First thing's first: This ain't a high budget AAA game so don't expect insane production values or painstaking detail. It doesn't look great, the controls are a little clunky, and enemy movements a little janky. Some of the voice acting is a bit off-target as well and sometimes leaves you wondering whether you're confronting someone about a lie or mind controlling them into telling you the truth. Other than that the game is quite enjoyable as long as you don't mind a whole lot of talking.

A whole lot of talking is a good way of describing this game. Other than move along the plot, talking gives you a better view of the people in London and learning everyones' dirty little secrets has a twofold purpose: Information and Experience. The more you find out about someone the more XP they give if you eat them. Thus in order to maximize the gains you receive for your OM NOM you have to humanize your prey. Things like this are what make or break a vampire game and I think that alone creates an atmosphere of dread and self-exploration. Consequences can be swift and brutal, with individuals in the victim's social circle sometimes ending up Skals, Beast Vampires, or worse.

A piece of advice: If you're going to OM NOM do it without mercy and don't leave stragglers. Eat entire families if you have to. To do otherwise is to invite suffering on the survivors and ruin upon yourself. This is the curse and the choice, the long and dizzying descent into monsterhood as your humanity evaporates and is replaced by the methodical predations of a vampire. The insane calculus of murder drive this game and if you're not feeling uncomfortable with yourself within a few hours you're playing it wrong.

First thing's first: This ain't a high budget AAA game so don't expect insane production values or painstaking detail. It doesn't look great, the controls are a little clunky, and enemy movements a little janky. Some of the voice acting is a bit off-target as well and sometimes leaves you wondering whether you're confronting someone about a lie or mind controlling them into telling you the truth. Other than that the game is quite enjoyable as long as you don't mind a whole lot of talking. A whole lot of talking is a good way of describing this game. Other than move along the plot, talking gives you a better view of the people in London and learning everyones' dirty little secrets has a twofold purpose: Information and Experience. The more you find out about someone the more XP they give if you eat them. Thus in order to maximize the gains you receive for your OM NOM you have to humanize your prey. Things like this are what make or break a vampire game and I think that alone creates an atmosphere of dread and self-exploration. Consequences can be swift and brutal, with individuals in the victim's social circle sometimes ending up Skals, Beast Vampires, or worse. A piece of advice: If you're going to OM NOM do it without mercy and don't leave stragglers. Eat entire families if you have to. To do otherwise is to invite suffering on the survivors and ruin upon yourself. This is the curse and the choice, the long and dizzying descent into monsterhood as your humanity evaporates and is replaced by the methodical predations of a vampire. The insane calculus of murder drive this game and if you're not feeling uncomfortable with yourself within a few hours you're playing it wrong.