Vampire®: The Masquerade - Bloodlines™

Pardon?

BORING

While some elements of this game are incredibly good, age was merciless with it, and that shows in a lot of design choices. From endless and repetitive labyrinths, to really weirdly designed quests, the biggest issue in my playthrough was that i made a physical character (melee-specialized brujah) but such a character in this game won't work (you can argue that the same is truth on the RPG game, but we're now talking about the game and I played the RPG the last time 15 years ago or more). Combat in terms of controls, mechanics and gameplay is very bad, so that a physical-oriented character i think has a hard time in the game. I did put quite some points in intimidation too, but i rarely had a chance to really use it. A pity cause the story, settings and characters are delicious, but after almost 15 hours, i had to give up in frustration (Chinatown, I am looking at you). And when that happen, i can't be overly happy about a game, no matter its age or reputation. Gets a 60/100 from me, i guess it might have been even a bit less but nostalgia glasses work a bit like beer glasses.

Alright... let me explain... There is Baldurs Gate II... There is KOTOR... There is Fallout 2 AND there is THIS game. Do you @#$## understand? Now, go buy it and play it. You are welcome. This is an ESSENTIAL RPG!

I've lost count the amount of times I've re-played this game.