes, you can still enjoy Vampyr.
Story
Characters
Plot
Character Development
Actual Choices
Brilliant Supporting Characters
Intriguing and well-rounded NPCs
None that I can think of
I thought I would never be able to play a game that was as brilliant as the Witcher 3. I was fortunately proven wrong. The game’s atmosphere, the side characters and supporting characters are so brilliantly flushed out. I read every piece of parchment I could find and was genuinely intrigued by everyone’s backstory. I did every side mission I could find. Brilliant game! Now for the furtherment of the story, in the sequel, I propose that the devs not repeat the same formula again with a new Ekon. Rather continue with Jonathan and base the second game around Jonathan perfecting the cure for Elizabeth. Also, expand upon the story of the Red Queen and Myrrin. To eternally vanquish the red queen or Myrrin, it is up to the devs to include that segment in the sequel or maybe extend it to a trilogy.
IQ up before gaming! You have to be maximally focused on your choices (skills, answers, quest priorities...). Every bad choice will make your game harder. Every wrong move piles up. And when you make so many of them, the game becomes nearly unbeatable.
Navigation is awful. No fast travel, map markers are offset, lack of the minimap, toggling map on and off is slow and painful, randomly occurring custom markers are the opposite of helpful due to bad UI.
It's repetitive. It gets boring pretty fast. If you like to beat the games with all the side quests, with Vampyr just don't.
It's a typical console-first game. If you hate this approach, you will get angry a lot.
I do not recommend this game.
This is 1998 game, not 2018 game.
- great story
- splendid atmosphere
- too few weapons
- the repetitive state of healing the same people for like 10 times (type of useless grind)
- the biggest pain in the ass is the total lack of fast travel.
Well, the story is great, but narrow… to be honest as a fan of Dishonored I really liked the game and the atmosphere.
If you like Dishonored give it try, but do not expect the latest.
Good Story.
Character customization.
Choice based outcome mechanics.
No fast traveling.
No stealth !
Map isn't understandable.
Map lacks details.
No navigation HUD.
Choppy combat animations.
Terrible Voice acting.
I had such high hopes or this game when I first saw the trailer, sadly it didn’t met my expectations .
Story was good but the game-play was awful due to poor navigation systems , Combat mechanics could have been way better . Animations are pretty bad and so is the voice acting ,
What is really frustrating is that it has no fast travelling in an open world map , a lot of time is wasted just the find the way . and even the map isn’t properly detailed !
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY No Stealth mechanics in a Vampire game !!!!
NO blending in shadows, No Coffin scenes, no turning into bats , just straight up hack and slash .
This game had huge potential, but I really didn’t get the satisfaction I had hoped . Overall an average game .