As was foretold, we've added advertisements to the forums! If you have questions, or if you encounter any bugs, please visit this thread: https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/240191/forum-advertisement-faq-and-reports-thread/
Options
A Vampyre Story draws near... (NSF56K)
TheGuero
Registered User regular
Registered User regular
So, A Vampyre Story is finally about to be released. I really haven't heard much about this game since it was announced a long ways back, but now it's just about here. It has somehow managed to slip entirely under the radar. A new point and click adventure game, especially one made by an ex-Lucas Arts employee who had a hand on all of the famous classics, deserves its own thread.
Now to the good stuff,
The point-and-click adventure game A Vampyre Story tells the tale of the beautiful, gifted opera singer Mona De Lafitte, whose life is brought to an abrupt end by a vampire baron named Shrowdy Von Kiefer. Henceforth, she is doomed to a miserable existence as a creature of the night in Von Kiefer's gloomy castle in Draxsylvania. Confronted with her seemingly hopeless fate, she decides to run away and try to fulfill her dream of singing at the Paris Opera. Accompanied by her mischievous bat Froderick, Mona must face a number of challenges in her odyssey and learn not only to accept her vampire nature, but also to use the abilities she has acquired to her advantage.
In more than 50 hand-drawn locations, the player's task is to guide Mona through Draxsylvania and to Paris by using his powers of deduction. Having a bent for extremely dark humor also helps... Along the way, Mona meets a wealth of partly endearing, partly frightening, but often just plain weird characters, including the inventor Dr. Riga Mortus, the gypsy Madame Strigoi, and Carpathia the wolfwoman.
A Vampyre Story has been penned by Bill Tiller, the founder of Autumn Moon Entertainment. A former employee of Lucas Arts, Tiller won himself a place in the hearts of adventure fans through his work on titles such as Steven Spielberg's The Dig, the legendary The Curse of Monkey Island, and Indiana Jones. A Vampyre Story combines modern 3D animation with the qualities of classic 2D adventure design and a highly unusual style which can best be compared with the works of Tim Burton or Edward Gorey.
All of this contributes toward making A Vampyre Story the first classic adventure for players of the 21st century, with the look and feel, humor and class of the cult graphic adventures by the Californian developer.
* A point-and-click adventure game created by former LucasArts employees.
* Over 50 hand-painted locations, in part over several screens, to explore and investigate.
* Over 20 characters, from plain weird to downright terrifying.
* Over 20 hours of brainteasing fun.
* Vampire abilities influence game events.
---Taken directly from GamersGate (Game Description)
Do you want to see what it looks like?
Am I the only one excited about this fucking shit? AM I?!
This thread was extremely rushed due to an aching headache, much more will be added in the near future though, so don't burn me at the stake just yet.
Feel free to discuss.
TheGuero on
0
This discussion has been closed.
Posts
With no.... Tim Schafer?
I may have overlooked, but this game deserves a second one. It needs as much attention as possible, although it may very well turn out to be absolutely horrible.
tim schafer hasn't done a point and click since full throttle
Oh well I guess that wasn't strictly speaking a point and click.
Either way he was pretty much there for the whole golden age of the LucasArts adventure games, so if this is trying to be a return to form the point stands.
I bought it today. First impressions (20 mins in)
- Gorgeous hand drawn backgrounds, really stunning.
- Monas voice is as annoying in the full game as the demo.
- Game is reasonably funny so far
I love those PC point-n-click's, though I think I prefer the more serious ones like "The Lost Crown" and "Scratches". Though this looks very funny though, so it might be worth looking into. hmm
Three threads now?
Really?
Edit: I stand corrected, a search with the obscure phrase 'Vampyre Story' reveals to be the 4th such thread active in the last 3 days.
- Screenshots don't do the game justice. The hand drawn art is really beautiful.
- Doesn't seem to allow windowed mode (?). Annoying
- Characters grow on you, storyline is pretty cool