Love Undying: A Kiss Before Dawn
Heart's Choice · 2024 · RPG, Interactive Fiction, Singleplayer, Choices Matter, Adventure
PC
Positive95% · 19
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About Love Undying: A Kiss Before Dawn
Hunt your prey as a vampire on windswept Victorian moors! Who will capture your unbeating heart?
Love Undying: A Kiss Before Dawn is a 190,000-word interactive romance novel by Lauren O’Donoghue. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
After an angry mob forced you from your European home, you fled to England in search of a fresh start. The Cornish village of Boscawen is bleak and beautiful, quiet enough to hide in—or so it seems. Danger lurks everywhere on these clifftops, from the vampire hunter who has followed you across continents to the local coven of vampires to the suspicious local nobles. When a young village man is murdered, tensions rise even higher and allegations begin to fly: if you are not careful, you may be accused of the crime yourself.
And yet even here, you may find potential friends—or perhaps someone closer. For a century you have walked the earth alone, but now your solitude may come to an end. Who will capture your immortal heart?
Will it be your familiar, Adrian Florescu, who has attended you for years? He is slender, chestnut-haired, bespectacled, intellectual and loyal and unfailingly polite. Feeding upon someone is an intimate act - will you deepen that intimacy even further? Or perhaps silver-haired Father Alvarez, the village priest with dark determined eyes, dedicated to improving the lives of those in his care. A vampire and a priest: can such a match ever succeed? Then there is Jowanet Reed, with flaming red curls and a lush figure. She is the leader of the local coven, with more than a hundred vampires at her command. What would it feel like to submit to someone even more powerful than yourself? Or Nathalie Sylvain, bold and dangerous, small and proud, with close-cropped hair and strong arms. She is a vampire hunter whose family has pursued you for generations—will the heat of your rivalry kindle a different kind of spark?
From elegant society soirées to humble village meetings, you must navigate your new environment, choose sides in simmering feuds, and define your future. Will you try to blend in peacefully with your mortal neighbors, or conspire with your fellow vampires to overthrow the established order and rule openly as creatures of the night? Do you wish to atone for a century’s worth of vampiric deeds, or will you revel in the hunt for the rest of your long unlife? Your actions will decide whether you have found a place of safety, or merely another viper’s nest.
Find passion that will last an eternity!
Love Undying: A Kiss Before Dawn is a 190,000-word interactive romance novel by Lauren O’Donoghue. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
After an angry mob forced you from your European home, you fled to England in search of a fresh start. The Cornish village of Boscawen is bleak and beautiful, quiet enough to hide in—or so it seems. Danger lurks everywhere on these clifftops, from the vampire hunter who has followed you across continents to the local coven of vampires to the suspicious local nobles. When a young village man is murdered, tensions rise even higher and allegations begin to fly: if you are not careful, you may be accused of the crime yourself.
And yet even here, you may find potential friends—or perhaps someone closer. For a century you have walked the earth alone, but now your solitude may come to an end. Who will capture your immortal heart?
Will it be your familiar, Adrian Florescu, who has attended you for years? He is slender, chestnut-haired, bespectacled, intellectual and loyal and unfailingly polite. Feeding upon someone is an intimate act - will you deepen that intimacy even further? Or perhaps silver-haired Father Alvarez, the village priest with dark determined eyes, dedicated to improving the lives of those in his care. A vampire and a priest: can such a match ever succeed? Then there is Jowanet Reed, with flaming red curls and a lush figure. She is the leader of the local coven, with more than a hundred vampires at her command. What would it feel like to submit to someone even more powerful than yourself? Or Nathalie Sylvain, bold and dangerous, small and proud, with close-cropped hair and strong arms. She is a vampire hunter whose family has pursued you for generations—will the heat of your rivalry kindle a different kind of spark?
From elegant society soirées to humble village meetings, you must navigate your new environment, choose sides in simmering feuds, and define your future. Will you try to blend in peacefully with your mortal neighbors, or conspire with your fellow vampires to overthrow the established order and rule openly as creatures of the night? Do you wish to atone for a century’s worth of vampiric deeds, or will you revel in the hunt for the rest of your long unlife? Your actions will decide whether you have found a place of safety, or merely another viper’s nest.
