Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong

"Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong is a bloodthirsty adventure with a conglomeration of various dialectical aspects, focusing on the essence of self and power."

"If you’re looking for a solid, story-driven adventure, then Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong is a must-play in 2022, even if you haven’t played the original."

"Rarely have I played a game where I wanted to restart a scenario to undo bad decisions as I have here. Swansong makes you pay for your missteps and should be an excellent game for watercooler discussions with others who …"

"It’s a little rough around the edges, but Swansong can still satisfy your craving for a vampire narrative RPG set in the World of Darkness."

"Within the opulent comforts of the luxury apartments and exclusive private clubs of Boston, Swansong positions high society politics as a game played by the rich, a realm that’s far outside the influence of the working class and the poor. …"

"Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong has players step in the shoes of three different vampires to solve a mystery, building upon the wealth of Vampire lore, but doesn&s;t have much bite."

"Vampire - The Masquerade: Swansong offers a deep RPG game and an engrossing story, with some well-designed puzzles along the way."

"Ultimately, Vampire the Masquerade: Swansong only partially honors the name it bears. The narrative sector stands on discrete levels, even if the main plot struggles to take off in the initial stages and the characterization of the protagonists can be …"

"Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong is a brilliant adaptation of the themes, the atmosphere and the mood of the homonymous pen and paper RPG. The alchemical mix between cinematic adventure and light RPG works great and Big Bad Wolf Studio …"

"Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong is a fantastic, yet very messy game. It lacks some desperately needed polish and refining, but the core is so fun and engaging you can put the problems to the side for a time. They&s;ll …"

"Vampire The Masquerade: Swansong is a dialogue-driven RPG that stakes everything on writing that isn&s;t up to the task."

"While the visuals and voice acting didn&s;t sell me, there was plenty else to sink my fangs into. Choices. So many different, split second choices that made me feel that what I did mattered. A story that kept me searching …"

"Solid and definitely have an audience. There could be some hard-to-ignore faults, but the experience is fun."

"With its intricate and well-realized setting, engaging story, compelling characters, and well-implemented RPG mechanics, Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong is a truly groundbreaking game that no fan of narrative-driven games should pass on."

"Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong falls short of its ambitions as a story-focused detective RPG due to a dense but uninteresting plot, bland characters, and unintuitive puzzles."

"Vampire: The Masquerade -- Swansong is an intricate narrative adventure game that can be too dense for its own good at times."

"Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong is a little rough in some places, and mechanics aren&s;t as tight as they could have been, but with an intriguing story, complex characters, and decisions that seem to genuinely change the path events took, …"

""Vampire runs that line between experience game, walking simulator, and social battle that few games attempt and even fewer attempt successfully. Swansong&s;s attempt isn&s;t without its enjoyable moments but it has a heck of a lot of downtime.""

"Swansong&s;s biggest problem is that at times it&s;s perhaps not as clear as it could be about what you&s;re actually meant to be doing or how to bypass certain problems, and you&s;ll find that it&s;s trial and error that gets …"

"In the end, despite its penchant for occasionally boring puzzles, rough character animations and wildly varying voice performances, Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong is nonetheless a roundly fulfilling detective adventure with a vampiric twist that will appeal greatly to anyone …"

"Vampire: The Masquerade — Swansong is a narrative, investigative RPG centered around three vampires in Boston. While the writing and quests are enjoyable, the visuals leave much to be desired. Swansong loses a lot of its charm with its jarring …"

"I truly wanted to love this game, and beneath the muddled surface lies the bare bones of an awesome detective RPG just begging to be let loose. Unfortunately, it looks like that skeleton will remain in the closet. Vampire: The …"

"Despite some interesting situations and engaging puzzles, Vampire: The Masquerade Swansong fails to get off the ground, much less stick the landing. It’s slow and obtuse where it should be visceral and emotional. The writing is pedestrian and the characters …"

"Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong follows in the vein of narrative games like those of Telltale and Quantic Dream, but cannot reach the same level of quality. The narrative has a tendency to feel too linear and technically wise the …"

"Swansong offers a successful dive into The World of Darkness with a proposal worthy of the tabletop role-playing game."

"Moral murkiness helps preserve the tension across Swansong’s duration. There’s always something at stake – your life, the masquerade, your integrity – and that does a lot to infuse some meaning into all the talking and scouring rooms for notes. …"

"A bland and occasionally baffling return for the Vampire: The Masquerade series"

"Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong offers an impressively flexible story, but that can&s;t save it from its mediocre writing and scattershot game design."

"Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong brings players back to the World of Darkness to investigate an attack on the Camarilla."

"It&s;s possible to restart each chapter of Swansong if the player wants a do-over, but that&s;s not the best way to experience the game. Swansong should be treated like an ironman experience, as it is tough on player consequences. Swansong …"

"Vampire the Masquerade – Swansong is a great introduction to the lore of this world, and despite the issues I had with the facial animations I enjoyed my time here."

"Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong has some novelty as a dialogue focused RPG but is hampered by mid-production jank and subpar level design."