First Look - A Vampyre Story

Adventure fans with long memories will be very intrigued by A Vampyre Story. A traditional point-and-click adventure, it is being developed by, amongst others, several people involved in producing LucasArts' seminal The Dig - so the game definitely has a fine pedigree.

In fact, LucasArts adventures are most definitely the benchmark to compare A Vampyre Story to. It is resolutely old school in look and feel and, for this grizzled adventure campaigner, better for it.

The version we got to take a look at is some way off completion (the game is pencilled in for a September release, but that could change). However, despite this, the mechanics and general feel was definitely promising.

Players will take control of a seductive vampiress, who is unaware of her vampiric tendencies. Without going too far into the plot, players will uncover the reasons why she has become "one with the night" and go on numerous comic adventures thereafter.

Comedy is notoriously difficult to get right in games - A Vampyre Story has the pedigree to get both the game mechanics and the comedy right. We'll just have to see.