Review: Facebooks' Vampire Wars

Vampire Wars has entered entered the online realm of Facebook for gamers worldwide, and is much like other platform based games made by Zynga on Facebook such as Realm of Empires and Mafia Wars. It's easy to theorize with the the hysteria surrounding everything vampires (i.e. Twilight, True Blood, and the upcoming television show Vampire Diaries) that the demand is there for vampire-themed games such as Vampire Wars. Needless to say, many gamers already had an affinity for vampires before the recent blood-thirsty, pop-culture frenzy over them began, so a free vampire MMO is always a plus for new and old stalkers of the night alike.

If you don't already have a Facebook account it is very easy to set up. Go to the Facebook homepage and follow the quick and simple steps to set up your account. Then you can perform a search on their applications page to find the game. Select to download the application and afterwards you will be directed you to your character creation process.

You will create your vampire character by answering questions based on your knowledge and concept of what it means to be a vampire, vampire lore, legends and myths. It's a fun way to make a character but keep in mind that the answers you provide will determine such factors about your vampire nature such as whether or not you choose to feed on humans or synthetic blood. Or whether you are an animalistic and keen hunter, ready and willing to prey upon innocent victims after one scent of sweet, fresh human blood fills the air. You choose where the fates of mortals lie in Vampire Wars.

Once you have created your vampire avatar you are ready to begin the game. You can access the basics of gameplay anytime by visiting the "help" page for Vampire Wars during your game. Before you seek to attain your life force- blood (also the currency in Vampire Wars), you may want to take some time to browse around the site and check out the features. For example, the "coffin" page is essentially the home page for the game and also serves as a message board for you and your vampire clan. It is on the "coffin" page that you can learn whether or not another vampire or vampire clan attempted to attack you while you were resting (not in gameplay). The "missions" and "combat" pages are where all the action is, but visit the "missions" page first to build up some experience, learn some skills and level up before initiating a battle between a rival clan (which you do on the "combat" page). It is also advised that you join or create a vampire clan since clans are a key element to your success and are necessary to complete many missions. Plus your clan will have your back when rival clan members attack you!