Vampire®: The Masquerade - Bloodlines™

STOP. No, YOU stop. STOP. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! 10/10. Played on released on a WalMart brand $600 PC. Good times.

Easily my favorite game of all time.

The ending sucks. The ending is rushed and feels like a total different game. The game ends poorly and it is anticlimatic. But the rest is AMAZING. This is probably THE BEST rpg ever. It mixes the old school feeling of those Infinity Engine rpg, but with a FPS camera and Source engine. You really feel your choices and consequences of your actions. It is a masterpiece, buy it.

This was the first source powered game that was released the same day as Halflife2 .It has bugs but it is real atmosphere and a great story with many interesting characters. Worth getting but do download the unofficial patch to iron out the release bugs. V glad its on GOG.

If there is any game that deserves a sequel, VTM - Bloodlines is one. The strongest feature to me is it immersive nature. Vampires are the real puppet masters of the world, pulling the strings of humanity. But there is a catch: they have to hide themselves from the kine, as humans are called. The world thus has a deep irony, for while vampires look down on the mere mortals they manipulate and feed upon, they are also depended on them and at the same in fear of them. For the 'cattle' has the numbers and daylight on their side. Vampires are by nature solitary hunters, but even they know a kind of society. And that society is split in factions who can be openly hostile to each other. Even among the vampires there are those who pull the strings and those who dance to other peoples tune. This is a world of conspiracies, backstabbing and double dealing. No one can be trusted and everyone has a hidden agenda of some kind. You are introduced as a fledgling vampire and outcast. Outcast for your birth is not authorized. You are however spared a second death and have to earn you place by becoming an errand boy/girl for the Prince of the town. And it is up to you how to play it out. Are you going a loyal follower or do you join up with the free-spirited anarchs or do you play your own game? Lucky for you don't have to make a final decision until the end. The game shows this world with great quests and a good supportive music score. When you make your way through the sewers in the second half of the game, you will hear this haunting music with as Asian quality, foreshadowing the next part of the game. The game does have flaws. Into the second half of the game it gets combat heavy. Also some vampire types are overpowered. And it has its fair share of bugs. Still as it is, with the patch, and possibly with the community patch made by wasp, it is a truly a great experience. Play as a twisted Malkavian for some truly weird dialog. Or as monstrous Nosferatu. Your choice.