Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption

Superb game. The game play is a little clunky but the development system with experience points and spell selection is great. This game has a great atmosphere, and one of the best stories iv ever played in a game. The story and how it develops is thee best part of it, the only other game where i enjoyed the story as much as this was deus ex, and that says a lot about what i personally think of it. Give this a game a go it's a part of history, the whole idea of being human, then becoming a vampire, and playing out your quest for redemption into the modern ages, is both original and superb.

First thing you have to remember is that this was white wolf's first game. And all things considered the fells like a diablo 1 clone with 3d graphics and it takes some getting used too (the game would be wonderful if it had a mini map and a better map) aside from the normal inventory issues, that diablo 1 and 2 had... This game is great. Plot is tight. You get to have fun and combat is cool. for $6, buy it, enjoy it, be glad you own a computer again, I have not had fun like this since I played doom 1!

Quite frankly, that's the game that brought me here, I've been looking for it for a long time, especially for version compatible with newer OS'. First of all, it's full of flaws, game mechanics are imperfect, bah, they weren't too "flashy" even back in the day, overall presence is at best above 2000's games' average (except really good soundtrack), and storyline is horribly linear, sometimes even boring. There are two things I always loved about this game though - first is unparalleled atmosphere, giving you everything that's best from original World of Darkness, second is marvelous plot, even if linear, it features dozens of rich character profiles, throwing you in various epochs, from medieval Prague to the dark streets of New York in our times. At certain point you're just flowing through consecutive action turns with Christof, like it was your own story. Simply delightful game, though I realize it's possible that it won't suit everyone, especially people making silly faces at vampires/werewolfs and similar mythology creatures.

Compared to modern day RPG's this is probably a bit dated but it's story is everything I look for in an RPG, it's gripping and very enjoyable. the characters are fleshed out and it feels like a lot of time and care has gone in to developing them. The game play has it's flaws, some battles are ridiculously hard even after patching. (mercurio springs to mind) and sometimes is becomes a bit repetitive but the story always made me follow through to the end and enjoy it. To pen and paper players this may not be exactly what you expect but just like pen and paper the story carries the game and that it does well. I'm well chuffed to find this on GoG as my second disk has a rather bad scratch on it and I've been itching to play this one again.

This game is well worth a buy. True, it does have some annoying bugs, and true, the combat system can often get tedious and is a a little flawed; however, the story and script more than makes up for it. This game has perhaps some of the most well-written dialogue of any game, which in the medieval portion of the game seems reminiscent of Shakespeare (another review goes into this in much greater detail). Also, the graphics are great considering their age!