Vampire Therapist

Se nota que los desarrolladores investigaron mucho sobre psicología y las diferentes culturas a las que representan los vampiros (esto se ve en especial en el DLC). También el arte es bonito y las voces están bien logradas. Sin embargo, me irritó bastante no poder equivocarme. No hay desafío como tal. Uno puede elegir las opciones incorrectas la cantidad de veces que quiera y no va a perder o tener un final malo. También a veces se puede volver cansador el estereotipo en los personajes. Por ejemplo, el vaquero se la pasa usando frases figurativas sobre balas y armas. Como si no hubiera vivido DÉCADAS entre los humanos aprendiendo cosas nuevas. Y esto ocurre con todos los personajes. Por lo general, el diálogo es bastante básico y estereotipado. Irritante muchas veces también.

I loved the main story, very beginner friendly when it comes to terminology for therapy terms as well. I also recommend the dlc for a little extra story. The art looks nice, don't expect too much in terms of interacting aside from dialog options. I saw a good amount of people who gave a thumbs down for it. If you got some time to kill and want to explore cognitive distortions by all means buy this game.

I'm not sure I ever became great at guessing the right distortions, but it's an interesting story and helps one think about these things, even if in a very fictionalized way.

Pretty boring, with shallow and tropey characters, and filler mini games that serve no purpose.

I never thought that being a gunslinger vampire therapist could be so much fun!!!

Excellent artstyle, fun mechanics. It trips me up a bit because often i feel there are multiple possible distortion interpretations to the same sentence, but the game acknowledges that fact.

Minus an annoying character, I really liked this story. Fun and unique visual novel.

A fun visual novel that is also somewhat educational, Vampire Therapist isn't nearly as cheesy as the title of the game - it actually uses the format to approach therapy and the benefits thereof quite well. Everything is exactly what you'd expect: the voice acting is appropriately melodramatic, the music is all sad violins or industrial, the graphics are mostly frozen animation. All of it is reasonably high quality with excellent writing. I think there's a ton of value to be had in the topics that the game approaches and while it often wields humor, it also isn't afraid to discuss a lot of deep seated trauma. If I have any negatives at all for it, it would be that there are "no stakes" (that's both an intentional pun as well as an actual issue): the game literally won't let you make the wrong choice. There are dialogue choices you can end up not seeing because you don't have the correct options equipped, but you can't actually be a bad therapist and cause your clients to walk out or anything. If you like visual novels and you're open to the topic of therapy in a kind of cheesy (if effective) setting, Vampire Therapist is highly recommended; on the other hand, if you're not open to therapy or you don't care for visual novels, there's not enough here to make you change your mind. I enjoyed my time with it and the length was just about perfect; YMMV.

So I've really enjoyed this game and would recommend. HOWEVER, playing on the Steam Deck in typical game/controller mode can be wonky (the game would randomly stop interpreting button inputs and I'd have to switch to touching the touchscreen to complete interactions, it froze twice in the first few hours I played, etc). It may be best to play with a mouse if you can.

if I play this game through five or so more times, I feel like something in me will be healed* nah, for serious, I enjoyed the humor, the art, and the voice acting. The self-care breaks were really great - what other game has The Three Stooges and Buster Keaton, eh? Love it! *as the game disclaimers say, this game is not a substitution for therapy. i just really related to some of the characters' thought processes and/or backgrounds, and if they're deserving of the compassion and understanding that Sam shows them throughout their sessions, then darn it, so am I. D:<