{"id":1978971,"date":"2026-06-08T15:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1978971"},"modified":"2026-06-08T15:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:51:15","slug":"vampire-the-masquerade-eternal-whispers-is-a-narrative-driven-crpg-channelling-disco-elysium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1978971","title":{"rendered":"Vampire: The Masquerade &#8211; Eternal Whispers is a narrative-driven CRPG channelling Disco Elysium"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/vampire-the-masquerade-eternal-whispers\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Vampire: The Masquerade &#8211; Eternal Whispers<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Vampire: The Masquerade &#8211; Eternal Whispers is a narrative-driven CRPG channelling Disco Elysium<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Fanged exchanges.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Vampire_Eternal-Whispers_key-art.png?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Vampire: The Masquerade - Eternal Whispers key art\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Vampire_Eternal-Whispers_key-art.png\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Kwalee<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-08T15:51:15+00:00\">June 8, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"63a3897a-286f-45d9-aec6-2725191330e0\" data-name=\"Vampire: The Masquerade - Eternal Whispers\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Vampire: The Masquerade - Eternal Whispers\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Vampire: The Masquerade - Eternal Whispers\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Vampire: The Masquerade - Eternal Whispers\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Vampire: The Masquerade - Eternal Whispers\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Vampire: The Masquerade - Eternal Whispers\" title=\"Follow Vampire: The Masquerade - Eternal Whispers\"><br \/>\n  Follow Vampire: The Masquerade &#8211; Eternal Whispers<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2\">Vampire: The Masquerade &#8211; Bloodlines 2<\/a> was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-review\">a considerable disappointment<\/a>, but that isn&#8217;t stopping the IP&#8217;s video game efforts in their tracks. In fact, Eternal Whispers &#8211; a new CRPG taking more than a few cues from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/disco-elysium\">Disco Elysium<\/a> &#8211; might be the balm we need.<\/p>\n<p>Just revealed by publisher Kwalee, the narrative-driven CRPG takes us to &#8220;a dark-modern Montreal consumed by political intrigue, buried secrets and personal horror.&#8221; There are no combat encounters in the traditional, video game-y sense, but you can be violent and ruthless through your actions and choices.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Vampire the Masquerade: Eternal Whispers - Official Announcement Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g8R8ImQMnt8?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/g8R8ImQMnt8\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Vampire the Masquerade: Eternal Whispers &#8211; Official Announcement Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Vampire the Masquerade: Eternal Whispers &#8211; Official Announcement Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g8R8ImQMnt8\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;You are Gabe, a vampire awakened from decades of torpor with fractured memories and a past buried deeper than the dead. Guided by Sam, a reluctant Thin-Blood, what begins as a hunt for a rogue ghoul spirals into a dangerous conspiracy tied to the Temple of Eternal Whispers, a vast underground cathedral built in devotion to a forbidden faith,&#8221; the official <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4102480\/Vampire_The_Masquerade__ETERNAL_WHISPERS\/\">Steam<\/a> description says.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Shockingly, no console versions have been announced at the time of writing, but considering this is Flyos&#8217; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flyosgames.com\/collections\/all\">a renowned board game studio<\/a> &#8211; first video game (at least according to its site), we&#8217;re not surprised to see the developers playing things safe first. Flyos found a lot of success with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flyosgames.com\/collections\/vampire-the-masquerade-chapters-1\">Vampire: The Masquerade &#8211; Chapters<\/a> board game, so this feels like a natural next step for the studio. Eternal Whispers is looking fine and stylish, in any case.<\/p>\n<p>Looking deeper into the first details, Vampire: The Masquerade &#8211; Eternal Whispers is said to focus on &#8220;investigative gameplay focused on discovery and deduction&#8221; alongside character customisation, with a &#8220;Final Death mode&#8221; giving the more diehard players the option to face permanent consequences. More will be revealed in due time, as Kwalee hasn&#8217;t set a release window yet.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? 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In fact, Eternal Whispers &#8211; a new CRPG taking more than a few cues from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/disco-elysium\">Disco Elysium<\/a> &#8211; might be the balm we need.<\/p>\n<p>Just revealed by publisher Kwalee, the narrative-driven CRPG takes us to &#8220;a dark-modern Montreal consumed by political intrigue, buried secrets and personal horror.&#8221; There are no combat encounters in the traditional, video game-y sense, but you can be violent and ruthless through your actions and choices.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Vampire the Masquerade: Eternal Whispers - Official Announcement Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g8R8ImQMnt8?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/g8R8ImQMnt8\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Vampire the Masquerade: Eternal Whispers &#8211; Official Announcement Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Vampire the Masquerade: Eternal Whispers &#8211; Official Announcement Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g8R8ImQMnt8\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;You are Gabe, a vampire awakened from decades of torpor with fractured memories and a past buried deeper than the dead. Guided by Sam, a reluctant Thin-Blood, what begins as a hunt for a rogue ghoul spirals into a dangerous conspiracy tied to the Temple of Eternal Whispers, a vast underground cathedral built in devotion to a forbidden faith,&#8221; the official <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4102480\/Vampire_The_Masquerade__ETERNAL_WHISPERS\/\">Steam<\/a> description says.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Shockingly, no console versions have been announced at the time of writing, but considering this is Flyos&#8217; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flyosgames.com\/collections\/all\">a renowned board game studio<\/a> &#8211; first video game (at least according to its site), we&#8217;re not surprised to see the developers playing things safe first. Flyos found a lot of success with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flyosgames.com\/collections\/vampire-the-masquerade-chapters-1\">Vampire: The Masquerade &#8211; Chapters<\/a> board game, so this feels like a natural next step for the studio. Eternal Whispers is looking fine and stylish, in any case.<\/p>\n<p>Looking deeper into the first details, Vampire: The Masquerade &#8211; Eternal Whispers is said to focus on &#8220;investigative gameplay focused on discovery and deduction&#8221; alongside character customisation, with a &#8220;Final Death mode&#8221; giving the more diehard players the option to face permanent consequences. More will be revealed in due time, as Kwalee hasn&#8217;t set a release window yet.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Vampire: The Masquerade &#8211; Eternal Whispers Vampire: The Masquerade &#8211; Eternal Whispers is a narrative-driven CRPG channelling Disco Elysium Fanged exchanges. 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