Vampire®: The Masquerade - Bloodlines™

...another scrumptious young plaything straight out of life and into my club?" Last work from Troika before they disapeared, Vampire Bloodlines is the best game of all time, THE game which had to be on GoG. I used to hate this game when I played the v1.0, all bugs really turned the experience to something painfull back at that time, but playing it with patches released since (official and non official alike) grants a magical experience without any annoying flaws (still, the funniest are here). musics are awesome, combats are really good, difficulty is here, graphism are still correct now. But what makes this game a masterpiece, the best video game for me, is its story and all secrets it contains, all these puns, easter eggs, private jokes, references... The best video game ever made, adapted from the best tabletop RPG ever made, if I could marry a video game, it would be this one.

Ok, this was one of my favorite games, so I openly admit nastalgia plays a large part in how I feel. That being said, the game is undeniably buggy and needs the community patches in order to work optimally. That being said, the story still holds up, and is a deep adult story line. My biggest qualm is that I have not found a great way to map a controller to the game so I can play on my couch. Widescreen and gold patch: http://www.tessmage.com/forum/index.php/topic,58452.0.html That website also has an adult patch if you're looking for nudity. It's under the forums - downloads Camarilla overhaul - http://www.moddb.com/mods/vtmb-camarilla-edition This is a complete overhaul. I would recommend once you've beaten the game already to get more bang for your buck. There are a plethora of other mods and patches overhauling everything from resolution to sounds. This game is still supported by the community, but it should not cost so much for a 22 year old game.

With the announcement of Bloodlines 2, I wanted to try out the first game from 2004 - and I'm glad I did! The characters are amazingly nuanced and lively - From Smiling Jack to La Croix, all of these characters bring something a little special to the game and your own intereactions with them. Plus the quiz at the beginning of a new game you can take - such a cool idea! I got Toreador. It's a great game, the combat is a little meh but apparently that'll be revamped in the next one. Give this a go!

Political intrigue and blood feuds among modern-day vampire mafia-like families. Memorable characters (ah, the Twins) and places (ah, the Manor), great writing and plot (albeit weaker in the second half)! Also, works very nicely with Wine, for all of us non-Windows users. Just don't forget to install the latest unofficial patch by Wesp, which fixes loooots of bugs that the developers didn't have the opportunity to fix when the company went down.

This game is by far the best game of this genre. Till this day I haven't found one that manages to create the same atmosphere of suspense, gloom and humor as this one does. I can only agree with the other reviewers. Everything that is brilliant about this game has been described here and I can't think of anything that could be criticized about the meanwhile patched version... well of course I would want to spend more time with Beckett or have LaCroix as my lapdog, but you can't have everything, can you? ;-) +good if not realistic graphics for a game from 2004 +intuitive controls +best voice actors +well written characters +several character creating choices +many different story paths and choices +well defined leveling system +fine weapons, skills and combat system +dark atmosphere +humor +Beckett :-P Would buy this game (as I have before) over and over again!