DONTNOD Entertainment may have only just put a period on the first season of Life Is Strange, but it's busy behind-the-scenes working on something a little darker. Vampyr was announced by the Parisian outfit for the PlayStation 4 a little while ago, but the developer's taken to the PlayStation Blog to pop its collar and reveal a little more about the gothic role-playing game.
The story's set in London circa 1918, with the city gripped by a great flu epidemic. You'll play as a haematologist named Jonathan Reid, who's developed vampiric tendencies. The game will see you sneaking through the cobbled streets of the English capital, communicating with others, vanquishing pond life, and, well, stalking your prey.
It sounds like the studio really wants you to feel the strain of each meal. You'll be able to feed off anyone in the world, but there'll often be immediate or long-term consequences to your actions. This concept sounds really interesting: you have to eat, but people are going to die each time that you do. How will you know when you're chowing down on the right guy?
There's no word on a release date just yet, but seeing as the studio has yet to really release any in-game assets, we're assuming that it's still a long way away. There's plenty of potential here, though – our only worry is that if the combat fails to stack up, it could end up being billed as a poor man's Bloodborne. Let's hope that it carves out its own bloody path, eh?
[source blog.eu.playstation.com]
Comments 8
Sounds great, possible pre order.
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi
The premise is great indeed. It's so hard to make someone feel bad about or even regret murdering another human being in video games these days, with games like GTA where you go on killing sprees more often than not. If they can pull it off through a good narrative or by introducing NPCs you can relate to, they've got theirselves a hit.
This looks really interesting, hope we find out more about the game soon
This sounds really interesting, but I'll need to see some gameplay before I make any decisions.
Glad they are working on another title and going in a totally different direction. They could have just gone with the safe option and worked on a game similar to Life is Strange. Moral choices seem to play a role which I think is good in any game.
I only played a bit of Remember Me, but I think DONTNOD did an incredible job with the graphics and atmosphere of that game. Mixed with the ideas mentioned in this article, and I'm actually reeeeeaally hopeful for this one! I only hope they don't set themselves up for a trilogy or sequel...I think that greatly holds back games that have moral decisions, since the main story arc always ends up more or less the same (see: Bioware).
I am seriously up for this! Lay it on me!
This could be really good. Cool setting, vampires, awesome sandbox area to play in, tough choices, oh and did I say vampires lol. Color me intrigued.
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