Why are Vampires hot in games?
Vampire has been one kind of special living things of human society for a long time,but whose source is too long to prove. Anyway, you can find the Vampire with sharp teeth, black big cloak and blood eyes in early time, it almost meant ugly. However, the works of literature, anime, film, TV and game have changed its both appearance and connotation, now Vampire forms a popular culture.
The Birth of Vampire
Blood sucking had been appeared in some living things thousands years ago. Familiar demons was written in myths of many cultures like Mesopotamia, Hebrew and Roman. But the word Vampire was not made yet.
In 18th century, some folklore in Eastern Europe said that the dead people would come to life and do harm to the living, they could exist a long time by sucking blood as well.
However, the folklore was based on lacking knowledge of death. Meanwhile, the Plague was spread widely in Europe, so the Vampire horror finally came into being, and people accused it as the source of disease. After some time, more and more people had been identified as Vampire mistakenly, such as heretic, they was taken to Inquisition and killed. The curse of Vampire just liked a ghost wandering in Europe.
The Literature
Something important changed the traditional image of Vampire. Abraham Bram Stoker wrote the Dracula, which was thought highly as the first work of Vampire Literature. At the same time, the prototype of Dracula, Grand Duke of Romania, “Vlad al III lea Ţepeş” has been recognized as the first Vampire. From then on, some of which were known as the old aristocracies, the modern Vampire image was set as well.
The Film and TV
The works of film and TV has successfully improved the image of Vampire. After 1990, two great films arose, one called Dracula and the other one called Interview With a Vampire, which were adapted form the book of same name. They were different from the prior works and started a new upsurge of Vampire culture.
The Anime
The first well-known anime was Vampire Hunter D, it was a story about a mixed-blood of Vampire King and human, D. Under the background of “Cold War” and “Nuclear War”, the post-nuclear future was impressing and reflected the fear in factual world.
Enormous works arose and changed the traditional dull image, the diversification of personal character makes Vampire anime more popular.
The Game
With the hard work of the predecessor, Vampire comes to popularity and gains a new life. And the Castlevania has been the most remarkable game series in history.
The game was about battles between the dark king, Dracula, and his hunter, the Belmondo family. As the most successful one in this series, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, was impressing greatly and became the memory of a generation. Not only its great playability but created the famous character, Alucard.
Now, come back to earth. Have you ever dream of Vampire? A vampire among us? Do you know a Vampire friend?
In Brutal Street 1, a 387 years old Londoner, a punk Vampire using claw would be a member of your gang. He was designed as a half-tank with high resilience, who could decrease the difficulty.He was a weirdo, once abandoned and struggled in the edge of human society, but revenge made him alive.
To our honor, players liked him very much. So in order to response passion of you, we now send it back in Brutal Street 2 !
The Vampire has been designed anew, and now he can use claw or blade to protect his glory while he is a master of blood.
"Blood and Glory!”The Vampire will appear in next new version, if you want to know more details, please keep an eye on us continuously!