Comments on: Vampire Hunters: A Toothsome Morsel?

By: OldSchoolGamer

OldSchoolGamer — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:09:18 +0000

Oars? ditto. Lost my interest after spending ten minutes trying to find it myself. In fact, wound up here looking for cheats/hints to locate the oar….

By: Atertract

Atertract — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:44:18 +0000

Well, I played it for about 10 minutes. Not good. Ironically its graphics are the most impressive thing about it. Awkward interaction with in-world objects, really low (static) mouse sensitivity, boring combat, and frustrating ‘find-this-so-you-can-use-that’ “puzzles” turned me off pretty fast. I would have kept going but I couldn’t find an oar to use a boat to chase a guy who ran away from me. I would have continued looking for the oar if looking for oars was fun.

By: Atertract

Atertract — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:46:28 +0000

I kind of dig the look of this game. It reminds me a lot of the Thief series with the detail and lighting effects of Max Payne–in fact, this dated look carries a certain romance that I suppose people don’t appreciate anymore, which is a shame. Why would anyone expect a micro-developer to release a game with cutting-edge graphics? For the tiny team that probably cranked this out, the graphics are beyond adequate. Think classic car–old, but still quite fetching. Anyway, the game could easily suck, but if it were actually enjoyable and engrossing (qualities that are totally independent from graphics, despite widely held current opinion), I’d play it and revel in the classicness of its half-believable virtual world.

By: UK_John

UK_John — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:38:04 +0000

Look down the list of today’s ‘headlines’ and try and find a non shooter type game. This is it. Says so much about today’s market!

By: Krikey!

Krikey! — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:19:11 +0000

Heh that’s what I thought too. Reminds me of Odium as well.

I might have gotten this if it didn’t focus on showing unimpressive combat and adventuring aspects alone. I like adventure games, not a big fan of jRPG combat – but the reason I enjoyed Anachronox was due to the amazing story. Too bad though, they didn’t seem to show much on story.

By: Railick

Railick — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:12:21 +0000

Vampire Hunters is a PC full 3D role-playing game with adventure-like elements that will charm the player with its dark atmosphere of old docks where a mysterious clan of vampires rages free

The overall impression is augmented by an original game soundtrack creating a slightly horror mood”
….because we wouldn’t want you to be TOO scared now

LMAO I might buy the game just because of these silly qoutes. A mysterious clan of vampires rages free, in old docks ? O.o What exactly is raging free? Is this a game about a bunch of vampires just raging around some docks at night doing nothing but being angry and walking across wooden planks? Also what is a “slightly horror mood” Is that music ala diablo where it is moody and dark but not right out scary?

By: UK_John

UK_John — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:58:46 +0000

Only one here not a graphic whore by the looks of it. I want gameplay, good story and games that make me think, you know the type of games big publishers generally don’t make any more! Keep reporting on this please!

By: Heliocentric

Heliocentric — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:34:59 +0000

hitman and vampire the masquerade had a baby

I’m writing that slash fic.

By: Blacktick

Blacktick — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:06:16 +0000

No mention of developer,but seems to be by Mayhem studios(site if offline).
Previous games include Neverend,Shadow vault and Empire of magic… I have played both neverend and shadow vault and neither was truly bad,but not that great either.

http://games.ign.com/objects/481/481340.html

This games original name was Vampire story,but I guess since “A vampire story” was in the works,they had to change the name to Vampire hunters. :D

By: lePooch

lePooch — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:24:14 +0000

Hitman and Vampire the Masquerade had a baby, which they then proceeded to beat with the “meh” stick. Not to say I hate it – I’d still pick this up if it turned up in a bargain bin somewhere, or if it sold for cheap.

Also, this quote from the website cracked me up:
“The overall impression is augmented by an original game soundtrack creating a slightly horror mood”
….because we wouldn’t want you to be TOO scared now.

Its $17 from their website, but the whole operation seems fly by night to me – who is this “Cmedia publishing”?. A google for their name turns up nothing but links to the Vampire Hunters website. A whois search seems even weirder.

By: Ceebux

Ceebux — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:00:07 +0000

Possible revised selling points:
Run Around!
Wharf!
Perform Routine Maintenance On Mechanical Equipment!

Seriously, switch it to daytime and remove the JRPG fights and you’d have yourself a cracking dockworker simulation on your hands.

By: Larington

Larington — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:37:54 +0000

Couldn’t help but feel there were shades of Anachronox in this, the way the main characters coat flaps out from behind him, the combat system, etc.