Nighthawks

[h3] Disappointed by all Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines sequels and spin-offs? Get yourself this game, and you'll fix that! [/h3] [list] [*]First, you will be surprise by the quality and amount of playtime you get out of a game this price! A rarity nowadays and how things should be. [*]The story is both dark and funny. The characters are complex and hilarious. The voice acting is amazing! the writing is realistic and humorous... I could stay here all day listing what I love. [/list] [b ]Some Constructive Criticism: [/b] [list] [*]My only critiques are that it comes short where many other choice based games also do: your character feels the same as everyone else's. The choices in character creation don't matter past 10 mins in. They don't reflect on the gameplay and you don't get a sense of identity from the character. You make choices that matter? Yes. Is my morally good character indistinguishable from everyone else's? Yes. [*]Also, the end is kinda sudden, you get a reeealy short end scene and have no idea how the hell your choices affected the worth from there on. [/list]

Absolutely massive game relative to what I expected. VNs tend to have most of the quality in the plotting rather than the prose whereas here you have a good central story alongside very tight and beautifully written storylets that make the world feel thoroughly realised. It oscillates between being heartbreaking and hilarious and grapples with the worlds themes rather than having them there as only set dressing. It has some mechanical ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. It has RPG systems at its core but it doesn't take very long to get to the point that you won't be failing any skills checks. I would have liked to see my character fail way more often in the late game and for there to be interesting consequences. It doesn't do a very good job of walking the line between VN and RPG and might have benefitted from planting its flag in one camp or the other. I didn't really care though, I was having a great time. Big recommend

A really fun game, with great mechanics. It's everything I would want from a vampire game.

This game is what vtm2 wishes it could have been. If you enjoy world of darkness setting, VNs, and have been looking for something to scratch the itch, look no further. Although not set in world of darkness, it feels like an AU world where vampires have stepped out into the uh, night and revealed themselves to humanity. There are so many interesting and compelling characters - I love the companions, Inez, Lux and Veronica being 3 of my faves (very hard to choose). The grimdark setting and humour is perfect and there are so many fun nods to different games and content that made me smile (i love the mini dnd campaign). I kickstarted this way back when and its be a joy to see the devs journey. Some QoL fixes would be for the game to have a covert/overt travelling option when you leave your santuary so if you want random fights you can fill you boots or you skip them entirely. The other is to be able to see the specs of items/clothes/relics etc when you move over them (and how its affecting your stats) rather than showing after youve equipped - makes it impossible to remember what everything does, or whether something is better/worse than what you have equipped and i have wasted…

Really great VN RPG Was looking forward to this one once i saw who the writers were and it does not disappoint. Currently at the mid point of Act 2 and the story, writing and dialog so far are 5* just really good stuff. The art is consistently solid, character designs are strong and distinctive and the backgrounds really set the tone. Voice acting is really high quality for an indie and just really good in general. Background music and sound effects do the job well, no misses so far. RPG aspects and character creation are good, what you'd expect from this type of game in style and it's implemented well. You never feel like you're being held back by your stats but what you do have feels like it's making a difference. Overall a really great VN RPG that i'd recommend to anyone who likes a good story or a text based rpg, it's strong on both fronts.

good game