Nighthawks Reviews
Nighthawks is a fantastic mash-up of visual novel and role-playing. The choices that you make matter, including the creation of your vampire. I love the art style and the voice acting; both add to the immersive world that Nighthawks creates. I wish there was a dice-rolling mechanic when using my abilities. It would add to the tabletop aspect of the role-playing part of the game. But even without it, Nighthawks is a great game to play, especially during October.
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Nighthawks has plenty about it, including a number of excellent side stories, but is dragged down by RPG mechanics that didn't do enough to make me properly commit to the idea of role-playing my vampire.
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Kickstarted back in 2018, it may have taken eight years for Nighthawks to crawl out of its coffin, but it was worth the wait. Enthralling, entertaining and with rich, razor-sharp writing, if you have even the slightest interest in vampires or the supernatural, you'll want to sink your teeth into this gothic gem.
The long wait has paid off, and Nighthawks is one of the most remarkable indie experiences of the year. It takes a fairly original approach to vampire fiction, showing us that humans and vampires can coexist in the same world without their relationship having to revolve solely around hunting and persecution.
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Nighthawks managed to exceed expectations while also putting pressure on the competition. With a playtime of about 15–20 hours, it may not be replayed countless times, but its atmosphere makes it easy to play through a few times.
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Nighthawks has some pretty noticeable stumbles. The story hits dead ends way too often and can often feel like you are solving another case to figure out how to move on to the next portion. Similarly, progressing states is a mystery unto itself that can take a pretty hefty amount of time to start pushing forward. Where the game succeeds, it does so with enough force to propel past its faults. The RPG, while not necessarily deep, is very rewarding, and the open-ended structure leaves loads of room to explore. The narrative is phenomenal, with an engaging cast of characters that never fails to delight. More than anything else, though, this is the closest to a creature of the night I have truly felt in a long time, living out my VTM and True Blood dreams, and that is really saying something.
It certainly took its time coming out, but vampire-centric tabletop-ish adventure game Nighthawks was certainly worth the wait.