After Vampyr went gold earlier this week, new content and info has started pouring in, with the biggest glut of info coming in the form of a Dev sitdown/playthrough today, with another live stream via Twitch set for June 4th.
Set in early 20th century Britain during a brutal outbreak of the lethal Spanish flu, the streets of London are looking a little lean, as they ravaged by disease, violence, and fear. In a completely disorganized and ghostly city, only fools, the unlucky or the desperate walk the streets, and when they do, they find themselves in prime position to fall victim to Britain’s most elusive and deadly predators, the undead freaks known as vampires. As a doctor recently turned into a vampire, you must try to understand your affliction while harnessing your new vampiric powers and snacking your way through London.
Here's the skinny on the video below, obviously you might want to avoid this if you want a pure experience, since there will be some spoilers:
"This gameplay, taken from around six hours into the story, shows off several of the deep systems that make up Vampyr’s citizen and district ecosystems. Players are free to kill (or spare) any and all of London’s citizens, using their blood to evolve deadly new powers. Protagonist Jonathan Reid is also a doctor, and can therefore choose to heal these same inhabitants by conducting examinations and crafting specific medicines. Curing illnesses improves the quality of life for each citizen and the district as a whole – but for players that only care about growing stronger, it also means their blood offers a larger, tastier boost in power!
Balancing the overall health of citizens with who you choose to kill is vital for players who want to keep districts from being lost. Each of the four main districts have their own health status gauge, which is affected by the number of dead, sick and healthy citizens in that area. As the gauge drops lower, shop prices will increase, citizens are more likely to get sick, and life there generally deteriorates. If the status drops below critical condition, then the entire district will be lost forever! This means all shops, citizen side quests and regular inhabitants in that district are permanently gone, taken over by deadly enemies. If this happens, it doesn’t mean game over! A player who loses all four districts can still complete Vampyr’s main story – though their recklessness will reward them with the ending they deserve."
Vampyr releases for PS4, Xbox One and PC June 5th, watch the video by clicking the link, here.
