A Vampyre Story (2008) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

A Vampyre Story

Help Mona De Lafitte escape from Baron Shrowdy von Kiefer and return to Paris!

55 21 November 2008 ESRB T

What A Vampyre Story is

A Vampyre Story is an adventure game developed by Autumn Moon Entertainment and released in 2008. It was published by Crimson Cow. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Panda3D. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Once upon a time... Deep within the walls of a gloomy castle in the equally gloomy land of Draxsylvania, the young, gifted opera singer Mona De Lafitte is held captive by her tormentor, vampire Baron Shrowdy von Kiefer. Ever since she was transformed into a vampire by Shrowdy and whisked off to Draxsylvania, her greatest wish has been to return to Paris, continue her singing career, and one day become a star at the Paris Opera. When Shrowdy fails to return from a nightly foray, she at last sees an opportunity to flee. Together with her only friend and confidant, a cheeky bat named Froderick, she escapes from her prison and tries to find her way back to Paris. During her flight through…

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How it plays

Its themes are comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

A Vampyre Story holds a critic score of 55 out of 100. That places it above 11% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 10 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.6 Ghz, 512 MB RAM and 256 MB RAM GeForce FX Generation or ATI Radeon 9500. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 4GB.

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What it launched against

A Vampyre Story launched on 21 November 2008, within three weeks of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Gears of War 2, Left 4 Dead and Call of Duty: World at War. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Gears of War 2, Left 4 Dead, Call of Duty: World at War.

A Vampyre Story — frequently asked questions

When did A Vampyre Story come out?

A Vampyre Story was released on 21 November 2008 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for A Vampyre Story?

At minimum, A Vampyre Story needs 1.6 Ghz, 512 MB RAM, 256 MB RAM GeForce FX Generation or ATI Radeon 9500 graphics, 4 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is A Vampyre Story?

The PC version needs about 4 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("4 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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