Dontnod's upcoming action-RPG, Vampyr was delayed about a month back, but the game looks like it's shaping up nicely. Focused on player choice and consequence, you are a predatory Vampyr and a doctor as well, spitting in the face of the Hippocratic oath. The player is under no obligation to kill to finish the game, and dialogue options can be used for hunting prey to feed on, which replenishes your strength and levels up your character. Weapons and supernatural abilities are employed while combating enemies in the semi-open world London, and there are four disctricts to feed, destroy and wreck havoc in.
Watch the teaser trailer below for the webseries, produced by the video department of Focus Home Interactive. In each 5-minute episode, the French developer invites fans into the heart of their Parisian studio to unveil exclusive new gameplay footage, accompanied with some insight into their creative process, beginning with Episode I: Making Monsters on January 18.
In the first episode, Making Monsters, Dontnod delves into their signature identity and reasoning behind putting players into the role of a conflicted predator. The studio will make players feel the duality that torments doctor-turned-vampire, Jonathan Reid, giving them the freedom to choose who to sacrifice and who to save. Every killing has consequences, and it's up to players to balance their need to feed and grow stronger, while London falls to ruin all around them.
Four episodes are planned in total for the weekly series:
Episode I: Making Monsters
Episode II: Architects of the Obscure
Episode III: Human After All
Episode IV: Stories From the Dark
Episode I: Making Monsters will be available on January 18.
