October 28, 2023 - Day 301 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 320

Game: Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York

Platform: Steam
Release Date: Sep 11, 2020
Installation Date: Oct 21, 2023
Unplayed: 7d
Playtime: 52m

My sole exposure to Vampire: The Masquerade prior to playing Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York was playing Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt.

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt is a third-person battle-royale with vampires.

Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York is... not.

I thought all of the early reading was setting up for the gameplay, but it was taking quite a long time, and then I was faced with a decision, which was - apparently - the wrong decision, because immediately afterwards I was met with a Game Over.

So I started over, discovered that seemingly all of the narrative "choices" in the initial setup lead to exactly the same point of decision, made the opposite decision and... more story.

After a while, because I'd hit the wee hours of this morning, I decided to pull the pin, and looked up the game, and... oh. Right.

It's actually a visual novel, something of a "Choose Your Own Adventure" based on the Vampire: The Masquerade TTRPG, which I also learned of last night.

So, if you're a fan of visual novels, and Choose Your Own Adventure (TM), and the Vampire: The Masquerade TTRPG, this might be right up your alley.

Admittedly, the story did end up being kind of interesting, but this is actually a sequel to an earlier visual novel (Coteries of New York) for which I have an unused key, so might read that first.

Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York is:

3: OK

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