First official screenshots of Dontnod Entertainment's next game, Vampyr, plus some info on the game
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
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.
Release Date: 2017 on PS4, Xbox One and PC
Comments
Hmm. Rather disappointed that this is the route they're taking after LiS, but could be ok.
They'll likely return to that style for LiS' sequel/spiritual successor, if they get around to making it. I do find the setting in Vampyr to look pretty interesting, and I'm really liking the visual style. I'm just concerned about the gameplay.
This actually sounds really interesting. It's the first I've heard about it too. I'd love to play a good vampire game (I don't think I ever have). I love the idea of being forced to feed at some point, and that it could be ANY character.
It should be very good game depends of story and what decisions are throw to us... speaking of crafting system and vampiric powers it may be an rpg maybe and open-world role-play however I'm concern about the feeding problem... what will happen if we refuse to drink blood, I'm vegetarian
Well the thing is if they do do a life is strange sequel of some kind it's going to be quite far away considering dontnod is a small studio and they've probably been working on this...
I am guessing this more of a RPG game than an adventure game?
Personally I find the premise rather interesting. I might give it a try.
I'm assuming if you refuse to feed, you die. Or whatever vampire lore says happens if a vampire doesn't feed.
I'm not sure that dying will be a solution, more of my believes is that whatever vampire lore says or the game may actually force you to drink due to hunger... you know that vampire might go crazy if they aren't feed well
), anyway there will be an interesting point indeed, assume that health is the "energy" and energy is use for your supernatural powers that mean you'll need to drink blood from your foe or else you'll be mostly probably kill also we may assume that the enemy are generic npc that doesn't matter if we feed from them, so yeah overall I'll drink wine, red wine if you know what meant...
PS: and on summary there is this "You will have to find a way to feed during combat to replenish your strength."
Yeah, it's supposed to be an open world RPG.
Yeah, if Vampyr doesn't get delayed into 2018, LIS 2 might only start in 2019-2020, assuming they work on it for 2 years like they did for LIS1.
The part about being able to feed off of any NPC, even those who give you quests is what really interests me.
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I feel exactly the same way.
Some pictures from today's (?) presentation:
Also, an article from VG 24/7, with impressions on the presentation: http://www.vg247.com/2016/02/29/vampyr-dontnod-follow-up-to-life-is-strange/
Interesting... so you can complete the game without ever taking a life. I'm going to guess there's at least a trophy/achievement for it (maybe there'll be a different ending for doing so as well?).
Hope there is a trophy/achievement if I won't kill anyone, you know how hard it was in Dishonored!
Yeah, they should at least give the player something, considering they won't even be able to level up Jonathan's abilities this way, among other things that the lack of feeding could cause.
Lis, it will only feature Rachel's brother. It's not kind of worth it, I read this in an article with Michel Koch.
Since when?
Hmm. Reminds me a bit of Carlisle Cullen , or at least the way he's described before he turned the other members of his coven.
Interesting.
Very very interested now. Can't wait to hear more about this.
Hopefully this will be good. It's been a long time since we got a great vampire game. The game looks good based off the screens.
Open World RPG? Eh not really my kind of thing.
Vampires? Open World RPG? Post-Edwardian Britain during the Influenza Epidemic of 1918?
Si, Ja, Tak, Yes, Da, Hai, Oui! Ich will es schon!
Yikes, those pictures look creepy.
Wonder how DONTNOD's gonna handle this new game they're making.
Wow, this is very interesting, it's a good 'questioning morals' sort of game, I'm very intrigued to find out more about
Can't say I'm a fan of the developer, but the concept has definitely piqued my interest. I'll keep an eye on it.
This is definitely their most ambitious game until now, imo. An open world RPG where your actions are supposed to affect the game world, with being able to determine the lives of NPCs, what with being able to seduce them and then either just drain them of all their blood or just a bit, thus preserving their lives.
Have to say, I'm not a big fan of DONTNOD, but from the screenshots, it actually got me interested.
Too bad I won't be able to play this anyways cause I have a shitty PC. ;-;
Well, if the opportunity were to arise, maybe you could upgrade it. Besides it's only coming sonetime next year, if it doesn't get delayed into 2018.
Well, maybe. But I guess I'll just get a new PC instead since in my place, the upgrading for my computer costs more than buying another one which is something really ridiculous.
Yeah, in some countries the prices of PC part prices are pretty ridiculous, where it's better to just build a bew one instead.
Hey seasons 4 and 5 of True blood weren't that bad. They had Russell Edgington who was awesome
When he said about replacing the whole cast from s1 in s2.
This sounds hella cool.
Jump off m8.
Hopefully the actual gameplay will be as good as it sounds. I personally hope they've learned from the problems with Remember Me's combat system.
It. Looks. FUCKING. AMAZING. Open World RPG, Vampires, Old Britain, Looks very atmospheric. I am impressed beyond words. Just... fucking amazing.
The films Let Me In and Let the Right One In are fucking great.
In my opinion, Dontnod nailed the visual style, setting and atmosphere in both Life Is Strange and Remember Me, and judging by these screens they continue to do so with Vampyr. It also sounds pretty interesting too.
I completely agree. Dammit! Why are you so agreeable?!