A
new trailer
(NSFW) for
Vampyr highlight's the story from this vampiric action/RPG that's
expected to emerge from its coffin two months from today. The clip includes
gameplay footage set to a cover of Blue Oyster Cult's classic rock anthem
(Don't Fear) The Reaper. Here's more on the game's cemetery plot:
In Vampyr, you play as Jonathan Reid, a doctor in 1918 London newly-turned
into a vampire following his return from the Great War. His convictions blown
away, Reid discovers the existence of a dark new world where supernatural
creatures and secret societies live together in the shadows... and he is now
part of this world.
As a newborn vampire shattered by an irrepressible thirst of blood and thrust
into a strange new world, Reid attempts to interpret the supernatural in the
best way he knows how: rational thinking. However, between ancient societies,
mysterious murders and an imminent large-scale vampire hunt, his scientific
assurances are challenged like never before. Driven by a personal desire to
learn who caused his transformation and why, Jonathan Reid continues working to
find a cure to the devastating disease that decimates its citizens.
But doing so, he must confront his nature as a blood-drinker and the terrible
temptation to feed on those he swore to protect…