well that was unsespected.
Reviews for "Like Vampire Like Son"
This game is sort of resoundingly below average, with some components being just awful and some being incredibly average and plain. In my review, I will address sound, gameplay, graphics, and story.
When I say 'sound' I am referring to all of the recorded sounds in the game, from the music to the voice acting to the sound effects. I am sort of in the middle with this section, as the music isn't terrible but the voice-acting is. Everyone sounds half-asleep, or like they are cold reading their lines. A cold reading is when you're reading a script for the first time without any prior knowledge, so the tone and emotions are all screwed up. Nobody ever sounds anything more than indifferent, with some lines coming off as bored. It would have been better to get rid of the voice acting altogether, as the game would be more bearable without having to listen to such bored and monotonous delivery. The music, voices, and sound effects are all really compressed. It tells me that you don't know how to create high-quality sound for a game, or that you did not care to for this one in particular. I suppose I couldn't blame you for the latter, as it's a fairly short game that overall screams "half-baked" to me.
As for the gameplay...well, that was the most disappointing part of the game. Typically the point-and-click genre speaks of puzzle solving, challenge, serious thought on the part of the player, or some kind of obstacle between getting an item and the actual use of the item. This one felt more like an exercise in basic mouse control. The uses for almost every item were clearly broadcast by NPCs in game. "I am wearing this bunny suit for the costume party in the bar!" "Marriage counseling... Is your wife always telling you what to do?" and the most ridiculous example, when the bartender literally tells you what to do with the empty coffee cup. "Give it to the woman in the back and she will help you on your adventure"? It was so insulting, I rolled my eyes. The gameplay has been simplified into a series of clicks, each one pre-determined by clues so painfully obvious it doesn't even feel like a game anymore. Even the ending of the game proper required little more than finding the exact spot to click on while the player character repeats the same bland line over and over. Overall the gameplay is more like a guided tour through the plot than any kind of point-and-click adventure.
The graphics were not disappointing at all, but they were also nothing to write home about. Still, the animations were pretty smooth, the colors looked nice, and the difference in aesthetic between the human world and vampire world was nicely done. The cartoon style was not unpleasant, but the art quality in general was average. I didn't notice any art that was particularly attractive, and I glazed over much of it, but it was inoffensive. As stated, the animation was well done, though there certainly wasn't much of it. I found myself wanting more movement to bring a little more life to the environments and the game itself. Even little things like giving the fortune teller a crystal ball to wave her hands over, or that glowed. A boiling pot of coffee in the diner. Anything, really, to break up the monotony of flat, static backgrounds and slightly animated figures. Still, I consider the art style and overall look of the game to be a redeeming factor.
Ah, and finally the story. This is where I had most of my problems with this game. The story is nonsense, and not in the cartoonish sense. It makes no sense from one plot point to the other. It starts out with the main character lamenting over being forced to live as a vampire, and desiring to be human and normal. Once he is banished, he immediately seems to get to work on becoming a vampire, despite the fact that he doesn't want to be one. When he meets the girl later on, he complains that now not only does he have to be human forever, but he has to MARRY one. He even says "Take me God" exasperatedly when she speaks to him. However, once the game ends, he is back to being glad to be human, and tells his parents he can 'marry the hot human girl' without her being eaten by vampires. It is not hard to stick to a consistent storyline, and this game just makes no effort at all to do that. Does he want to be a vampire, or a human? Is he happy, or not? Nothing seems to make any sense, and especially the explanation as to why his parents did not die at the end. They won the vampire lottery, and had to dress up as vampires? Why did they not dress their son up as one too? Why were they "devastated" at his birth if they were humans too? It feels like this story was written by five people all trying to go their own direction, and then it all got cobbled together last minute. It was bad and nonsensical, and not in the comedic or deliberate way. It's very clear that no one wrote the story down and had it reviewed by another person. They just glued all the pieces together and called it a day. Really disappointing and lazy work.
Overall, this game is not great. It could be worse, but it could also be much better. In the future I would suggest being more careful with the script, story, and story-telling. If it weren't for the horrible plot, I would have rated this game much higher. Since story is so important to point-and-click games, it really hurt my opinion of the game in general.
Review Rating: 2.5 stars
Submission Rating: 2
Overall: 4.5/10
I loved it, but had to use the walkthrough. The hose ring ending is REALLY hard!
1.You ALREADY KNOW The Blood burger is obviously made by:Human's Blood?
2.it's UNPASSABLED to complete the game
3.but why Jordan Become a VAMPIRE?
What a great game! Can't wait for the next one!