Vampire®: The Masquerade - Bloodlines™

Excellent game. First played in the 2000s with all the bugs and all. The only way we could beat the religious guy was hide under the water tower and he glitched and couldn't path find to us haha. The haunted house is still scary 20 years later. ClamTK reports that the offline backup files contain "PUA.Win.Malware.Speedingupmypc-6718419-0" (which Microsoft reckons it is is usually part of an installer). Since this is from GOG I'm going to assume it's safe.

TLDR; The game delivers on the dark urban atmosphere and bouts of comedy that pair surprisingly well with horror. Memorable characters, good progression, meaningful choice in how to handle problems, with combat that's a little lacking. There aren't many characters in this game (it's not particularly big), but they're all memorable. Fantastic voice acting and face animations that hold up better than even modern one. No favoritism either, major characters and one-off extras really sell their role. The original tracks really contribute to the urban gothic feel the devs were going for, with some painful cheesy early 00s songs that still manage to work. It's charmingly authentic. Character progression's great, really sells the narrative in game that your neonate character quickly reaches their full potential. The disciplines are fun to mess around with, but the controls make accessing them a pain. You have to scroll through them one at a time to reach the one you want to use. Moving to combat; It's a mixed bag. As mentioned earlier, going through powers can be a pain, especially if your disciplines gives different powers instead of upgrading just one. You might also have problems with using guns if you don't invest points into them. The game thankfully gives you a lot of options for handling missions. You can tell Tim Cain worked on this, as you usually get action-oriented solutions as well as stealthy or talkative options. Using the less straight-forward solutions nets more XP, which lets you try out more options. Overall, I think the game's a treat. Highly replayable owing to its short overall length (still packed with content), different clans to try, different ways to tackle problems, and multiple endings.

It's unfinished, buggy and old. But the charm of the characters, the ambience, the music, the level design (excluding the sewers, of course) plus the replay value, makes this one the best role playing games EVER made.

First time playing the game, if youre like me you jumped on the hype train after the seccond game just released. If youre looking for fun old but still fun and amazing gameplay and story. Give it a shot. i doubt youll regret it.

this is a great rpg, really loving it