Vampire Therapist

Most of the time the purpose of the videogames we play is fun. It can be clever fun or stupid fun but fun nonetheless. But it happens sometimes to find a game that is enjoyable and is also able to teach you [i]lots[/i] of useful things. Vampire Therapist might seem just another visual novel about vampires, but it's way more than that: the story is made by therapy sessions where you can learn actual psychology patterns, backed by real studies and real psychologist. Despite having different problems (dang I wish I was a bored immortal vampire too, but I digress) the characters' stories and traumas are often very relatable and grounded in reality. And while you know them more, you also know yourself more. It also happened to me to speak with a friend today and recognising cognitive distortions I had learned in the game... it's not something that happens every day. The voice actors do a very compelling job to characterize our vampires and the story is told in an open and mature way. I seriously recommend this game to whoever has the slightest interest in psychology or [i]horny bisexual vampires[/i]. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3735064836

It isn't really bad per say, but it felt more like a teaching tool than a proper game. I can't quite call it a visual novel as it lacks the choice aspect. If you pick a wrong answer, you're stopped. There's never any stake beside... Breaking your streak of good answers if you care about achievement. This issue get worse when you reach week two and have to pick a limited number of distortion before the client session, and if you picked bad ones, you just spend the session reading and not doing much. Art is nice. Voice are good and base concept is really interesting but poorly executed imo

Pretty but somewhat soulless, which is appropriate for a vampire game. If you enjoy pop culture therapy speak and gothic visuals, then this is fine. I do enjoy the art and the character design, but it doesn't seem to have a core. Whatever surface level thing you imagine from the phrase "vampire therapist" is kinda what you get. Aside from the choice to make the protagonist Extremely Cowboy, which was unexpected, but he still manages to be pretty boring despite that. Very Quincey Morris from Dracula vibes, which now I think about it, may have been a deliberate reference? That's kind of cool but not enough to make up for the boringness. The problem is that everyone seems to be a collection of tropes rather than fully-fleshed out characters, which is a shame for a therapy game. I'd have enjoyed having a small roster of clients we go reeeeeaaaally deep on rather than a bunch of less developed caricatures to use the game mechanic on. It's not a compelling enough mechanic to warrant it, in my opinion. Basically, if you've played Ace Attorney, it's like the cross-examination phase but instead of just finding contradictions, you have to specify from a few different categories of contradictions. Which are real therapy terms re-skinned to be vampire-y in a way that, depending on your tastes, is either cute or cringe. It unfortunately landed more on the latter for me. In fairness, maybe it gets REALLY deep later on, but I couldn't really get past the initial blandness. All art, no substance. Caveat would be that I'm extremely picky when it comes to character writing and development, so I fully admit I might be a snob in this case. But I do love anything vampire-themed, so it's kind of a shame that this couldn't hold my attention long enough to get anywhere. I wouldn't go so far as to say it's a *bad* game, it's just going to have a very specific audience, and that does not include me.

This is a *soft* recommendation. The game is exactly what it says on the tin: you are a vampire who is a therapist to other vampires. If you are in for the concept, you will likely enjoy this. The setting, themes, story, and art are all very nice and well put together. I had a decent time rolling credits. However, there are some things you *might* want to know going in: - The story is entirely linear. No choice you make will deviate from the path of the narrative. - The gameplay is identifying cognitive distortions displayed by clients. This essentially boils down each conversation becoming a multiple-choice question test. I did not find this exciting and stuck through it for the story. Your mileage may vary.

Well, who doesn't need therapy these days? Especially when you are an old vampire, struggling with issues most of us humans know all too well, but they suffer for far longer than we do. According to the game, it was made with the help of a real therapist, so maybe there is some useful information for us to take to heart. The title sold me the game. I like vampires, and well, it is a little hard to find a therapist these days. I read through the game's info and noticed that you cannot lose the game. You can mess up the correct choices to spot the distortions of your patients, but the time is just stopped in order for you to try again with no negative consequences other than screwing up your correct recognition streak. That, on the other hand, is only interesting when you are looking for an achievement that requires a short, unbroken streak, which is easy to achieve. It makes sense that you don't get heavily punished for messing up since this is about a serious topic, and you don't want to end up with no patients or unhappy patients. We have our protagonist, the cowboy Samuel, and his desire to help other vampires to have an easier life. He travels to a city in Germany and meets his mentor, who guides him and brings him together with his own clients. Before we get to help others, though, we have to get through a little therapy session ourselves, since Sam also carries issues with him that need solving. So far, I only made it to the second client, but I have to say that the stories they come with are interesting. I like the accents some of the characters have, as well as the mixed German. Although I am not so sure if I would feel comfortable with a therapist who calls me "buckaroo", "partner," or any of the other names Sam uses while talking to the patients. While it adds uniqueness, it does feel weird, and I can't feel any other way about it, no matter how often I hear him say it. Other than that, I do enjoy playing and meeting the patients, hoping to give them useful advice.

You can't really loose in the game, so pretty low stakes, but a fun concept and a nice pass time. The voice acting is truly peak

I just think it's not my type of game. (I am NOT homophobic and never will be) I feel like the dialogue goes on and on for the first half-hour and I just don't like games with this format i'm fine if other people like it, and I can see how they might Just not my type of game

This actually helped me out emotionally. I've been going through some really tough times, and the game uses actual therapy techniques. Playing this helped me through some really hard moments, like during my divorce. Let's be real, I relate strongly to Meddy, both as a streamer and because of my trauma. The voice acting is great, the animation is good, it's a solid game. I'm confused why recent reviews are mixed - to me this is one of my favorite all time games. 5 stars.

If you're a fan of vampires and you have an "I can fix them" attitude, this is for you. Also I want Andromachos on a deep deep level

1/10 a not choose your own adventure visual novel nope that ones wrong try again nope that ones also wrong how about picking the only choice you have