If you’re like me and absolutely love the World of Darkness universe, you need to check out the new Hunter: The Reckoning — A Time of Monsters. It’s a worthy addition to the ever-growing catalogue of WoD interactive novels from Choice of Games.
Hunter: The Reckoning — A Time of Monsters was developed by Choice of Games in partnership with World of Darkness and Paradox Interactive. The title is available now on Steam, iOS, and Android.
A Time of Monsters was written by Paul Wang, an indie artist, writer, and game developer. It is entirely text-based and features over a million words, making it one of the largest interactive novels in the World of Darkness Universe.
Everything you need to know
Welcome to the Downtown Eastside, a place Vancouver has tried its best to forget. Sandwiched between the steel and glass towers of the financial district and the gentrified tourist playground of the new harbor, the human detritus of the city keeps getting squeezed into a smaller and smaller box. Dispossessed, trampled, ignored…It will only take the right spark to set the fury ablaze.
Down on your luck, you’ve found yourself in a homeless encampment here. When a vampire masquerading as a cop attacks you, the misery of Downtown Eastside takes on a whole new dimension. Suddenly, you have a place to direct your rage: the world of shadow that preys upon the misery of your new neighbors.
But this first glimpse is just that: a first glimpse. A gash in the fabric of reality as you knew it. Soon, you find yourself torn between the street gangs of the Downtown Eastside, RCMP special ops, a coterie of Thin Blooded vampires, multiple secret hunter societies, and the Chinese Triads. The shadow world just goes deeper and deeper, and it seems like someone is ready and willing to betray you at every turn. Of course, each of them has something to offer you: a home, a job, a career? Money, glory, vengeance, or immortality?
Despite these temptations, you are not alone. In the short time that you’ve been here, you’ve met the fiercest defenders of humanity: your neighbors. You did not expect to find the camaraderie of the Downtown Eastside to be so strong, but now that you’re here, you can’t imagine anything else. Together, can you and your new friends stand against the darkness? When the time comes, will you sacrifice yourself for your community, or will you choose to become one more bloodsucking predator of the night?
Like other Choice of Games titles, the latest addition to the Hunter: The Reckoning interactive fiction novels features a high level of role-playing and customisability options, including:
- Play as male, female, or nonbinary; gay, straight, or bi
- Scrounge for food, weapons, and allies in the back alleys of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
- Defy powerful vampiric foes lurking within the heart of the city—or become their willing servant
- Help your found family to make peace with their inner demons, or manipulate them for your own ends
- Set a vampire on fire
This is also the first of two new World of Darkness interactive fiction titles that were announced earlier this year. The second title, Hunter: The Reckoning – Day For Night, will be coming in 2026.
If you’ve already played through A Time of Monsters, we recommend checking out Hunter: The Reckoning – Beast of Glenkildove. Just be prepared to bring your silver bullets, you’ll be hunting something much more furry than night bloodsuckers.
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