Making Vampires Fun to Play

[Garrett]

I always wished being a vampire in the Elder Scrolls games was a way deeper experience.

I was wondering if Once Lost has thought about this yet? - How to make a vampire play-through actually be interesting ( beyond avoiding the sun and a few special perks ) ?

[oncelostgames]

While we still have a lot of design work left to do for the vampire gameplay, our aim is for it to drastically change the way you play. You will not become a vampire by chance like catching disease or being "bitten" while fighting vampires, but rather it will be a very clear choice that you will be making and a complicated process to achieve it. We want the player to know what they are getting into and the positives and negatives that come with being a vampire. We also plan to offer various clans with unique vampiric abilities depending on which clan you join.
That is as much detail as we can go into for now, so stay tuned to learn more!

[Garrett]

Originally posted by oncelostgames:

While we still have a lot of design work left to do for the vampire gameplay, our aim is for it to drastically change the way you play. You will not become a vampire by chance like catching disease or being "bitten" while fighting vampires, but rather it will be a very clear choice that you will be making and a complicated process to achieve it. We want the player to know what they are getting into and the positives and negatives that come with being a vampire. We also plan to offer various clans with unique vampiric abilities depending on which clan you join.
That is as much detail as we can go into for now, so stay tuned to learn more!

Thanks a lot for the reply. I think the idea of clans will add some much needed depth.

[AsianGirlLover]

Very excited to see that clans are indeed a thing being workshopped. My bad to necro-post, just wanted to add my 2 cents: would be cool if the choices you make with your clan affect world events, like an increase in vampire attacks on cities and towns.

The anticipation for this game is killing me.

[robertgamer91]

Originally posted by oncelostgames:

While we still have a lot of design work left to do for the vampire gameplay, our aim is for it to drastically change the way you play. You will not become a vampire by chance like catching disease or being "bitten" while fighting vampires, but rather it will be a very clear choice that you will be making and a complicated process to achieve it. We want the player to know what they are getting into and the positives and negatives that come with being a vampire. We also plan to offer various clans with unique vampiric abilities depending on which clan you join.
That is as much detail as we can go into for now, so stay tuned to learn more!

Nice to see vampires are getting so love but what about werewolves (werebeast), are they going to get any love? Will there be anything like that for them or is it just a curse you have to deal with? If so, I am going to be kind of sad to it isn't going to get any love.

[oncelostgames]

There are therianthrope cults that worship the werecreatures, although those are made of normal people not therianthropes themselves. Still, they will be an avenue for players to explore a therianthrope centered story.
We are also doing 3 different types, wererat, werewolf and wereboars, so they are certainly getting some love and attention, but we do want them to feel different from Vampires overall.

[Sentinel]

Just let me throw this in the room: If it would be possible to turn into a bat, give me a key that let's me hang from the ceiling/roof/tree branch :P
Transformed in an animal, being able to make a typical noise would also be sweet.

I find great pleasure in small details like this.

[Garrett]

Originally posted by Sentinel:

Just let me throw this in the room: If it would be possible to turn into a bat, give me a key that let's me hang from the ceiling/roof/tree branch :P
Transformed in an animal, being able to make a typical noise would also be sweet.

I find great pleasure in small details like this. :HappyMask:

Haha ! that would be utterly amazing for roleplay - but to really enjoy it fully, you would need a multi-player game where you could just be chilling upside-down in the corner - then say hello, and scare everyone half to death !