Justin Day

This game has the potential to be good. Be aware that this is not intended to be an action game! It is a game about vampire politics, social intrigue, deception, manipulation, and investigation. Those things are done well, and are the only thing that earn it more than one star. While the games graphics are pretty decent, the animations are terrible and look like they came out of 2000. The sound is, again, decent, and the voice acting is passable with some good notes, but the dialogue is not very good. The game mechanics have some promise but are hindered by some truly immersion-breaking moments. Some NPC's actually move around and do stuff that seems somewhat realistic, if repetitive, but then others stand around staring at nothing, then tell you that they are busy. One of the three camps that you play, Galeb, is supposed to be an old, powerful, scary vampire. However, this is often turned on is head when you fail to convince very weak NPC's to do things, like tell you who they are....All told, this game has a lot of promise but the execution failed. I'd give it a lower score, but honestly, I find myself playing it just to find out more of the story.

Excellent game. I bought this for my 7 year old daughter and couldn't help but get immersed in the story. Part of the beauty is in the lack of dialogue, as you experience the story through the actions and events, guided along by a beautiful, albeit haunting, soundtrack. I've seen some people review this game as a 1 star, complaining that it's too long, or too difficult. I don't think that's the case, but this game isn't for everyone. It is slow and peaceful, with no violence and minimal conflict. It does deal with undertones of death and life, but not in a negative way, but more as a circle of life type of concept. My daughter absolutely loved this game and beat it, so it isn't too difficult. This is a great game for kids that aren't really into fighting and violence.