Vampire The Masquerade Coteries Of New York Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)

For this Vampire The Masquerade Coteries Of New York Review we presented the conflict between two vampiric factions: the traditionalist Camarilla and the fiercely independent Anarchs. It’s a unique, atmospheric, single-player narrative experience, set in the rich universe of Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition.

Vampire The Masquerade Coteries Of New York Review Pros:

• Decent graphics.
• 3GB download size.
• Game settings – text size, typing speed, dialogue options in the middle, and language.
• Dynamic backgrounds – on/off.
• Three save slots.
• Three clan choices – Brujah, Ventrue, and Toreador.
• You can name your character.
• Visual novel gameplay.
• Can save when you want.
• Powerful and impactful soundtrack.
• The story is told with animated still shots and music.
• The game plays as a visual novel, you have an inner narrative that describes everything happening.
• Multiple choice questions and encounters.
• Really good writing that is powered by the soundtrack.
• Makes references to many popular TV shows and songs, usually involving vampires but not always.
• The dictionary is a menu you can bring up at any point and it fills in as you get new information and need more insight. The dictionary has a new, all-, and unread filter.
• This game tells the story of you becoming a vampire and what that entails.
• Log is where you go to reread the last parts of a conversation.
• A skip button can be used to speed up proceedings.
• Excellent descriptive writing.
• The whole game is just as engrossing as a good book.
• For the best experience, I found handheld and headphones to be a winning combo.
• Simple easy-to-use controls.
• Hunger in the game is always shown on the frames of the screen, hunger dictates what you can and cannot do in situations along with story-critical interactions.
• Feeding opportunities can pop up, doing so is risky but it will help lower your hunger.
• The most important thing is to keep the hunger at the right level in order to remain in the Masquerade.
• A fascinating story and it’s hard to put down.
• Every choice you make feeds into the sort of character you become and forms your narrative.
• The map fills in as you play and you get to choose where and when you go places.
• memorable characters and locations.

Vampire The Masquerade Coteries Of New York Review Cons:

• Not the best loading times.
• Playing with big text makes keeping up a lot harder and you have to scroll conversations more. The story is told with animated still shots and music.
• Never sure if and when it saves outside of the manual save and quit.
• You can skip interactions but I don’t really see the need and plus it’s more of a short burst fast forward.
• At times it would have been nice to have more animations and images to accompany the writing instead of just a scene shot.
• No voice work is shown off.
• Can be a pain to keep checking the dictionary.
• The new dictionary entry added text is a huge eye-sore.
• No touchscreen.
• You have to be invested in the gameplay style.
• At times it feels like your choices have no bearing.

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Developer: Draw Distance

Publisher: Draw Distance

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