Everyone loves a vampire. From Christopher Lee’s charismatic Dracula, via the insipid toothsome teens of Twilight to the sexier vampires of True Blood or The Lost Boys, there’s an appeal to sleeping all day, partying all night, never growing old and never dying. Yet still role-playing as an actual vampire in a videogame is something we’ve had few real opportunities to do.
For our gameplay demo we’re placed in the shoes of a ‘Thinblood’, the name given to a weaker vampire who has just been ‘embraced’ – that is, turned into a bloodsucker. At this point of character creation, players can choose between three vampire classes: Mentalism is focused on telekinetic abilities, Nebulation means you can turn into a mist. Choose Chiropteran and you can turn into, or summon, a swarms of bats. Naturally, this immediately sounds the coolest and that’s the one we opt for.
Sleepless in Seattle
It’s perpetually 1 am in Seattle, the setting for this new game and Hardsuit Labs’ hometown. This is to avoid an irksome day/night cycle interfering with your quests. “We stay away from the day/night cycle because pretty much vampires can’t do anything during the day so it would be very boring!” explains Mitsoda.
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