You loot this blood with your fangs, which will refill your health, but if you’re seen you’re highlighted for everyone on the map. In addition to this loot, you can also use your vampire senses to find humans with resonant blood, which can bestow a variety of different abilities to you. Weaponry in the game features the classic mainstays of snipers, burst-fire and standard assault rifles but it also features a few more esoteric choices: dual crossbows that fire explosive bolts at short range, a bigger crossbow that creates a huge cloud of poison at the point of impact, and then a minigun, which was clearly misnamed at the concept stage. Several times the trio I was playing with picked our moment to engage, did a ton of damage and killed an enemy or two before several other teams of enemies tore us apart. This makes Bloodhunt feel much more frenetic than a usual battle royale game, and the pace is exhausting. The end result is that Bloodhunt is a high tempo game that just doesn’t let up – a combination of the fast movement and crowded map means that it’s not uncommon to find yourself in an endless rolling fight without a chance to rearm or catch a breather. New vampires pour into firefights in both modes, hyper-agile foes that are hard to keep track of when you’re also listening for the sounds of flapping clothing, which is often all the warning you get before an enemy armed with a katana tries to bisect you. This often means that whether you’re playing in the game’s solo or trios mode, you’re constantly being hit by additional enemies when you’re at your weakest. You might get a handful of loot, but you probably won’t get a chance to sift through the wares a dead enemy has ejected on the floor before another team shows up, drawn in by the sounds of gunfire and their own bloodlust. The primary issue is that because every vampire will eventually recover from a downed state by themselves and there are respawn points (for trios) and extra lives (for solo play) scattered around the city, the value of actually winning a fight is very low. Unfortunately, there are a lot of design choices that seem to have had the unintended effect of making the game agonising to play in a lot of circumstances. These are the game’s strongpoints: if you want to live out your vampire fantasy, dominating an urban environment while looking sexy / monstrous as hell, Bloodhunt absolutely has you covered. The cosmetics are high quality, models are tight and the animations are incredible smooth. Technically, Bloodhuntis a phenomenal debut for developers Sharkmob. Sure, mechanically it’s a battle royale game, but narratively? Everything has gone to shit. That’s all while trying to protect the Masquerade, which keeps the secret world hidden from the mortals. Each vampire has to fight to be the last one standing, as heavily armoured vampire hunters patrol the streets and their vampire-controlling gas rolls in. In battle royale title Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt, each player character has you beat: every match is a re-enactment of the worst evening of their life.
READ MORE: Here’s how ‘Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt’ takes level design cues from ‘John Wick’.
What’s the worst night out you’ve ever had? Everyone remembers one big – often boozy – night that has gone sideways with friends hurling in the toilet, accidental fights and someone’s phone being left on a train.
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