Choice of the Vampire
Choice of Games · 2018 · Adventure, RPG, Indie, Text-Based, Vampires
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About Choice of the Vampire
Slake your thirst, without becoming a monster! Blessed with the blood-soaked gift of immortality, will you tend the flock of humanity—or twist it to your whims? When a brash young country butts heads with a brash young vampire, who will come out ahead?
Choice of the Vampire is an epic, four-volume, 900,000-word interactive novel, by Jason Stevan Hill. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Begin your vampiric journey in Volume One, "Battle of New Orleans," set in antebellum Louisiana, where your reputation is only as good as your skill with a sword or dueling pistol. Volume Two, "Siege of Vicksburg," continues into the Civil War, at the site of one of the war's most grueling and decisive battles. When a strange vampire seeks to disrupt the Confederate defenses, will you help him, hinder him, or consume him?
In Volume Three, "The Fall of Memphis" (available as an in-app purchase) you find yourself in Memphis, as ex-Confederates loot the public coffers and dismantle the advances of Reconstruction. In Volume Four, "St. Louis, Unreal City," explore the 1904 World's Fair, which promises to be the party of the century.
As your character concludes their first century of unlife, they must navigate the waters of industrialization and urbanization. The excesses of capital and rapid industrialization is producing a new class of educated, militant workers who are ready and willing to stand up to the nation's elite. Meanwhile, the vestiges of the Confederacy systematically dismantle Reconstruction, while simultaneously pitting European immigrants against the Chinese and the formerly enslaved. And yet, national figures such as JP Morgan and Jay Gould are forcing their will upon St. Louis all the way from New York.
Still, the vampires of the Society must adapt and thrive, caught between centuries of experience and the rapidly changing world around them—a world that would destroy them utterly if they were to be revealed. When one of their number permanently gives into their Beast and begins hunting other vampires, the Society of North America are thrust into disarray, and you must decide what is worth dying for.
Can the American Republic satiate you, or will you drain it dry?
Choice of the Vampire is an epic, four-volume, 900,000-word interactive novel, by Jason Stevan Hill. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Begin your vampiric journey in Volume One, "Battle of New Orleans," set in antebellum Louisiana, where your reputation is only as good as your skill with a sword or dueling pistol. Volume Two, "Siege of Vicksburg," continues into the Civil War, at the site of one of the war's most grueling and decisive battles. When a strange vampire seeks to disrupt the Confederate defenses, will you help him, hinder him, or consume him?
In Volume Three, "The Fall of Memphis" (available as an in-app purchase) you find yourself in Memphis, as ex-Confederates loot the public coffers and dismantle the advances of Reconstruction. In Volume Four, "St. Louis, Unreal City," explore the 1904 World's Fair, which promises to be the party of the century.
As your character concludes their first century of unlife, they must navigate the waters of industrialization and urbanization. The excesses of capital and rapid industrialization is producing a new class of educated, militant workers who are ready and willing to stand up to the nation's elite. Meanwhile, the vestiges of the Confederacy systematically dismantle Reconstruction, while simultaneously pitting European immigrants against the Chinese and the formerly enslaved. And yet, national figures such as JP Morgan and Jay Gould are forcing their will upon St. Louis all the way from New York.
Still, the vampires of the Society must adapt and thrive, caught between centuries of experience and the rapidly changing world around them—a world that would destroy them utterly if they were to be revealed. When one of their number permanently gives into their Beast and begins hunting other vampires, the Society of North America are thrust into disarray, and you must decide what is worth dying for.
- Play as male or female; gay, straight, or pan; cis or trans.
- Exploit the domains of humanity: become a patron of the arts, an advocate of the temperance movement, an underworld boss, an investor in industry, or a visionary of the world of the unseen.
- Choose your prey: gamblers, artists, financiers, or workers. Hold your head up high and feed only from animals—or drink the heartsblood of your fellow vampires with gusto.
- Survive the machinations of your fellow vampires, the malice of the mortals you have wronged, and the hunters who want to see your kind destroyed.
- Unravel the mysteries of vampirekind.
- Meet famous historical figures—and drink their blood.
Can the American Republic satiate you, or will you drain it dry?
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Reviewing (mostly) every game (or DLC) in my library, part 477: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆☆☆☆☆☆ (4/10) [i]Choice of the Vampire[/i] is one of the earliest games in the CoG franchise, and I'm a big vampire fan. The fact that I ended up refunding this is kinda a bummer. The premise is super compelling: you awaken as a newly made vampire in early 19th-century New Orleans, a city alive with music, sin, and revolution. Over the decades, you navigate moral decay, racial tension, and immortal politics, shaping both your personal fate and America’s emerging identity. It’s ambitious, historically rich, and dripping with atmosphere. And yet … for all that potential, [i]Choice of the Vampire[/i] feels strangely lifeless. The writing is elegant and the history is fascinating, but the story itself forgets to make you, as the player, matter. It wants to be a serious historical epic and a personal vampire story, but in trying to balance both, it ends up doing neither particularly well. The writing is undeniably good—sometimes even beautiful—but it’s sterile. You can admire it from afar, but it never lets you in. It's an atmospheric, literary take on vampirism that doubles as an American historical commentary.…6 found this helpful
This game has enjoyable story where your choices actually feel impactful with interesting characters and the writing is good, these things together would make for an awesome game. However there's more The game has a lot of paths which while great, makes 1 playthrough very short. And the last thing which alone regardless of anything, makes this game a complete trash. The overall story consists of 4 volumes, the base game consists of volume 1 and 2, there is a dlc that gives volume 3, and there is another one which gives volume 4. Each of these dlcs cost the same as base game. So as to say to buy the full game/complete story you have to pay 3x times the base price.3 found this helpful
This is not a complete game. It only allows you to play 2 chapters before requiring the DLC, which is 5.99, then another DLC for another 5.99. The content is not worth the headache of requiring the purchase of 2 extra DLC that it isn't upfront about. I wish I read the reviews before I purchased this.2 found this helpful
I enjoyed this weird vampire american history story1 found this helpful
I found it entertaining and well-paced.
I love this series! Shout out to the writer. What brilliant creative writing. I hope that another volume comes out, one of the best CoG's of all time!!
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