- Play as male, female, or nonbinary; gay, straight, bi or asexual.
- Romance your devoted familiar, an altruistic priest, a powerful vampire leader, or even your sworn enemy.
- Exercise self-restraint, or give in to your vampiric urges and go on a bloodthirsty rampage.
- Renovate your new home, investing in a library, game room, or an occult chamber full of magical equipment.
- Solve a murder—or try to frame one of your enemies for the crime.
- Create new vampires to join you in eternal unlife; or spend the rest of your days trying to escape the creature that you have become.
Find passion that will last an eternity!
What Steam players say
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Enjoyed it. Thing that makes me sad about these kinds of CYOA games mainly under the 'choice' umbrella or whatever, is that it centers around stats. That sucks majorly in my opinion, because you build a character, and the rest of the game just becomes a series of quizzes to pick the answer that aligns with your stat bars, or get ♥♥♥♥♥♥ because none of the answers align with your stat bars. I hate this structure so much lol. Sucks the joy out of the medium in my opinion, because you aren't really free to choose something in most situations, you just have to pick the 'right' answer, which will vary based on your build, but that sucks. I wish there were CYOA games like this where it was actually just roleplay (Picking the choice you want/the choice that you think fits your character as opposed to the choice the author thinks fits your build) even if there were less meaningful choices throughout the story. I imagine the use of these stats is probably 'forced' on the creators by 'choice' or something along those lines, since I've only seen like one of these ever where it was rp and not stat based (forgot which one it was, but only had stats that tracked your decisions, they didn't chan…11 found this helpful
A good bargain for all those looking for a Vampire Novel/RPG hybrid with some decent replayability. So many vampire stories these days don't take place in the Victorian era, and that this one does makes it strangely fresh. And the decision to set it in the countryside is just a treat! The story is not groundbreaking by any means but you get a good amount of freedom to choose what kind of person/vampire you are. This was definitely entertaining for me and will give it my Seal of Approval.7 found this helpful
I am of two minds about this game. On one hand, it captures the victorian eerie feeling of the original dracula well, even with less horror and you playing the vampire. The romances are written well enough. Mostly classic vampiers, with only a few newer things thrown in. On the other hand, the climax is a mess. I hate games (especally choice of games) that semingly give you the option to avoid discovery and then force it anyway in the climax. Also, you can turn two of three factions against you, and your character will stay, even if the same thing was the reason you fleed to Cornwall in the first place. But it is before the climax a decent gothic romance novel and i wouldnt say that the climax ruins the game. The climax is not good, but not that bad.4 found this helpful
Honestly a very cute and great game. One feature that I like is that based on the decisions you make early one, some later ones might not work out.4 found this helpful
This was a fun little "choose your own adventure" game. I played about half one night and the other half the next because I wanted to see what would happen. I've only played through once, but it definitely seems that the choices you make have a huge bearing on events and outcomes, which is exactly what you want in this type of game. I did find it pretty easy, as in it's easy to make the people and groups (nobles, peasants, coven) like you by the end of the game. I'm seeing a lot of 0.1% on the achievements, so I just assume a lot of people haven't finished the game yet. The "romance" is also pretty much just picking who you want to be in a relationship with, and that's that (it's not porn though, which is a nice surprise). It won't blow your mind, but if you like these types of games, I thought this one was pretty good.3 found this helpful
"Love Undying: A Kiss Before Dawn" was an excellent read that managed to be sweet, exciting, and occasionally thrilling depending on your choices. However, the story felt rushed, which occasionally made important interactions seem naive. Trust is placed in you and others before it is earned, sometimes to an absurd degree. (7/10) This pacing is unfortunate, as the superb writing quickly had me invested in the plot, and I would have loved to spend more time immersed in the world before the ending arrived. I especially wanted to get to know my love interest better, but opportunities to do so were sparse. As a result, the romance felt somewhat tame and shallow. It is also worth noting that the adult scenes are not particularly explicit. While this is a stylistic choice that some readers may actually prefer, it is something to keep in mind if you are looking for a more mature experience. Despite these shortcomings, the quality of the writing makes it a title worth experiencing. (7/10)2 found this helpful
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