E3 2016: VAMPYR Trailer Released by Focus Home Interactive

Written by Brandon Hofer on June 13, 2016

News: A new adventure is coming from DontNod and Focus Home Interactive where you are a doctor and a vampire.

Focus Home Interactive and DontNod have released their E3 trailer for the upcoming game, VAMPYR. You play as a veteran of World War I, Doctor Jonathan Reid as he tries to come to terms with his transition, and the hunger that drives him to kill. Vampyr includes a unique level-up system that plays on this narrative conundrum, where huge amounts of experience points can be gained by feeding on innocent people, compared to combat. As a doctor, you must decide how many lives must be sacrificed in order for you to find a cure for this disease, the ultimate goal of Jonathan.

Taking lives in London is not easy. Killing too many in a district may cause its infrastructure to collapse and turn into disarray. Every single life will also have a butterfly effect on the other NPCs surrounding them; a merchant's wife could be killed and he could decide to close shop and leave town. Every life you take away will have consequences for the city and the people around them.

Emerging from the chaos, a tormented figure awakes; as the player it is you who determines how to harness your new powers, by specializing in deadly, versatile RPG skill-trees that change the way you play. As a doctor recently turned into a Vampire, you try to understand your new affliction. Your quest of intuition, discoveries and struggles, will be filled with death and drama, while your attempt to stem the irrepressible thirst that constantly drives you to take human lives. As you cling to what remains of your humanity, your decisions will ultimately shape the fate of your hero while searching for answers in the coughing, foggy aftermath of the Spanish Flu.

Some of the key features for VAMPYR include:

Explore a darkly atmospheric early 20th century London

Play a tormented and powerful Vampire learning the rules of your new condition. A man of science, a beast of the night: Your toughest battles will be within yourself

Build your own combat style through a wide range of crafted weapons and powerful Vampire abilities to defeat a large and unique bestiary

Take a look at the E3 trailer that was just released and tell us what you think. VAMPYR is currently slated for 2017. Will you pick it up?