Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong ‘The Night Has Come’ pre-order trailer
Nacon and Cyanide Studio have released a new trailer today for Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong to announce it’s now up for pre-order. The narrative RPG will have you playing as three different vampires in Boston’s convoluted hierarchy trying to solve a murder case before things escalate into an all-out war. You’ll need to use the unique skills that each one possesses to track down leads, discover clues, solve puzzles, and ultimately figure out who is responsible. You can check out the latest trailer below along with more info on the game, as the game will eventually be released on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox consoles on May 19th, 2022.
Mysterious assassins have attacked the Boston Camarilla – a secret society comprising most of the vampires in the city. Galeb Bazory, Emem Louis, and Leysha are tasked by the Prince of the city’s Kindred with learning the identity of the attackers as well as the motives underlying the large-scale attack. The orders are simple: infiltrate, investigate and get answers, using supernatural powers if necessary. In this adaptation of the pen and paper game, players of Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong take control of three heroes with their own character sheets. Through their choices, they will shape the stats of their characters.
Swansong is set in the World of Darkness, the same universe as the upcoming Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines and Bloodlines 2, but focuses on narrative and takes more of its inspiration from the tabletop RPG franchise than the action-RPG approach of Bloodlines. You’ll play as three different vampires in Swansong–each is part of the hidden vampire society in Boston, all playing different roles in the story. The choices you make, characters you interact with, and successes and failures you rack up all affect how the story will shake out. The section I played took place early in the story, in which a vampire named Galeb is dispatched to investigate the murder of a specialty banker for high-end clients.
Using their Skills, it is possible to pick a lock, intimidate an NPC or make more efficient deductions based on hints. The protagonists also have vampiric powers, known as Disciplines, allowing them to reach inaccessible areas, conceal their presence, or foresee potential futures. Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong combines the exploration of a wide variety of environments, skillfully-crafted dialogs, clever puzzles, and a branching story where every choice comes with a consequence. The characters are finely developed and, faithful to the World of Darkness IP, reveal that they are monsters in spite of their human appearance.
