Vampires get a little bit of a nasty rap, we predict. Thanks to some rotten apples like Dracula and Kristen Stewart we have grown accustomed to seeing vampires as insidious creatures of the evening, however there’s a number of enjoyable vampires, too. Depend Duckula, for instance, and the one from Sesame Road that goes “Ah-ah-ah!” Anyway, what we’re saying is, we have to cease treating each particular person we see with fangs and a cape like they’re about to nibble us. It is a stereotype, and it may be fairly hurtful.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong is an attention-grabbing tackle vampire fiction in that it does not actually demonise the vampires, and if something, it is the religious Christians which might be introduced in a extra nefarious gentle. On this narrative-heavy journey recreation, we play as three sincere to god, blood suckin’ vampires attempting to barter their perilous political state of affairs in a clandestine society of supernatural beings residing in Boston.
The plot centres round conspiracies and betrayals and coup d’états and an existential risk to vampire unlife as we all know it. It is all very critical and maybe a mite too dry however there’s oodles of fascinating lore to soak up derived from the Vampire: The Masquerade tabletop position taking part in recreation. The vampires we play as are a combined bag: the stripper-turned-nightclub-owner is a bit of bland, however the one which simply acquired out of the vampire insane asylum is enjoyable. The story is usually fairly engrossing.
Swansong’s greatest drawback is that at occasions it is maybe not as clear because it might be about what you are really meant to be doing or bypass sure issues, and you will find that it is trial and error that will get you thru. There’s additionally a few technical points, together with one during which we spent ages wandering round attempting to unravel a puzzle solely to reset the sport and uncover that the answer to the issue hadn’t loaded the primary time round. Not cool.
