The Blood of Dawnwalker

If you enjoyed The Witcher 3, there is a very good chance you will find a lot to appreciate in Bloodwalker. While the game's time mechanic can occasionally become frustrating—particularly when perks begin affecting the passage of time—it is also one of the elements that helps Bloodwalker establish its own identity. The game makes excellent use of Coen, its protagonist, and his unique abilities as a daywalker. The transition between day and night isn't simply a visual change; it plays an important role in exploration, combat, and how you interact with the world. This gives the open world a distinct sense of character and makes exploring it consistently engaging. Exploration is one of Bloodwalker's greatest strengths. The world encourages you to venture off the beaten path, and the combination of abilities, traversal, and combat makes discovering new areas genuinely rewarding. The combat itself is excellent, offering a satisfying blend of The Witcher 3 and Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Rather than feeling like another entry in the increasingly crowded Souls-like genre, Bloodwalker manages to carve out its own identity while still delivering challenging and engaging encounters. After roughly 20 hours with the game, I have been extremely satisfied with the experience. I've encountered only minor bugs, and overall, the technical presentation has been impressive. The graphics are beautiful, the environments are detailed, and the world has a strong visual identity. The soundtrack fits the atmosphere exceptionally well, while the voice acting adds another layer of immersion to the experience. The world itself is also one of the game's highlights. Each boss encounter feels thoughtfully introduced, with the story giving you reasons to disrupt their blood operations before eventually confronting them. Along the way, there are plenty of side quests that add variety and provide additional opportunities to explore the world and its characters. Ultimately, Bloodwalker feels like a refreshing new IP with a lot of potential. It takes inspiration from familiar games but combines those influences in a way that feels distinctive and satisfying. The exploration is rewarding, the combat is engaging, the presentation is excellent, and the world provides plenty of reasons to keep playing. At around 20 hours in, I'm very happy with what I've experienced so far. Bloodwalker is an impressive debut, and I'm genuinely excited to see what this developer does with the IP in the future. ;)

this is legit one of the greatest open world action rpgs i ever played! (not joking) its the best ive played since the witcher 3 i love the story and the combat in this game so much the combat takes a bit to get used to if you played kingdom come deliverance its like that except way better and fluid! the different branching decisions you can make in this game its amazing what you actually do in the world matters. this being this studios first game and it being heat like this is crazy they getting rookie of the year for sure this ♥♥♥♥ like '03 bron they living up to the hype and expectations, i really look forward to what they do next with this im a fan

Absolute RPG trough and thtough. What a treat this was!

Great game!

Really great game! I do not think the timer is that big of a deal as I finished the game with a few days left (I think it was 7).

Excellent, large game with a high degree of replayability, especially for an RPG. Customizable difficulty and a promising universe that melds Witcher, Assassin's Creed, and KCD.

It's just a good game, though definitely with its flaws. Travel gets boring after a bit, especially with random animals aggroing which forcibly switches you to the notoriously ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ combat camera mode. Additionally, combat forces you into a stance where moving over small obstacles becomes very difficult which is both strange and deeply, deeply annoying. Another con is the lack of a stealth system. There is a crouch button, but it's only to lower your character to move under obstacles?? That just feels braindead in a vampire game. But, I also acknowledge that stealth requires a lot of extra NPC coding for a smaller studio. Lastly, in comparison to Witcher 3 (the only reason I compare this to such a massive game made by such a big studio is that their primary marketing strategy was 'we made Witcher 3, we did it again with vampires') I just don't find these NPCs to feel wildly compelling. To be fair, I very rarely actually find myself caring too much about NPCs in any video game, W3 was a notable standout. All that being said, it's a really solid game. My biggest hope in the world is that in a future patch they add in some measure of a stealth system, but I doubt that would happen. This game just isn't build around it at all.