Vampyr – at last, an interesting game about vampires

The creator of Life Is Strange is back with a very different tale of warring vampire factions thriving in a disease-ridden London

London, 1918. The streets are dour, cold and deserted, the Spanish flu is claiming dozens of victims a day, and a new scourge is lurking in the capital's sprawling slums. Vampires.

Thus begins the latest project from Parisian studio Dontnod Entertainment, creator of acclaimed adventures Remember Me and Life Is Strange. In Vampyr, the player takes control of Jonathan Reid, a doctor and newly initiated blood sucker, who sees vampirism as a disease that can be cured. But while he's searching for the origins of the contagion, he must also stay alive - and there's only one way to do that. "Feeding on citizens is the basis of your character progression," says creative director Philippe Moreau. "The more you kill, the stronger you get. The question is, how far are you willing to go?"