Vampyr is a bloody action RPG set in gothic London at the height of a flu epidemic. Here’s what we know about the release date, platforms, gameplay, and more.
The studio behind Remember Me and Life is Strange, Dontnod Entertainment, has announced an action role-playing video game named Vampyr. The game is based on the 1918 London Spanish flu pandemic, which resulted in one of the world’s deadliest human disasters and cost 50-100 million lives (at the time three to five percent of the world’s population) .
While Vampyr was first announced in 2015, it’s not coming out until late 2017. So far the game is just confirmed for a November release window, but we’ll add more information when we have it.
The game will release on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, and we’re expecting it to support both the PS4 Pro and Xbox Scorpio.
Vampyr offers what might be a crucial gaming first: the chance to be a vampire doctor. You play as the newly turned Jonathan Reid, and the actions you take will ultimately decide how the game evolves.
Based in London during the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic, Vampyr boasts a semi-open world setting, allowing you to roam the streets to find your next target. It’s up to you who you feed on though – will you limit yourself to villainous sorts, or freely feed on the innocent?
You have to improve your combat skills, charm, and level up your character to progress through the game and survive the vampire hunters coming after you. You will be able to craft your own weapons, which brings a plethora of crafty ways to kill or defend yourself from attackers.
From what we can see so far, the game will have a dark setting (mainly because you’re a vampire, and we all know they dislike light!) and looks to promote sneaky-beaky-like movements. We see it as a cross-breed between Assassin’s Creed and Dishonored, which sounds pretty great to us.
If you want to see actual gameplay in action, the devs released a 15-minute video showing some of the core systems in action:
The E3 2017 trailer gives another look at the tone, story, and setting, though is once again light on specific gameplay details:
Fortunately, there’s also a proper gameplay trailer!
Below is Vampyr’s initial concept teaser:
