In Vampire Lord form players also can't loot bodies, pick up items, open chests, access their inventory or use their map. First of all, if the player assumes Vampire Lord form, the game switches to a third-person-perspective, which in tightly enclosed environments can play havoc with the camera.įurthermore, the Vampire Lord's shape and size can restrict the character's movement you often won't be able to fit through doorways and corridors.
While all of this sounds rather impressive, its implementation is less so. These powers include turning into mist, animating gargoyles as allies and chocking enemies from afar (like Darth Vader). The Vampire Lord also has its own perk constellation, which allows players to unlock new abilities through draining the life of opponents. They can also transform into a swarm of bats, which allows them a quick escape if the tide of battle goes against them.
This allows them to move faster than most opponents they'll face and they can raise the dead with a left-handed attack while draining life force from attackers with their right. If they click in the thumbstick, however, the player's character will hover a few centimetres above the ground. The Vampire Lord form allows the player to dish out brutal melee attacks. Furthermore, once Harkon embraces the player, they gain access to a rather impressive list of powers.īy clicking in the right shoulder button, players can assume the form of a Vampire Lord, a feral beast of the night that's both tougher and more deadly than their human form. The missions in the vampire storyline are more interesting than the rather generic narrative tied to the Dawnguard faction. It's also worth pointing out that the DLC highly favours the vampire faction, so any players whose instincts tell them to opt for the Dawnguard are advised to make sure they can give the bloodsuckers a go at some point. Whichever side the player ends up on, the DLC will take around 10 hours to complete and if they want their money's worth from Dawnguard, it's worth making sure they can return to the point where the DLC's narrative forks. This is the point at which the player will be forced to pick a side in the secret war between the vampires and Dawnguard, and it's worth saving your game before this happens. It turns out Serana is a vampire and upon her return home, her father, Harkon, will offer the player the gift of his vampiric embrace. This quest ends with the player releasing a woman called Serana from a tomb and accompanying her back to her home – a dark, Gothic-looking castle right at the opposite end of the map from the Dawnguard's HQ. The leader of the Dawnguard, Isran, will then task them with investigating a cavern that vampires have been seen skulking about in. When this happens, a marker will appear on their in-game map, and if the player beats a trail to it, they'll find the Dawnguard's castle. The player will start to hear rumours of the Dawnguard and will soon be approached by a member of this vampire-hunting faction who'll offer them the chance to join their ranks.
Say whatever you like about Bethesda, but you certainly can't accuse it of skimping on content when it comes to Skyrim.ĭawnguard activates when the player's character hits level 10 –although I'd advise players tackle it only after they've shot past level 30 as the DLC contains some powerful foes. The hook was deep, and so it was with some trepidation that I booted up the game again to review its new DLC, Dawnguard. I didn't max out my character, and I certainly didn't uncover every map-point the game had to offer, but when I eventually emerged from my Skyrim revelry I checked my stats and noted that I'd managed to lose 120+ hours of my life to the game. I can't speak to anyone else's experience of playing Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (from here on known simply as Skyrim), but I sank a sizable chunk of time into it.
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