Again in 2024, Hades voice actor Cyrus Nemati (Ares, Dionysus, Theseus) introduced the remedy visible novel Vampire Therapist to PC. It reunited Nemati with a bunch of his Supergiant co-stars, picked up a BAFTA nomination, and landed a good few ‘Overwhelmingly Constructive’ Steam critiques within the course of. The crème de la crème is that later this month, we’ll all get to test it out on Swap.
Little Bat Video games (based by Nemati, no much less) has right this moment introduced that Vampire Therapist will arrive on the Swap eShop on seventeenth February — hey, that is proper across the nook!
This one sees you step into the immortal sneakers of a reformed vampire from the Wild West, who’s given up his gunslinging to as a substitute information his fellow neck-biters via the fantastic world of remedy. It was written with an actual therapist readily available, so all the recommendation, listening, and conversations are rooted in actual cognitive behavioural remedy ideas. Don’t fret, it additionally stars a bunch of wacky vampires, so there is not any scarcity of guffaws amongst the deep stuff, too.
Alongside Nemati himself, the voice solid additionally consists of Hades / Hades II alumni Francesca Meaux (Eurydice) and Sarah Grayson (Selene), and Essential Position’s Matt Mercer — rattling, when does this man sleep?
This is a rundown of the sport’s key options and a handful of screenshots:
Actual Remedy Ideas: You’ll be taught and apply actual cognitive behavioral remedy ideas vetted by licensed therapists. By difficult shopper statements that include “cognitive distortions”, you’ll assist vampires see the place their ideas don’t match actuality.A Comedic Look By way of Historical past: Meet emotionally broken vampires from historical Greece, Renaissance Italy, revolutionary France, Tudor England, and Iron Age Eire.An All-Star Voice Forged: That includes Matthew Mercer (Essential Position, Baldur’s Gate 3), Francesca Meaux (Hades), Sarah Grayson (Gone Residence, Hades II), Kylie Clark, and the sport’s creator, Cyrus Nemati (Hades, Pyre).Distinctive Setting: Vampire Therapist merges cozy self-introspection with a darkish European goth vibe. In reality, the entire thing takes place above a goth membership in Germany crammed with prepared necks to chew.Minigames: Be taught mindfulness meditation, safely and consensually chew attractive necks!
The Swap model consists of the bottom sport with all of its free content material updates, and bundles the ‘{Couples} Remedy’ DLC in there too. Little Bat has confirmed that the sport has additionally been “revamped” with improved controller help, so there should not be any worries there both.
All in all, it seems prefer it may very well be a slightly fascinating one for these after one thing within the Espresso Speak vein. We’ll have to attend and see the way it stacks up on Swap in a few weeks.
What do you make of this one? Will you be checking it out on Swap later this month? Tell us within the feedback.
