Vampire®: The Masquerade - Bloodlines™

I love this game. The Charakters quests and stories are the strongest points about the game, and the mood and sounds make me lose my self indefenetly in this game. Ther is so mutch freedom in how you wana role play your character, and aproach each challenge the game has to offer 10/10

Had played it when it just came out... Still remember how scary the Ocean Hotel is then... However, now don't feel so scary anymore... Well written character, eg Malkavian sister really have split personality (and thus really are crazy)... Their background caused them to develop the mental illness.. The Nosferatus star who is still jealous of another upcoming star and destroy her etc... Good writing overall

Vampire: The masquerade - Bloodlines is a great game with fantasticly written dialogues. V:TM-B is the last game ever made by Troika Games, a game studio more known for Arcanum and being the precursors to the creator of the fallour series. Arcanum being the well known predecessor says a lot, it's a great game too but the combat is poor. Regarding the dialogues, these are some of the best I have seen in a video game. All of this accompanied by a fantastic voice acting and early but good technologies of facial animations. The dialogues, if you spend skill points into it, can open many options and favors for yourself. With it, you can avoid fights altogether, get more money, and more or less have more options to get what you want. There are entire clans which skill sets are centered around speaking well to the crowd. For combat, you pass onto third person (unless you wield a gun) and start fighting. For the most part, the combat is actually fine, that is especially for dealing with humans and various vampires. HOWEVER, the boss fights are actually terrible from what I have experienced. Your only reliable option being rifles, which for a game that is about choice, is kind of ironic. If you play a faction that is centered around using your blood wielding abilities for damages, you are not going to have a fun time with these. Besides the combat, it still takes some of the best elements of other games, be it deus ex or thief or other immersive sims/RPG that succeeded in the past. The arching story of the main quest is also good and forces to make a choice for yourself with high stakes. But remember, the jyhad is a game of chess. Choose to be a pawn and you will be sacrificed to protect the king.

This game is sooooo peak!!! Just play it. For it's age it holds up extremely well.

VTM:B remains one of the most memorable and atmospheric RPGs I've had the chance to play. I don't even know where to begin when describing this game. Despite the myriad of bugs and jank (which are fixed by the essential Unofficial Patch by Wesp), it just pulls you in and doesn't let you go. For starters, you'd be remise not to mention the incredibly breathtaking and immersive atmosphere, Every hub has it's own unique feeling, not only due to the bustling NPCs and city design, but especially because of the music and atmosphere. Loved it. I could walk the streets of any of the hubs all night. As for the characters... oh man, the characters. Voice acting like I haven't heard in ages, interesting and intricate characters that I wish I could've spent more time with because they were so intriguing! I don't think there was a single character I didn't care about in some way - I wanted to know everything about everyone I came across. In terms of RPG aspects, the game is impressive even by today's standards. Granted you definitely notice they were forced towards combat-oriented gameplay in the end-game due to time issues... but the multiple ways you can generally finish a quest is fantastic and the game actually rewards you for alternative solutions, not to mention most quests even the side quests are compelling and interesting, you never feel forced to complete them. Not to mention the impressive amount of player freedom granted when undertaking these quests (whether that's to go in guns blazing or sneak/charm your way through situations) The gameplay is very dated, that much must be said, and though combat is janky it isn't as bad as I thought to be honest. In summary: the game is far from perfect, but it will certainly be one of the most memorable RPGs you will ever play.