Vampire®: The Masquerade - Bloodlines™

Legend goes that every time one mentions, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, there's at least one person out there that will reinstall it. The first time I have played this game was back in 2004 when it was released. It was by far one of the most buggiest gaming experiences I was ever graced with. It had abysmal performance, tons of bugs, including game breaking ones; it took around 10-15 min to load the larger levels on my 256 MB RAM rig. But, it was all worth it, to be able to: - listen to The Deb of Night - take a leisurely stroll through the Ocean House Hotel and experience one of the best horror segments in video game history - have a conversation with my TV - have an argument with a STOP sign - joke around with Smiling Jack - try to reconcile 2 former assassins and friends, who now want to kill each other - listen to Alistair Grout's journal, a paranoid Malkavian with the eloquence of Oliver Goldsmith - experience some amazing quests with top-notch writing and stellar voice acting - and most importantly, Play one of the BEST RPGs of All Time And these days, it's even better, with the Unofficial Patch by Wesp5, which has been a labor of love for almost 20 years.

Just so you know: if you install the "normal version" of VTM Bloodlines, it also includes the Unofficial Patch 11.5. However, you will be playing the vanilla version of the game without any changes to the gameplay. Only bugs are fixed. Some purists might prefer the "Troika Version" The Unofficial Patch Version of the game contains the Unofficial Patch Plus with restored content and changes to balancing and disciplines which I personally consider the definitive version you should play. Your choice. Have fun!

So glad GOG got this running without needing to install any patches or anything. I just got back into PC gaming after being out for 25 years so I'm catching up on a bunch of great games I missed. So great to play a game where the story and exploration is at the forefront cool characters just great world building. Love it.

This game is every bit as great as the other reviews have described it. As of its appearance on GOG on 4/25/16, this version includes the latest unofficial patch from March 2016 with numerous bug fixes and native widescreen support.

Modders still keep this game alive. Not only them ofc... people's love too. This is the best vampire game so far. It combines some unique mechanics that a lot of games used years later. Story - unique, facial expressions - glitchy but also live-like, atmosphere - astonishing, ost - TOP, check the moddb and nexusmods sites for some amazing addons. And don't forget to install the latest patch. Love Troika. Hate Activision.