DONTNOD’s likeable gothic escapade Vampyr has received a surprise PlayStation 5 patch which improves the game’s performance on Sony’s new-gen system. Available to download now, the update bumps the release’s framerate to 60 frames-per-second and boosts its resolution to 1440p, improving both performance and fidelity.
If you’re still on a PS4 Pro, then you’ll benefit from the resolution increase to 1440p as well, although you’ll be restricted to 30 frames-per-second. While you may be forgiven for not feeling in the mood for a game about a pandemic, we recommended Vampyr in our review, describing it as an “intriguing, bloodthirsty RPG”.
There’s more good news if you don’t already own the title: it’s currently discounted in the latest PS Store sale to £8.74/$9.99. Has this tempted you to give the title another try? Wipe your mouth with the back of your hand in the comments section below.
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That’s cool.
Underrated game.
Vampyr was my second [loading] favourite game of wh[loading]at ever year it came out in [loading] but man did it have some tech[loading]nical problems on the PS4 amateur.
Was a fantastic game which I can only recommend for those looking for a game to play with Halloween coming up
Didn't enjoy it as other games from Dontnod, combat wasn't very enjoyable.
I liked this game quite a bit. The combat is rubbish but I liked wandering around being a vampire and getting up to vampire shenanigans.
I just tried it on PS Now over the weekend, deleted it after 20 min. Dont think this patch would make me try it again.
Bought this game for less than £20 about 3 years ago and it is definitely underrated. I loaned it to my friends and they all loved it too. I hope we get a sequel some day. I wonder how successful it ended up being?
Was gonna google this but forgot. Figured it was probably ps5 patch, though.
Pretty great game. Bit janky but I'll take a janky but inventive game over a cookie cutter game any day. CoughFarCry6Cough
FINALLY! 30 fps was unplayable I just gave up after a feww missions I need to try this
At least in Germany the game is on sale for 9,99 € currently.
What about loading times? they were huge..
Many of you probably own it on PS+ too as it was included Oct 2020.
It's been on my playlist, this will bump it up a couple of notches.
Rewarded for my patience again!
Also still included in PSNow btw
sweet. ive the disc il check this out over Halloween. hey wheres bound by flame 2!
I'll have to hunt down a PS4 copy to play on my PS5 soon. I recently started a new play through of this game on my Switch oled and it looks great. Perfect game to play during October 👍.
This game was pretty awful..and now its pretty awful @ 60fps...
Time to sink my teeth into it?
I actually tried replaying it a few months back and then remembered it was based during a pandemic & could be quite a miserable setting. Which put me off as there was enough of that in real life as it is.
So the version on pjs+ a while back is compatible I assume ?
Pretty cool, started the game on gamepass, pld it pretty far but didn't complete it. Will give it another try on PS5. Game was pretty decent, but had crap performance on Xbox One.
STOKED!
Have had this one in the backlog for a while, definitely a good time to check it out!
This and Greedfall are likely next, and then I think finally checking out Dragons Dogma.
The first game I played on ps5. Loved it
Weird Its not downloading and updating with the two newest updates including the graphics update. It's just stuck on version 1.07. It's a PS plus version of the game. I wonder if it has to be purchased in order to get fully updated? That would be odd and lame, but not sure what's up. I deleted and tried to download again and same issue.
Anyone else noticing this on PS5?
@themightyant I tried downloading this onto my PS5, the PS plus copy, and for some reason it didn't install the two most recent updates.
This is actually really great news to me! I never finished the game but was really enjoying it. I think I kept dying at one part and sort of gave up. I’ll certainly be going back in for another… bite…. now. Sorry, had to do it.
I own the game but never played, now's the time to finally try it out I guess.
@KundaliniRising333 I booted up my PS5 to check and had no issues downloading the 1.0.9 patch. Hope it's fixed at your end too. (Also on PS+)
@themightyant thanks, I'll check it in a few. Can I ask what region/country you are in?
There are a ton of people on Reddit in North America that haven't even gotten the 1.08 patch for the game which looks like it came out 2 years ago. That's what my versions is at too, 1.07. it also seems to affect ps+ and purchased versions of the game.
One user discovered that the game seems to have not been updated for years in certain regions.
https://orbispatches.com/CUSA03293
Hopefully a fixed oversight. I'll report back shortly.
***UPDATE*** Still stuck on the 1.07 version. Not sure what is going on with this, but to release updates for only half the globe seems bizarre.
@KundaliniRising333 downloaded last night and it installed version 1.09 (which I assume is the ps5 update? Has PS4 icon still on the tile). I'm in UK.
@Bleachedsmiles crazy. Yah based on the reddit and twitter, its clearly an issue affecting North America, or at the very least the US and Canada. Bummer, I was looking forward to playing this with the enhancements.
OK it looks like the developers got it fixed and I can confirm its available in the US now. sweet!
@KundaliniRising333
Seems like it. I was just downloading it, suddenly got an error and the redownload shows version 1.09 now xD
Playing it now. The world is pretty immersive. The loading is pretty bad. This game deserves a rerelease for next gen hardware.
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