History VideoGame / Vampyr2018

** The mother of Jonathan's vampire sire is [[Myth/CelticMythology The Morrigan]]. An EldritchAbomination who causes devastation by waking up, who's dreams cause literal {{Hate Plague}}s, and is the projetinator of all vampires. Not even her son truly understands what she is, and you only meet and fight a [[FightingAShadow shadow made of blood]]. Despire being able to have a full personal conversation with others, she's explicitly described as not being fully awake when doing so.

''Vampyr'' is an ActionRPG developed by Creator/DontnodEntertainment and published by Creator/FocusHomeInteractive. It was originally slated to be available for PC, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne in late 2017, but was [[ScheduleSlip delayed]] until June 5th, 2018. Then it came to UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on October 29th, 2019, ported by a team at Saber Interactive.

Has nothing to do with the [[{{Film/Vampyr}} 1932 horror movie by the same name]].

''Vampyr'' is an ActionRPG developed by Creator/DontnodEntertainment and published by Creator/FocusHomeInteractive. It was originally slated to be available for PC, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne in late 2017, but was [[ScheduleSlip delayed]] until June 5th, 2018. Then came to UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on October 29th, 2019, the Port was handled by a team at Saber Interactive.

* NoPronunciationGuide: The title. Is it "''vamp-IRE''" or "''vamp-EER''"? No one is certain, though DONTNOD themselves pronounce it as the latter, probably because that's how "vampire" is pronounced in French, and a phonetical pronunciation of "Vampyr" in French sounds exactly like this. No one says it like that in the game.

!!The game provides examples of:

* AluminumChristmasTrees:
** Reid's trendy modern undercut ''is'' actually appropriate for someone coming off the front in 1918. The 'hipster' beard is also more or less era-appropriate.
** Charlotte Ashbury mentions that some folks are sarcastically talking about building a wall around the West End to corral the voices of the Suffrage Movement. She then says if they ever did that she would blow it up. This seems like a pithy quip meant to show that the Suffrage Movement won't be silenced, but in reality, the first wave of feminism (especially in Britain) did commit several acts of terrorism, such as breaking windows and firebombing mailboxes.

* BeingGoodSucks: No vampire pun intended. It's possible to complete the game without draining any non-combatant civilians, but your level will be far behind your enemies. You still get some experience for fighting enemies (most of which are infected, curing illnesses, and completing investigations, but it's a fraction compared to what you'd get for chomping on an NPC. You also have to resist the temptation of going full-vigilante on civilians. [[spoiler:On the other hand, playing as a good vampire [[EarnYourHappyEnding earns the happy ending]]; to get the best ending you have to avoid killing ''any'' non-hostile characters, even the ones who are AssholeVictims, outright murderers, or generally awful human beings. You can get the next best ending by limiting your killings to only a few select people.]]

** Do you Embrace [[spoiler:Sean Hampton to prevent him from becoming a monster, or let him live so he can become a monster later on? You can cure him with your blood.]]
** Do you tell [[spoiler:Dorothy Crane to resign from Pembroke or kill her to silence her? You can use Mesmerism to erase her memories of all the transpired events. Subverted in that this is actually the ''worst'' option since she is later attacked by Skals and is turned, leaving the district without its Pillar. Turns out telling her to resign is the best option]].

* WhatMeasureIsAMook: While civilian deaths will have consequences no matter how unimportant they appear to be, generic enemies such as Guard of Priwen are not held to the same standard and can be killed freely. For example, if Jonathan feeds on Nurse Hawkins, the Pembroke Hospital district will be affected with one of their staff members dying and patients growing sicker. However, even if Jonathan starts killing the Guard by the hundreds, it doesn't affect any of the districts.

* ClassicalMovieVampire: Played straight for probably the first time in decades albeit Dr. Reid is a DownplayedTrope example. He is a dark, sinister-looking European aristocratic gentleman with a coat that strongly resembles a cape with a HighCollarOfDoom. He is cursed with a HorrorHunger and lives in a time just after the Victorian Era. He possesses mesmerism, is affected by crosses, and is chased by vampire hunters. Indeed, the other vampires in the setting also possess many classic trope examples. Indeed, the primary influences appear to be Dracula (for the Ekons), Nosferatu (for the Skals), and Carmilla (for Lady Ashbury).

* PyrrhicVillainy: Going on a rampage as an evil vampire will invariably result in [[spoiler:your LoveInterest burning herself to crisp in shame for unwittingly playing her part on the epidemic. Best exemplified in the ending where Jonathan doesn't get over her death and crosses the DespairEventHorizon.]]

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: You can kill someone in a social circle and leave the other members to go insane with revenge or get infected and turn into Skals. Every person you Embrace (read:utterly drink them dry of their blood) grants you more experience.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are four primary zones Jonathan explores throughout the game, and each zone has at least a dozen named characters populating each: the total number of [=NPCs=] Jonathan can interact with is well over 50. Each character has a reasonably detailed backstory, and most have at least one direct relationship with another character that will determine how they react to certain events.