Point and Click Adventure for PC, with gorgeous art direction and looks to be a serious contender for Adventure GOTY of 2008.
Story - Once upon a time...
Deep within the walls of a gloomy castle in the equally gloomy land of Draxsylvania, the young, gifted opera singer Mona De Lafitte is held captive by her tormentor, vampire Baron Shrowdy von Kiefer. Ever since she was transformed into a vampire by Shrowdy and whisked off to Draxsylvania, her greatest wish has been to return to Paris, continue her singing career, and one day become a star at the Paris Opera.
When Shrowdy fails to return from a nightly foray, she at last sees an opportunity to flee. Together with her only friend and confidant, a cheeky bat named Froderick, she escapes from her prison and tries to find her way back to Paris. During her flight through Draxsylvania, where she encounters some strange inhabitants and some even stranger challenges, Mona must learn not only to accept her vampire nature, but also to use the abilities she has acquired to her advantage.
Features
The classic adventure "A Vampyre Story" is penned by Bill Tiller, who was involved in the creation of milestones of the genre such as "The Dig" and "The Curse of Monkey Island". Players use a point-and-click interface to direct Mona and Froderick through a richly detailed world consisting of more than 30 beautifully hand-painted locations that utilizes real time 'Multiplane' camera technology, that entice the viewer to examine and explore. On her puzzle-filled journey to Paris, Mona meets more than 20 3D-characters, ranging from the just plane silly to the very strange, in over 15 hours of brain-teasing fun.
Features at a glance:
-A classic point-and-click comic adventure created and directed by Bill Tiller.
-More than 30 hand-drawn locations in 2D
-rendered using a real time 3d 'multi-plane' camera
-More than 25 characters
-Mona's vampire abilities and restrictions create interesting gameplay.
Characters
Mona De Lafitte
Mona, the heroine in "A Vampyre Story", departed this life at a relatively young age and was condemned to an undead existence as a vampire at the side of Baron Shrowdy von Kiefer. Before her untimely departure for Draxsylvania, Mona was an up and coming opera singer who dreamed of becoming a star at the Paris Opera one day, but now she seems doomed to a life in darkness.
When an opportunity to escape arises, however, Mona seizes the chance to make her dream come true, for, as she says to herself, Draxsylvania is not the right place for a young, cultured Frenchwoman with a strong singing voice and equally strong ambitions!
Froderick
Froderick is a bat - and a very cheeky one at that. In fact, it borders on the miraculous that Froderick and Mona have become friends, especially as they often have conflicting interests.
Shrowdy is not only the heir to Castle Warg and the vast Von Kiefer lands, but is also a vampire. Shrowdy is also completely obsessed with Mona and cherishes her more than anything else in the world – except maybe his missing mother.
Shrowdy has even gone so far as to have an opera stage built just for Mona in Castle Warg. Unfortunately, Shrowdy hasn't had the heart to enlighten Mona about her new nature because he fears her wrath – admittedly a sign of inadequacy for any self-respecting vampire.
And so he gives Mona a bottle of his "special wine" every night, for which Mona has developed quite a craving...
International Clip:
And the High Res version download
Screens: (the screens got a bit cut up on the right side because of the forum's restrictions, but not much was lost)
Official Site: http://www.vampyrestory-game.com/
Interview with Bill Tiller about the game
Coming Early 2008...
