![]() ![]() Galeb, the Ventrue, is a dominating presence as one of the older souls still in Boston the tension between managing his legacy and leaving for distant shores was a highlight for me. Swansong also hands you some generally straightforward vampires to play. It doesn’t hurt if you don’t know the difference between a Toreador and a Nosferatu, and a Codex is available to handle more esoteric concepts like the Beckoning. There’s a lot of internal politicking and posturing, as internal disputes within the Boston Camarilla spill over. It’s a good kickstart to the plot, and I enjoy the moments where Swansong leans heavily into the lore of Vampire: The Masquerade. An attempted reunification party meant to consolidate Hazel’s power became a bloodbath, and so she disperses the three protagonists on different quests to ascertain who has attacked them, why, and whether another strike is imminent. Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong follows three different vampires-Galeb, Emem, and Leysha-hailing from three different clans but all falling under the thumb of the Boston Camarilla and its upstart Prince Hazel Iversen. Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong ( PC , PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S) It’s the stutters in-between that cause the most trouble. When it shines, it really feels like the better parts of playing a tabletop campaign. Alongside the slew of visual novels and a nebulous in-development Bloodlines sequel, Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong is an interesting new entrant. The Vampire brand has been slowly upping its presence in video games over the past few years. It just also stumbles a few times on its way there. It takes the narrative adventure style, mixes it with tabletop RPG and some pen-and-paper puzzle solving, and comes away with something fresh. Ambitious, brooding, stylish, and messy, Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong feels right at home with the eternal undead it follows.
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