Vampire — Parliament of Knives

I liked it! The game does a great job of forcing you to make tough decisions on limited information. Sometimes it does make the story feel rushed, but over all it forces you to recon with the harsh realities of a childer being kept in the dark, doing your best to read vibes and stay as many steps ahead as possible.

Unlike CONY and even Night Road, this choose your own adventure novel really does let you choose. The others steer toward pretty much the same ending, making your choices largely irrelevant other than some minor flavor elements. PoK is not that. A complex plot has been written with multiple different endings that are really determined by your choices. These are not minor flavor differences, but vastly different outcomes depending on who you ally with and which faction you ally with. I’m on my 4th playthrough after getting three VERY different endings to the story that was driven by my choices. If I had any detraction, it would just be not to expect fully VtM character development. They have a similar but much simplified method, likely to avoid having too much customization to manage, but by your choices you really do get to customize your character by what you choose. Looking forward to playing through it as each of the playable clans and making different alliance and faction choices to see how many different endings I can uncover. Very well done!

I’ve played 8 times already and I’m tempted to go back for more. It’s a beautiful storyline, and the endings were really unique and fitting. The hunting grounds got a little monotonous after the 4th time, but that’s to be expected. The surprising storylines kept me coming back to learn more about this fascinating world. I loved being able to choose different characters/clans and traits. Thank you, Jeffrey Dean!

Ended this game with one of the most satisfying endings I've ever gotten for a first try. Will do a replay again with Malkavian clan. Got the DLC because of the option to talk to Lucca more, and glad I did because it means a more free option to a better and crazier ending with each replay.

Picked this up on a recommendation from a friend, knowing little about the setting or the RPG. It’s really well written with lots of branching story paths begging to be explored on future re-reads. I won’t get into the plot here since others have covered it. I do have two criticisms, both related to the engine/app. These are not deal breakers by any means, but they would improve the experience. First, even on dark mode, there are white UI elements. This is quite distracting in a dark room. They are not present on the iPad version, so I’d recommend using that instead of an iPhone. Second, there is no option to go back a page or two. I don’t think the game should let you change your choices, but it would be nice to be able to re-read the last few pages.

Fans of VtM are starved for fresh content, so I’m super excited to have stumbled upon this absolute GEM. The only suggestion I have, is to please give the ability to go back a page. I completely understand locking in a choice and being unable to go back and change it. However it would be really helpful to be able to go back and reread some conversations, especially when coming back to the story after a couple days. I’d even take a running synopsis of the plot so far depending on your choices up to that point in the “show stats” area — just something to keep track of your progress and/or allow you to reread what you have already would really enhance the experience for me, and help me immerse myself a bit more. Thank you so much for making this for us!!

In terms of story I love this game. I think it perfectly captures the VTM setting, and provides a compelling narrative. It reminds me a lot of my own VTM home game. I found myself genuinely invested in my character and what happened to her (not something every game / story like this actually manages to achieve). There are so many different routes the story can take that you simply will not get the full picture your first time through, encouraging replays. I’ve gone through myself 5 times and 2 additional times with my sister & dad, it’s that good. Every character has an angle and they all feel well developed and real. For me Corliss and Lucca definitely are my favorites. Originally I gave the game 4/5 due to a bug which reset story progress, but this has been fixed, and I felt the need to come revise my score, I now happily give a full 5/5. This is the definitive story put out by choice games, a touch better than Night Road and MILES ahead of Sins of Our Sires.

Awesome game. Love the twist and turns, and hope to see more.

I hope you guys keep making games like this! Loved it!