Hmm, it's the crazy difficulty of some of these games that really puts me off. I don't mind being challenged, but when the solutions to puzzles border on the ridiculous, as if they were conjured up by a sadistic mental patient, I quickly lose interest. Anyone played The Longest Journey? Fishing a key from the subway using a clothesline, a clamp and a rubber duck??
I only had a small taste of a Vampyre Story but I did enjoy it. It sure made me chuckle on a number of occasions.