Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption

VTM: Redemption is an excellent action-RPG set in the VTM universe. You play a young crusader named Christof who is turned during the Middle Ages and subsequently buried unalive for five or six centuries. Christof's mission is to find some way to redeem both himself and his lost love Anezka. Along the way, he joins forces with (and does battle against) representatives of many of the clans found in the game fiction. As Christof and his companions level up, their blood pools and the different clan-related blood abilities they can access increase. Unfotunately, unlike in Troika's 2004 follow-up, in Redemption, the player does not get to choose the protagonist's clan (he is made a Brujah). Nevertheless, Christof's story and the characters he meets are compelling and the gameplay is quite good. This is one of those underrated gems that you might have missed the first time around; if so, grab it.

This game is great. I loved this game. It was a fun rpg that exposed White wolf's RPG to the world. The politics the depth of the classes where unheard of for a Vampire game. Before this there weren't many vampire themed games. Most rpgs take place in one time while this game spawned many different ages. Good story and fun gameplay. The only reason this game didn't do better was because it came out right before Diablo II. I remember one reviewer said they didn't like hack/slash rpgs (yes it has hack/slash) so they were waiting for Diablo II, which was a hack/slash game and wasn't anywhere near as good as this one. If you didn't play it before now is your chance. Don't miss out on one of the most interesting and original PC RPGs.

I love this game, it is a classic and though I appreciate the effort of bringing it to Windows 7, it's unplayable. When I die and load a game, enemies don't respawn and loot doesn't go back to its place. Also, I have no XP. It's completely impossible to play the game like this. Also, it doesn't help to save a lot. I can't overwrite a save so when I load one where I though I was deep inside the first dungeon I end up at the start of the game again. You can't delete save slots and you only have ten. I tried re-installing several times but the saves are still there for some reason. And the enemies I killed never return so I'm stuck without that precious first XP. It's unplayable, I'm sorry.

I like to think of this game as 2 in 1. First half is set in Dark Ages, where I personally believe World of Darkness setting is at its most interesting, and the second half is set in contemporary late 90s which is also interesting but nowhere near as cool as vampires in plate armor. You start off this game as a human who then gets embraced after showing he's worth - which is destroying a Tzimisce vanguard consisting of tons of szlachta and a single young Tzimisce Vampire infesting a silver mine. Some may think that it's not "lore friendly", but we have to keep in mind that humans like Christof who dedicated their entire lives to combat, are on top of tht boosted by "faith" and have access to armor + holy water are more than a match against young inexperienced vampires. Sure if this was an experienced vamp Christof would get his ass handed to him, but lorewise it's a warsetting between Ventrue/Tremere alliance and Tzimisce, which means that both sides are gonna be embracing footsoldiers like crazy and they aren't exactly toptier combatants when they're this young - so it makes sense (sorta). Gameplay is archaic, but enjoyable. I grew up with mid to late 90s and early 2000s games so I felt at home. It's point and click mostly. The difficulty comes from managing party, its builds and its abilities/blood, which was sort of interesting. A wrong build will suck, while a correct one will make game stupidly easy. I played lorewise, so I maxed potence/celerity and physical stats and ignored everything else and Cristoff was destroying everything solo - especially after he got the magical 2h bloodstealing sword. You get access to many companions who will join and leave you through game, which I found to be a breath of fresh air. Situations and self-interests often clash which is why it makes no sense that companions should stick with you throughout entire games - it's a shame that industry moved away from this (though I understand why they did). Dungeons can drag on tho

The start is a bit hard but the game gets more enjoyable further on. Great Game. Already owned it once...had to have it again.