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Area: USA,Global
Official Site: BiteFight
Publisher: Gameforge
Developer: Gameforge
Platform: Web Browser

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Overview

"BiteFight" is a PvP-heavy browser game that asks you to choose between playing a Vampire or Werewolf, then fight against the opposite species.

Features

PvP-heavy gameplay focus
Choose between Vampire or Werewolf
Fight the opposing faction!

Area: USA,Global
Official Site: BiteFight
Publisher: Gameforge
Developer: Gameforge
Platform: Web Browser

Review

By Daniel Ball

The Vampire craze has returned with sharpened fangs as of late, capturing the hearts of—thanks to Stephanie Meyer—millions of hopelessly unfulfilled teenage girls around the world. It’s the perfect marketing scheme, and, if anything, I have to give it to Meyer for recognising that niche needed filling, even if it was done with the literary finesse akin to that of a duck trying to play the guitar.

So, can this craze be translated into a browser MMO format? Or more importantly, can it do it well enough to be remotely fun at all? Given the success of Vampire-related things lately, I’d say why the hell not.

So, with a cynical, pulsing red eye and my fake plastic fangs sitting tightly in my mouth, I opened up BiteFight, ready to delve into the world of Vampires vs. Werewolves and see if I could tap into my inner lovesick teenage girl.
First, I had to choose my race. Now, I have nothing against Werewolves (who are apparently eternal mortal enemies of Vampires. I think it’s something to do with fang jealousy), but I just had to choose Vampires. I’ll take guile and grace over excess body hair and a moon fetish any day, thanks.

You’re given a 3D-rendered avatar of your character. Mine was of a pink haired vampire in a cotton shirt looking like she’d just heard you let one rip. My idea of a vampire is a suave, killing machine, sneaking through the shadows ready to silently pounce and kill you before you can even let out a girlish scream. The game had a different idea. I switched to the male version but he too was pink. You’ve to hand it to the developers here for actually breaking away from anything too stereotypically vampiric and adding their own charm. It actually makes for a good deal of variation and uniqueness to your character.

The overall presentation of BiteFight seems to vary. As odd as the 3D images in game can end up looking, there’s a certain style and appeal to them. You have a ‘hideout’ which is used, among many other things as a place to store your gold, as well as acquiring extra strength and protection to defend yourself from attack. The three aforementioned things require you to buy ‘Hell stones (the game’s currency, bought with ‘real-life money’), so if you want that extra boost, you’ll need to spend some money. For those people who don’t want to purchase Hell stones the hideout is still a great looking game mechanic (if I can loosely call it that) that certainly adds to the general tone and mood of the game. It’ll start as a bare, pathetic shack but put in the effort and you can build your dream evil abode.

The general user interface of the game is simple and, above all, user friendly. Simplicity is something often overlooked by many MMOs, who seem to want to cram everything into tiny, badly-colored spaces.
BiteFight manages to prove the old axiom, that less is more.

The gameplay consists of ‘hunts’, where, if you’re a vampire, it’s going to cost you one gold, to search (randomly) for a werewolf player to battle fang-vs.-claw.
You start the fight, there’s a few rounds, you get a battle report, you continue on with your Vampire-y life. The battle system reminds me of—dare I say it—fighting in the Neopets battle coliseum, probably because that’s where I encountered an albeit simple version of this battle system. It’s you, your level, your choice of weapons and a series of numbers and algorithms pitted against the other players, which makes the real gameplay allocation of stats and weapon choice. While it is by no means a new gameplay mechanic, it’s tried-and-true and pulled of flawlessly here in BiteFight.
Should you get bored of hunting werewolves, you can always take a break and hunt some humans or demons too.

There’s a ‘city’ in which you can visit the marketplace to buy new weapons, take on ‘quests’ or, of course, go to the ‘Voodoo shop’ and drop some cash for those precious Hell stones.
There’s enough in the city to keep you entertained and busy at all times.

While BiteFight may seem heavily dependant on the purchasing of Hell stones, you’ll come to find that there’s still a great deal to enjoy within the game, especially if you’re in any way a fan of Vampires or Werewolves, and let’s face it, we all have a soft spot for one of them.