The voice acting improves a little in the second half, but overall it's very flat. In a game with the tagline, "When will you Rage?" it's kind of a problem that your lead character has a hard time expressing believable anger. This includes when multiple people close to him are killed. If you’re exploring this part of the World of Darkness for the first time get ready to be bewildered – and that probably describes most players.Īnyway, Cahal is a tough guy in a leather jacket with a bunch of stock character traits who, through about half the story’s 20-ish hours, doesn't seem to be able to express anything that would register above a two or a three on the emotional Richter scale. Earthblood, meanwhile, seems to be written for existing Apocalypse fans only. That game spends the first few hours explaining to you what vampires are, what they can and can't do, and how their society works. This stands in stark contrast to the classic Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, which is set in the same universe. And to anyone without an understanding of werewolves and their culture, a lot is going to be lost from its storytelling. If you found that sentence confusing, this story is going to be a doozy because it barely ever stops for even a moment to explain any of the concepts of its rich but sometimes perplexing setting. If it can’t make transforming into a massive beast and ripping your enemies limb from limb fun, what are we even doing here?In Earthblood, you play as Cahal, a Garou of the Fianna tribe born under the moon sign Arhoun who must battle Banes and Fomori to save Gaia. After decades of vampires hogging all the spotlight in the World of Darkness, I've been drooling over the prospect of a good Werewolf: The Apocalypse game to showcase my favorite side of that fantastic universe… but it might be a couple decades more at this rate, because Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood is an unambitious swing at video game-ifying the beloved tabletop roleplaying game of fangs and fury that originally got me into that hobby.
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